cloudstreet - The Briar and the Rose

Amazing Australian vocal duo cloudstreet, belting out one of their favourite songs at a folk club in Australia. Fantastic harmonies from two great voices (with some help from those sitting near the camera). A bit dark, but hey, the sound's the thing! Check them out at www.cloudstreet.org

Category:

Music

Tags:

• harmony
• cloudstreet
• folk
• trad
• Australia
• singing
• Tom
• Waits

[cloudstreetarts]

Thanks for the kind words, Bob.

[ecadre]

Heh, just read the post on Mudcat, Cloudstreet posted it themselves :-D

Did you give yourselves permission first? (it's Andrew the Melodeon player from Coventry btw.... hi!)

[cloudstreetarts]

Hi Andrew,

We did have a big meeting first and decided by majority vote that it would be alright to post the video.

;)

John

[themisteryshopper]

John, you need a box!

[Zera213]

you guys are really good. normally i listen to stuff like rock and metal and stuff but this is actually one of my favorite songs

[weirdunclebob]

Awesome! Great voices and a great rendition of a brilliant song by a true songster. Thanks!

[Carl31947]

Mighty Cloudstreet, John and Nicole belting out this grand song!

Totally sober!!

Ray Padgett

[lepetitkarlito]

Beautiful! I'm from Ireland, you guys have an authentic Celtic diction!

[StonefieldJim4]

Thanks - a fabulous version of a wonderful song by my hero. Cheers!

[singmosaic]

fabulous harmonies  !!!

[truthgirl2]

Fantastic version of this song... these two are great singers, love the harmony!

Holly Cole does another wonderful version of this song. It's darker but she sounds quite angelic. She did a whole album of Tom Waits songs entitled: TEMPTATION. It's truly a brilliant tribute to Tom. Check it out.

[BobTheWhistler]

Dear Cloudstreet,

I am a big fan of several gentlemen from the UK that near every Christmas, they call themselves "Nowell, Sing We Clear". Their harmonies are amazing. But to hear you two do with just two voices (even with the help of the guy in the audience who needs to be quiet), I sit here undone. Every now and again, Tom Waits gives us a gem. This one is no exception. I may invent an instrumental version of this for the Irish whistle. Thanks, guys and good luck.

Bob