1 acoustic guitar, 1 electric guitar, a wonderful voice and a fantastic song. It's unbelievable that something like this still exists today, when today's so-called music sounds like traffic jams...
Wow, people looking for a word they can react on, in stead of trying to understand the essence of a comment. Apart from that: fame is a rather important factor for professional musicians.
2:19 This Scottish Folketone is played all over the World, even Bob Dylan. However, Karla is so fond of singing this song in her very heavenly careful way. And many artists make her version because of this. Thank You Karla for bringing this song out into our hearts and souls....
Karla and Nina are pure magic together. The tears are streaming down my face as I write this…this song takes me back to my introduction to Karla’s music in first-year university (1975). It hit me where I lived then - and it still does to this day. I am a Canadian…seeing these two live is on my bucket list…
Many wonderful covers of this age old Scottish folk song from the 1600's. I have one of Karla's albums from the 70's. Bought it while living in the UK.(My 3 month holiday which became 7 years!!!) Listen also to Eva Cassidy version. A star whose light was taken away far too early. RIP Eva.
Let me just come back and say, after listening again, Nina is the best lead guitar ever, and I say that as a long time lead guitar. Because she knows that solos and accompaniment are more than fuzz and flash; they are taste, finesse and beauty, just like how she plays here.
I remember buying Karla's first two albums after first buying Linda Ronstadt's "Hasten Down the Wind" . After seeing that several songs were written by Karla for that album I had to buy her albums. I spent many a night lying in bed with my headphones on listening to the first album and the follow-up "Restless Nights". My favorites were always her slower songs... especially "The Water is Wide", "Lose Again", "Rose in the Garden", "The Letter", "Restless Nights".... the beauty of her voice and straightforward presentation of her songs was astounding! This live version shows that simple beauty that just captures the listener's attention on its own merit. I love Karla's music and so often wished for an album of new material... but I'll always cherish what we have!
Dear Karla, I’ve been listening to you for 40 years and I still love you more and more. This version is ideal, you, your guitar and Nina, Perfect match. A French fan
I am amazed how two guitars, and one voice... live... can take a song that's hundreds of years old, and sound so good! I've listened to many versions of this song... but this performance is my favorite.
Damn, what a song! So sad, so emotional, so filled with love, so religious. "Love is gentle, love is kind when first is new. But love grows old and waxes cold, and fades away like morning dew." If no one faints, crumbles, and cried after hearing that,.......then they are not human. "The water is wide, I can't cross over, and neither have I wings to fly" Spiritual, religious,otherworldly. This is so magnificent in it's gentleness, it's hard to conceive of any song that might compare with this striking observation of life, love, and the challenges of our humanity to capture all while we have them and time to do so in this life. Thank you Karla Bonoff. A Perfect song. Never change it.
Saw her in concert last Friday night. This video was 2 yrs ago and she hasn't missed a beat! Nina Gerber - brilliant as well. Always brings tears to my eyes.
Favorite singer/songwriter ever Inspired me to do the same and I had my 15 minutes In Philadelphia Love listening to her heartfelt and beautiful music many years later and it all stands up very tall and proud many years later Beautiful Karla keep making more!
I love that song & it makes me think of someone I hold dear. And the brilliant towering otherworldly instrumentalist, creating such beauty through pain.
Karla was always one of my favorite singers and over 20 years ago I got to see her live in a small theater in Virginia accompanied by Kenny Edwards. She was as amazing live as on her recordings.
I can’t honestly remember if I have already commented on this version of The Water Is Wide, but I don’t think I can praise it enough. A stunningly beautiful version. Karla and Nina are heavenly together. Always brings tears to my eyes listening no matter how many times I’ve heard it!
I’m humbly requesting that Karla extend her Five-Minute Concert Tour beyond next week, until further notice, held over both by popular demand and by necessity. Her weekly performances, solo or with Nina, have been a pure and delightful lungs-expanding oxygen during a time that this entire world has either been holding its breath or hyperventilating. If the water is a fraction as wide, and deep, as Karla’s gift for music, then it’s doing very well indeed.
@@williamgarvy1393 And I move we make it unanimous! When Karla sings, the room goes quiet. We want to hear every blessed note. And Nina's guitar helps bring subtle but essential mood and emotion to every song.
Dave Stubbs I agree, Karla please extend these sessions. Dave, I always love what you write regarding Karla. I don’t think that I could capture her essence as well as you do. What a wonderful, beautiful and gifted artist. I can’t get enough. I have tickets to see her perform at the end of July and I pray that the universe will cooperate.
@@marymuller1062 Mary, thank you for your kind words. Karla has long been my go-to artist when I've needed to restore a bit of balance, but never more than during these past two remarkable months. If Karla doesn't extend her video concert tour, there is plenty of her music to enjoy, which I most happily consume in a dark room under headphones, the aural experience richest when every other sense is turned off.
I could listen to Karla on a continuous loop without ever tiring of hearing her sing but especially this song. Hoping to see her and hear this live at City Winery NYC next month which reminds me I need to get tickets now that we are for sure going.
I listen to Karla when I am driving long distances...she takes my mind off the idiots on the road ...she is very calming, and Nina is so very talented as well. Saw them together live and shed a few tears when they played this.
I first heard Karla Bonoff's recording of this accompanying a video tribute to Mary Daly. Fell in love with that video and Karla's beautiful rendition of it then. And I always love listening to and watching Nina Gerber perform.
💖💖💖 For about 40 years, Karla, you have been in my heart and in my mind with your compositions and your ideal voice. Keep healthy and never stop, please!
Each time I listened to this song, I felt so emotional, especially sang by Karla and Nina, a fantastic guitarist, really spices up the music so beautiful. I will never get tired of this song. Forever green. The lyrics is so meaningful.❤🎉😊
Wow! These concerts and clips have to continue. I got infected by the songs-of-Karla-Bonoff-bug in the '70s and there's still no antibiotic that can touch it.
Wow - I had this on a record, years ago and it had someone singing close harmony - sounded like James Taylor. Has stuck ijn my mind for all these years. Now refreshed, As anther comment said below - Karla's version is without doubt the best I've ever heard. Thanks!
You could sing the phone book, Karla, and I'd be enraptured. Shout out to Nina, too: so tasteful, such a soft touch, a fabulous accompanist. Thanks to you both for making this passage we've all been forced into less discomforting.
I have known and adored you and your music, since we were little ( the 70s). From "Baby Don't Go" up until now.... So glad and grateful to have been able to ride this orb with you . Please stay well>
I can't catch all the tears this song brings. I think of all the people I have ever met and am truly grateful for the friendships. And, my wife Susan for bringing me more than luck or love.
You are as brilliant as I remember when I first heard you in High School...(them...30 years ago) Thank you for your timeless poetry and lovely voice! You are a treasure!
Karla, I've been a solid and undying fan since I heard the first note from Restless Nights and like perfection it never fails to make me stop what I'm doing and listen to every note, sung and played. Priceless treasures.
