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There are times when the sense of the historic fills the air to the point where even the sound of a million dropped pins cannot dissuade an audience’s attention from the riveting spectacle that is unfolding in front of them. Even when the feeling of respect, charged emotions and the powerful imagery of the long since passed find themselves jostling for attention in the corner of a once forgotten thought, the spectacle, the illumination of greatness can stand up to any type of distraction and make the music sing louder than ever.
For Rosanne Cash, legacy and continuance is surely all and with her own impressive stamp of music firmly shaking Time till it learned the decency afforded such memories and how to live with peace and not behave like the raging torrent of the Mississippi Delta that runs deep into the American psyche.
Legacy and beauty, such was the emotional standpoint of the evening that Rosanne Cash took the audience who filled out the seats of the Philharmonic Hall down memories that till that point they were not privy to, down explanations of songs and accounts of the Cash family history that would have brave old men hiding a tear of empathy behind the rubbed fist of glory and courageous sentiment. If legacy is to be preserved then pride, proper pride, the one that glistens in the act of remembrance and not in an unobtainable object, is to be seen and in Ms. Cash that pride is there is true abundance.
With songs such as Modern Blue, The Sunken Lands, Ella’s Tune, The Long Way Home, 50,000 Watts of Common Prayer, Blue Moon With Heartache and a wonderful nod to the other side of her family coin with a beautiful version of Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow Tree, the sense of pride, of heartache and memory all combined to make the thought of cathartic endeavour a night of real beauty.
A woman of substance, of great heritage and personality, Rosanne Cash fills the auditorium with grace and poise, it is no wonder the Philharmonic Hall audience took her to their hearts and gave her the standing ovation she richly deserved. A great night of music delivered by a legend in her own right!