Feb 4 2024 - Very happy that GemsOnVHS has included Lupe's Theme feat. Kate Kurdyak on their Spotify Monthly Playlist for February.
GemsonVHS is the folk curator par excellence, capturing live recordings of emerging folk artists and unearthing lost musical gems. Anthony Simpkins, its creator, is described as a modern day Alan Lomax, the musicologist and folklorist who was credited with starting the 1960's Folk Revival.
I'm always discovering great music and artists through GemsOnVHS. Some of my favourites are Esther Rose and this mesmeric recording of her song Handy Man, The Mary Wallopers - I love these guys - performing Smuggling the Tin by old castle ruins and, on some grainy VHS, the brilliant Paul Brady and a jawdropping performance of Nothing But The Same Old Story - I can't think of an acoustic performance right now that combines such lyricism, skill on guitar and vocal force. Acoustic hurricane.
