From: owner-curiouser@smoe.org (curiouser) To: curiouser-digest@smoe.org Subject: curiouser V2 #28 Reply-To: curiouser@smoe.org Sender: owner-curiouser@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-curiouser@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-List-Info: http://www.io.com/~mcurry/curiouser.html curiouser Wednesday, September 27 2000 Volume 02 : Number 028 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Susan McKeown's New Album - 'Lowlands' [bocchi ball ] Re: Susan McKeown's New Album - 'Lowlands' [bocchi ball ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 13:19:44 -0400 From: bocchi ball Subject: Susan McKeown's New Album - 'Lowlands' latest mailshot from sheila-na-gig...pardon any funky formatting since the original was not plain-text. woj >Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 09:43:45 -0400 >To: sngmusic@earthlink.net >From: Sheila-na-Gig Music >Subject: Susan McKeown's New Album - 'Lowlands' > >Dear Friends, > >We are delighted to announce the release of 'Lowlands', the new album from >Susan McKeown on Green Linnet Records. The release date is today, Tuesday, >September 26. > >Susan and The Chanting House will perform a couple of East Coast dates, and >then Susan is off to tour with Aidan Brennan in the UK, opening for Sean >Keane, and one gig in Dublin, Ireland (details on all dates below). > > >A couple of reviews of 'Lowlands' are already in: > >Barnes&Noble.com > >"The bold Susan McKeown does the New York Irish community proud with this >colorful set of ballads. Whether Scottish or Irish, in English or Gaelic, >old or new, her taste is for the sad, the wistful, and the bitter, with the >occasional triumph of the spirit that drops some honey on the lemon. Her >gifted musical compatriots come from all over the world: New York, Ireland, >Spain, India, Mali, and China, and while each makes a unique contribution, >the Celtic tradition of choosing personally meaningful tunes handed down from >inspirational balladeers goes on undiminished. > >Indeed, McKeown, who dropped out of an Irish opera academy to wander the >streets of Dublin, has chosen well: Tales of exile, rescue, infanticide, >emergency cannibalism, and hares cornered by the hounds are all archetypal >Celtic fare. Perhaps the most stunning cut is her a cappella version of >"Dark Horse on the Wind" by Liam Weldon, a brilliantly concise, heartbreaking >expression of the bleak, continual struggle that is Ireland. McKeown sings it >with great beauty and total conviction. And as they say, the further from >Ireland one gets, the more Irish one becomes." > >-- Emily King > >>>>> > >Time Out New York >Issue No. 253 > >"Classically trained songwriter Susan McKeown arrived here from Ireland >ten years ago, after forsaking a career in opera. Bred on religious music >but enamored with like-minded folk souls such as Michelle Shocked, McKeown >pairs Gaelic yarns about stormy rivers and star-crossed lovers with >polyrhythmic percussion and her fierce alto vocals. > >On her forthcoming CD, 'Lowlands', the Dublin native offers up a >contemporary blend of Celtic folk rock mixed with primal-sounding >percussion and a haunting undercurrent of flutes. On its opening track, >"An Nighean Dubh/The Dark Haired Girl," McKeown uses undulating lyrical >repetition for a dreamlike effect. Elsewhere, on "Neansai Og Ni >Obarlain/Nancy Oberlin," deep-bass bleats accompany her spiritual voice, >and she later applies those stately vocals to the a cappella cut "Dark >Horse on the Wind." Lúnasa lend a sweet, forlorn quality to the cut "To >Fair London Town."... > >--Karen Iris Tucker > >>>>> > >Scotland's Music Store - http://www.sms.clara.net > >"Dublin's Susan McKeown has made a name for herself in traditional >circles with her arresting, moody voice and spot-on harmonies. 'Lowlands' >is a beautiful album mixing traditional songs in both Irish and English >languages with a variety of exotic but subtle world music arrangements. >The musicians she has recruited include premier artists from America, >Scotland, India, Africa and China including Glen Moore, Johnny Cunningham, >Lunasa and Joanie Madden. A powerful album from start to finish." > > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CONCERT DATES >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >SUSAN McKEOWN & THE CHANTING HOUSE > > > Friday, October 6 - PRISM / Charlottesville, VA 8:00pm > > w/ Lindsey Horner, Jon Spurney, Joe Trump > Tickets & info: 804/97PRISM > http://www.theprism.org/ > > > Saturday, October 7 - THE BOTTOM LINE, New York, NY 7:30 & 10pm > > w/ Lindsey Horner, Jon Spurney, Joe Trump, Michelle Kinney, & guests > Tickets & info: 212/228-6300 > http://www.bottomlinecabaret.com/ > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >SUSAN McKEOWN with AIDAN BRENNAN > >Susan will be on tour in England in October opening for Sean Keane >[www.seankeane.com] at the following venues: > > Thursday, 12th October - The Brook, Southampton, 8:30pm. > Tickets : (023) 80555366 - The Brook [http://www.the-brook.com/] > > Friday, 13th October - Union Chapel, Islington, London, 8:00pm. > Ticketmaster: 0870 534 44 44 & Ticketmaster outlets > > Sunday, 15th October - The Irish Centre, Birmingham, 8.30pm. > Tickets - 0121 6244444 > > Wednesday 18th October - Band on the Wall > [http://www.bandonthewall.com/], > Manchester, 8.30pm. > 0161 8341786/ 24 hr: 0161 8330682/ 0161 8320183 > > Thursday, 19th October - Irish Centre, Leeds > [http://www.Liveinleeds.com/irish.htm], 8.00pm. > 0113 2480887 > > > Friday, 20 October - The Cobblestones, Dublin, Ireland > 01/872-1799 > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >SUSAN McKEOWN & JOHNNY CUNNINGHAM > >"Songs for the Winter Season Tour" > >November - December 2000 >East Coast, West Coast, Great Lakes - Dates to be announced soon! >************************ >Sheila-na-Gig Music, LLC >http://www.sheilanagig.com >Tel: 212-260-2302 >Fax: 212-260-9645 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 13:47:43 -0400 From: bocchi ball Subject: Re: Susan McKeown's New Album - 'Lowlands' >> Saturday, October 7 - THE BOTTOM LINE, New York, NY 7:30 & 10pm >> w/ Lindsey Horner, Jon Spurney, Joe Trump, Michelle Kinney, & guests >> Tickets & info: 212/228-6300 >> http://www.bottomlinecabaret.com/ by the way, i just noticed on the bottom line's website (they finally have one!) that they take e-mail reservations for shows now. very convienent, if you want to save yourself a trip to their box office. full details, etc. are at their site. woj ------------------------------ End of curiouser V2 #28 ***********************