From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V9 #228 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Wednesday, August 13 2003 Volume 09 : Number 228 Today's Subjects: ----------------- The World is Bouncy by Secret Knots - Noe Venable [karen hester Subject: The World is Bouncy by Secret Knots - Noe Venable Kia Ora Will this be available from cdbaby when it is released? I was just going to order 'Boots' from them - and now here's a new one! I love the songs available on your website (http://www.noevenable.com/music.php), music that is both stories and songs, neither aspect weaker than the other, is wonderful to be captured by. (I found 'No curses here' locally, strangely enough). Karen - ----------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 00:02:27 -0700 From: Noe Venable Subject: The World is Bound by Secret Knots Hey everyone-- I'm releasing a new record this week & I've been greatly inspired by all things Ecto since joining this list, so it seemed fitting to let folks know. The record is called The World Is Bound By Secret Knots and we made it in my living room. Much of the CD is material which we were playing and developing on the road with Ani Difranco, Boz Scaggs, and They Might be Giants, so if you saw the Trio at one of those shows and asked about a song, chances are it's on here. The musicians are: Noe Venable - voices, guitars, mandolin, wurlitzer Todd Sickafoose - piano, keyboards, basses, guitars, programming Alan Lin - violin & effects Dan Morris - percussion Nels Cline - electric guitars Audio samples, lyrics, & other info at http://www.noevenable.com/music.php __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 20:25:11 EDT From: DLynngarrett@aol.com Subject: Midwest House Concerts...Happy Rhodes and Two Loons For Tea Wow.....now that I have peeled myself off of the ceiling and back to the computer, I am delighted to announce not one but TWO great House Concerts here in the Toledo Ohio !! First, on Sunday, September 21st....Two Loons For Tea.... then, at long last, Happy Rhodes will be making her way to the Ohio/Michigan area for a house concert on Sunday, November 9th. Details for both shows are still being worked out but dates are confirmed so please feel free to email me with reservations. Seats are limited so I suggest securing a spot early on if you plan on attending. As usual, suggested donation is $10 per person and beverages and snacks will be provided. The link to my website is below so please stay tuned for further details! Living Room Concerts Hope to see you there! Lynn ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 22:27:38 -0600 From: Neal Copperman Subject: Some recent concerts (Susan Gibson, FFF, Jarboe) I've been pretty lax in giving reports on our shows here. Maybe I feel a touch biased, or maybe I've just been lazy. Either way, our last two house concerts were a lot of fun. Last month we hosted Susan Gibson. Her biggest claim to fame is having written the biggest selling country song of all time ("Wide Open Spaces" as recorded by the Dixie Chicks). Locally, she's probably just as well known for having fronted a band called the Groobees, who originally recorded "Wide Open Spaces", as well as a string of clever and funny Americana-tinged songs. Susan performed solo and played most of the songs from her debut album Chin Up. It's a great album, with clever songwriting and decent melodies. Those don't always translate live, as Susan tended to stomp over her melodies and break them up a bit. But she replaced them with a lot of energy and enthusiasm, as well as amusing stories. She broke more strings then any other performer we've hosted (2 by accident, 2 on purpose). She played my favorite Groobees song ("My Best Feature") as well as a totally sloppy and chaotic cover of "Me and Bobby McGee". I think the audience knew more lines in the song then she did! The show was close to two hours in length and started to lag a bit in energy near the end. But mostly it was a lot of fun. The one person Susan reminds me of is Danielle Howle. She's got the same ungainly manner, and their voices are nearly identical. A few days ago we hosted Full Frontal Folk, a quartet from Philadelphia. These guys were phenomenal. One of the most fun shows we've had. Every one of them sings, and they'll pair up in every possible way. They performed a capella and with guitars, violins and faux bass (the bass strings on a guitar attempting to be a bass). The pretty much only do covers, but really in the solid folk tradition of song interpreters. They mix it up between classics and new songs. Everything from Woodie Guthrie, hymns, Wayfaring Stranger to Tom Waits, Bad Religion, Marc Cohn and more. They clearly love to perform and spend a lot of time bantering and ribbing each other. They also throw in a nice mix of Celtic and British folk, including an instrumental version of Star of the County Down, Colconnan and Silly Sister favorites Cakes & Ale and Blood & Gold. One of my favorite songs they do is Another Train, originally by Peter Morton and learned by them from the Poozies. I looked up the Poozies on-line and they look great. Exactly the kind of thing I tend to like. Kate Rusby spent some time in that band. Anyone familiar with them? (Or Peter Morton?) In between, I also caught a short but intense set by Jarboe, once of the Swans. Picked up her latest CD but haven't had a chance to listen to it. She was surprisingly soft spoken and friendly off-stage. It was a rare treat to have someone like her actually do a show in Albuquerque. neal np: Volume 2: Release - Afro Celt Sound System nr: The Dork of Cork - Chet Raymo ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V9 #228 **************************