Sunday 1st April 2007
A treat tonight apparently. Steafan Hannigan and Saskia Tomkins are hosting a session at the Anchor in Faversham so it promises to be good although how much of a session it will be I don’t know.
Sessions are like that – regulars for ages and then suddenly somebody drops in like Chris Taylor, Tim Edey or Brendan Power or these two and takes it all to a new level. The come-down leaves everyone a bit flat for normal sessions but usually with good memories. Maybe it gives a boost indirectly. The same thing happens at sessions that are part of festivals. I think it’s to do with the audience being there – it’s a big lift. I know we say that we play for the music and it doesn’t matter about the audience but a session without an audience is always less fulfilling.
Surprisingly a lot of people seem to be a ‘lurking’ audience – from the other bar! They say they like the music but won’t come in and actually engage.