My brilliant playing partner Tim Edey and I won the 'Best Duo' category at the 2012 BBC2 Folk Awards (Tim also won 'Best Musician').
We had to perform to an audience including many music legends (Don McLean, Christy Moore, The Dubliners to name a few), which was VERY scary stuff. The adrenaline was out of control; my hands were shaking violently all the way through, I've no idea how the notes came out! It's a bit rough and ready, but the energy is good:
If you want to watch the whole show go here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/folk-awards-2012/
Congratulations Brendan. That is a remarkable achievement. You are really re-popularising the harp again.
Is their any truth in the rumour that you'll be on BBC2's Masterchef with the Brendan Power PowerBlender? Only the brits will understand that one. ----------
What an AWESOME venue and audience Brendan...You guys are making some great music, the audience loved it by there response. You are always on the move to bigger and brighter experiences, your a monster player,great-great-great... congratulations!
Truly magnificent music. I understand that Sir Lawrence Olivier had to throw up before every stage performance because he was so nervous. A little bit of shaking hands doesn't sound too bad then. Seriously though, you are perhaps the best - certainly one of the very few best- all around harp players in the world. And Mr. Edey is a true phenomenon. Thanks for including us.
That's a fantastic clip, Brendan. Whew! You guys were smoking. If the energy was that high on our side of the stage, I have no doubt it was spiraling, coiling, and crazy on stage.y Only harp fanatics like us realize just how brutally hard it is to modulate like that and make it all sound entirely natural. I'm sure one reason you won, apart from the superb musicianship, is that the song you performed is a perfect combination of traditional Celtic melodic material and somewhat more modulation than that sort of music--if I'm not wrong--usually encompasses. You're working the tradition, but not working as traditionalists. The general public likes that. They get what you're doing--it speaks to what they already know--but it extends things in a fresh new way.
A reward richly deserved.
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