From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V10 #106 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Friday, April 16 2004 Volume 10 : Number 106 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] nancy [anna maria "stjärnell" ] RE: ecto-digest V10 #105-Matthew Ward ["London, Sherry" ] **RACHAEL SAGE: EAST COAST SWING! (NY, AL, NC, GA)** [SpiritWe@aol.com] OT: Tech help sought [kerrywhite@webtv.net (kerry white)] RE: Kerri Simpson! [Jason Gordon ] Re: Kerri Simpson! [Neile Graham ] Re: **RACHAEL SAGE: EAST COAST SWING! (NY, AL, NC, GA)** ["forwardtcm" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 03:00:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ************************ T-Bone (no Email address) ************************ *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- T-Bone Wed April 15 1992 happy cat Jeff Hanson Sat April 16 1966 Aries Michael Klouda Mon April 17 1967 Aries Harry Foster Sat April 21 1956 NiceGuy Kjetil Torgrim Homme Thu April 23 1970 Taurus Jeff Burka Thu April 24 1969 GoFlyAKite Christine Waite Tue April 25 1972 Taurus Matt Adams Thu April 26 1962 Taurus Brad Hutchinson Tue April 28 1964 What sign? 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Tax Center - File online by April 15th http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 07:07:57 -0700 From: "London, Sherry" Subject: RE: ecto-digest V10 #105-Matthew Ward Matthew ward...is that the same as M Ward??. He opened for Beth Orton here in L.A. and he is fantastic(can't imagine him sounding like Clay Akien) and they also did a wonderful set together. If they are one in the same....i would stand in line to see him. He sang secular songs that night, has a couple of CDs out and is just terrific. My M Ward had a deep and soulful voice, not light and airy like I think clay's would be...not that I am that familiar with Clay's voice. sherry This e-mail/fax message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail/fax and destroy all copies of the original message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 12:25:58 -0400 From: "J. M. Phillips" Subject: RE: ecto-digest V10 #105-Matthew Ward Dear Sherry, With hope in my heart I did a search for M.Ward's music and listened to some clips. Noooooot Matthew Ward. Is M.Ward trying to be Tom Waits? I *like* Tom Waits, but not what I am presently looking for. Thanks anyway! :-) fleur At 07:07 AM 4/15/2004 -0700, you wrote: >Matthew ward...is that the same as M Ward??. He opened for Beth Orton here >in L.A. and he is fantastic(can't imagine him sounding like Clay Akien) and >they also did a wonderful set together. If they are one in the same....i >would stand in line to see him. He sang secular songs that night, has a >couple of CDs out and is just terrific. My M Ward had a deep and soulful >voice, not light and airy like I think clay's would be...not that I am that >familiar with Clay's voice. > >sherry ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 23:22:09 +0100 From: adamk@zoom.co.uk Subject: Fwd: PattyG-News: patty griffin in daily news Recieved this at some point last night, and thought I'd share it for the Patty fans out there, adam k. - ----- Forwarded message from sharon G ----- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 05:29:57 -0400 From: sharon G Reply-To: sharon G Subject: PattyG-News: patty griffin in daily news To: mad-mission@smoe.org Sunday NY daily news ran a review and quarter page for Impossible Dreams.. I tried to email it here and it didnt work.. I am sure its still on line. It was a good review of a great cd sharon http://www.nydailynews.com/04-11-2004/entertainment/col/story/182228p- 158169c.html Sad but true, & lovely PATTY GRIFFIN "Impossible Dream" (ATO) Life keeps slipping away in Patty Griffin's songs. People trudge through their lives like exiles, marching into increasingly remote emotional landscapes as they age. Hope helps, but it's a flimsy thing, blown apart by the slightest breeze. And though love lies in rich supply, it appears only to those keen enough to ferret it out, and only after great suffering. In other words, Griffin's music isn't exactly full of grins. But her beautiful folk tunes and glistening vocals will keep you transfixed. Vocally, she's a wonder. Imagine the high Appalachian tone of Emmylou Harris boosted by lungs as powerful as Linda Ronstadt's. Her girlish flutter really carries. So far, Griffin has been more successful as a writer (mainly for country stars) than as a singer. Her songs have been covered by Martina McBride, Harris and, most prominently, the Dixie Chicks, who had a smash with her "Truth No. 2." For Griffin's latest CD - her fifth overall, and second for Dave Matthews' ATO Records - she offers her version of a song the Chicks earlier covered, "Top of the World." It addresses an old widower who mixes his grief with guilt. Griffin brings to it an even greater sense of consequence. She excels at character studies, especially of older people. Again, she addresses issues outside herself on the new album, some with a political bent. "Cold as It Gets" deals poetically with how we numb ourselves to the suffering of others in disfavored parts of the world. But this time, Griffin includes more personal songs than usual. Many detail her view of life as a process of drifting into the unknown. Her lyrics reach a peak of pain in "Don't Come Easy," a meditation on mortality. "I don't know nothing/except change will come," she sings. "Year after year what we do is undone/time gets moving from a crawl to a run." For another twist, Griffin sings in two voices on the album. In "Love Throws a Line" and "Standing," she drops her register, finding a soulfulness that recalls Bonnie Raitt. In the latter song, she offers a strange brand of gospel, one that's airy and abstracted. It's one of the few songs in which Griffin isn't on the run. She's far from happy, mind you. But, despite her fear, this time at least she holds her ground. - ----- End forwarded message ----- - ----------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://webmail.zoom.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:07:05 -0600 From: neal copperman Subject: Kerri Simpson! Ok Neile, get out your virtual checkbook.... I've been slowly going through my tapes, seeing which ones I've since aquired on CD and thinking about what to do with the cool music that I don't listen to cause it's on tape. Like Kerri Simpson's Speak. So I go to see how tough it is to order and discover there are actually two Kerri Simpson albums not listed in the ectoguide (so probably not owned by our illustrious ectoguide editor-in-chief). From 1998, Spirit of the Voudon was apparently unreleased for some period of time but is now available. It's a double album of all star Australian talent (the only other name I know is David Bridie) recording in local environments in Haiti. I think it's half traditional and half new stuff, but it's kind of hard to tell. Another CD, Speak, came out in 2003. The Chaos Music web site says: "Kerri Simpson is without a doubt one of Australia's most versatile and accomplished vocalists. She has made her mark in a range of genres, but to many her star really shines when she is singing blues and gospel and she has really hit her mark with SUN GONNA SHINE. Featuring Dean Addison, Ron Tabuteau, Mark Grunden, Ben Grayson and Ray Periera SUN GONNA SHINE is a refreshing and predominately acoustic approach blending a sublime mix of blues, field hollers, chants and gospel. " Sounds intriguing to me. New David Bridie too (though clearly labeled as copy protected) and fresh My Friend The Chocolate Cake which doesn't appear to be in stock. Ah well. Maybe I'll just do a straight kerri simpson order. Anything else Australian that I can't live without? I must be in an Australian mood, as I just finished Tim Whitten's excellent Dirt Music a few days ago. I've got lots of Australian slang to go look up now. neal np: Helen Mountfort mp3's nr: Tears of the Giraffe - Alexander McCall Smith (the fairly fluffy sequel to the equally fluffy No 1 Ladies Detective Agency) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 22:32:06 EDT From: SpiritWe@aol.com Subject: **RACHAEL SAGE: EAST COAST SWING! (NY, AL, NC, GA)** SPRING FEVER HAS ARRIVED! How do we know? Well, it's been pouring rain in NYC & generally icky but nonetheless, folks appear to be in frighteningly good moods & (sporadic but inspiring) trees are a-bloom all over the city. We've determined that pink looks much better on trees than people with the notable exception of MPress Booking mistress Chloe Jo, who looks marvelous in the color. Enough fashion talk. Below are this month's remaining shows & a bit of news from your favorite urban-folkstress. **New Yorkers** - we REALLY hope to see you this weekend at The Canal Room where Rachael's opening for the amazing & charismatic Colin Hay from "Men At Work". Enjoy! xoxox & false-eyelashes, the flirtatious folks @ MPress ===== LATEST NEWS: Rachael was chosen as a Finalist this week in the WILDFLOWER SONGWRITING CONTEST in Dallas, TX for her winning entries, "Bravedancing" & "Too Many Women". Unfortunately she will not be able to compete, due to a prior booking engagement in Upstate NY on the same date - but it's always nice to be invited! Check out: www.wildflowerfestival.com & best of luck to all the competing Finalists :) **Saturday, April 17** Canal Room - 7:30pm sharp Opening for Colin Hay! *duo w/ cellist Stephanie Winters* More info call 212-941-8100 285 W. Broadway @ Canal New York, NY SOUTHERN MINI-TOUR: *w/ Stephanie Winters on cello & Russ Johnson on trumpet* Tuesday, April 20 The Moonlight Cafe - 8pm Also performing: Sean Hayes More info 205.822.1400 628 Montgomery Hwy Birmingham, AL Thursday, April 22 The Evening Muse - 8pm Also performing: Kyler 3227 N. Davidson Street Charlotte, NC Friday, April 23 WWVV - 3pm Live Interview w/ Gene Murrell More info call: 843-765-9569 Savanna, GA Friday, April 23 The Sentient Bean - 8pm 13 E. Park Avenue Savannah, GA Saturday, April 24 Tasty World: 5-9pm w/ Divine Maggees & Gabriel Young Band More info: 706-543-0797 312 East Broad Street Athens, GA Sunday, April 25 Southern Womyn's Festival - 2:30pm *duo w/ Stephanie Winters* Dragon Hills, GA Tuesday, April 27 The Bitter End: NYC Chick Singer Night *performing w/ CSN House Band* 147 Bleecker St. @ LaGuardia New York, NY Thursday April 29 Arlene's Grocery - 10pm *full band show w/ drummer Dean Sharp!* GoGirls Music Event Sponsored by: Songwriters Hall of Fame New York, NY Friday, April 30 The Highlands Inn *solo show* 2004 Women's Concert Series For more info call 877-537-2466 Bethlehem, NH MORE UPCOMING EAST COAST SHOWS (VISIT WEBSITE FOR DETAILS): Sunday, May 2 - House Concert w/ Jenny Bruce, Wakefield, MA Thursday, May 6 - Revolution Hall, Troy, NY Saturday, May 8 - A.I.R. Studio, Kingston, NY Monday, May 10 - Knitting Factory, New York, NY * * * To join our STREET TEAM & for tour updates visit: www.rachaelsage.com OR: www.mpressrecords.com DISCUSSION: rachaelsage-subscribe@yahoogroups.com CHECK OUT: www.thesagepage.net * TOLL FREE: 1.877.878.SAGE * * * "Sage pairs soul-searching lyricism with slow, plaintive melodies. At the big blowout kegger, she's the one in the side parlor playing (piano), looking you straight in the eye, and making you feel ashamed of yourself." - CREATIVE LOAFING ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 22:31:10 -0500 From: kerrywhite@webtv.net (kerry white) Subject: OT: Tech help sought Hi, As can be seen by my address, I have a webTV setup and no computer. WebTV is a browser and email and eats up enough of my time as it is. If I had a computer I would buy MYST and not be seen for weeks. 8-) I should like to ask a favor of someone or two [here] who may have the software that removes clicks and pops from audio from vinyl LPs. I have made a couple of compliation CDrs that include cuts from LPs and several have a lot of noise but are favorites so I took them anyway. It would be nice if I could work out some Ecto trade for someone to end up with cleaner copies. They have only one or two cuts per LP from a lot of LPs, so going out and buying cds of each is very cost-prohibitive. I have Family, Caravan, Peter Hammill/ Van Der Graaf, Chic Corea and another couple {the cut Legend of The USS Titanic sounds like it's next to a big crackling fire!}. Maybe I could find two or three of you who could do just one or two each, so as to not load any one person up too much. Thanks, bye, KrW I'm Peter Pan! I'm perpetually young!! OW!! What's wrong with my back? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 23:56:51 -0400 From: Jason Gordon Subject: RE: Kerri Simpson! I highly recommend Vodou Songs of the Spirits (which reminds me I need to listen to it again...)...I also didn't know she had a new one out :) Other aussie ecto must haves: Gorgeous - twelve plus one (plus their two earlier albums if you can find them) Robyne Dunn - Live at the Basement / Spindrift (more jazzy but phenominal) Women in Docs (available at cdbaby) Emaline Delapaix Tiddas Sophie Moleta Killjoys Naked Raven Cactus Child Kirsty Stegwazi George Lino and to cheat a bit - here is a bunch of artists that have come recommended recently from Women in Docs...I havent worked my way through the list yet but regardless: Sally Dastey Mia Dyson Junior (www.junioronline.net) Heather Frahn Diana Ah Naid The Stiff Gins Sophie Raymond Those Bloody McKennas The Bluehouse Penelope Swales Abi Tucker Jigzag - -jason np Kerri Simpson - Vodou songs... - -----Original Message----- From: owner-ecto@smoe.org [mailto:owner-ecto@smoe.org]On Behalf Of neal copperman Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 9:07 PM To: ecto@smoe.org Subject: Kerri Simpson! Ok Neile, get out your virtual checkbook.... I've been slowly going through my tapes, seeing which ones I've since aquired on CD and thinking about what to do with the cool music that I don't listen to cause it's on tape. Like Kerri Simpson's Speak. So I go to see how tough it is to order and discover there are actually two Kerri Simpson albums not listed in the ectoguide (so probably not owned by our illustrious ectoguide editor-in-chief). From 1998, Spirit of the Voudon was apparently unreleased for some period of time but is now available. It's a double album of all star Australian talent (the only other name I know is David Bridie) recording in local environments in Haiti. I think it's half traditional and half new stuff, but it's kind of hard to tell. Another CD, Speak, came out in 2003. The Chaos Music web site says: "Kerri Simpson is without a doubt one of Australia's most versatile and accomplished vocalists. She has made her mark in a range of genres, but to many her star really shines when she is singing blues and gospel and she has really hit her mark with SUN GONNA SHINE. Featuring Dean Addison, Ron Tabuteau, Mark Grunden, Ben Grayson and Ray Periera SUN GONNA SHINE is a refreshing and predominately acoustic approach blending a sublime mix of blues, field hollers, chants and gospel. " Sounds intriguing to me. New David Bridie too (though clearly labeled as copy protected) and fresh My Friend The Chocolate Cake which doesn't appear to be in stock. Ah well. Maybe I'll just do a straight kerri simpson order. Anything else Australian that I can't live without? I must be in an Australian mood, as I just finished Tim Whitten's excellent Dirt Music a few days ago. I've got lots of Australian slang to go look up now. neal np: Helen Mountfort mp3's nr: Tears of the Giraffe - Alexander McCall Smith (the fairly fluffy sequel to the equally fluffy No 1 Ladies Detective Agency) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 21:07:59 -0700 From: Neile Graham Subject: Re: Kerri Simpson! At 8:07 PM -0600 4/15/04, neal copperman wrote: >Ok Neile, get out your virtual checkbook.... > >I've been slowly going through my tapes, seeing which ones I've >since aquired on CD and thinking about what to do with the cool >music that I don't listen to cause it's on tape. Like Kerri >Simpson's Speak. > >So I go to see how tough it is to order and discover there are >actually two Kerri Simpson albums not listed in the ectoguide (so >probably not owned by our illustrious ectoguide editor-in-chief). Ha! This shows you how far behind I am with the Guide. I do own them but they are kind of side projects for her and I have only listened to them a few times. They're not like _The Arousing_ or _Speak_. The voudon spirits one is way out there , and _son gonna shine_ is like _confessing the blues_ : terrific if you like like the blues and good if like me you'd listen to Kerri Simpson singing anything. When she does another project that is in the mainstream of her work I will be jumping up and down and telling ecto all about it, believe me. BTW, I'll be offline until May as I'm on my way to Turkey to visit a friend and look after my father who got ill there while touring there. So much for a hectic tour with them, but at least I know I won't be bored in Istanbul. - --Neile - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neile Graham .... neile@sff.net/@drizzle.com ... www.sff.net/people/neile Les Semaines: A Weekly Journal ........ www.sff.net/people/neile/semaines Editor, The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music ........... www.ectoguide.org Workshop Administrator, Clarion West ................ www.clarionwest.org ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 23:49:48 -0500 From: "forwardtcm" Subject: Re: **RACHAEL SAGE: EAST COAST SWING! (NY, AL, NC, GA)** Birmingham?!?! I'm there like white on rice. Dayum!!! ;-D - ----- Original Message ----- > SOUTHERN MINI-TOUR: > *w/ Stephanie Winters on cello & Russ Johnson on trumpet* > > Tuesday, April 20 > The Moonlight Cafe - 8pm > Also performing: Sean Hayes > More info 205.822.1400 > 628 Montgomery Hwy > Birmingham, AL ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 15:43:01 +1000 From: andrew fries Subject: Re: Kerri Simpson! neal copperman wrote: > Another CD, Speak, came out in 2003. Speak actually came out in 1996 - according to my copy. I just know I've had it for a hell of a lot longer than a year! This must be a reissue, because yeah, this CD would surely be out of print by 2003. It is excellent, that one and 'The Arousing' from 1995. Or is the title 'Veve'? - I never knew. The sleve has 'KERRI SIMPSON' on top, 'Veve' (with accents above the e's) in the middle, and 'The Arousing' on the bottom... Your guess is as good as mine. But these two CD are in fact out of the main stream of her work, which seems to be blues and gospel, just as the blurb you quote says. Wasn't my cup of tea. > Anything else Australian that I can't live without? Kirst Stegwazi or her band The Bites, naturally! :) ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V10 #106 ***************************