From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V9 #51 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Saturday, February 22 2003 Volume 09 : Number 051 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Peter Hammill live -- Kathleen Edwards upcoming [adamk@zoom.co.uk] Fw: Upcoming Charming Hostess gig [Joseph Zitt ] FWD: [deep-blue] Portland, OR? ["Sherlyn Koo" ] new folk albums: dar williams & patty larkin [JoAnn Whetsell Subject: Fw: Upcoming Charming Hostess gig > northern california rawa supporters & fire museum present: > > A BENEFIT FOR THE REVOLUTIONARY ASSOCIATION OF THE WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN (RAWA) & CD RELEASE PARTY FOR THE AZADI! BENEFIT COMPILATION CD > > THURSDAY MARCH 27TH, 2003 > > DOORS 7:30PM, SHOW 8:00PM > > $8-$80 DONATION > > AT > > > OAKLAND METRO:- 201 BROADWAY (@ 2nd STREET, JACK LONDON SQUARE), OAKLAND > > for diections/map, click here > > public transit info: click here > > featuring performances from the following: > > CHARMING HOSTESS > > You couldn't invent a band more conceptually busy than the Oakland, Calif., group Charming Hostess if you tried. The short version is that they're a sort of funk-folk band fronted by a close-harmony trio in the tradition of Eastern European women's choirs, with a repertoire drawn from pretty much every kind of folk music that's close to the American pop tradition: klezmer, European folk, African-American work songs, white gospel, you name it. Not to mention that the lyrics, when they're in English, are smart and elliptical, whether their sentiments are concrete ("I'm Not Hungry," dedicated to "those who died on Cosmo's altar") or abstract ("My body fragments are full of bread ... Thank God for the laws of physics"). Salon.com > > > > 20 MINUTE LOOP > > Belonging to the post-Pixies generation of alternative bands, 20 Minute Loop brings on the guitars and male/female vocal interplay that was at the core of that influential group's sound, while putting its own futuristic and gentle spin on the blueprint for modern alterna music. Vocalist and keyboardist Kelly Atkins and guitarist and vocalist Greg Giles share the bulk of the songwriting, and together they've created their own world of song  simultaneously bleak and melancholic but nonetheless hopeful. Doubt, fear, and cynicism are covered over by shining, ascending melodies . There's an undaunted quality to the strength and determination of 20 Minute Loop's sound and a soulfulness all too rare during the icy age of early-21st century rock." ~ Denise Sullivan: All Music Guide > > > > http://www.20minuteloop.com/ > > > > FAUN FABLES (SOLO) > > "The songs evoke images of a nightmarish festival set in a haunted forest, in which undead minstrels serenade doomed travelers. Singer Dawn McCarthy's voice changes dramatically as she shifts roles, moving from a weary narrator to a passionate protagonist to a scarcely sane sprite. In concert, her expressive windblown vocals must resonate with an enchanting power that could never be fully realized on disc." -Pitch Weekly, Kansas City > > http://www.faunfables.net > > > > JOU JOU > > Jou Jou is... a five women a cappella group who sing Balkan, Appalachian, Italian, Greek and Portuguese songs. Jou Jou are Jen Tait, Kalonica Mc Questen, Cynthia Lohr and Shari Greenfield. > > http://www.joujousings.com > > for further information about this performance and other benefit events: (415)273-4681, firemuseum@care2.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 16:59:55 -0500 From: "Sherlyn Koo" Subject: FWD: [deep-blue] Portland, OR? Hey folks, Hopefully someone can help Kerry out with this... Cheers, sherlyn - ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Kerry Bernard Reply-To: Kerry Bernard Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 12:04:21 -0500 Hey guys, Quick note to enlist the help or advice of anyone in the Pacific Northwest... Jeffrey Foucault and Beth Amsel will be touring the west coast at the end of March/beginning of April and we're looking to fill an evening in (or near) Portland, OR (maybe Corvallis? Salem?). If you can recommend a venue, or you're interested in having them do a house concert or play at your college, let me know... The evening available is Friday, April 4. Thanks! Kerry :) Kerry Bernard Young/Hunter Management 350 Mass Ave, #230 Arlington, MA 02474 781.643.2773 ph 781.643.0416 fax http://www.younghunter.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 17:41:07 -0500 From: JoAnn Whetsell Subject: new folk albums: dar williams & patty larkin Does anyone have any thoughts on Dar Williams and Patty Larkin's new albums? I'm listening to "The Beauty of the Rain" for the third time now. It's taken me this long to really get the third song, "I Saw a Bird Fly Away" (with John Popper on vocals and harmonica). First listen: I liked it, but the album didn't really get going for me until the fourth song. Enjoyed the harmonica on the third track, but the song seemed disjointed, like there was John's part and Dar's part, and somehow I wasn't listening to the two together as a complete song. I'm happy that I recognize a song (track 6, "The One Who Knows") from a summer concert. Dar's first (at least released) cover, "Whispering Pines" bored me. The music really does sound like wind whistling through trees, but that's something I appreciate more than like. I find Cliff Eberhardt's vocals jarring. The final track, "I Have My Lost Dreams," seems sweet but sappy. I look forward to future listens, knowing that not everything grabs me right away, and usually the albums that have to grow on me end up having more staying power. Second listen: I like it better. I like the first 2 songs better, and track 3 feels less disjointed. "Whispering Pines" still doesn't work for me, but that's okay. There are usually one or 2 songs on Dar's albums I don't like so much. I enjoy the middle as much as before. Final track seems sweeter and not sappy, but maybe ends a couple seconds too quick. Third listen: I'm really starting to like this now. I really enjoy the first 2 songs, and track 3 now feels purely fun. The bouncy/happy/upbeat songs like "The World's Not Falling Apart" and "Closer to Me" remain my favorites (I think this is true of her previous albums too), but the slower songs "The One Who Knows," the title track, "The Beauty of the Rain," and "I Have Lost My Dreams" are quite beautiful and I like them a lot too. "Whispering Pines" has grown on me, even Cliff's singing. I only got to listen to Patty's new one, "Red=Luck," once so far, but I liked it a lot on first listen. Both albums have great cover art, especially Dar's. Are you supposed to see a face in the water on the back of the cd booklet? I really like the little insights into the songs that they provide. Okay, I'll shut up now. Have a great weekend everybody! JoAnn ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V9 #51 *************************