Last year Mrs CC and I started a tradition whereby we would get a sneaky overnight in and take in a gig. We started with Heidi Talbot and Boo Hewerdine in Birnam.
This time around, on Sunday 26th May, it was the turn of Karine Polwart at the Byre Theatre, St Andrews. We have previously seen her on a number of occasions in Glasgow and once in Paisley so this was the third city/town where our paths crossed. The Byre is part of the University of St Andrews and is a lovely venue with a capacity of 220 although it looked more that that. We were in a back row but still had a great view.
In the previous times we have seen her she has usually been accompanied by a band or other musicians. This time it was just her on the stage with two guitars and a box of pedals. These were abandoned on a couple of occasions when she sang a capella.
Her set was very much nature oriented with songs about birds, plants and talking trees with a number of stories thrown in. As always she carried it off effortlessly and brilliantly.
Here are some songs which featured.
Looking forward to the next one.
You lucky CCs. 'Follow the heron' has always been a particular favourite of mine.
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