From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V11 #333 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Monday, December 5 2005 Volume 11 : Number 333 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: jorane, vienna ["JoAnn Whetsell" ] Re: Kate Print Ads and Q'orianka [Kjetil Torgrim Homme Subject: RE: jorane, vienna >Damon wrote: she (Jorane) mentioned she'd played it (the eurythmics' `there must be an >angel') wednesday night in seattle - joann, neile, what did you think of it? (i'm assuming >neile went. :) I thought it was really lovely, but I'm not familiar with the original version. The whole show was great. Especially "Red Mountains" on guitar, and her story about the New Mexico rodeo where "Roll the Stars" came from. JoAnn -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Damon To: ecto Subject: jorane, vienna Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 00:56:48 -0800 >hello ectofolk! > >i don't often write in with concert reviews these days, but i just had >to mention jorane's show in vancouver tonight. wow. every time i see >her live seems to be better than the last time. and is she ever a >charming sort of crazy. it's a joy to watch her perform - hard to >choose whether to focus on her expressive face or her expressive >hands. > >but the item deserving special mention this time was one of her >encores - she did a cover of the eurythmics' `there must be an angel' >that had me cheering myself hoarse. i honestly think she must be one >of *very* few artists in the world apart from annie who could pull >that song off. she made it uniquely her own (if you can imagine annie >lennox's vocal ululations passed through a sort of a `jorane filter' - >wonderful!) and i think it didn't lose anything in the translation. i >love that song. > >she mentioned she'd played it wednesday night in seattle - joann, >neile, what did you think of it? (i'm assuming neile went. :) > >i also got to see vienna teng on the 8th last month, at the same venue >(the media club) and she floored me too. both of vienna's albums took >a while to grow on me (actually the second still hadn't entirely until >after this show - now i can't stop listening) so i was a little >trepidatious going in, but i'm grateful i went anyway. i was very >impressed that she got a vancouver audience to sing backing vocals on >`soon love soon' all the way to the end without flagging (actually, >jorane did pretty well in that department too). her set was very >quiet and she had everyone eating out of the palm of her hand - to the >point where a glass clanking at the bar in the back became a major >distraction. she was obviously a hit, and i'm hooked now in a way i >wasn't before. and the image of a delicate little asian woman telling >a crowded room to imagine her as a big, burly trucker (during >`homecoming') will stick with me for a long time. > >while i'm at it, i'll mention melissa ferrick's show on oct 15 as well >- also a huge success in my mind. i cannot believe the energy and raw >emotion melissa brings to her performances each and every time. i >think she's made out of energy and nerves. she also picks the best >opening acts to tour with - this time it was natalia zukerman, whose >name i remembered seeing on ecto though i'd never heard her before. >last time i saw her (early this year) it was garrison starr, who was >previously unknown to me but both keri and i were impressed enough to >buy her album (she was better live, but the album is good). i also >noticed when melissa was out in toronto, she had arlene bishop opening >for her - i was very seriously considering a trip out east just to see >that (well, and visit some friends) - i have a feeling arlene is not >someone who ever tours widely and i would have loved to see that. ah >well. was anyone on ecto at that concert? > >ok, not delving any further back into the concertgoing history... > >-damon > >-- >dl+ecto@usrbin.ca: protecting my real address since 2002 (too late!) > > EWS starts here! < ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 04:59:41 +0100 From: Kjetil Torgrim Homme Subject: Re: Kate Print Ads and Q'orianka [lostinspace@gmail.com]: > > We have a Q'orianka page at > http://s2.excoboard.com/exco/thread.php?forumid=96828&threadid=619877 > > and another at > http://s2.excoboard.com/exco/thread.php?forumid=95609&threadid=619848 > > and one about a page on the Los Angeles Times website at: > http://s2.excoboard.com/exco/thread.php?forumid=95609&threadid=632780 > > www.JewelForum.com thank you for the links! you posted this to fa.music.ecto, which is a one-way mirror of the ecto mailing list. to reach everyone, you need to send the message to the list. - -- Kjetil T. ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V11 #333 ***************************