Richard Hawley on Other Voices
There was a bit of a treat on Irish tv last night - the last in the current series of Other Voices was curated by the great Richard Hawley . As well as playing a set with his own band (an eclectic selection of covers including I'm waiting for my man and Crawfish ), and a few songs with Jarvis Cocker, Hawley also duetted with Lisa Hannigan on a drop dead version of the Dick van Dyke-sung classic Hushabye Mountain , from the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang . With slide guitar, vibes and Hawley's own echo-laden guitar, they managed to create a wonderful, otherworldly atmosphere. Watch it here, it's about 16 minutes in. http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1094733 It stands up well to the original, here. Hawley's last album, Truelove's gutter , featured one of the most beautiful, poignant and just plain moving songs of recent times, in the shape of For your lover give some time . Take a few minutes out of your day to listen, it's transformative stuff.