2023 Charity Shop Purchases #66 - Heidi Talbot - The Last Star
Mrs CC and I are fans of Irish born but Scottish based folk singer Heidi Talbot. We have previously seen her at Paisley Arts Centre and Glasgow's Mitchell Theatre. We are hoping to see her somewhere further afield on the tour she is doing with Boo Hewerdine later on this year.
I was therefore pleased to pick up her 2010 album The Last Star on the ever excellent Navigator label in Troon last week. That takes the total on the shelves up to 4 CD albums and 1 CD EP. The line up is a veritable who's who of contemporary Scottish folk music - John McCusker (her then husband), Donald Shaw, Boo, Phil Cunningham, Kris Drever, Eddi Reader and Karine Polwart to name but a few.
The album contains some Talbot/McCusker compositions, their interpretations of traditional ballads and a cover of Sandy Denny's At the End of the Day. Lovely stuff.
Liked both tracks, nice voice. At The End Of The Day put me a little in mind of Melanie's Citiest People both in delivery and voice. I'll be in a minority of one with that I suppose - I did say a little hahaha. Hadn't realised it was a Sandy Denny song
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