Present Joys

“We thank the Lord of heaven and earth
who hath preserved us from our birth
for present joys, for blessings past,
and for the hope of heaven at last.”

I had the pleasure of seeing Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas play a show this afternoon (10 nov 2013) at Via Vecchia Winery in the brewery district, put on by City Music. I saw these two february 2012 in the same venue and they were great then; the show today was—dare I say—even better. I was once again struck by the freshness and vibrancy of this music. They played a bunch of new tunes from their forthcoming album and it was so exciting to hear new, great things in the Scottish folk idiom presented so fantastically. I wouldn’t complain if these two came to Columbus once a month.