Allison, my aim is true....
It's been a busy week here at the Ö÷²¥´óÐã with loads of artists from the Celtic Connections festival popping in to record interviews and sessions. came in to perform some songs and record an interview for , to promote Mockingbird,her new album of covers which includes songs from Joni Mitchell and June Carter-Cash.
The session will be broadcast on Brand New Country next month but you can get a sneak preview of the songs and watch a video interview with Alison on our fab new Celtic Connections website. There'll be loads of festival stuff on the website over the next couple of weeks - highlights from all the Ö÷²¥´óÐã's radio and TV coverage, plus photo galleries and lots of exclusive web stuff you won't find anywhere else.
Allison's acoustic songs were stunning and even our experienced audio engineers who've recorded hundreds of acts over the years got goosebumps when she started singing.
The session almost didn't happen though. When Alison turned up to do the session her guitars were still in Heathrow. "Don't worry there's an acoustic guitar in the office," said one of the production team reassuringly. "Only problem is that it's a bit out of tune and it has only got five strings but she might be OK with that".
This is woman who's played at the Oscars and been nominated for a Grammy! I could hardly go up to her and ask if she had any songs that only require five strings!!!!
Luckily , who had just been in for a session that afternoon, kindly agreed to leave his guitar for Allison to use. That was very generous of him as musicians treat their guitars like children and don't like to let them out of their sight for too long.
After the session the guitar was put in a taxi to Kevin's hotel. I am hoping it arrived safe and sound, if not I know where he can get a slightly out of tune, five string model that might just do the trick.
