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REVIEW FROM www.livingtradition.co.uk
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CHRIS SHERBURN & DENNY BARTLEY - Last Night’s Fun |
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It’s ten years since Chris Sherburn and Denny Bartley, who’d cut their musical teeth on the Irish theme pub circuit, turned professional and burst onto the folk club and festival scene. I recall the first time I saw them as much for Sherburn’s verbal jousting with the laconic Bartley as for the way they ripped through the tunes, Bartley’s guitar underpinning Sherburn’s digital gymnastics on the Anglo concertina. However, it wasn’t just the tunes; Bartley ‘s distinctive voice may have had a limited range but his phrasing cut to the heart of songs as diverse as Ewan MacColl’s ‘The Moving On Song’ and Bill Staines’ ‘The Roseville Fair’. For some reason, I failed to acquire that first album, Last Night’s Fun, at the gig. When I attempted to obtain a copy later, having seen the duo on several other occasions, it was no longer available. |
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