From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V6 #319 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Friday, October 27 2000 Volume 06 : Number 319 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Eric McKeown [Drew Harrington ] elysian fields review [anna maria "stjärnell" ] Changelings fs/trade [anna maria "stjärnell" ] Live Trad-folk Netcast [Juha Sorva ] PJ HARVEY, SUZANNE VEGA and a JILL SOBULE plug ["iflin@sirius.com" Subject: Eric McKeown If you do see Erin McKeown as she doesn't do "Love Was Out To Get Me," make sure you request it as an encore. I'm still singing it to myself even though it's been months since I heard her do it. (And it's not on the CD.) Drew npimh: you know.... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! 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Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! http://photos.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 17:47:07 +0300 From: Juha Sorva Subject: Live Trad-folk Netcast Hello, For anyone interested: Pekka Lehti of Värttinä will be playing live with Arto Järvelä of JPP, Riitta Kossa, and Jarmo Saari at http://www.cafe9.net/ today at 20:30 Eastern European Time (+2:00). Very soon now, that is. The Café9 site is a god-awful-to-navigate trendy-Flashy mess, but perhaps the music will make up for it. Apparently, the audio streams from Café9's "On-line Music Festival" also get archived on the site, so it should be possible to check it out later as well. Juha n.p. _Warpaint_ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 13:42:52 -0400 From: "iflin@sirius.com" Subject: PJ HARVEY, SUZANNE VEGA and a JILL SOBULE plug random people wrote: >Kia Ora Mark, or any PJ other admirers. >I've been trying to find the central PJ website... > >Anyway, just noticed, probably belatedly, that pjh.org is gone. > >Anyone know anything? Or do her fans not get along enough to cooperate?! >(the list wasn't too pleasant 5 years back). i too was on this list ages ago (seven or eight years i think...it was before TO BRING YOU MY LOVE came out) and it was mess. i'm sorry to see PJH.org go though. try www.pjharvey.net which is the "official site" i believe for PJHARVEY. put on by her record company. info on her new album and everything. whether or not it is the "central" site i dunno. i haven't gotten around to scrounging the web for the new album, but i hear it's a great...harks back to her earlier work, which i adored. i never really cared for anything post-TBYML....even though i keep on picking up her albums in hope that i will....we'll see how this one works out..... >But then again, all else I've heard of her [SUZANNE VEGA] is Luka, the REAL >Tom's Diner, and "Left of Center", which I *believe* is just on the Pretty >in Pinksoundtrack but could very well be on other albums for all I know. LEFT OF CENTER only showed up on the PRETTY IN PINK soundtrack. it may be also on her "best of" that was released a couple of years ago abroad (but wasn't domestically released-at least not to my knowledge). does anyone know if SUZANNE VEGA's album "13 early song" or whatever it was she was going to call it, will ever see the light of day? apparently they were songs she had written back in the LUKA/MARELENE ON THE WALL day that she would perform live, but wouldn't record, because they were too personal to her. i would love to hear them. she talked about doing this years ago on her mailing list, but i haven't heard a peep about it since. personally, aside from her two earlier works - which i feel are a class in and of themselves, i really do love her last studio album NINE OBJECTS OF DESIRE. it is an excellent synthesis of her earlier "storytelling" folk-style music, with her more experimental percussion and electronic elements that can be found on 99.9Fo and DAYS OF OPEN HAND (both of which i love, but i view as transitional albums for her...sort of how i view NEVERFOREVER and THE DREAMING by KATE BUSH as a transitional for her). parts of the album are almost jazz like, and quite fluid, despite the sheen and glossy production. quite different, but lovely in it's own way. and those who are on the WEST COAST be sure to check your local paper for JILL SOBULE who is touring up and down the coast. you can check her venues at www.jillsobule.com. she played last SUNDAY at the CAFE DUNORD here in SF, and will be performing again this sunday and the following sunday. this sunday i believe AMY RIGBY will be opening up for her. her SUNDAY show was superfun. must get back to work. hope this info was timely and informative. :) irvin - ------------------------------------------------------------------- This message has been posted from Mail2Web http://www.mail2web.com/ Web Hosting for $9.95 per month! Visit: http://www.yourhosting.com/ - ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 15:01:53 -0700 From: lanblind@teleport.com Subject: Re: ectowest thanks for including me, I could do a stripped down version of LAND OF THE BLIND a lot easier than with AZIGZA. I am also doing a strange new solo thing. Also maybe Bill and Phil could join me to do Happy's song we are about to record, that would be fun. Anyway, I am very excited about EctoWest, finally meeting all of you that can make it. I can help organize if help is needed. I also second the recommendation Hand to Mouth from Seattle, just totally stunning vocals that everyone would love! (Hi Grace if you get this) Kaitlyn Ni Donovan is also from Portland (my hometown originally) and is very good, I am surprised that THE BLIND never played with her. Also many excellent singers here in SF, just saw a very cool Russian singer with loops and live drums last week. Lots of folks I could contact if others fall thru. This shall be great I predict, this is a great group of people. I have never played the Jazz Center, but it sounds great. BLIND did play Palookaville in downtown Santa Cruz, also a great spot, they seemed like a very nice group running the club, did anyone check out renting palookaville or is it too big? everyone that can possibly fly in from anywhere should! Santa Cruz is sooo great, makes me want to run away and become my inner hippie chick, Shelly, Bill and Phil, you rock for for hosting this! Cyoakha PO Box 198 Mill Valley, CA 94941 lanblind@teleport.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 19:49:04 +0000 From: jjhanson@att.net Subject: Laurianne Fiorentino House Concert Here are my impressions of Neal's house concert with Laurianne Fiorentino: First off, I'd listened to the CD Laurianne Fiorentino had sent ahead once before the show--and while it sounded pleasant enough, I wasn't blown away. Of course I wasn't listening very closely, as it was being played during dinner. But from the album ("The Match"), she seemed to be doing fairly traditional folk, with a fairly unique voice, that varied but at times sounded a lot like Joan Armatrdaing. So I went to the house concert expecting a fairly tradition show, played mostly on acoustic guitar, with good, but not overwhelming vocals. Well, Laurianne opened the show with an absolutely stunning cover of Elton John's Rocket Man. Wow! The voice, her guitar playing, everything worked to create a wonderful mood. She then proceeded to do a really impressive set of both covers and originals. She did an acapella version of Julia Fordham's "Tower Block", a cover of Eva Cassidy's cover of Sting's "Fields of Gold", and a really nice version of Van Morrisson's "Tupelo Honey". She did a couple of Bob Dylan covers too (don't remember the names of the songs though.) Her original songs were exciting too--she played her guitar really well--often like a bass, often like a drum, and sometimes just like a guitar, and sometimes all three, while also playing harmonica and tapping her foot. She played some brand new material that she warned was pretty rough, but was some of the most solid material she'd done. She also played a song on bamboo flute (she has a whole album of bamboo flute music w/ cello that's quite good), and one of those clay Mexican turtle whistles. Inever knew how many sounds you could get out of one of those! It was pretty amazing. She was warm, funny, at times a bit new-agey, but overall a very entertaining performer. I highly recommend people check out her website, and see her if they get the chance. She's definitely an artist to watch. (website is: http://www.lauriannef.com/ She's got samples from both albums. She talked about how well received she's been abroad (particularly in Australia and Ireland). She says being a "foreigner" can be very helpful when booking shows, etc--adds a mystique you just don't get back at home. Overall a great night of music in what has been one of the best concerts series i've been to. Neal's house is now my most frequented concert venue in Albuquerque. Jeff Hanson n.p. Wendy Rule and the Parallel Dream - World Between Worlds (just got this from whammo.com--an Australian web site-- I ordered it on Friday and it arrived here the following Wednesday--great prices too with current exchange rate) n.r. Peel My Love Like an Onion - Ana Castillo ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 19:27:19 EDT From: RedWoodenBeads@aol.com Subject: Re: Kristy MacColl In a message dated 10/25/00 11:01:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time, owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org writes: << If you are looking to try more Kirsty, I would suggest _Kite_. It includes her cover of the Smiths' "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby" and the Kinks' "Days." And, Johnny Marr is once again present on some tracks. There is also her greatest hits, _Galore_, which provides a nice overview of her career, including her songs with the Pogues and her version of "They Don't Know" (which she wrote and Tracey Ullman made famous). "Angel" has been my favorite song for the past three days. Really, really cool. I definitely intend to get some more by Kristy, thanks for the recommendation, I'll check it out. Is Electric Landlady very good? BTW, if you are looking for more Smiths/Morrissey/Kirsty connections, she also sings backing vocals on Morrissey's "Interesting Drug." >> I actually have Morrisey's Bona Drag album, it's a great record. Yes, Kristy's backing vocals on "Interesting Drug" are beautiful! She also sings on a couple songs on Billy Bragg's Don't Try This At Home, which also includes appearances by Mr. Marr, Pete Buck, Mike Stipe and Mary Ramsey. Joe http://www.angelfire.com/indie/impryan Well now I wander the wet hillsides looking for a place to hide I'm waiting till you show your hand and wave it over this greenland So come on and follow me beneath the boughs of the blackest tree Doing things you'd never dare and crying in the morning air - -The Bats ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 21:02:36 EDT From: Gordoja@aol.com Subject: Kaitlyn Ni Donovan Concert Review It seems that I was the only one who got to see Kaitlyn's show this past saturday in New York City...I did not realize that it was part of the CMJ music festival :(. I got to the hotel where she was performing but they were militant badge checkers [and I wasnt about to pay $495 to get in to the conference]...I managed to make my way around the back hallway and wedge my book into the padlocked doubled doors and see her take the stage. As she started soundchecking, two guys appeared in the hallway playing frisbee who heard the music, saw me staring through the doorway, and offered an extra badge so I could watch the show from inside :) BTW, the guys were from a band called Early Edison (www.earlyedison.com or www.cdbaby.com for samples...go check them out - elvis costello-ish :) good karma should be spread around! Anyhow, her performance was magical/mesmerising (even if everyone else sitting around was just eating lunch...) The music wrapped me up like a warm velvet blanket and twists and turns. Even though I was the only one who had heard her before it seems, she was attracting a good crowd by the stage area by the end of her set. Her set list was: Via Via Billet Doux Whit's Waltz Ceiling Tiles Yves Montand Western F-ck Awake in the Sand Hoepfully she'll be back on the east coast soon :) - -Jason np Tamara Williamson "Unconscious Pilot" nr The Street Lawyer "John Grisham" - luckily the book that I had with me in New York as it is nice and thick to prop doors open :) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 21:08:07 EDT From: RedWoodenBeads@aol.com Subject: Re: tepf: is is 10km's Sgt Pepper? In a message dated 10/25/00 11:01:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time, owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org writes: << _love among the ruins_ and a subsequent few live performances left me so uninspired that i didn't even bother with this album. i've only heard samples of the album's songs so i really don't feel i can speak to it (though they sound more promising than the last record) but calling it their sergeant pepper is pretty high praise. can you elaborate? >> My pleasure. There are a number of reasons why I feel this way. Firstly, when 10,000 Maniacs released The Wishing Chair in 1985, I think that was one of the most original, most artistic moments in 80's music and in the band's history. Natalie's vocals were raw and powerful, Rob Buck's riffing soared and glistened, the songs were so spright and original, the lyrics were absolutely intriguing. There was a very raw and un-tampered feel to the band's sound, there was this energy flowing that seemed to be somewhat less when John Lombardo left. I think of the post-Lombardo years as a time of growing. The music was great, but there were a lot of restrictions implemented by the band's label and the producers they worked with. Once Natalie left, and they signed to Geffen, there was a great deal of new found freedom and all-around freshness with two extremely creative new members, but they were still under the authority of a major label, and that stifled their art to an extent, even though I personally feel Love Among the Ruins was a fantastic album (ofcourse, I think that about all 10km albums). Geffen even hired Jules Shear to come in and rewrite some of the songs, so you get the idea of what the band was dealing with here. Once the major label hindrance was out of the way, the band was free to "make the album they'd intended to make" as Steven Gustafson said. With Lomabrdo back, it was logical that he take up where he left off on The Wishing Chair. That's really what we got with The Earth Pressed Flat. The band was extremely free and filled with new ideas and creative energy. Plus that, they'd all become killer musicians by now. The songs are eclectic and folksy, all very different and very colorful. "Cabaret" and "On & On" are reminiscent of "Can't Ignore the Train" or "Just as the Tide Was a Flowing", shimmering and energetic, draped with haunting lyrics. "Somebody's Heaven" is intense and cascading, with echoing guitars similar to those in "My Mother the War". "Smallest Step" is triumphant and free-spirited, "In the Quiet Morning", a cover of Mimi Farina and "Who Knows Where the Time Goes", a Fairport Convention tune, are folkish and intelligent. But what is in my opinion, the best song the band has ever recorded is "Once a City", a gutsy, moody arrangement about the Bosnian conflicts. It is very haunting, very dark, with heavy drumming and the sounds of a thunderstorm mixed in. Mary's voice shimmers like a flickering flame amidst the intensity. Brilliant. And so, Love Among the Ruins and The Earth Pressed Flat are very different records, so no one should not check out the later because of their opinions on the former. The all music guide articulates the "maniac cliche", if you will, that In My Tribe was the band's best album. I seriously disagree with this. In My Tribe was a great little record, but it isn't nearly as colorful, nearly as adventurous as The Wishing Chair or, especially, The Earth Pressed Flat. Of all the band's albums, The Earth Pressed Flat is the most similar to The Wishing Chair, and I know a lot of people on this list really enjoy that lp, and this further gives me reason to recommend TEPF to you all. I did review TEPF on my website: http://www.angelfire.com/indie/impryan/tepf.html Joe http://www.angelfire.com/indie/impryan Well now I wander the wet hillsides looking for a place to hide I'm waiting till you show your hand and wave it over this greenland So come on and follow me beneath the boughs of the blackest tree Doing things you'd never dare and crying in the morning air - -The Bats ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 21:09:39 EDT From: RedWoodenBeads@aol.com Subject: Re: suzzy vega In a message dated 10/25/00 11:01:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time, owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org writes: << her self-titled debut is the album that made me a mega-fan. >> Well that's the only one I have yet to get a hold of. And I am very much intent on doing so. Joe http://www.angelfire.com/indie/impryan Well now I wander the wet hillsides looking for a place to hide I'm waiting till you show your hand and wave it over this greenland So come on and follow me beneath the boughs of the blackest tree Doing things you'd never dare and crying in the morning air - -The Bats ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V6 #319 **************************