From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V4 #192 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Wednesday, June 17 1998 Volume 04 : Number 192 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Sinead O'Connor at Wolftrap ["Jeffrey C. Burka" ] Dalbello [Neile Graham ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 01:05:25 -0400 From: "Jeffrey C. Burka" Subject: Sinead O'Connor at Wolftrap well, I'm just back from seeing Sinead this evening, on her tour with the Chieftains. I wasn't entirely sure what to expect; a friend (and fellow ectophile) once saw Sinead, maybe 5 or 6 years ago, and said it was one of, if not *the*, worse concert experiences of his life. As it turned out, this one was phenomenal. The opening act, Great Big Sea, "from the tropical island of newfoundland" came on right on time, and wowed the crowd with a too-brief four song set. Alas, no rendition of "It's the End of the World As We Know It" as I'd read about here, but still the band was a lot of fun. Four men singing traditional and original tunes with lots of acoustic guitar, fiddle, accordion, and great harmonies. I was too lazy to pick up their album at the show, but plan to do so sometime soon. Sinead was up next, hitting the stage around 8:35 and playing for a bit more than an hour. During the first several tunes, I marveled over and over again at the absolutely incredible recorder (flute? don't think so, but I was awfully far from the stage, out on the lawn!) player, who was adding such a wonderful touch to the songs. I suppose I shouldn't, then, have been surprised when Sinead later introduced him as Davey Spilane, known to many ectophiles due to his work with Kate Bush. He was truly amazing, and added a unique touch to the songs on which he played. For once I had the presence of mind to keep track of what songs were played, so: Emperor's New Clothes You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart I Am Stretched On Your Grave (dedicated to MLK Jr) Jackie Dreaming of the Bones (from Davey Spilane's upcoming album) Nothing Compares 2 U Thank You For Hearing Me My Love Fire On Babylon This Is The Last Day of Our Acquaintance - ----encore She Moved Through the Fair Sinead was backed by a 6 piece band, including two keyboardists, drums, bass, guitar, cello, and of course the winds from Davey. The sound was about as perfect as I'd hope for at such an auditorium -- all of the instruments were audible, well mixed, and neither too loud nor soft. Sinead's voice was in great form, and she sang songs that allowed her to use much of her intensity. She was also seemingly in very high spirits, giggling and giddy as she spoke to the audience and shrieked "thankYOU!" after nearly every song (realizing two thirds of the way through the set that this was probably very annoying and/or painful, but noting that she couldn't seem to stop saying it. ;-) Happily, she also came back out to perform "The Foggy Dew" with the Chieftains (who were wonderful, as usual, though I had to leave partway into their set so that dc's public transportation could get me home. ) If this tour's hitting your area, I'd highly recommend it. jeff ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 00:08:42 -0500 From: Neile Graham Subject: Dalbello Paul2k@aol.com wrote: >Dalbello _Whore_ (can someone explain this to me?...i thought that >Dalbello would be ecto-ish....but it's not....are there two Dalbellos?) I guess the question is, what is ecto-ish? Dalbello is ecto-ish in that she's a fiercely independent female singer/songwriter. I discovered her at the same time as I discovered Kate Bush and in my head--despite the huge differences in most of their work--she's very like the Kate of "Get Out of My House". On the Ectophiles' Guide page on her I compare her to early Danielle Dax, Sara Craig, PJ Harvey, Patti Smith. That's the world she inhabits, rather like a lion. Hard, gutsy, alternarock. I think she's brilliant. I'm sorry if you don't like her. "Damn these heavy boots!" - --Neile - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Neile Graham ..... http://www.sff.net/people/neile ..... neile@sff.net The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music .... http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V4 #192 **************************