Hove Folk Club

Kath Tait : Friday 10th June 2011

Announcing that your first song is about how you got into this mess and the second song being the aptly named “Bastard”, a song about the demise of your third husband, may not sound the most positive of starts to an evening; but Kath Tait is a wonderful wordsmith and managed to make these songs both amusing and poignant.

Kath has some wonderful rhymes and the song writers amongst the audience could be seen admiring the clever way Kath used words. Kath is originally from New Zealand but has spent the last twenty-plus years living in London and singing on the folk circuit. Her songs are both witty and incisive, and the female members of the audience enjoyed some of the feminist references.

"Poor Dim Sally" was about the way people get into groups in order to find spiritual fulfilment, while "Small Town Eccentrics" celebrated the differences between people and how that enriches life and the diversity of individuality.

When Kath announced that the “next song is an anti-Nazi song” I must confess I was expecting the usual anti BNP format but it was actually my favourite song of the night. Called "Foreigners and Strangers", it has a simple message that we should look inside ourselves to see our own prejudices and that they are something we should be aware of.

Kath provided a splendid evening’s entertainment to a small but enthusiastic audience who joined in with her choruses and with whom she had individual conversations which created an intimate atmosphere.

We enjoyed the evening; come back and visit us soon.

Web site: www.kathtait.com
Myspace: www.myspace.com/kathtait

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