Jerry Douglas and Aly Bain - they're in charge
Looking through my iTunes to find songs about Sara reminded me that Sara Jarosz is my discovery-of-the-season from Transatlantic Sessions. Season 5 that is.
As usual I’m enjoying TS very much. This season has Danny Thompson in the house band, though he’s the odd one out being neither Scottish, Irish nor American. Maybe he’s an honorary member of all those nationalities. All the music is terrific – this week’s one which I’ve just watched on iPlayer ends with Eric Bibb and Don’t Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down, a sentiment with which I heartly concur, featuring a blues mandolin solo by Sam Bush. It’s wonderful.
I know not of all of you are able to watch TR. Currently it’s on BBC2 Scotland on Fridays at 7.30 and then on the iPlayer; I expect it’ll be shown on ordinary BBC2 later on. There are videos from earlier seasons on YouTube – again, these may not be available to everyone. Please, if you can, do give it a watch even if you think you don’t like folk/country music. You never know…
Here’s Sara Jarosz not on TS singing her song Come Around.
I have recorded a couple of the programmes tfd and am looking forward to sitting down and watching them before too long. It’s been a good series in the past and it always seems amazing to this non-musician how many of the collaborations work, when they have so little time to rehearse.
Several Irish musicians/Irish songs in this week’s one, mdm!
Don’t know if Paul Brady is on this week but he just excels at collaborating on the hoof!
Not as I remember, but there are several people whose names I wouldn’t be able to spell, and Sharon Shannon.
Enjoyed Sara Jarosz. And I like Aly Bain too.
Now must be disciplined and go to bed!!