Nice tribute to a lovely human, who, though she was terribly gifted, was not able to see inside her own soul and recognize what we who listened to her back in the 80’s and 90’s could plainly see. An angel voice, with a truly good soul. Peace to your memory, Nancy.
Thank you for this documentary about Nanci. I have loved her and her music from the first time I heard her sing. She was a talented and skillful artist. She was REAL. I learned of Kate Wolf while I was looking up Nancy to find more of her own music. She will live on in our minds and hearts! What a beautiful person. May God rest her soul and bless her soul. And May He bring peace to all her friends, family, and acquaintances!
Thank you for a superb review of Nanci's life and music. Nanci's passing has been almost incomprehensible for those of us who made her music a daily presence. I wouldn't recognize my formative years without her music. Now after a few years has passed since her death, I think this documentary helps to do some sense-making of both the wealth and the loss of her presence. It did seem that there was an unravelling going on with her later recordings and the gradual collapse of her communications and online presence. Norman Maclean's observation keeps running through my mind when we learn more of her tragic later years: "But life is not a work of art."
This film has made my evening here in Oregon. Having traveled to Ireland five times I can understand the connection the Irish had with Nanci. There is a special spirit in the land. I didn't realize the full sadness at the end of her life. Thank you makers of this film. Indeed the voice of an angel.
I am so glad to have helped make your evening special. As an Irish person, I am so honoured and proud that Nanci forged such a special bond with our land and people.
An extraordinary documentary, but one that cuts me to the core. I remember first seeing Nanci perform, and then she was gone. I had no idea she moved to Ireland and suffered as she did. I am so thankful Ireland embraced her and I hope she found something she needed. As soon as I heard of her passing, I became dedicated to finding out all about her, and this documentary does just that. Nanci was an angel on earth. I am so thankful that long ago, I snuck out of my bed on that school night, slipped into the living room and watched Austin City Limits on PBS with the volume low. It was then I fell for a sweet and honest folk/country artist like no other. To this day, Nanci remains part of me. Her music is forever in my heart! Thank you for such a wonderful and informative documentary!
Thank you Mr. Heffernan from the bottom of my heart for making this documentary and to Nanciverse for posting this. I hope everyone who loves her songs and music as much as I do will have the opportunity to see this.
What a beautiful glimpse into Nanci's life. She has been one of my favorite artists since I found her in the 90s. Her albums are woven into so much of my life. A mostly Irish person, I have yet to make it to Ireland. This makes me hope to get there one day even more. Nanci was a brave and poetic storyteller and a gifted musician. I miss her voice. I too, am sorry to discover how much she struggled-alone. This knowledge makes continued listens to her work ever more imbued with emotion. Nanci would have had so much to say about these times. I am so glad she got the recognition she so richly deserved in Ireland.
I fell in love with Nanci's music with my discovery of her live album, One Fair Summer Evening. And over the years I got to experience her live on two occasions. The first one was during her Dust Bowl Symphony tour, in Seattle. She was playing with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra on the Pier in Seattle. It was an unseasonably COLD July evening. They played together for about a half an hour, but Nanci had to stop the show, and announce to us that the Symphony would have to leave( I remember she said, "Its gettin too cold for these instruments, and one of these fiddles cost more than my house!, but the Blue Moon Orchestra and I are gonna rock on for as long as ya'll can stand us".And they did!! My assistant rearranged my music collections a while back and I realized Nanci's music takes up a greater shelf space than any other modern artist. When she left us, I felt "she's caught that blackbirds wing."
Thank you for making this wonderful show and posting it so quickly. The ending caught me by surprise and really saddened me but Nanciʻs life brought so much joy and happiness to me and so many other True Believers. I think of her often and always with a smile. Thank you, Nanci, for all the great music, the profound poetry and insights of your lyrics, and for bringing so much love into the hearts of so many people.
One of the most beautiful women I’ve seen. I know she hurt a lot. It was so evident in her voice and her writings. Ugh. I miss her and I wish I had known her.
thank you, thank you, thank you. a beautiful but sad tribute to someone i loved through her music. the film is indeed a love letter. was in tears by the end.
TY for posting this documentary. I have seen Nanci live 3 times. I saw one of her last performances and I knew something was wrong for her health. She forgot some of her lyrics in the middle of a song. And her skin color looked yellowish. I wondered then if she was out of remission from her cancer. Not long after that she stopped performing. This dogcumentary answered my questions. I wish she did not deal with so much physical and mental pain. She was a hero to me, and I shared her music with folks I did paraprofessional music therapy with. RIP Nanci.
Thank you. So great to hear from those who were close to her. Jim Rooney's comments were very illuminating. Those Rounder albums Nanci and Jim made together (Once in a Very Blue Moon and Last of the True Believers) are timeless masterpieces. Thankful that I got to see her live once, in Portland, OR at the Music Box Theater (no longer standing) back around '96.
Yes, that’s my Nanci. Incomparable. This captures what I know, assume, and believe about her. After all, she laid it all out there for her audience. She will always be in my heart.
I came across Nanci's album Storm as a cassette. I think I found it in the cut out bin sometime in the early 90s. After one listen I scoured all the records store to find all her music. I was heart broken the day she passed. I think of her often and listen to her music deeply. I always loved her devotion to Ireland.
This world doesn't know what to do with sweet, sweet souls -- one can hope she knows now how she is loved and that she is, herself, at peace -- Thank you Nanci ❤
It's fitting that the lead song on Other Voices, Other Rooms is Across The Great Divide. She was a great song writer, but an equally brilliant cover artist. I think that must've been because of the passion she brought to whatever she was doing. From A Distance was truly a perfect song for her because it provided an opportunity to express the deepest emotions people feel about life. Beyond the self. It's terribly depressing to hear about the end of her life. That should not happen to anyone, but all too often it does. I know she had many friends who would've been glad to be there for her.
From what I've read, one of her late-career challenges was a nerve condition in her hands that made it very difficult to play guitar. She was such a masterful guitar player (listen to her melodic fingerstyle playing on 'Love at the Five and Dime', that's not some Nashville session hotshot, that's Nanci). I'm sure that was very difficult for her. A little surprised that wasn't mentioned in the closing comments.
I also thank you for this. I noticed that she didn’t seem to harmonize much, at least in these clips. Even when she shared a mic it was always in unison. Don’t want to read too much into that but ….
The old Tim Ryan Pub in Cleveland Heights, Ohio one of the first Irish themed pubs put out a record and it was my first experience hearing her and learning her name. I had no idea of her history before or after that time of the album.
Very sad about how the end of her life was. For someone whose music brought such joy it seems very sad that she ended up so unhappily. I did not know that she was an alcoholic.
I remember her tv show on Rte Back in the day. I think it was on a sunday night, maybe around 10 pm. John Prine was on one episode. She played in the local centre.
@@Mary-Kp9ie-p1w I think it sounds like she wasn't capable of allowing anyone in. A soulmate only becomes one when you open your heart and soul and, alas, it seems Nanci simply couldn't allow herself to form intimate connections.
Here is to our beautiful Texas Rose. 🌹 Oh dear Nanci...no words can ever tell how you touched so many hearts... This is a wonderful tribute...thank you. ☘️
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She was an incredible artist, her music was absolutely authentic and very underrated..loved her words and music!
Nice tribute to a lovely human, who, though she was terribly gifted, was not able to see inside her own soul and recognize what we who listened to her back in the 80’s and 90’s could plainly see. An angel voice, with a truly good soul. Peace to your memory, Nancy.
Thank you for this documentary about Nanci. I have loved her and her music from the first time I heard her sing. She was a talented and skillful artist. She was REAL. I learned of Kate Wolf while I was looking up Nancy to find more of her own music. She will live on in our minds and hearts! What a beautiful person. May God rest her soul and bless her soul. And May He bring peace to all her friends, family, and acquaintances!
Thank you for a superb review of Nanci's life and music. Nanci's passing has been almost incomprehensible for those of us who made her music a daily presence. I wouldn't recognize my formative years without her music. Now after a few years has passed since her death, I think this documentary helps to do some sense-making of both the wealth and the loss of her presence. It did seem that there was an unravelling going on with her later recordings and the gradual collapse of her communications and online presence. Norman Maclean's observation keeps running through my mind when we learn more of her tragic later years: "But life is not a work of art."
This film has made my evening here in Oregon. Having traveled to Ireland five times I can understand the connection the Irish had with Nanci. There is a special spirit in the land. I didn't realize the full sadness at the end of her life. Thank you makers of this film. Indeed the voice of an angel.
I am so glad to have helped make your evening special. As an Irish person, I am so honoured and proud that Nanci forged such a special bond with our land and people.
Here in Eugene this evening watching this….I hope she (her spirit) is at peace finally.
Thank you for sharing this with all of us who cherish Nanci's music.
I am delighted to share with Nanci fans, she was such a treasure for us all.
An extraordinary documentary, but one that cuts me to the core. I remember first seeing Nanci perform, and then she was gone. I had no idea she moved to Ireland and suffered as she did. I am so thankful Ireland embraced her and I hope she found something she needed. As soon as I heard of her passing, I became dedicated to finding out all about her, and this documentary does just that. Nanci was an angel on earth. I am so thankful that long ago, I snuck out of my bed on that school night, slipped into the living room and watched Austin City Limits on PBS with the volume low. It was then I fell for a sweet and honest folk/country artist like no other. To this day, Nanci remains part of me. Her music is forever in my heart! Thank you for such a wonderful and informative documentary!
Thank you Mr. Heffernan from the bottom of my heart for making this documentary and to Nanciverse for posting this. I hope everyone who loves her songs and music as much as I do will have the opportunity to see this.
@@LeonLahiere you are so welcome 🤗
What a beautiful glimpse into Nanci's life. She has been one of my favorite artists since I found her in the 90s. Her albums are woven into so much of my life. A mostly Irish person, I have yet to make it to Ireland. This makes me hope to get there one day even more. Nanci was a brave and poetic storyteller and a gifted musician. I miss her voice. I too, am sorry to discover how much she struggled-alone. This knowledge makes continued listens to her work ever more imbued with emotion. Nanci would have had so much to say about these times. I am so glad she got the recognition she so richly deserved in Ireland.
I fell in love with Nanci's music with my discovery of her live album, One Fair Summer Evening. And over the years I got to experience her live on two occasions. The first one was during her Dust Bowl Symphony tour, in Seattle. She was playing with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra on the Pier in Seattle. It was an unseasonably COLD July evening. They played together for about a half an hour, but Nanci had to stop the show, and announce to us that the Symphony would have to leave( I remember she said, "Its gettin too cold for these instruments, and one of these fiddles cost more than my house!, but the Blue Moon Orchestra and I are gonna rock on for as long as ya'll can stand us".And they did!! My assistant rearranged my music collections a while back and I realized Nanci's music takes up a greater shelf space than any other modern artist. When she left us, I felt "she's caught that blackbirds wing."
Loved her voice!
Thank you for making this wonderful show and posting it so quickly. The ending caught me by surprise and really saddened me but Nanciʻs life brought so much joy and happiness to me and so many other True Believers. I think of her often and always with a smile. Thank you, Nanci, for all the great music, the profound poetry and insights of your lyrics, and for bringing so much love into the hearts of so many people.
Amen!
Wow...thanks to Ireland's Mr. Heffernan for delivering a compelling, apolitical narrative of my favorite musician.
One of the most beautiful women I’ve seen. I know she hurt a lot. It was so evident in her voice and her writings. Ugh. I miss her and I wish I had known her.
I loved her songs, voice etc brilliant ❤❤❤❤❤❤
thank you, thank you, thank you. a beautiful but sad tribute to someone i loved through her music. the film is indeed a love letter. was in tears by the end.
TY for posting this documentary. I have seen Nanci live 3 times. I saw one of her last performances and I knew something was wrong for her health.
She forgot some of her lyrics in the middle of a song. And her skin color looked yellowish. I wondered then if she was out of remission from her cancer.
Not long after that she stopped performing.
This dogcumentary answered my questions. I wish she did not deal with so much physical and mental pain. She was a hero to me, and I shared her music with folks I did paraprofessional music therapy with. RIP Nanci.
It would have been interesting to have interviewed James Hooker, who was Nanci's Band leader for 20 years.
Thank you. So great to hear from those who were close to her. Jim Rooney's comments were very illuminating. Those Rounder albums Nanci and Jim made together (Once in a Very Blue Moon and Last of the True Believers) are timeless masterpieces. Thankful that I got to see her live once, in Portland, OR at the Music Box Theater (no longer standing) back around '96.
Yes, that’s my Nanci. Incomparable. This captures what I know, assume, and believe about her. After all, she laid it all out there for her audience. She will always be in my heart.
Forever Loved. Never Forgotten.❤
Well it's about time Nanci. I am glad Ireland did this documentary which should have been done by Texas.
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Texas has a way of betraying people in the worst ways. I’m never going back.
I came across Nanci's album Storm as a cassette. I think I found it in the cut out bin sometime in the early 90s. After one listen I scoured all the records store to find all her music. I was heart broken the day she passed. I think of her often and listen to her music deeply. I always loved her devotion to Ireland.
Much appreciation this wonderful doc upload!
Nanci was such a lovely person. The Irish being very musical themselves know quality when they hear it.
This world doesn't know what to do with sweet, sweet souls -- one can hope she knows now how she is loved and that she is, herself, at peace -- Thank you Nanci ❤
The final 8 minutes made me cry...loved her since 1988.
It's fitting that the lead song on Other Voices, Other Rooms is Across The Great Divide. She was a great song writer, but an equally brilliant cover artist. I think that must've been because of the passion she brought to whatever she was doing. From A Distance was truly a perfect song for her because it provided an opportunity to express the deepest emotions people feel about life. Beyond the self. It's terribly depressing to hear about the end of her life. That should not happen to anyone, but all too often it does. I know she had many friends who would've been glad to be there for her.
From what I've read, one of her late-career challenges was a nerve condition in her hands that made it very difficult to play guitar. She was such a masterful guitar player (listen to her melodic fingerstyle playing on 'Love at the Five and Dime', that's not some Nashville session hotshot, that's Nanci). I'm sure that was very difficult for her. A little surprised that wasn't mentioned in the closing comments.
🥺 thank you! Still grieving her loss
TY! A great unique documentary, and tearful towards the end 😢
Agree, it was very emotional for me to watch the ending but I am glad it was an honest portrait of who she was.
I also thank you for this. I noticed that she didn’t seem to harmonize much, at least in these clips. Even when she shared a mic it was always in unison. Don’t want to read too much into that but ….
So thankful for those guys in Shinrone, Saw the Waterboys and Arlo Guthrie there, never got to see Nanci there
He’s living his best life in Majorca, Spain. I don’t blame him.
The old Tim Ryan Pub in Cleveland Heights, Ohio one of the first Irish themed pubs put out a record and it was my first experience hearing her and learning her name. I had no idea of her history before or after that time of the album.
Very sad about how the end of her life was. For someone whose music brought such joy it seems very sad that she ended up so unhappily. I did not know that she was an alcoholic.
❤ 👆 Always … Sad yet Beautiful show guys. Thank you 😢
I remember her tv show on Rte Back in the day. I think it was on a sunday night, maybe around 10 pm. John Prine was on one episode. She played in the local centre.
Go raibh maith agat Nanci, tá tú ag canadh leis na haingil.
I always thought Nanci was a Star, even before she achieved stardom. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam.
Nancy told you your story that you didn't even know you had.
Delightful
I think she never found her soul mate and music/writing saved her life.
@@Mary-Kp9ie-p1w I think it sounds like she wasn't capable of allowing anyone in. A soulmate only becomes one when you open your heart and soul and, alas, it seems Nanci simply couldn't allow herself to form intimate connections.
God bless, Nanci. Thank you
I am so glad you enjoyed this tribute to the impact and moving legacy of Nanci.
Here is to our beautiful Texas Rose. 🌹 Oh dear Nanci...no words can ever tell how you touched so many hearts... This is a wonderful tribute...thank you. ☘️
The town is pronounced Se-geen Texas.
It’s always cracked me up how nothing in Austin is pronounced the way it’s spelled.