I'm a recent convert and so glad i did.English folk at its finest.speaking of which,most music derived from folk songs from England,Ireland and Scotland.we have a rich and deep musical heritage that i for one am very proud of.Seth has picked up the baton and made it cool to love folk again.
I just read an article about Ian Anderson's (famed flautist and front man for Jethro Tull) favorite 5 albums and "Poor Man's Heaven" was one of them. What a joyous surprise!
You know, I'm not one who usually gravitates towards this kind of music, (hello, gothic metal) but this song is amazing! I may be looking into more of your music.
@Jazperanza I already corrected myself about this song. He is using a violin in this song. However the song "Hearts & Minds" goes lower than a violin can go, so it must be a viola in that song (not this one). Before I found this song I read that he now mainly plays viola. Which might be true about new songs??? Hearts and Minds is definitely on viola... Race to Be King is definitely on violin... :P
@TheLibraryofBooks You're right, only just tried playing it on my violin. Hearts & Minds is on a Viola, I just assumed that the majority of his songs were. :P
Congrats to the Sound Techs because you can actually hear the Bass and Drums on these tracks !!!! So often on BBC Transatlantic Sessions the Bass and Drums are not heard. Ditto with Amy Winehouse Concert London NO BASS OR DRUMS Heard. Well Done You Techies !!!!!!.
Hello, I just want to say that I really love your music, I live in Buckland Monachorum, and my father is friends with yours, of course it doesn't matter, but both I and my father really love your music, Keep it up! it's awesome! :)
@boothea Just for the record, it's freaking impossible. I'm a violinist and a singer, and I've been doing both since I was 4. I just started trying to do both at the same time... verdict: IT'S DIFFICULT! I Can't do it yet! KUDOS to Seth Lakeman, the multi-talented multi-tasker! :D
@paintedpilgrim Given that the venue is Minack and the event is most definitely a concert, I'd venture to guess "yes" this is the concert he did at Minack. LOL
@Jazperanza In reply to your message to boothea, keep at it! You'll get there, took me ages to get it. My mate plays the cello in my band and can harmonise really well, but not simultaneously yet. He's getting a lot better. It just takes time.
@jwheeler91 Yeah, it's getting easier! The trick is to not compose tricky melodies and sing at the same time. Seth usually sticks with chords when he sings - I should try that! :P
@boothea That's so funny...I was thinking how hard it must be to play the violin and sing like that at the same time. Then I scroll down and see your comment! Ha.
@boothea One day I will play like this :P.I've lost my ability to play violin (although I think Seth is playing the Viola here?). But i will get better. The singing bit ain't that hard tho... Everyone sings better when they are stationary and boring behind a recording microphone. Nobody wants to see that in a live performance. They want to Seth's amazing energy :D. Look at Chris Martin. His singing ability reduces so much when he jumps around the stage. But he's amazing to watch... :P
I saw a comment recently that giving a thumbs-down is the only way of training UA-cam to not show a particular type of video in the suggestions bar, if it's not really your kind of thing. Seems to make a lot of sense - so they might not all be active dislikes.
Wow, he's singing while playing the fiddle. I can't even talk when I play mine, it closes my airway too much. You can hear him kind of slurring while he sings with this chin on the chinrest.
This guy is amazing; must get to see him live. For a very different kind of fiddling/singing combination, with some delightful clog dancing thrown in, check out Hillary Klug: ua-cam.com/video/XsHQQ2BYaCQ/v-deo.html
seth :'( i'm the girl with the green hair from göttingen .. my english isn't perfect but .. i don't know.. i wish that you where here :'( so manypeople say taht every day . but.. i don't know. bye.
insane skills...
playing violin and singing to that standard at the same time... i have a new goal in life
I'm a recent convert and so glad i did.English folk at its finest.speaking of which,most music derived from folk songs from England,Ireland and Scotland.we have a rich and deep musical heritage that i for one am very proud of.Seth has picked up the baton and made it cool to love folk again.
what about Welsh music? we're part of the UK you know
I just read an article about Ian Anderson's (famed flautist and front man for Jethro Tull)
favorite 5 albums and "Poor Man's Heaven" was one of them. What a joyous surprise!
Fantastic set closer at the Met in Nottingham last night.
Brilliant saw somebody play like this 50 years ago he was awesome brought the house down cant beat a good fiddler!!! x x x
GREAT!!! Love Seth's music and talents. Thank you from California and also a Bluegrass fan.
Instant uplifting...beautiful music and the voice..thank you.
Damn, but I miss live music! Can we whip this virus, please, and get back to joy like this? People hip to hip breathing in wonder beneath the stars!
Incredible artist.
You know, I'm not one who usually gravitates towards this kind of music, (hello, gothic metal) but this song is amazing! I may be looking into more of your music.
Absolutely extraordinary
Arrghhh, I wish I'd been there!
Is this filmed at The Minnack Theatre by any chance?
Yup
Only discovered this young guy last night. Wow what a talent!!!!
He's not that young, ironically.
Awesome.
his skills are great and so are his brothers
simply fantastic...love it.
Tickets booked for the 11th of october, cannot wait!!!!!
Whoa nice! :D Can't wait to see these guys in Stuttgart in September! Runrig sure do have an eye for great supporting acts. :-)
How have I overlooked this fella!
Whoever mixed this live recording is a genius.
Thanks for the correction - and thus reminding me that I gotta order at least one of his CDs, and go & see him LIVE!!
Awesome place ! I love this guy.
AM LISTENING AGAIN...AND ENJOYING
So much energy! I love this ❤😎
This is just amazing. Roll on Ramsbottom music festival this September.
Great vid and performance
Incredible!
Great song, Great quality, i just love it
Awesome...so freaking talented
Awesome 👏🏼
He's soooo nice. Saw him few days ago @ Folkwoods - Eindhoven (Netherlands)
want to listen to it again and again...and again....and again...
Purnima Thaker Dhorajiwala radiohead creap
@Jazperanza I already corrected myself about this song. He is using a violin in this song. However the song "Hearts & Minds" goes lower than a violin can go, so it must be a viola in that song (not this one). Before I found this song I read that he now mainly plays viola. Which might be true about new songs??? Hearts and Minds is definitely on viola... Race to Be King is definitely on violin... :P
Seth is great and converted me to folk music !
Seeing him live on tuesday!
Love that cheeky grin of his :D
Really good quality... gr8 music... wo spielt er dann... irgendwo im Norden ?
GORGEOUS!!!!
@TheLibraryofBooks You're right, only just tried playing it on my violin. Hearts & Minds is on a Viola, I just assumed that the majority of his songs were. :P
Congrats to the Sound Techs because you can actually hear the Bass and Drums on these tracks !!!! So often on BBC Transatlantic Sessions the Bass and Drums are not heard. Ditto with Amy Winehouse Concert London NO BASS OR DRUMS Heard. Well Done You Techies !!!!!!.
just seen him at broadstairs folk week in kent. wonderful.
I bet you were moving your head while listening to this
If you aren't bobbing your head and tapping or jigging your foot/feet and/or tapping your fingers you are dead
Lakeman lives on, Greatness lays in the bearer of our name. SL that's my initial 😎
this guy is a in my mind a folk legend
Hello, I just want to say that I really love your music, I live in Buckland Monachorum, and my father is friends with yours, of course it doesn't matter, but both I and my father really love your music, Keep it up! it's awesome! :)
Wish I'd been there!
i love youre songs!!!!!!!
fanastic x
This is f****** brilliant! Forget heavy metal etc, this is Irish rock at its very best!
tdbsnr English folk buddy Seth is a Devon boy
Shoot he is amazing ...
is this at the minack theatre in Cornwall??
Yes lad
OMG thats awsome sing and play violine wow
It's English actually ;). This guy's from Devon and uses a lot of the old local myths and legends.
Is that the concert he did at the Minack?
Still one of my favs :) X
Those Lakeman Boys have got it all going on XX
damn thats a sick venue
@boothea Just for the record, it's freaking impossible. I'm a violinist and a singer, and I've been doing both since I was 4. I just started trying to do both at the same time... verdict: IT'S DIFFICULT! I Can't do it yet! KUDOS to Seth Lakeman, the multi-talented multi-tasker! :D
@paintedpilgrim Given that the venue is Minack and the event is most definitely a concert, I'd venture to guess "yes" this is the concert he did at Minack. LOL
i saw him at cropredy! he was so amazing
@Jazperanza In reply to your message to boothea, keep at it! You'll get there, took me ages to get it. My mate plays the cello in my band and can harmonise really well, but not simultaneously yet. He's getting a lot better. It just takes time.
Great
Er ist im moment in Deutschland unterwegs, GEIL, GEIL, GEIL!
Jayzus this is the best fekkin' I seen in years!!!!
Sweet
@jwheeler91 Yeah, it's getting easier! The trick is to not compose tricky melodies and sing at the same time. Seth usually sticks with chords when he sings - I should try that! :P
You know, I'm a straight man, but....
Stop this disgraceful talk immediately. (But I see what you mean).
I hear you brother.
I feel u. Not like that tho
I'm a not so straight man and, phew - I'm not surprised
yessssss ♥
Nur geil........
@Jazperanza Yeah, I'm struggling with that too... But for this one particular song that I wrote, i've become too attached to my violin part :P...
@jwheeler91 no, definitely violin :-)
@boothea That's so funny...I was thinking how hard it must be to play the violin and sing like that at the same time. Then I scroll down and see your comment! Ha.
I'm sitting here dancing and grinning at my laptop like a goon...
to anyone that didn't know its the minack theatre in Cornwall :)
English folk rocks !!
A true Devon lad :)
Where is this filmed?
Its the Minack in Cornwall - easily one of the greatest spots the UK has to offer.
As Ben said. 'twas five years ago, a HUGE performance.
@boothea One day I will play like this :P.I've lost my ability to play violin (although I think Seth is playing the Viola here?). But i will get better. The singing bit ain't that hard tho... Everyone sings better when they are stationary and boring behind a recording microphone. Nobody wants to see that in a live performance. They want to Seth's amazing energy :D. Look at Chris Martin. His singing ability reduces so much when he jumps around the stage. But he's amazing to watch... :P
You're the English Dirk Powell!
Can’t see why this has got 31 thumbs down......funny people out there!
I saw a comment recently that giving a thumbs-down is the only way of training UA-cam to not show a particular type of video in the suggestions bar, if it's not really your kind of thing. Seems to make a lot of sense - so they might not all be active dislikes.
LIfe ambition. Play there.
@jwheeler91 sorry! Wasn't trying to pick a fight. :-)
that venue is carved out of the cliff
i dont know, man, i just love folk
When i was little I always thought the sweethearts were their children lmao
Wow, he's singing while playing the fiddle. I can't even talk when I play mine, it closes my airway too much. You can hear him kind of slurring while he sings with this chin on the chinrest.
MINACK THEATER!!!
@Primedavies I used to think Kate Rusby was the be all and end all of modern folk. Then i discovered Seth ;)
Ramsey Bolton?
This guy is amazing; must get to see him live. For a very different kind of fiddling/singing combination, with some delightful clog dancing thrown in, check out Hillary Klug: ua-cam.com/video/XsHQQ2BYaCQ/v-deo.html
The Jew's Harp is a fantastic idea. But Allan MacDonald of Glenuig is the true origin of this Jew's Harp style! Beautiful, anyway! I appreciate this!
I've got to go but......music! :S
POV: you had to listen to this for a school homework
yes
that must've been a cool show...
seth :'( i'm the girl with the green hair from göttingen .. my english isn't perfect but .. i don't know.. i wish that you where here :'( so manypeople say taht every day . but.. i don't know. bye.
I'd tap that.
That's probably because the drums aren't the main part of the song.
miss devon :(
Hell on wheels brought me here
Not as skinny as i thought he was!