Watching The Goodies this evening made me consider that maybe my youthful addiction to their shows explains why I'm now such a fan of Can and other seventies Euro-electronic dizziness (my current faves: the wildly original Magma). Because each Goodies soundtrack clearly owes a great deal to sounds of that ilk. Or perhaps I liked the Goodies so much as a teen because, even then, I had the music in me...
In the same way I'm now reflecting on the reason I always liked Lamb so much. It wasn't the drum'n'bass, I don't listen to much else of that. It must have been the very special voice of Lou Rhodes. Her voice; and her lyricism. Seeing her at the Barbican concert Folk Britannia: Daughters of Albion brought this home. She has folk roots, folk sensibilities, even (this is nonsense I know, but I'm on a roll) folk looks. I've downloaded her solo album Beloved One and I'm now in folk heaven.
john davies
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