Christchurch Folk Music Club

Elizabeth Braggins and Olivia Wilson: a winning familial duo

The familial connection between Elizabeth Braggins and her daughter Olivia Wilson shone on stage, both their love of each other and the beautiful sounds they were creating were beacons of enjoyment.

There was a mixture of solos and duets, audience participation songs all adding the spice of variety. There were some spell binding moments for me “Motherland”, the haunting song of Natalie Merchant was just that, you could hear a pin drop as they shared in heartfelt harmonies. The real gem of the concert was the duet “Exactly what to say”, where we all knew we were seeing something special.

It is a true delight to announce that Olivia will be the youth artist at the Canterbury Folk Festival, November 13-16th at the Waipara Adventure Centre, where we are sure to be captivated again as Lizzie will be accompanying Olivia and has offered a solo concert for our enjoyment as well. Enjoyment is guaranteed with these two personality radiating artists.

Judi Smitheram
Secretary

 

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