Bruce Molsky 3/12/2018

We had seen Bruce Molsky a couple of times as part of the Transatlantic Sessions shows and also a couple of times as part of a trio with Aly Bain and Alle Moller but this was a chance to see him on his own and it was a real treat. The show was in The Wardrobe Theatre which is an intimate space for about a hundred spectators and ideal for an acoustic one man show. The majority of the songs were on the fiddle which is what Bruce is best known for but I particularly loved some of the guitar songs he played. There was one based on guitar playing of Joseph Spence (Bimini Gal)' and one was by Dennis 'Little Hat' Jones (Kentucky Blues). Of the fiddle tunes, 'Forked Deer' was particularly memorable. For me the guitar and fiddle tunes overshadowed the banjo tunes but that sounds harsh as they were also great. All in all this was a beautiful and intimate gig in a great atmosphere with a musical scholar who also played with real feeling and skill.