From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V8 #114 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, April 23 2002 Volume 08 : Number 114 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Fwd: A Note From Julia Fordham [Neb Rodgers ] Recent changes to the Ectophiles' Guide ["The Ectophiles' Guide" ] Sylvia Tosun ["phclark" ] Yes news ["dave" ] new live laurie anderson album [meredith ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 00:20:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Neb Rodgers Subject: Fwd: A Note From Julia Fordham This is taken from the Julia Fordham e-mail list, as part of a discussion on everyone's top 10 favorite albums. Also, her new cd 'Concrete Love', is being released by Vanguard on June 18th! :-) - -Neb - --- Lori Leve Management wrote: > Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 18:57:58 -0700 > Reply-to: The music of Julia Fordham > From: Lori Leve Management > Subject: [JF] A NOTE FROM JULIA FORDHAM > To: JULIA-FORDHAM@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > > > Hi everyone, > I hear you are eager to know my top 10 fav' albums, well that is so > impossible to do, so here is my quick current listening favorite's of > the last year or so: > > 1 India.Arie, Acoustic Soul, and not just because she is doing a > gorgeous duet with me on the title track of my forth coming album, > Concrete Love, I was bonkers for every track on this record before I > even met her, especially Brown Skin from the moment I heard it on the > radio, I had to pull over into a Starbucks car park! > > 2 Rufus Wainwright, Poses, a lovely distinct voice and the opening song > about the cigarettes and chocolate is tops. > > 3 Sade, Lovers Rock, for she is dreamy deluxe on every song across every > album. > > 4 Starsailor, Love Is Here, my manager Lori Leve had an advance CD of > this ages ago and I loved it every time I heard her play it, now finally > it is released and I have my very own copy. Enormously talented young > people from England singing and playing their hearts out, very moving. > > 5 Claire Martin, Perfect Alibi, Claire has a gorgeous tone, and did a > divine rendition of my song More Than I Can Bear on this album. Sister > Claire and I are CRAZY for track 2, Man In The Station, we dance from > one end of the house to the other, shuffling along in our slippers to > it. It was written by one of my favorite singer songwriters John Martyn > who wrote the song and sings it as a duet with Claire. > > 6 Norah Jones, Come Away With Me, it's just not possible that this young > girl can be this accomplished so young. She has a sweet and effortless > voice that is very charming and all the songs float by in the most > delicious fashion, helped by the exquisite recording/production of Arif > Mardin. > > 7 Alanis Morissette, Under Rug Swept, she ROCKS, I am hooked on the song > Flinch and sing along with the high harmony part when I am in my car. > > 8 Mark Isham, Life As A House Soundtrack, Mark is a wonderful > composer/trumpet player, infact he plays a beautiful solo on Blue Sky a > song on the Falling Forward album. He gave me this CD as we are going to > work on something together, infact I started a song over a track he sent > me this afternoon. > > 9 Sting, All this Time, the live album, all my pals are in his band and > I love everything he does, that voice, those songs, that > body..........sorry, I just got all of a fluster just thinking about the > remarkable, rare talent that he is! > > 10 Joint place to The Best Of Phoebe Snow and The Best of Roberta Flack, > I just met these 2 spectacular women singers in NY when I went to sing > at a huge party for the TV Channel Oxygen. India.Arie was the special > guest, and we sang Concrete Love together and Roberta did a wonderful > rendition of The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face with India. I was > thrilled and flattered to learn that both Roberta and Phoebe were > familiar with my work and both said they wanted to work with me. So I > raced out and picked up their CD's and was blown away by both of them, > astonishing vocal talents! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > I loved that Shaggy song It Wasn't Me, and my sisters daughter Mia who > just turned 21 keeps playing the new Mary J Blige at a million decibels > and I've been digging that, ummm just as well! My all time favorite's > would include Everything by Joni Mitchell who is my absolute all round > fav, tons of Bonnie Raitt, I just adore her voice, James Taylor, Paul > Simon, Chrissie Hynde, Blondie/Deborah Harry, Rickie Lee Jones, Joan > Armatrading, Sinead O'Connor, Shawn Colvin, I love The Blue Nile and > have all 3 of their albums, ohhhhhhhhhh, the list is endless........both > the last 2 Emmy Lou Harris records were great, Joe Henry, Kate Bush, > Peter Gabriel, and that lot is just off the top of my head, who > else.............Anita Baker, Everything But The Girl, Paula Cole. Ella > Fitzgerald is queen in my book, but I love that fat rich sound of Sarah > Vaughn. Then of course there's Annie Lennox and KD Lang, 2 terrific > singers. I just bought the Angelique Kidjo and Cassandra Wilson albums > and they are both strong too. I liked that David Gray record alot and > just started listening to this young chap called John Mayer. Stevie > Wonder, Elton John, Minnie Riperton, Michael McDonald, I have no doubt > left tons out, but this will do for starters! > > Thank you all so much for your continual support of me I really do > appreciate it. I can't wait for June 18th when the new album comes out. > The new twist with India appearing on the title track, Concrete Love has > somehow made all the frustration and disappointment of the demise of the > original label Division One fade away, and the new folks at the > independent label Vanguard are really impressive and on the case. > > With love and best wishes to you all, > Julia > (juliafordham@mindspring.com) Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 04:16:00 -0700 From: "The Ectophiles' Guide" Subject: Recent changes to the Ectophiles' Guide Latest changes to the Ectophiles' Guide 21 April 2002 New Guide entries added for: * Dawn Dineen * Ben Folds Five - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are receiving this email because you have asked to be notified of updates to the Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music at http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide/. 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Peter C -=21st Century High Performance Analogue=- www.redpoint-audio-design.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 23:02:10 -0400 From: "dave" Subject: Yes news A bit of news I saw on another mailing list and thought I'd pass along, looks like Rick Wakeman will be rejoining Yes for their upcoming US tour set to start in July. You can check Rick's website for details. http://www.rwcc.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 00:23:28 -0400 From: meredith Subject: new live laurie anderson album Hi, Thanks to JeffW for alerting me to this: Laurie Anderson has a new double live album, _Live At Town Hall, New York City_ due out on May 21. From the track listing, I'm 99.99% sure this is the show woj and I attended last September. It was an incredible show -- I had no idea they recorded it for release, so I'm really happy. :) I just pre-ordered it from CDNow -- I didn't see it at Amazon. Whee! Looking forward to seeing her new show "Happiness" right here in New Haven on Friday, ======================================= Meredith Tarr New Haven, CT USA mailto:meth@smoe.org http://www.smoe.org/meth ======================================= Live At The House O'Muzak House Concert Series http://www.smoe.org/meth/muzak.html =====Next Up: Molly Zenobia 5/5/02===== ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V8 #114 **************************