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No one wore flowers in their hair but this was nonetheless a show tinged with 1960s nostalgia. Both bands had commercial recognition way back then and both have just one original member still performing.

Jacqui McShee is 73 and her voice, always a delicate instrument, is now frailer yet can still comfortably carry the songs.

Her jazzy folk Pentangle sound is lush and highly polished.

The vocal sat perfectly in the mix and on the softer pieces, such as the exquisite Jaroin D'Amour - it's vulnerability was moving.

The four-piece band was first class and the 75-minute set was going to be hard for prog folkists Magna Carta to follow.

If McShee's performance was understated and her chat reminiscent of a kind aunty, Chris Simpson was full of himself in a dour Yorkshire self-deprecating way. "We shall parade through a galaxy of hits," he appeared to joke while eager to inform that Magna Carta have sold nine million albums worldwide and he has the gold discs to prove it.

Simpson is 74 and his vocal was uncomfortably weak. It sat out from the mix, as did his guitar. The four-piece behind him supported rather than blending in. However, Ken "he's a bit good" Nicol was a gleaming gem on guitar.

It was the jazz folkists that spanned the years, remaining cool, hip, and solid.