What a great performance! I would have expected a lot more views and up votes but I guess most younger people aren't fans of folk music such as this. I first heard the song when Emmylou Harris sang it. Emmylou did it so well but to me this hauntingly beautiful rendition with Kate and Anna accompanied by Joel Zifkin's fiddle is unsurpassed. Thanks to Anna McGarrigle for writing this gem and like so many good artists, Kate left this world much too soon. The singers/musicians/songwriters I enjoy are often from Canada, even those I discovered on TH-cam who aren't well-known but are very good acoustic guitarists and singers. Unfortunately some of them no longer have accounts.
Childhood is a treasure we should never entirely leave behind. I don't know she does it but Anna McGarrigle sings songs into which you can walk, look around, become quiet, rediscover long forgotten feelings and smells. Her songs on youtube are like a willow tree for me, which I can visit when I feel I should.
First time listening to this video. I like the song and have heard the sisters perform it on different videos. This would have been better if the violin was played less loud. I guess when this was performed they did not have an audio tech to balance out the instruments and vocals. the ladies had no way to signal the violin player that his playing drowned out a lot of the vocals. Still a thumbs up. IMO this music is way better than hip-hop- rap, and most of what is out there these days. North Hills CA USA 12-08-2021
Could anyone help me with this: Joan Baez is supposed to have commented quite UNkind in her biography of 1988 on her cooperation with the McGarrigle Sisters - the book has no Index. Does anyone know the details ?
Without question Kate and Anna should be in the Songwriter's Hall of Fame.
What a great performance! I would have expected a lot more views and up votes but I guess most younger people aren't fans of folk music such as this. I first heard the song when Emmylou Harris sang it. Emmylou did it so well but to me this hauntingly beautiful rendition with Kate and Anna accompanied by Joel Zifkin's fiddle is unsurpassed. Thanks to Anna McGarrigle for writing this gem and like so many good artists, Kate left this world much too soon. The singers/musicians/songwriters I enjoy are often from Canada, even those I discovered on TH-cam who aren't well-known but are very good acoustic guitarists and singers. Unfortunately some of them no longer have accounts.
Childhood is a treasure we should never entirely leave behind. I don't know she does it but Anna McGarrigle sings songs into which you can walk, look around, become quiet, rediscover long forgotten feelings and smells. Her songs on youtube are like a willow tree for me, which I can visit when I feel I should.
I always become very emotional listening to this beautiful song.
This very day I was born✨🌙 as a traveling musician for years now this definitely hits home
Fantastic!
Amazing musicians, the sisters, & the whole lot of their family!!
12 years later and still one of my favourite all time originals. Thanks rrgomes for posting!
they are so wonderful
classic mcgarrigle work; rustic, allusive, and pretty without being soft.
I can't do this song or this performance any justice in words. This is humbling and awe-inspiring music. Thank you sincerely for posting this.
Just great
The best!
Thanks !
First time listening to this video. I like the song and have heard the sisters perform it on different videos. This would have been better if the violin was played less loud. I guess when this was performed they did not have an audio tech to balance out the instruments and vocals. the ladies had no way to signal the violin player that his playing drowned out a lot of the vocals. Still a thumbs up. IMO this music is way better than hip-hop- rap, and most of what is out there these days. North Hills CA USA 12-08-2021
Violin is overwhelming
ohh..these sisterssss..yet do not forget the huge multy multy musicality of Chaim Tannenbaum..now on violin :-)
Could anyone help me with this: Joan Baez is supposed to have commented quite UNkind in her biography of 1988 on her cooperation with the McGarrigle Sisters - the book has no Index. Does anyone know the details ?
wow, I only knew Emmylou's vocals.....sorry but cant appreciate this, hate to say
They're wonderful writers but I don't care for their vocal style either. To me they sound like nuns.
As good as the Everlys, but they WROTE their material.