All ZetCast Content RSSSome concert highlights from the 2006 Shetland Folk Festival.
This podcast features the acoustic good time blues of Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan live at the Brae Hall on the Saturday night (30 April 2006) of the festival.
It was a beautiful night for a run up to Brae to see Tom and Kenny play and it was much appreciated that they were gracious enough to have a brief chat with me after their set.This is the first in a series of podcasts featuring some of the recordings I made at the 2006 Shetland Folk Festival.
I’d like to thank the sound man for recording this for me and Tom and Kenny giving me permission to release it. Also thanks must go out to the festival committee fro allowing me the access I had to the artists.
Additional information
Tom and Kenny have been bringing their unique blend of guitar and harmonica blues, rags and good time music to widely diverse audiences for more than 25 years. Their live performances include concerts, clubs and festivals all over the world, and they were the only musical act in America to play all four venues of the 1984 Olympic Games.
Together and separately they have worked on countless film scores, TV soundtracks, commercials and sessions. They’ve appeared on television internationally, were featured on the “Levi’s 501 Blues” commercials (which incidentally is banned from YouTube for copyright reasons, for shame ), have played for audiences of 300 million via Voice of America and are frequent guests of National Public Radio. Their eight duo albums have garnered much critical acclaim throughout the world, and their music from the film “Over The Edge” won the duo the prestigious Telly Award in 1994.
At home wherever they go, Tom and Kenny fit in at blues, folk, bluegrass and jazz festivals, and their extensive teaching backgrounds make them a natural choice for college campuses or venues which feature workshops. Because their music is a blend of American roots styles, they are regulars overseas, drawing rave reviews wherever they go.
Link to Kenny’s signiture Martin guitar
Link to a site dedicated to the Ashgrove the club that Tom and Kenny speak about in the interview.