Joan Baez ~ Carrickfergus, Bratislava 1989!
This version was brought to my attention this morning by Sean Reilly and although there are many versions out there I was unaware Joan had given it a go. I have an old LP (Vanguard 1960) from back in the sixties where she sings a number of folk songs and the sleeve notes, which are comprehensive to say the least, describe her as being of Mexican-Irish parentage and as having a "soprano voice with no break from the lowest to the highest register, a choir-boy's pure projection linked with an intense vibrato, a clear diction and surpassing ability to grasp the communicative essence of every song, whether it be folk or composed, ballad or lyric - (Notes by Maynard Solomon) and those are just a sample of the notes. That LP is probably a collector's item. I wonder if she recorded any other Irish ballads. Must look up! Loaded by 'silentype1911' and with thanks. Go to Youtube to read the comments.
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