Comments | syncretistfool: darshan at folk concerts

syncretistfool

darshan at folk concerts

Mar 24, 2007 22:25

I have always had a hard time explaining to anyone what kind of music I like. Partly that's because I grew up listening to a lot of folk music most people have never heard. But that isn't all of it... I run into other people who like obscure folk and as likely as not, they're focused on a completely different aspect of it than I am. And the ( Read more... )

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niicelaady March 27 2007, 02:41:20 UTC

That was a sweet concert, wasn't it? Scott is one astonishing (to use his word) storyteller.

Can't speak for NiiceDuude but I found darshan in sharing that experience with you and Robin. The singing together on "Wayfaring Stranger" and "Hard Times" was magical.

Darshanish folk moments I have experienced in recent years:

Utah Phillips and company paying tribute to 100 years of IWW at Champlain Valley 2005.

Bok, Muir and Trickett.

Dan, Peggy and Dan (the new Bok, Muir and Trickett, in that they are the trios that I could listen to all night).

And speaking of trios, there is THE trio: Herdman, Hills and Mangsen. The chorus of "Witch Hazel" is my sig line in the Catbox emotional abuse survivors forum.

And any a cappella sing that includes NiiceDuude, Greg, Dave C., your folks and the four of you. If either or both NiiceDuudettes are there, even better.

Is it GottaGetGon yet? :-)

Big hugs, NL

syncretistfool March 30 2007, 03:19:59 UTC

Other experiences of darshan at music performances I can think of: Sweet Honey in the Rock (and Ysaye Barnwell separately), Richard Shindell, the Mammals, and Le Vent du Nord. All in VERY different ways. I'm sure there are other ones I can't remember now, too.

What happens when the PSG sings together is in a whole other category of magical experience for me. Darshan is about witnessing, but at a sing we are all doing it together. Nothing like it in the world. ;-)

oppendonnell April 23 2007, 01:07:45 UTC

I'm not sure you'll see this comment 'cause it's on an ancient post...but I like this idea very much. It explains well how I feel at particular concerts, and it explains why my definition of a concert can be so radically different from most other people's.

I definitely feel this way about Holly Near.