Comments on: Something new at the Oscars

By: eszter

eszter — Fri, 05 Mar 2004 02:44:09 +0000

Jesse – yup, it turns out that the plans were changed so they didn’t get to do what they had planned. But hey, at least they weren’t completely erased from the program. (For a while there, I thought they wouldn’t come on stage at all.)

By: jesse

jesse — Tue, 02 Mar 2004 14:49:28 +0000

i watched the oscars, but it sounded to me like the singers just sang harmony behind krauss, they didn’t even open their books or sing anything in the Sacred Harp tradition. was the telecast edited? did the plans change? what happened?

By: dave heasman

dave heasman — Mon, 01 Mar 2004 12:55:37 +0000

Surprised not to see Daniel commenting…

By: ben wolfson

ben wolfson — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 04:30:15 +0000

I’m most definitly a trad-music dilettante and I thought the one singing I went to was totally and completely awesome. You’ll need a different method.

By: Ralph Luker

Ralph Luker — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 03:10:58 +0000

CT discovers Sacred Harp! Surely a good thing. And do not forget that it is best when it is very loud.

By: yami

yami — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 02:30:36 +0000

Hmm, so what does that say about those of us who prefer Sacred Harp to most of what gets played on Prairie Home? Or at least, who prefer shape-singing by people who can stay on key, which is of course against the ideology of Sacred Harp, but that’s what happens when you’re born to Suzuki method folk musicians…

By: Sam Heldman

Sam Heldman — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 01:53:27 +0000

Cool. That’s how you tell those who really LIKE american traditional music from those who simply like to listen to the Prairie Home Companion, you know: play them some Sacred Harp singing. The dilettantes can’t handle it.