The Punch Brothers feature mandolin whizz kid Chris Thile,i saw them in Cambridge a few years back,great live, even though some of the chin stroking folkies gave 'em the thumps down.

By sheer accident, heard a group called the Punch Brother s on CBS this morning. They did a real nice version.

There is a good version on You Tube by Canadian band The Mahones, i don't think its available on any format,not entirely Canadian, i was informed the other day that The Mahones main man is Irish,the female part is sung by the excellent Danhmait Doyle, originally from Labrador, where my Mees are from,though i reside in Cape Breton.While we are on the subject of Fairytale covers,yep,Sheeran's version is terrible, apparently there's a live version by Coldplay,is there nothing sacred anymore?

Hi all long time no chat...

So I just forced myself to listen to the Ed Sheeran cover and it got me wondering... what good covers are there?

This is a decent version in Irish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVdsD_MLQio

And I've heard Damo do a good rendition too.


Overall it seems like one of those songs that can't be touched. Heard acceptable versions in pubs but without the piano it's relegated to a guitar or bass player trying to mimic the melody.