Way To Blue - Songs of Nick Drake

In January in Glasgow there is a folk festival called Celtic Connections and last week I went to a concert celebrating the music of Nick Drake - it was really good. There was a house band, including Danny Thompson who originally played bass on a lot of Nick's tracks, a string section and a selection of guest vocalists. Sadly I was not invited to sing. Belle and Sebastian's lead singer was there (Stuart Murdoch), Lisa Hannigan (she collaborated with Damian Rice but has now gone solo), Teddy Thompson (son of legendary folk artist Richard Thompson who I saw last year in concert), a folk singer called Vashti Bunyan (she has a lovely voice but on the night she seemed quite nervous and struggled a bit), South African poet Warren Crystal (great voice! she should give up poetry and focus on singing) and a few others who I had never heard of before. They did quite modern and individual interpretations of Nick's songs, my favourites being Parasite, At The Chime Of The City Clock, Poor Boy, Pink Moon, Black Eyed Dog and Voices. For the encore all the vocalists came onto the stage and did a beautiful version of Voices. It was quite moving, seeing them all together, bringing Nick's wonderful music alive. At the interval Joe Boyd, who produced Nick's three studio albums, introduced the musicians and singers and also just paid tribute to Nick and his music. Robert Kirby, who had arranged the strings for Five Leaves Left and Byrter Layter, died in October so he was given a round of applause. My favorite vocalist was Lisa Hannigan. Move over Rachel McAdams! Lisa is now my current crush! She's got a great voice but is also very beautiful, sexy and down to earth. Check her out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPwk4S5nU9s (gorgeous song by a gorgeous girl)