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What are you listening to right now? v2.0

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2hr DJ set rockin some old tunes :)
 
Just come back from visiting my mum who's suffering from alzheimers, we listened to Kathleen Ferrier singing 'Blow the Wind Southerly' and she burst into tears as soon as it began. What an amazing piece of music, I'd never really listened to it much before but hearing it in those circumstances has given it new meaning for me.

Kathleen Ferrier had a wonderfully warm and melancholy voice, she wasn't that much older than my mum and she came from the same part of the country, but she died when she was only 41. Hearing her sing this sad and earthy old folk song, a cappella, like a plaintive voice from the past is incredibly moving.
 
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