From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V9 #60 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Monday, March 3 2003 Volume 09 : Number 060 Today's Subjects: ----------------- ky news ["Donald G. Keller" ] ky news [Steve VanDevender ] StOrY idEaS? [Runly ] Re: Once Blue [meredith ] Re: Once Blue [meredith ] a bevy of recent shows [meredith ] [Fwd: a bevy of recent shows] [Valerie Richardson ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 11:19:49 -0500 (EST) From: "Donald G. Keller" Subject: ky news Local fans of Kristeen Young should be aware that her next show: Tuesday, March 4th CBGBs (315 Bowery) 8:00 p.m. will be her last in New York (and indeed in the States) for a good part of the year: she's concentrating on Europe in the near future (Portugal, where she played recently, Spain, and London), because she has gotten label interest from the Portuguese label N, who reportedly will be releasing, first, a single ("Touch Tongues" apparently the A side), and then a rerelease of her recent self-released album =Breasticles=. Good news. Her show at the Continental (mostly a punk club) last night was a good one: surprisingly decent sound with the keyboard audible throughout, and on the whole her usual recent set beginning with "21st Century Ride" and ending with the dependably killer "Touch Tongues." But she also dusted off two slightly older songs: "Why K.Y" (also known at times as "Top Rock Girl") and "For the Record" (the latter she hasn't played in three or four years), both with rewritten lyrics, and both a pleasure to hear again. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 09:24:17 -0800 From: Steve VanDevender Subject: ky news Donald G. Keller writes: > Local fans of Kristeen Young should be aware that her next show: Could someone remind us non-local fans of Kristeen Young how to order her CDs? I got _Enemy_ back in 2001 and I love it, and I'm intrigued by the reviews of _Breasticles_ (even if that name makes me twitch every time I hear it :-). ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 14:23:52 -0500 From: Runly Subject: StOrY idEaS? Hi peoples, I was recently hired as music editor for an upstate New York arts magazine called Chronogram and may be looking for story ideas. I'm interested in musicians who A) have new releases and B) are performing in the Hudson Valley (from Albany to Poughkeepsie, not NYC, not Toronto, not Buffalo). Also, I'm looking for new voices, so I'd like to hear from professional writers who might be willing to do an occasional CD review and work with tight deadlines. Professional, meaning you've done this before and can submit writing samples that are pithy, hip, jaunty... nothing sleepy. I do have to answer to my editor, however, so I don't have the final say on anything. He may only allow local writers; I'm not sure about that but will ask. I'd like to mention that Chronogram prefers to keep things local, meaning CDs for review should be for musicians who either live in the Hudson Valley or perform here. Sometimes we write about well-known artists who are performing locally if we think we can get an interview. I also need much advanced notice on gigs or releases; for example, if Doo Dah is performing in June, I'd need to know about it no later than May 1. The earlier the better, obviously. Chronogram is a monthly with deadlines on the 10th. If you'd like to see what the content is like, check out Chronogram.com, although the website does not remotely do justice to the real deal. Please email me privately if you'd like to dialogue. I highly respect the opinions and musical tastes of everyone on this list. After all, this is ECTO, yo. Peace, Sharon Nichols ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 20:39:42 -0500 From: meredith Subject: Re: Once Blue Hi, >Rebecca Martin appeared as guest on Vin Scelsa's Idiot's Delight on WFUV on >8/3/2002. This is from the weekly email that Vin sent out after that show: > > DOROTHY SCOTT The Way She Sings > > (produced by Rebecca) Rebecca Martin did indeed produce Dorothy Scott's CD _Restless Machinery_. It's not jazzy and it's not folk, but I love what Dorothy does. She is an incredible guitar player, and an amazingly intense performer. And she's playing in our living room two weeks from today! If any believers are interested in experiencing this truly unique performer, just drop me a line ... =============================================== 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://muzak.smoe.org NEXT UP: Dorothy Scott, 3/16/03 =============================================== ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 21:53:20 -0500 From: meredith Subject: Re: Once Blue Hi, Please ignore that post of mine ... I sent it to the wrong list!!! D'oh!!! =============================================== 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://muzak.smoe.org NEXT UP: Dorothy Scott, 3/16/03 =============================================== ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 23:56:30 -0500 From: meredith Subject: a bevy of recent shows Hi, woj and I have been to a ton of shows lately, and I'm just now getting some time to write about them. I'll get right to it: 1.) Mia Doi Todd at Dwight Chapel, Yale University (2/13) Mia Doi Todd did a solo, completely acoustic show at a tiny chapel on the campus of her alma mater. It was a typical college-produced affair: poorly signed, totally unorganized, and I think the reason it was totally acoustic was because no one thought to take care of getting together a PA. Mia's set was between two Yale acts, the first a duo that woj liked but I thought were pretty horrible -- they looked like Simon and Garfunkel and harmonized nicely, but didn't bother to get their guitars in tune. The guy on after Mia sent everyone fleeing for the exits by the second verse of his first song, which he delivered screeching from atop a chair. At least Mia was great. :) The acoustics in the Gothic-style stone chapel were enough to project her little voice where it needed to go, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that songs like "Digital" and "88 Ways" didn't lose their power accompanied only by guitar. Overall a very pleasant set. 2.) Mila Drumke at Fez, NYC (2/19) As Paul already posted, Mila Drumke made her triumphant return to performance with a wonderful show. She was accompanied by Lyris Hung, Elissa Linowes and Alison Miller, and even though they'd had very little time to rehearse they sounded great. Mila's new songs were good, and not surprisingly about her late sister. The first new song she did, "California" was particularly harrowing, an account of what I'm guessing from the lyrics to be Danielle's last day. I think Mila's next album, which she said should be completed this summer is going to be very powerful stuff. Too bad the inspiration had to be such an ordeal. :( Still, it was great to see her and the band again, and I hope she does more shows soon. It was also great to see all the ectophiles there! 3.) Patty Larkin and Merrie Amsterburg at the Iron Horse, Northampton (2/20) Merrie Amsterburg opened for Patty Larkin, and then joined her in her band for an overall great night. Merrie's opening set was typically great, accompanied by her husband Peter Linton on guitar. Merrie herself played mainly bouzouki, but also mandolin and electric guitar. The crowd was clearly there to see Patty, but she won a bunch of new fans, whom I saw buying CDs afterwards. woj insists we'd seen Patty Larkin with a band before, but I have no recollection of this. Either way, they blew me away that night. The band consisted of Patty on guitars, the ubiquitous Marc Shulman on electric guitar, Merrie on backing vocals and mandolin, and Ben Wittman on drums, who co-produced Patty's new album _Red=Luck_ (and played drums when I saw Laurie Anderson in Brooklyn last November). Patty Larkin is still one of the greatest guitar players on the planet, and the band just added punch and potency to her songs, in particular the ones from the new album, which so far I've only heard once but liked quite a bit (my own copy is on its way). Her voice and Merrie's blended sublimely, too. I hope I get to see them play together again sometime. 4.) Sloan Wainwright and Dorothy Scott at Joe's Pub, NYC (2/25) It takes a hell of a bill to get me to endure Joe's Pub, and this was one of them. Despite arriving not far in advance of the 7 pm starting time, woj, JeffW and I got a table right up front next to the stage. We later discovered that this meant being blinded by the stage lights once the performance began, but Jeff lived through it. :) Sloan went first, accompanied by her band (Steve on guitar, Doug on bass, and Carey on piano), and did a way too short set of mostly material for her upcoming CD, which will be out in May (yay!). I think it has the definite potential to be even better than her last one, _The Song Inside_. Then Dorothy took the stage alone with her acoustic guitar, and immediately made me wish March 16th ere here already, so I can see her do a whole set like that in my living room. A few songs later she asked if there was a Peter Kiesewalter in the audience, and there was, so he came up and played piano for the rest of the set. Unfortunately the sound guys had removed the mic from the piano in between sets, so it was hard to hear the piano underneath the wall of sound Dorothy got going once she switched to her electric guitar, but what I could hear was great. Then she invited Sloan to come back onto the stage to sing with her, and since Susan McKeown was in the audience she came up too. :) Dorothy said it was time for a Neil Young cover, and Steve snuck over to the side of the stage and plugged back in, and Carey slipped into a chair with a shaker to provide percussion, and together everyone did a stunning cover of "River" (I think -- I don't know Neil Young at all, but I'm sure someone can correct me if he doesn't have a song by that name... :). To finish up, Sloan and Susan and Peter stuck around to accompany Dorothy's "Down To The River", which is my favorite song of hers. This became the most transcendent musical moment of the year so far. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I must again exhort any and all who can get to New Haven for March 16th to come see Dorothy play here. Way too few people know who she is ... and that's just wrong. Valerie Richardson is going to be interviewing her on her show this coming Friday, March 7 sometime between 10 am and 12:30 pm -- you can tune in to wpkn.org to listen in. And here's a little ecto exclusive for y'all ... after the show I was talking to Sloan about her upcoming show here in our living room on April 13, and she's decided to bring a trio!! Steve will bring his guitar, and Carey will come to play our piano. Send in your reservations now! :) 5.) Lalo at Makor, NYC (2/26) It was back down into the city the next night to see Lalo (Laura Friedman) with her trio at Makor. Lalo plays vibraphone, and jazz is emphatically not my thing but I love her music and watching her play. She dances while she's doing it, shimmying from one end of her vibes to the other, getting into it with her entire body and soul. The bassist and drummer in her trio were wonderful as well. She's just really getting started, but I would highly recommend going to see her play if she comes to your area. She's about to embark on a tour of the mid-Atlantic states this month. (http://www.lalovibe.com -- but beware, it's Flash only :/) 6.) Tori Amos at the Palace Theater, Albany (2/28) woj and I took a road trip this weekend to see Tori in upstate New York. Friday night we caught up with the Scarlet's Walk tour in Albany, in a beautifully restored theater downtown. Our seats were great -- way over to the left, but second row, and since nobody was in the seats in front of us we basically were in the front row. We could see Tori's hands at the Boesendorfer, and when she was at the Hammond or the Wurlitzer she was looking right in our direction. It was a good show, if workmanlike -- Tori didn't talk much (not that she's verbose on this tour, but she just introduced the band and that was it), and didn't improv anything at all. It was pretty much the standard set, with no big "oh wow" moments (though the set-ending "Ieeee" and the presence of "God" in the encore were a nice surprise). We were stuck with a screamer in the seat behind us, but at least she didn't sing along too loudly. :/ 7.) Tori Amos at the Landmark Theater, Syracuse (3/1) After a side trip to the Baseball Hall Of Fame (Cooperstown isn't *that* far out of the way between Albany and Syracuse), woj and I found our loge seats in yet another ornately restored downtown theater (this one had an unexplained Hindu motif that was quite interesting). This was by far the better show -- Tori was in a much more playful mood, and there were several highlights: "Concertina", "Honey" (!!!), "Liquid Diamonds" and the debut of "Riot Poof" far outweighed the fact that I had to sit through "Leather" for the 8554th time (sorry, but I've never much liked that song). The people sitting around us were mostly quiet, too, which was a good thing. But she refuses to play "Carbon", dammit!! Waaah!!! She's got one more chance, at Radio City Music Hall next Saturday. ;) Just writing about all of this I'm tired again ... =============================================== 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://muzak.smoe.org NEXT UP: Dorothy Scott, 3/16/03 =============================================== ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 23:53:23 -0500 From: Valerie Richardson Subject: [Fwd: a bevy of recent shows] Meredith wrote: ...At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I must again exhort any and all who can get to New Haven for March 16th to come see Dorothy play here. Way too few people know who she is ... and that's just wrong. Valerie Richardson is going to be interviewing her on her show this coming Friday, March 7 sometime between 10 am and 12:30 pm -- you can tune in to wpkn.org to listen in... Valerie now writes: The interview will be at noon, to be exact. The server for our streaming audio has been temperamental recently, but you might be able to tune in. - --Valerie Richardson ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V9 #60 *************************