From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V5 #53 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Sunday, February 14 1999 Volume 05 : Number 053 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Sara Slean [Mary Shue ] Re: Sara Slean [JavaHo@aol.com] Re: IQ's Ever [Bill Mazur ] Guitarists (was Re: IQ's Ever) [JavaHo@aol.com] [SusanCourtNews] Play it in your bones... [cinders blue ] RE: Guitarists (was Re: IQ's Ever) ["Foghorn J Fornorn" ] writers in the round [meredith ] Stretch Princess [enya7@iname.com] 20/20 web site with Tori schedule [cinders blue ] Re: Guitarists (was Re: IQ's Ever) [Birdie ] guest artist alert [neal copperman ] Re: Cordelia's Dad and Friends info [neal copperman ] Re: writers in the round [neal copperman ] Re: Cindy & Vicky, et al. [neal copperman ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 06:46:59 -0500 From: Mary Shue Subject: Sara Slean I've listen to a couple of the members of this list rave about the Sara Slean album Universe. I buy things alot on impulse so, being a new member to this list, could you please expand on Sara's style and her cd? I've just heard that she's great but I'd love to hear a description. Thanks. Mary in Ann Arbor ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 10:09:40 EST From: JavaHo@aol.com Subject: Re: Sara Slean Mary, Someone on the list wrote an astonishingly descriptive review of "Universe" about a month ago (give or take). I don't remember who it was, but I'm sure the someone out there will know. Failing that, Sarah's entry in the Ectophiles Guide to Good Music should give you a good picture. It's at http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide/guide.cgi?alpha/s/slean.sarah Enjoy...Lisa ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 12:11:24 -0800 From: Bill Mazur Subject: Re: IQ's Ever Tim Finney wrote: > > ---------- > >From: Bill Mazur > >To: Tim Finney > >Subject: Re: IQ's Ever > >Date: Wed, Feb 10, 1999, 8:10 AM > > > > >Also, I > >personally think that Martin Orford is a more interesting keyboardist > >than Mark Kelly. I like Mark Kelly a lot, don't get me wrong. I just > >believe that Martin Orford is really strong, especially his playing on > >"Ever". > > I can understand your opinion just by listening to "Nostalgia" from AYSC, > which is just a fantastic keyboard instrumental (and they often don't work > well). Yes, that is a powerful piece. > > I think that Mark's work has become subtler, and because of that it can be > amazingly emotive, if not "technically" brilliant. I agree with your statement about Mark's work being subtle. His strength to me is that he is an outstanding piano player. His best work is when he is using that sort of approach to his playing. I don't mean that he is always necessarily using a piano or piano sound when he is playing a passage either. His other keyboard work is very textural. He seems to create keyboard washes. I think that, on the whole though, Mark approaches his keyboard work from a piano player's point of view. I believe that Martin Orford approaches his playing from an overall keyboard player's perspective. He seems to use more organ, synth and mellotron (strings, voices, flutes) type of sounds in his playing. Now I do realize that they are both using primarily synthesizers to get most of these sounds. I am talking about how they approach the keyboard passage and which sounds they choose to use for those passages. I have played with both types of keyboardists over the years. I personally like both types of approaches. The keyboard player that I currently work with approaches his playing from a piano playing perspective. I also agree with you that Mark is a very emotive player. I believe that Martin is as well. To me, technical brilliance doesn't mean a thing if there is no emotion and soul to go with it. I absolutely prefer emotion in a player over technique any day. As a guitarist myself, my favorite guitarists, I believe, play with emotion, passion, fire and soul. Many of them are very technically skilled, but it is the emotion that they put into their work that gets to me. My favorites are Andy Latimer, David Gilmour, Steve Hackett, Steve Rothery, Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton. > I would cite examples > such as the Brave album and the middle keyboard section of Out Of This World > from Afraid Of Sunlight (a tie with Misplaced Childhood for my favourite > Marillion album, followed by Clutching at Straws and Brave). These are all wonderful examples of Mark's playing. Brave has a myriad of beautiful and subtle keyboard work. At times his work is also quite powerful as is his organ playing on "Hard as Love". His playing on this piece kind of contradicts all of my previous statements about Mark taking primarily a piano playing approach to his work. ;-) "Out of this World" is my favorite piece on "Afraid of Sunlight". I think everyone's performance is gorgeous on that powerful and emotional piece. I find it interesting and very cool that your favorite Marillion CDs come from both the Fish and H eras. I too love both incarnations of the band. I know that many people who like Fish era Marillion just don't like Steve Hogarth and the direction that Marillion has gone in since his arrival. Fish was/is an outstanding lyricist and performer. However, H is just an amazing performer and one of the most incredible singers out there today. > >If you like "Ever" then you will probably like "Subterranea". Some > >people have mistakenly referred to "Subterranea" as "Son of Ever". I > >think that this is unfair and inaccurate. It features a very strong band > >expanding on the strength of their previously solid outing. > >"Subterranea" is a concept album and is a double CD, so I wouldn't start > >there until you have heard and firmly like "Ever". > > This is what I've heard. I guess I'll just have to check out Ever! I really hope that you like "Ever". I truly believe that you will! Again, please let me know what you think of it after you have the time to really absorb it. All the best Tim! Bill http://www.kmichaels.com n.p. Marillion _Afraid of Sunlight_ Thanks Tim for reminding me of just how excellent this CD really is! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 17:35:56 EST From: JavaHo@aol.com Subject: Guitarists (was Re: IQ's Ever) Bill says: << As a guitarist myself, my favorite guitarists, I believe, play with emotion, passion, fire and soul. Many of them are very technically skilled, but it is the emotion that they put into their work that gets to me. My favorites are Andy Latimer, David Gilmour, Steve Hackett, Steve Rothery, Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton. >> I couldn't agree more. For me, the best example is David Gilmour. Every time I hear those four chiming notes in "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", I think of how much more that says than any 30 note-per-second, weedly-wee guitar solo from the latest guitarist flavour of the month. His two solo albums, especially the first, were dripping with simple, emotion-filled, tasteful guitarisms. His solo show (I saw him in a smaller venue right after "About Face" came out) was one of the best musical experiences I've ever had. There was an air of professionalism and maturity coupled with both raw and smooth emotion. In an odd way, it reminds me of a less pop sounding Sting show (in his early solo years). Just a thought...Lisa ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 19:20:21 -0500 From: cinders blue Subject: [SusanCourtNews] Play it in your bones... >From: Susan Court >Date: Sat, 13 Feb 99 14:40:44 -0800 >To: SusanCourtNews@onelist.com >Delivered-To: mailing list SusanCourtNews@onelist.com >Reply-to: SusanCourtNews-owner@onelist.com >Subject: [SusanCourtNews] Play it in your bones... > >From: Susan Court > >Hello folks, and happy National Bone Marrow Donor Day (February 13th). I >encourage everyone in the United States to give this some thought, then be >on-call and stand ready to share the gift of life by signing up with the >registry - see http://www.marrow.org for information on this important >program. > >**NOTE: if you are subscribed to the "Digest" version of this list, who >knows when this will arrive in your mailbox. Please consider switching to >the normal version as these announcements have historically been sent on >average, oh... about once every two months - hardly an overflow, and I really >want whatever news there is to get to you in the most timely fashion! > >Several things have happened since my last (holiday-stressed, not to mention >double-mailed... oops) missive and I'm very excited about the following >recent developments: > >* Just when you had probably given me up for all talk and no walk with >the whole live performance thing, I got some shows lined up for this summer! > Yep, I'll be "walking" a long way to the Indiegrrl tour... to New York City >and Chapel Hill, NC. I hope to meet some of you there. (Before you ask, >haven't booked any Seattle venues yet, but why stop being backwards now? >They'll happen, trust me.) Specific dates and venues will follow, and many >thanks go to Holly of Indiegrrl notoriety. Speaking of which... > >* Became a charter member of one of the most inspirational, energetic, >talented, supportive music industry organizations I'd ever hoped to get >tangled up in. The INDIEGRRL mailing list was the brainchild of Holly >Figueroa, a frighteningly capable phenomenon of womanhood and musicianship >who saw the need for more support of independent females in the music >industry who wish to stay independent. Indiegrrl is a true democracy well on >the way to filling that need with a mailing list, a website >(www.indiegrrl.com), a future non-profit organization, an independent record >label, a national summer tour, and a compilation CD. Speaking of which... > >* My artwork had the very recent honor of being voted to be the cover >of Indiegrrl Compilation CD Volume 1, to be distributed to radio stations as >promotional material for the Indiegrrl tour. Speaking of which... > >* More airplay off of "High Relief" to celebrate! Another commercial >station in Michigan, WCSR AM/FM "Thursday Morning Breakfast Jam" and my first >ever non-commercial airplay (!!!) in Utah at KRCL 91FM. More to follow. > > >Well, that's about it for now. Happy Valentine's Day and take good care of >yourselves and those around you. > >Thanks again and always for your support of TRUE indie music. > >-Susan > >"Ectophilic" pop from Seattle: Bring it into _High Relief_! >Susan Court susan@fundeling.com http://www.fundeling.com >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >To unsubscribe from this mailing list, or to change your subscription >to digest, go to the ONElist web site, at http://www.onelist.com and >select the User Center link from the menu bar on the left. > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 21:14:38 -0500 From: "Foghorn J Fornorn" Subject: RE: Guitarists (was Re: IQ's Ever) I vaguely remember a story attributed to David Gilmour, commenting on the fairly long period of time between Dark Side of the Moon and Shine On. Surprised at the overwhelming response to Moon, he said that he personally was appalled with his own guitar playing, and spent much of the time between releases rehearsing his technique. I'd say it paid off... * My favorites are Andy Latimer, David Gilmour, Steve Hackett, Steve Rothery, Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton. This is a good list. I'd also throw in a couple of my other faves, Mike Oldfield, Phil Manzanera, Zappa... Robert Fripp of course, although I can understand how that might be an acquired taste. Oldfield: there's a particularly memorable guitar solo in the song Moonlight Shadow that I love. Manzanera: the whole Diamond Head album, plus some beautiful memorable solos on Roxy Music's Flesh + Blood. Zappa: hard to know where to start, but a couple of my faves are Roxy and Elsewhere and Lather. Speaking of Fripp, sort of, ever hear the California Guitar Trio? Fripp produces but does not play. A mix of "classic" (and sometimes classical) music and their own compositions, they have 3 very enjoyable albums on Fripp's DGM record label. Sometimes its hard to believe its not a harpsichord playing. Check it out if you enjoy pleasant and disciplined guitar work (no pun intended). DGM website: http://www.discipline.co.uk I personally fall into the "prefers Fish" Marillion camp, although I do think H has done a fine job with the band since. As mentioned before, I saw Marillion 1 in Poughkeepsie in '83 and '87, then M2 for Season's End. While I wouldn't call it a better show than the '87 one, I gotta hand it to Steve H for stepping into some big shoes (literally and figuratively) and working that Chance crowd up. Regrettably I have not had the opportunity to see them since, and definitely would like to again. Brave was a great album, and I'm liking Radiation more with each listen. I haven't seen Fish solo and that's high on my want list. Hopefully with the upcoming album... ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 21:25:51 -0500 From: "Foghorn J Fornorn" Subject: RE: Sara Slean Go to her website, there are audio samples in several different formats you can download & listen to. That's what sold me on her. http://www.sarahslean.com P.S. keep in mind she sounds MUCH better on your stereo than your computer ! - -----Original Message----- From: owner-ecto@smoe.org [mailto:owner-ecto@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Mary Shue Sent: Saturday, February 13, 1999 6:47 AM To: ecto@smoe.org Subject: Sara Slean I've listen to a couple of the members of this list rave about the Sara Slean album Universe. I buy things alot on impulse so, being a new member to this list, could you please expand on Sara's style and her cd? I've just heard that she's great but I'd love to hear a description. Thanks. Mary in Ann Arbor ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 22:24:26 -0500 From: meredith Subject: writers in the round Hi! Last night (or should I say this morning? :}) woj and I went to the Bottom Line in NYC to see the latest in the Writers In The Round series, coincidentally taking place on the venue's 25th anniversary. The lineup was stellar: Janis Ian, Cheryl Wheeler, Jane Siberry, and Syd Straw (!). We didn't know about Syd until we got there, and we were very, very happy. The show was definitely worth standing in the rain for an hour waiting to get in, sitting in the Bottom Line's notoriously uncomfortable chairs for 3 hours without an intermission, and getting home at 4 am. The Writers In The Round shows are hosted by WFUV's Rita Houston, and consist of several rounds of the performers playing a song and talking about the songwriting process in between. Or, in the case of this group, playing a song and then engaging in several minutes of group zaniness in between. :) I laughed my ass off for close to three solid hours. Cheryl Wheeler was her usual hilarious self. She started off with "The Potato Song", which is the single silliest piece of music I've ever heard. It's the "Mexican Hat Dance" with the chorus consisting of the word "potato" sung with different emphasis on each syllable, always ending on the "to". It has to be heard to be believed. Then later on she did some of the very serious songs for which she's also known - she's always been an interesting dichotomy, making you roll in the aisles between songs and then killing you with the songs themselves. She's kind of like Susan Werner that way, come to think of it. Syd Straw was great. I've never seen her play live before, and she was every bit the freak woj had told me she would be. :) I was pleasantly surprised to see her joined by none other than Michelle Kinney on cello. She did a couple songs from _War And Peace_, then a completely devastating song she'd written as her dad was dying - turns out yesterday was the one year anniversary of his death. She just barely managed to get through it. It was clear while waiting outside in line, and also by the ovation as the opening introductions were made that most of the crowd were there to see Jane Siberry. I was also intrigued to note that the four biggest Jane fans in the room appeared to be Rita Houston and the other three performers sharing the stage with her. Janis Ian remarked at the very beginning that she'd spent the entire early show watching Jane with her mouth hanging open, and Cheryl Wheeler said something to the same effect later. When Jane borrowed Syd Straw's electric guitar for the final song of the evening, Syd jumped up and down and said like a little schoolgirl, "Hey, Jane's using my guitar!!!" ;> All that aside, though, Jane's performance fell a bit flat for me as compared to the others. She didn't do anything new (well, unless you count the reminiscence of the "Shirley Temple Reads Bambi" record she apparently had as a child and now she played it at 78 until she found out it was supposed to be at 45 ... which reminded me of the Alvin And The Chipmunks Christmas record I had as a kid that I played at 33 when it was supposed to be at 45, and I could never figure out why David Seville sounded like he was coming from another dimension ... but I digress :). I'll always love Jane best, but the performances from the other three just seemed to have more energy for me. Finally, I have to say that Janis Ian simply blew me away. I'd never seen her perform -- hell, I think I've only ever heard two or three of her recent songs, and "Society's Child" and "Seventeen" never did that much for me. About the only point of interest she's ever had for me was the fact that her mother and my mom were roommates in college; so I was utterly unprepared for her souped-up, pedal-effected, acoustic-electric guitar and just what she can do with it. I had no idea. She played a couple new songs, one a country twanger called "Emmylou's Boots", inspired by a run-in her little dog had with Emmylou Harris in Nashville (let's just say that Emmylou doesn't wear those boots any more :}), and another as-yet-untitled one she'd just written the day before and had never played for anyone. It was stunning. She brought the house down with a jazz-funky "Hunger" that got very improv at the end, then in the next round totally outdid herself with a song from _Hunger_ (I can't recall the name, but it had a theme about wanting to kill somebody) which included a 5+ minute blues-jazz-funk-throw-in-every-adolescent-lick-you-can-remember guitar solo. It trod the line of wank, but never managed to step over. I don't know if I'll pay full price for her albums (though I really want to check out at least _Hunger_ now), but I will definitely see her again. Wow. The evening ended with a "cover round" -- Janis Ian did a really nice version of a Leadbelly song I wasn't familiar with (which isn't saying much since I think the only song of theirs I'm knowingly familiar with is "Goodnight Irene" :}), then Cheryl Wheeler did James Taylor's "Shower The People" (or whatever the hell that song is called), with everyone joining in on either guitar, piano, egg, or backing vocals. Then Jane stood up, strapped on Syd Straw's guitar and figured out how to turn it on (see above :), and announced she was going to get everybody in on it. She taught Michelle Kinney the desired cello line and tempo, during which time Janis figured out an accompaniment on piano, and told Cheryl and Syd to sing harmony, all without divulging what the song was going to be. It turned out to be the Gordon Lightfoot song that starts with "If you could read my mind love/What a tale my thoughts could tell". They all had to start over three times, but finally they got it and it managed to sound pretty good. :) I didn't get a chance to see Michelle afterwards - I wanted to express my admiration for soldiering through the evening. She spent much of it just sitting on stage trying to be invisible, and during the Gordon Lightfoot song she looked like she'd rather be playing something, ANYthing else. It still sounded great, though. Syd Straw closed the round and the night with a Peter Blegvad (whose name, she stated, is Dutch for "stream of bleach" ;>) song, accompanied only by Michelle's cello. Very, very nice. With all the silliness going on between songs the show was about twice as long as intended, but nobody seemed to mind the length or even the lack of intermission. All the performers seemed to be genuinely having a good time with one another. It was like a Falcon Ridge workshop on a bizarrely grand scale. :) Unfortunately the minidisc ran out about 3/4th of the way through (even on mono the show was too much for it), but we did get many of the really good bits, including the brand-new Janis Ian song. Yay. Oh - and on the way home I heard The Nields on the radio - a song from _Mousse_, no less. Gotta love that. "Jane, you ornery cuss!" - Syd Straw +==========================================================================+ | Meredith Tarr meth@smoe.org | | New Haven, CT USA http://www.smoe.org/~meth | +==========================================================================+ | "things are more beautiful when they're obscure" -- veda hille | | *** TRAJECTORY, the Veda Hille mailing list: *** | | *** http://www.smoe.org/meth/trajectory.html *** | +==========================================================================+ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 22:44:59 -0500 (EST) From: enya7@iname.com Subject: Stretch Princess »» The Stretch Princess song "Nice Thing" is featured in Felicity / Feb 16th... »» The Stretch Princess song "Sugar" is featured in the box office smash She's All That »» Noted reviewer Ira Robbins places Stretch Princess in his Top 10 for 1998. http://www.stretchprincess.com/index.htm - --------------------------------------------------- Get free personalized email at http://www.iname.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 22:23:32 -0500 From: cinders blue Subject: 20/20 web site with Tori schedule >From: Richard Handal >Subject: 20/20 web site with Tori schedule >To: precious-things@smoe.org (Precious Things) >Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 20:13:47 -0500 (EST) >Reply-To: Richard Handal > > >Hello, Folks: > >An ABC web site confirms that the episode of the news magazine program >20/20 which has the long-anticipated Tori Amos segment is scheduled for >Monday, February 15, at 8pm Eastern Time in the U.S.-- > >http://www.abcnews.go.com/onair/2020/2020Index.html > >[...] > > C O M I N G U P O N > 2 0 / 2 0 > Friday: An exclusive interview with Julie Andrews. > Sunday: Pre-empted > Monday: Music of rape survivor Tori Amos helps other rape victims go > on; 31-year-old con artist discovered posing as a high school student. > >[...] > >Be seeing you, > >Richard Handal, H.G. > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 21:53:32 +0000 From: Birdie Subject: Re: Guitarists (was Re: IQ's Ever) What?! No Adrian Belew???? Birdie Foghorn J Fornorn wrote: > * My favorites are Andy Latimer, David Gilmour, Steve Hackett, Steve > Rothery, Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton. > > This is a good list. I'd also throw in a couple of my other faves, Mike > Oldfield, Phil Manzanera, Zappa... Robert Fripp of course, although I can > understand how that might be an acquired taste. > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 22:48:22 -0700 From: neal copperman Subject: guest artist alert This evening I gave my first spin to Yungchen Lhamo's CD Coming Home. This is the Tibetan woman I saw in Phoenix whose name came up here recently. She has an earlier disc called Tibet, Tibet which I gather is all a cappella, like her concert was. This disc has a lot of the Realworld stable on it, and a few interesting others as well, and sounds sorta like a Sheila Chandra disc. Anyway, I thought some people might be interested in some of these guest artists, so here is a partial list: Caroline Lavelle - cello Hector Zazou - loops & Sound effects, cello arrangements (plus producer) Peter Gabriel - drones (I've seen him credited for this before. What exactly does it mean?) Henry Frayne (Moon Seven Times and Lanterna guitarist) - guitars, backing vocals Sister Soleil - backing vocals neal ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 22:44:31 -0700 From: neal copperman Subject: Re: Cordelia's Dad and Friends info At 9:14 AM -0800 2/12/99, Neile Graham wrote: >For those interested. Neal Copperman you especially listen up--there's >Albuquerque stuff here! Neile, you've been posting that date for about 6 months now! But thanks for thinking of me :) Actually, before I moved to Albuquerque, I had two concerts on my calendar, this one and Cry Cry Cry. This show is a Folk Alliance showcase. It's a 4 hour concert (at least - that's what it says in the ads), featuring Cordelia's Dog (as I still like to think of them), Kalle Almlof, Bjorn Stabi, Marc Smith, The Mollys and The Nudes. Does anyone know about Folk Alliance? It seems to be a big conference, and from past stories, I know that musicians will hang out and play with each other all night. They had it in DC one year, but there didn't seem to be any advertised events in relation to it. The same seems to be happening here. Aside from this concert, the 3-day weekend seems to be a mystery to me. Do you have to buy some sort of exhorbitant workshop pass to do things? Are there things worth doing? neal np: Still that Stefan Dill album ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 22:39:46 -0700 From: neal copperman Subject: Re: writers in the round At 10:24 PM -0500 2/13/99, meredith wrote: SOunds likd a great show. I'd have loved to have seen that. I've only seen Jane and Cheryl Wheeler before, the latter only once, and I'd definitely like to change that too. Luckily, she did the Potato song then. >The evening ended with a "cover round" -- Janis Ian did a really nice >version of a Leadbelly song I wasn't familiar with (which isn't saying much >since I think the only song of theirs I'm knowingly familiar with is >"Goodnight Irene" :}), Leadbelly is actually a he. Huddy Leadbetter. (I think I spelt that right.) You can find him on a stamp that came out within the last year (US, stamp, not year). His life story is pretty amazing, though I'm sure I can't do it justice. But the snippets I know involve him being in jail for murder and singing himself a pardon. And I think this may have happened twice (at least the jail part did, if not the pardon). Sweet Honey In the Rock have recorded his songs, both on their own album and the Folkways - A Vision Shared album. >Syd Straw closed the round and the night with a Peter Blegvad (whose name, >she stated, is Dutch for "stream of bleach" ;>) song, accompanied only by >Michelle's cello. Very, very nice. Who IS Peter Blegvad? I've seen his name a few times, and don't know a thing about him. He does a song on the Richard Thompson cover album that I bought today (and haven't listened to yet). neal np: Warning Clothed in Bright Robes of Dawn - Stefan Dill nr: "The Forged Coupon" - a short story by Tolstoy ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 23:35:28 -0700 From: neal copperman Subject: Re: Cindy & Vicky, et al. At 1:12 AM -0800 2/12/99, Russ Lewis wrote: >Cindy is playing at Twiggs again at 8 p.m. on Feb. 17 (with Kim Fox) and >24; however, there's a performer in town on the 17th I think people on this >list would appreciate. Her name is Victoria Pratt Keating. She's now from >Sedona, Arizona (previously Virginia), and her fine 1995 album _Blue >Apples_ on 1-800-PRIME-CD features some beautiful songs, a lovely voice, >and instruments from guitar to cello to uillean pipes -- in short, very >Ectoid stuff. In that case, you might be interested in The Guardian at Noon by Vyktoria Pratt Keating. Yes, she changed the spelling of her name. Is she billing herself as Victoria for your show, or was that just taken from the old album? TGaN came out in 1997. I don't have the disc with me, but my archives show it on Diaphonous records, which I'm thinking is her own label. The album is a bit new agey (which goes with the name change), but not annoyingly so. It's got the same pretty vocals you talk about, and a lot of interesting instruments, in particular some nice textured percussion stuff (tiny cymbals, chimes, bells). There is also a hilarious song about her dreams of rock stars. You should get it at her show. I saw her a few times on the east coast, playing with Lisa Cerbone and Jane Brody (as the Lillie Fairies). Didn't realize she had moved. Where is Twiggs? I used to live in San Diego and don't recall ever hearing of it. Is it new? neal ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V5 #53 *************************