response 3 of 5:

Jan 14 05:00 UTC 2003

Since I only go to folk concerts, I doubt that I'm a good answerer for this
question. :-) To me, the magic of a live show is pretty damn special, but I
don't usually find much difference, acoustically, between most folk albums
and the live shows for my favourite artists (most of them use the same
instruments and not much extra on album  so it's pretty close live, just
because it can't help but be).