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5.0 out of 5 stars
Songs and Ballads for Everyman, May 3, 2006
This live album begins with the fiery 'Revolution' (written by an American worker) and transitions to the beautiful ballad 'Now Westlin Winds' from the album _Handful of Earth_ with perfect ease. It's amazing to hear Gaughan perform 'Westlin' live - it's always been one of my favourite songs of his (along with Green Linnet from _No More forever_). The rest of the album follows on the same lines with political songs like 'Victor Jara' or 'Workers Song' making way for the achingly beautiful 'Jamie Foyers' and ending with a stirring version of 'World turned upside down'. It's all acoustic - just a man with a guitar doing what he does better than most.
There is some interesting political commentary and low-key Scots humor between songs and the whole concert seems like a wonderful return to performance by the greatest Scottish singer that I have ever heard.
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