Maggie's Farm

Thanks, BD! What a nice thing to say, too, on top of agreeing that this young lady got some major pipes --so much so she's kinda remarkable, really.

Some of what she does is right at the front or back of a phrase --i mean the coming up from a whisper, and the fade away tremolo --and is so understated i fear it can't be heard without headphones turned up to as if she's singing a few feet away, word to the wise.

ya, mighty young and pretty for ''Not Dark Yet'' --but these folks have been living a thousand years smack dab in the middle of the East-West Invasion Parkway Turnpike --maybe there's a note of that (fatalism? resignation? indomitability?) in there somewhere, feeding that authenticity.

--think i'll join Mark and toss in another side of the repertoire: this looks like Christmas somehow, and the song is traditional-sounding, like a familiar carol perhaps. I think she must've wanted to add something to the form, so what you see here at around 1:00 is --well, foreign stagecraft. And entirely charming --obviously old and close friends, mugging hilariously and showing mastery of the tilted-head look of love. Watch the end, the group hug, heads tilt like a flight of doves changing direction all at the instant.

Anyhoo, i was thinking, these are cool folks --hope the local commies don't rise back up and thwart them again. Also occurs that those Wild & Crazy Guys the Slavic Bachelors Steve Martin & Dan Ackroyd from SNL The Funny Years, were actually wild & crazy Numbskulls to leave back in the old country such a lovely and graceful mood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNQbWsoGG-c&feature=related

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