From: owner-canadian-music-digest@smoe.org (canadian-music-digest) To: canadian-music-digest@smoe.org Subject: canadian-music-digest V1 #62 Reply-To: canadian-music@smoe.org Sender: owner-canadian-music-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-canadian-music-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk canadian-music-digest Thursday, September 3 1998 Volume 01 : Number 062 Today's Subjects: ----------------- My Suffragette Sessions review (Cincy show) [Riphug@aol.com] Re: My Suffragette Sessions review (Cincy show) [James McGarry ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 08:58:12 EDT From: Riphug@aol.com Subject: My Suffragette Sessions review (Cincy show) (Please excuse the crosspost) If any of you have the opportunity to go to the Indigo Girls' Suffragette Sessions tour, do it! But don't go if you expect to hear mostly the Indigo Girls 'cause it ain't that kind of tour. Sometimes likened to a *mini Lilith Fair*, the IGs have invited several female artists to perform together on stage. Many of the invitees appear only as background players, but most of them take the lead vocals at one time or another. And several of the participants switch instruments from time to time. For example, both Jane Siberry and Lisa Germano played keyboards, accordion, and guitar or mandolin at various times, with Germano also on violin for much of the show. I didn't write down the set list and have a pretty foggy memory, but here are my random thoughts on the concert: 1. The Indigo Girls were their typical cool selves and got the crowd really rocking. I don't know many of their song titles, but they definitely did "Power of Two" and "Go," which made the audience quite happy to say the least. 2. I had never heard of Thalia Zedek (from Come) before, and was left with no impression of her really. She played guitar most of the time, but also performed on clarinet. I'm sure she probably sang something, but I couldn't tell you what it might have been -- some indie-blues thing. 3. Jean Smith (of Mecca Normal) provided a bit of comic relief in her frequent banter with fellow Canadian Jane Siberry. I'd never heard Jean before, either, and most likely will *not* be purchasing any of her work. She played guitar most of the time, but had a few vocal leads as well. She did a very strange spoken word piece, accompanying herself with a very screechy non-musical guitar. The crowd was left rather bewildered by her performance piece, but you've gotta admire someone who's willing to take a chance like that, I guess. 4. Gail Ann Dorsey (bass player for David Bowie's tour band) was a new discovery for me. Not only can she play the hell out of a guitar, but she also has a great voice and a very pleasant stage personality. 5. Josephine Wiggs (ex-Breeder) played bass throughout the show, but never took a vocal lead.....I can't recall her doing anything but backup, so what can I say? 6. Luscious Jackson's Kate Schellenbach was heard on drums but not seen for the most part. All I saw of Kate was a couple of little spiky towers protruding from her head. 7. Lisa Germano was one of the performers I was most looking forward to seeing. I have all of her albums (that I know of), but had never seen her perform. She tends to bring down the mood of things a little bit, but her music and voice are beautiful. Whispery and quiet stuff. Her most recent release is "Slide" -- get it! 8. The best part of the whole show was Jane Siberry, whom I totally adore and respect for her unique talents. I have all of her albums, too. Her voice is so delicate and gorgeous; her lyrics are light and often humorous; and her musical compositions are extraordinary! She has such a variety of style..... but it's always happy and optimistic kind of stuff. "Love is Everything" from her album "When I Was a Boy" was one of the highlights of the night. And she also performed the lead for the ensemble's version of "Midnight Train to Georgia" (with the whole audience joining in for the "hoo! hoo!s). Jane also seemed to be enjoying herself more than any of the other performers, making frequent hand gestures to accompany the music, and taking photos of other tour members. 9. Whoops! Almost forgot the opening act -- Japan's Shonen Knife. They were so cute! From their voices, brightly colored costumes, right down to their stage presence and rapport with the audience. They performed several food-related songs, and a cover of the Monkees' "Daydream Believer." Because of some communication mixups and lack of a babysitter, I ended up going to this concert by myself, even though I had 4 tickets. So the price I paid for the Suffragette Sessions was just over $80 -- more than Lilith Fair! But you know? To me it was worth every penny.... I'd pay $80 just for Jane! Jill :D *share the music!* I thought the Cincy show was great! However, I'm a big fan of Jane Siberry and Lisa Germano as well as the Indigo Girls. After seeing the show last night, I'm also a fan of Gail Ann Dorsey. I had heard that the IGs only did about three songs on this tour, but was happily surprised to find that all of the artists were on stage all of the time. The leads were just passed around between Amy, Emily, Gail Ann, Jane Siberry, Lisa Germano, Lourdes Perez, and Thalia Zedek. I didn't like Jean Smith and her spoken word/screechy non- musical guitar piece at all....but respect her for braving the crowd! Anyway, I can see how people who were expecting to see *just* the IG would be disappointed, but I was there to see them all and was totally satisfied. Has anyone heard if there might be an album from this tour? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 15:37:34 -0400 (EDT) From: James McGarry Subject: Re: My Suffragette Sessions review (Cincy show) On Wed, 2 Sep 1998 Riphug@aol.com wrote: > 8. The best part of the whole show was Jane Siberry, whom I totally adore A U of G grad, from _my_ college too, Bio Sci! :-) Sorry, just a nonsequitor. > and respect for her unique talents. I have all of her albums, too. Her Even the first one? The eponymous one with the black and white cover? Haven't seen that one for sale in years! Needless to say Jane Sibbery has always been popular in Guelph. > 9. Whoops! Almost forgot the opening act -- Japan's Shonen Knife. They > were so cute! From their voices, brightly colored costumes, right down to > their stage presence and rapport with the audience. They performed > several > food-related songs, and a cover of the Monkees' "Daydream Believer." The also cover the Carpenter's "Top of the World"(?) I saw them just last week at the um... Horseshoe in TO (the night of the Emm Gryner/Bernard Butler show in case anyone is wondering). They do "Sushi Bar" which is my theme song de semaine, though I haven't managed to get sushi, thanks to Mr. Gordon Johnson, that darn Big Sugar changed the start time of their set and ran well past regular Sushi Bistro's hours... ...I digress, though it was tangentially related, Big Sugar are Canadian and they do do music, notably a Sarah McLachlan cover (Possession)... ...ok back to Shonen Knife, they are probably the seminal artists in my favourite punk sub-movement, Cuddlecore... ... cub (late of Vancouver) took up the reigns of Can-Cuddlecore with Mint-y labelmates Maow (aka Meow, until they discovered another band named Meow...). Cuddlecore was Punk's younger, friskier sister, with many food and cartoon related themes, it was an antiestablishment movement with real GRRL power, not high-heels and PVC, but comfy clothes and real worn Doc Martins. I miss cub. *sigh* The good young days of Punk. :-) (Bill Baker, Randy, Robynn, Lisa M, Lisa G, if you're listenin' I just wanna hug ya.) You can hear some later, trippier Cuddlecore-ish strains in "modern" groups like Cibo Matto, who, oddly also focus on food related songs. Or perhaps that's a Japanese thing... ..anyone up for a screening of Tampopo? :-) :-) :-) Soyanora, James. P.S. I apologize for the lateral thinking, anyone who knows or has met me just knows this is a sign of my unsleeping state :-) ========================================================================== James McGarry | jmcgarry@UoGuelph.CA - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- An artist should be fit for the best society and keep out of it. - - John Ruskin ========================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 16:56:21 -0400 From: Colleen Campbell Subject: Re: Emm radio interviews; Emm mailing list At 06:35 PM 9/1/98 -0500, 00jnweiser@bsuvc.bsu.edu wrote: >Those of you who are lucky to live in Toronto and get Emm >shows on the radio all the time: would anyone be willing to >copy any of those for me? :( I'll either send you a tape or >send you some way cool tape or Nettwerk postcards in return. >Please... Email me. Anyone willing to copy for me, either? I've got about 40 Moxy Fruvous shows that I can offer in return. *smile* You know, that OTHER band everyone's been raving about on this mailing list. .. ceecee Colleen Campbell o/~ Fruphoria! o/~ ceecee@fruvous.com "You called in sick?" "Well, what was I going to do--call in ecstatic?" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 16:25:20 -0400 From: Colleen Campbell Subject: Re: Emm radio interviews; Emm mailing list At 06:35 PM 9/1/98 -0500, 00jnweiser@bsuvc.bsu.edu wrote: >Those of you who are lucky to live in Toronto and get Emm >shows on the radio all the time: would anyone be willing to >copy any of those for me? :( I'll either send you a tape or >send you some way cool tape or Nettwerk postcards in return. >Please... Email me. Anyone willing to copy for me, either? I've got about 40 Moxy Fruvous shows that I can offer in return. *smile* You know, that OTHER band everyone's been raving about on this mailing list. .. ceecee Colleen Campbell o/~ Fruphoria! o/~ ceecee@fruvous.com "You called in sick?" "Well, what was I going to do--call in ecstatic?" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 17:31:58 EDT From: Riphug@aol.com Subject: Re: My Suffragette Sessions review (Cincy show) In a message dated 9/2/98 3:39:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jmcgarry@uoguelph.ca writes: << Even the first one? The eponymous one with the black and white cover? Haven't seen that one for sale in years! Needless to say Jane Sibbery has always been popular in Guelph. >> Yep....even that one....and a new discovery of an older album called "Summer in the Yukon." I think I've got another import on the way from somewhere, too.... I can't keep track of it all! <> Yeah, I was thinking the same thing about Japanese singers and food......I love Cibo Matto's "Sugar Water." Shonen Knife is quite a bit....ummmm.......perkier? Next up....a visit to some Canadian music! Jill :D *share the music!* ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 18:41:37 -0400 From: "Andrea " Subject: Re: Emm radio interviews; Emm mailing list Hey Guys! All I can offer is the 20 minutes or so of the 07.21.98 Emm Gryner interview and acoustic performance of "Summerlong" at 102.1 THE EDGE in Toronto...I definetly could use some more Emm shows and interviews :-) Anyway, I've got a lil' collection of bootlegs, but I'm in dire need of some more Emm, and those other fine Canadian bands...amongst others...anyway check it out http://listen.to/boots And one more thing, you can now access my PROUDLY CANADIAN MUSIC site by taping into http://listen.to/canadianmusic ....I'm having way too much fun with this redirect URL stuff... ~Andrea! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ICQ: 10294764 AOL IM: TheAndyC "So I keep walking so I keep walking singing sometimes Feeling like a shit 'cause I know what's happening Investing like a rich girl, gambling like a Vegas idiot Putting out where I haven't much before" - -Emm Gryner ------------------------------ End of canadian-music-digest V1 #62 ***********************************