Karine Polwart

Samantha · Post by **Samantha** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 4:57 pm

Samantha, as mentioned, got to see karine Polwart last evening and she was excellent. In a similar mould, have you tried any of Eleanor McEvoy's music?

Thought I'd answer in a new thread since Loreena's thread is getting diluted..... I have only heard three tracks by Karine so far, but enjoyed them all.

I have however bought loads of new music recently (since getting my turntable, been on new music overload...) so want to hear what I've got before adding more. That's the theory - but I have bids in on a few CDs on Ebay currently.

Anyway, not heard Eleanor McEvoy at all, is she a similar type of music/voice or just another artist you would recommend?

Ray P · Post by **Ray P** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 8:01 pm

Hello Sam, if you like Karine Polwart there's a reasonable chance you'll like Eleanor McEvoy. You can sample some tracks here:

http://www.eleanormcevoy.com/sounds/index.html

She cares about recording quality too. I have several of her albums on SACD but I believe they're available on vinyl too.

Ray

Samantha · Post by **Samantha** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:03 pm

SACD isn't an option for me I'm afraid.

Just tried to listen from the site you linked me to, but no joy - so got the short sound bite from Amazon, hard to tell as the sound via my PC is soooooo bad!!! Lol

Paul Barker · Post by **Paul Barker** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:00 pm

cant play it either

Ray P · Post by **Ray P** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:18 pm

Did you try scrolling dwn to the mp3 samples? If you've got media player you should be able to listen.

Not sure about the other format, I'm sat in a hotel room at prsent paying a small fortune to connect so I'll have a look when I get back home.

Ray

Paul Barker · Post by **Paul Barker** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:30 pm

got it, thanks.

Yes prefer that to that other folky stuff. Not really into folk of any kind. Recognise good voices from both though. respect.

Ray P · Post by **Ray P** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:28 pm

Samantha, you can get Eleanor McEvoy's recordings in 16/48 CD too (and the SACDs also have a CD layer)

To play the samples you had problems with I'm pretty sure you need RealPlayer on your PC.

Ray

Mullardman · Post by **Mullardman** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 12:40 am

Hello!,

I've got most of Karine Polwart's stuff, having been introduced to her by Andy 831. I can't really agree that Eleanor Mc Evoy is similar. To be fair I only have one CD of E McE... but although she is certainly a fine artist, I can't escape the impression that she's a sort of mixture. She sounds a bitlike lots of people, but, for me she doesn't have a distinctive sound or personality of her own.

Mull

Andy831 · Post by **Andy831** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:26 am

I just Adore Karin Polwart but Eleanor Mc just does not float my boat.

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