From: owner-curiouser@smoe.org (curiouser) To: curiouser-digest@smoe.org Subject: curiouser V6 #13 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 Sunday, December 5 2004 Volume 06 : Number 013 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Fwd: [susanmckeown-announce] SUSAN McKEOWN DECEMBER NEWSLETTER 2004 [Mich] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 10:46:44 -0500 From: Michael Curry Subject: Fwd: [susanmckeown-announce] SUSAN McKEOWN DECEMBER NEWSLETTER 2004 >Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 10:23:32 -0500 >To: susanmckeown-announce@smoe.org >From: Michael Curry >Subject: [susanmckeown-announce] SUSAN McKEOWN DECEMBER NEWSLETTER 2004 > > >- SUSAN ON TOUR WITH ARLO GUTHRIE & THE KLEZMATICS IN THE U.S. >- 'EGGS IN HER BASKET' NOMINATED FOR BBC2 FOLK AWARD IN THE UK >- JOHNNY CUNNINGHAM TRIBUTE CONCERT U.S. EAST COAST DATES ANNOUNCED >- BOWSIE TRACK ON UPCOMING IRISH LANGUAGE CD IN IRELAND > >SUSAN ON TOUR WITH ARLO GUTHRIE & THE KLEZMATICS >Susan is currently on tour with Arlo Guthrie and The Klezmatics in 'Holy >Ground: The Spiritual Songs of Woody Guthrie'. Last weekend was Arlo's >annual Thanksgiving concert at Carnegie Hall which was a sold-out show and >a great night performing in New York the wonderful songs of Woody Guthrie >set to music by The Klezmatics, which was first presented at 92nd Street Y >December 2003. >The remaining 2004 dates are: >Monday 6 December Disney Hall, Los Angeles, CA >Tuesday 7 Decemeber Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, CA >Sunday 12 December State Theater, Ithaca, NY >Thursday 30 December Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm >Beach, FL > >'EGGS IN HER BASKET' NOMINATED FOR BBC2 FOLK AWARD >The song 'Eggs in Her Basket' from Susan's most recent album Sweet Liberty >has been nominated for a BBC2 Folk Award in the category of Best >Traditional Track. >One of the other nominees in the Best Traditional Track category is Martin >Carthy, from whom Susan learned the song 'Eggs in Her Basket'. Susan's >recording features the wonderful accompaniment of Mariachi Real de Mexico. >"Fast forward to Track 6 and Eggs in Her Basket, a gipsy song > once recorded by Martin Carthy here transmuted into a smouldering >Latin fable courtesy of Israel Torres' evocative horn and other members of >Mariachi Real de Mexico...Inspired use of counter cultures." >fRoots >There is a website with lots of information about the awards and the other >categories and nominees at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/folk/, where >you can join in a discussion about this year's nominations at a special >message board. > >JOHNNY CUNNINGHAM TRIBUTE CONCERT EAST COAST DATES ANNOUNCED >Musicians Phil Cunningham, Kevin Burke, Seamus Egan, Susan McKeown and >Aidan Brennan will present a series of concerts of the music of JOHNNY >CUNNINGHAM in tribute to the Scottish-born musician whose numerous >accomplishments as a performer, recording artist, producer, lyricist and >composer had far reaching effect. The musicians, who all worked closely >with Cunningham during his life, will perform a program of music from >important moments during his 30-year career including selections from his >acclaimed score to the OBIE award-winning Mabou Mines production 'Peter & >Wendy'. >The dates are as follows: >Feb 3 Sellersville PA Theater >Feb 4 Somerville MA Theatre >Feb 5 Town Hall, New York NY >Feb 6 The Egg, Albany NY (Matinee - Superbowl Sunday) >Feb 7 Blair MD High School auditorium >West coast dates will follow later in the year. > >BOWSIE IS BACK >Susan spent a couple of days before Thanksgiving up at Gerry Leonard's home >studio near New Paltz, NY laying down new tracks for Bowsie. Gerry has time >off from his regular gig as guitarist with David Bowie so it was finally >time to start recording new material for this project which the duo began >in 2000. Or thereabouts. >It is hoped that a Bowsie album will be completed in the spring of 2005. >One of the songs recorded last week, tentatively titled 'Czmha na >n-Ian/Featherbed', will be included on an album of songs in the Irish >language to be released in Ireland in March. The release will be during >Seachtain na Gaeilge, or Irish Week, when the use of the Irish language is >promoted throughout the country. Other artists featured on the album will >be Kmla, John Spillane, The Frames, Nina Hynes, The Afro Celts, Paddy Casey >and possibly Damien Rice. > > > > > >To unsubscribe from this list send a message to >susanmckeown-announce-unsubscribe@smoe.org ------------------------------ End of curiouser V6 #13 ***********************