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Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Haley Westerna [Joseph Zitt ] Hayley & Vienna ["Leonora Christina Skov" ] Re: Hayley & Vienna [Joseph Zitt ] Hayley Westenra & Il Divo [Dave ] Re: Hayley Westenra & Il Divo [Timothy Jones-Yelvington ] Re: Hayley & Vienna [wojbearpig ] Re: Hayley & Vienna [Timothy Jones-Yelvington ] Re: Hayley & Vienna [Joseph Zitt ] Fwd: News from Lisa Gerrard's Forum Team [Craig Gidney ] Re: Top 100 Living Songwriters [Robert Lovejoy ] Re: Top 100 Living Songwriters [Mike Connell ] Re: Top 100 Living Songwriters [meredith ] Re: Top 100 Living Songwriters ["Jon Wesley Huff" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:42:18 -0700 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: Haley Westerna Timothy Jones-Yelvington wrote: > Isn't she kind of one of those cheesed-out pop-classical on-display at > Barnes & Noble JoshGrobanCharlotteChurchIlDivoOperaBabes-y types? > She's being promoted as such, but I've enjoyed her CDs more than theirs. I don't hear the "classical singer slumming in pop" attitude, nor the "pop singer proving something by singing classical" problem. She sounds just comfortable in what she sings. If, for example, her "Wuthering Heights" doesn't add anything to our sense of the song, it does sound as if she honestly likes and cares about the song. I get the sense that her record company is trying to pound her into stardom (I have some stories I can't tell about their interactions with record stores), but no one who isn't from New Zealand seems to have heard from her. Despite that, when I play her discs on our overhead system, people are often charmed and buy them, as they also do when I recommend that they give her a listen on the sampling stations. n.p. Vienna Teng: Dreaming Through the Noise ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 10:57:41 +0200 From: "Leonora Christina Skov" Subject: Hayley & Vienna I agree with Joseph here; it does sound as if she honestly cares about the material. She reminds me so much of a young Sissel Kyrkjebx (you know? The Norwegian songbird?) Their high-pitched voices are equally crystal clear and there's a charming innocence to their whole way of singing. Neither Sissel nor Hayley break new ground with their covers, traditional folk songs, and Celine Dion-like tunes, but then they never pretended to. That's actually what I really like about them. You want their sweetness and that's what you get. Have you discussed Vienna's Dreaming Through..? I need to listen to this disc a little more, but so far I'm hugely, HUGELY disappointed. I loved her debut and I adored Warm Strangers, but this time around she has penned a set of tunes that just don't seem appropriate for her voice, in my opinion. The tunes themselves are alright if not fantastic. They seem more jazzy, orchestrated, and laid back, but her etheral voice just isn't sexy enough to make these tunes sparkle. What I love about artists like Corrinne May, Faye Wong, and Sandy (the Hong Kong Chinese wonder) is the way they use their etheral voices to create these mindblowingly beautiful soundscapes. In the case of Vienna I really truely miss the girl and her piano or the Rufus-like splendour of My Medea... Cheers, Leonora "If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased." Katherine Hepburn Forfatter, mag.art. Leonora Christina Skov H.C. Xrsteds Vej 35, 3.tv., 1879 Frb. C. Tlf 38 19 03 81 / 26 85 67 27 [IMAGE] -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Joseph Zitt To: ecto@smoe.org Subject: Re: Haley Westerna Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:42:18 -0700 >Timothy Jones-Yelvington wrote: >>Isn't she kind of one of those cheesed-out pop-classical on-display >>at >>Barnes & Noble JoshGrobanCharlotteChurchIlDivoOperaBabes-y types? >> >She's being promoted as such, but I've enjoyed her CDs more than >theirs. I don't hear the "classical singer slumming in pop" >attitude, nor the "pop singer proving something by singing >classical" problem. She sounds just comfortable in what she sings. >If, for example, her "Wuthering Heights" doesn't add anything to our >sense of the song, it does sound as if she honestly likes and cares >about the song. I get the sense that her record company is trying to >pound her into stardom (I have some stories I can't tell about their >interactions with record stores), but no one who isn't from New >Zealand seems to have heard from her. Despite that, when I play her >discs on our overhead system, people are often charmed and buy them, >as they also do when I recommend that they give her a listen on the >sampling stations. > >n.p. Vienna Teng: Dreaming Through the Noise ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 02:28:53 -0700 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: Hayley & Vienna Leonora Christina Skov wrote: > Have you discussed Vienna's Dreaming Through..? I need to listen to this > disc a little more, but so far I'm hugely, HUGELY disappointed. I loved > her debut and I adored Warm Strangers, but this time around she has > penned a set of tunes that just don't seem appropriate for her voice, in > my opinion. The tunes themselves are alright if not fantastic. They seem > more jazzy, orchestrated, and laid back, but her etheral voice just isn't > sexy enough to make these tunes sparkle. What I love about artists like > Corrinne May, Faye Wong, and Sandy (the Hong Kong Chinese wonder) is the > way they use their etheral voices to create these mindblowingly beautiful > soundscapes. In the case of Vienna I really truely miss the girl and her > piano or the Rufus-like splendour of My Medea... The album hasn't grabbed me as immediately as the other two, but is quickly growing on me. She has a wider palette on this one, in terms of both orchestration and lyrics. "City Hall" is a wonderfully topical song (though its topicality is beneath the surface) and "Pontchartrain" touches on the aftermath of Katrina better than most songs that I've heard. She does seem to be stepping out more into the stories of other people rather than drawing so much from within (a step begun in Warm Strangers' "Shasta (Carrie's Song)" and "Homecoming (Walter's Song)"), and the songs feel a bit less emotionally direct, but they feel easier to grasp on a first listen, and to leave room for the arrangements to have their impact. n.p. Alejandro Escovedo: The Boxing Mirror ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 06:56:16 -0400 From: Dave Subject: Hayley Westenra & Il Divo > Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:34:44 -0500 > From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington > Subject: Re: Haley Westerna > > Isn't she kind of one of those cheesed-out pop-classical on-display at > Barnes & Noble JoshGrobanCharlotteChurchIlDivoOperaBabes-y types? > > That stuff leaves a bad taste in my mouth. > I rather like Hayley, she's got a lovely voice. As for Il Divo... well, here's something I threw together a while back that you might get a chuckle out of.. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/ssbob/ildevo.jpg ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:18:14 -0500 From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Hayley Westenra & Il Divo " As for Il Divo... well, here's something I threw together a while back > that you might get a chuckle out of.." HA!! Brilliant. On 8/2/06 5:56 AM, "Dave" wrote: >> Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:34:44 -0500 >> From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington >> Subject: Re: Haley Westerna >> >> Isn't she kind of one of those cheesed-out pop-classical on-display at >> Barnes & Noble JoshGrobanCharlotteChurchIlDivoOperaBabes-y types? >> >> That stuff leaves a bad taste in my mouth. >> > > I rather like Hayley, she's got a lovely voice. > As for Il Divo... well, here's something I threw together a while back > that you might get a chuckle out of.. > > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/ssbob/ildevo.jpg ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:16:39 -0500 From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Hayley & Vienna A friend of mine made me a mix of songs from Vienna's first two albums, and I love her songwriting style, but I never could quite get behind her voice... It's too clear and quirk-less or something for me. I do really like the haunting song "Feather Moon," even if lyrics about breathing in and breathing out are a bit clichi. On 8/2/06 3:57 AM, "Leonora Christina Skov" wrote: > I agree with Joseph here; it does sound as if she honestly cares about > the material. She reminds me so much of a young Sissel Kyrkjebx (you > know? The Norwegian songbird?) Their high-pitched voices are equally > crystal clear and there's a charming innocence to their whole way of > singing. Neither Sissel nor Hayley break new ground with their covers, > traditional folk songs, and Celine Dion-like tunes, but then they never > pretended to. That's actually what I really like about them. You want > their sweetness and that's what you get. > > Have you discussed Vienna's Dreaming Through..? I need to listen to this > disc a little more, but so far I'm hugely, HUGELY disappointed. I loved > her debut and I adored Warm Strangers, but this time around she has > penned a set of tunes that just don't seem appropriate for her voice, in > my opinion. The tunes themselves are alright if not fantastic. They seem > more jazzy, orchestrated, and laid back, but her etheral voice just isn't > sexy enough to make these tunes sparkle. What I love about artists like > Corrinne May, Faye Wong, and Sandy (the Hong Kong Chinese wonder) is the > way they use their etheral voices to create these mindblowingly beautiful > soundscapes. In the case of Vienna I really truely miss the girl and her > piano or the Rufus-like splendour of My Medea... > > Cheers, Leonora > > "If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased." > Katherine Hepburn > > Forfatter, mag.art. > > Leonora Christina Skov > > H.C. Xrsteds Vej 35, 3.tv., 1879 Frb. C. Tlf 38 19 03 81 / 26 85 67 27 > > > > [IMAGE] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From: Joseph Zitt > To: ecto@smoe.org > Subject: Re: Haley Westerna > Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:42:18 -0700 >> Timothy Jones-Yelvington wrote: >>> Isn't she kind of one of those cheesed-out pop-classical on-display >>> at >>> Barnes & Noble JoshGrobanCharlotteChurchIlDivoOperaBabes-y types? >>> >> She's being promoted as such, but I've enjoyed her CDs more than >> theirs. I don't hear the "classical singer slumming in pop" >> attitude, nor the "pop singer proving something by singing >> classical" problem. She sounds just comfortable in what she sings. >> If, for example, her "Wuthering Heights" doesn't add anything to our >> sense of the song, it does sound as if she honestly likes and cares >> about the song. I get the sense that her record company is trying to >> pound her into stardom (I have some stories I can't tell about their >> interactions with record stores), but no one who isn't from New >> Zealand seems to have heard from her. Despite that, when I play her >> discs on our overhead system, people are often charmed and buy them, >> as they also do when I recommend that they give her a listen on the >> sampling stations. >> >> n.p. Vienna Teng: Dreaming Through the Noise ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 10:35:11 -0400 From: wojbearpig Subject: Re: Hayley & Vienna one time at band camp, Timothy Jones-Yelvington (timjy@sbcglobal.net) said: >A friend of mine made me a mix of songs from Vienna's first two albums, and >I love her songwriting style, but I never could quite get behind her >voice... It's too clear and quirk-less or something for me. i've always been struck by what i've inadequately and easily-misconstrued-ly described as the "plain-ness" of her voice. then i stumble and bumble through some rambling explanation which usually involves the phrase "remarkable clarity" but doesn't really illuminate what i'm trying to say. but i think you've nailed it with "quirk-less". >On 8/2/06 3:57 AM, "Leonora Christina Skov" >wrote: >> Have you discussed Vienna's Dreaming Through..? I need to listen to this >> disc a little more, but so far I'm hugely, HUGELY disappointed. I loved my first several listens, on the living room stereo, the album didn't leave much of an impression, despite the initial ear-perk that the song "whatever you want" caused when that was uploaded to her myspace page a few weeks ago. but, more recent listens, on headphones, have really caught my ear. >> her debut and I adored Warm Strangers, but this time around she has >> penned a set of tunes that just don't seem appropriate for her voice, in >> my opinion. The tunes themselves are alright if not fantastic. They seem >> more jazzy, orchestrated, and laid back, but her etheral voice just isn't >> sexy enough to make these tunes sparkle. on one level, i don't really disagree with you. this is a strange and elusive album and the choice of instrumentation is particularly odd given her earlier work and the fact that this is, for all intents and purposes, a major label debut. on the other hand, i kinda like the relatively sparse and restrained arrangements. yes, the tone is relatively consistent from song to song, but each is leavened with healthy hints of different styles so the album doesn't really suffer from all-sounds-the-same syndrome -- at least on repeated listens for me anyway. and that keeps the listener focused on her words, which is really her strength, no matter how good her piano playing or quirkless her voice is. ;) in fact, this is about the fastest i've really picked up the lyrics of any album in a long time. that said, there are some really striking musical passages here as well: the stand-out track "pontchartrain" is harrowingly beautiful, the bill frisell-ish guitar on "recessional" mirrors the reflectiveness of the lyrics to perfect effect, and the folksy piano in "city hall" is, for lack of a better word, yummy. you know, another strange thing about this album is that, for me at least, the back half is a lot stronger than the front half. "city hall" and onward are all much meatier to my ears than the first few songs. usually, albums are front-end-loaded, no? woj n.p. mila drumke - radiate ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 10:27:23 -0500 From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Hayley & Vienna I kind of think it sounds like a musical theater voice. Which is maybe why I'm a little bit resistant.... I wouldn't want to listen to Kristin Chenoweth covering Tori. Er... I don't think I'd want to listen to Kristin Chenoweth at all. Perhaps it's also because I'm currently embedded in a hipper-than-thou indie rock-obsessed college kid culture and tend to be terrified to be caught by my peers listening to anything that might in any way be associated with --eep!!-- adult contemporary (of course I still enjoy Seal and KD Lang in the privacy of my own home.) I look forward to growing out of this self conscious life-space. On 8/2/06 9:35 AM, "wojbearpig" wrote: > one time at band camp, Timothy Jones-Yelvington (timjy@sbcglobal.net) said: > >> A friend of mine made me a mix of songs from Vienna's first two albums, and >> I love her songwriting style, but I never could quite get behind her >> voice... It's too clear and quirk-less or something for me. > > i've always been struck by what i've inadequately and > easily-misconstrued-ly described as the "plain-ness" of her voice. > then i stumble and bumble through some rambling explanation which > usually involves the phrase "remarkable clarity" but doesn't really > illuminate what i'm trying to say. but i think you've nailed it with > "quirk-less". > >> On 8/2/06 3:57 AM, "Leonora Christina Skov" >> wrote: > >>> Have you discussed Vienna's Dreaming Through..? I need to listen to this >>> disc a little more, but so far I'm hugely, HUGELY disappointed. I loved > > my first several listens, on the living room stereo, the album didn't > leave much of an impression, despite the initial ear-perk that the > song "whatever you want" caused when that was uploaded to her myspace > page a few weeks ago. but, more recent listens, on headphones, have > really caught my ear. > >>> her debut and I adored Warm Strangers, but this time around she has >>> penned a set of tunes that just don't seem appropriate for her voice, in >>> my opinion. The tunes themselves are alright if not fantastic. They seem >>> more jazzy, orchestrated, and laid back, but her etheral voice just isn't >>> sexy enough to make these tunes sparkle. > > on one level, i don't really disagree with you. this is a strange and > elusive album and the choice of instrumentation is particularly odd > given her earlier work and the fact that this is, for all intents and > purposes, a major label debut. > > on the other hand, i kinda like the relatively sparse and restrained > arrangements. yes, the tone is relatively consistent from song to song, > but each is leavened with healthy hints of different styles so the > album doesn't really suffer from all-sounds-the-same syndrome -- at > least on repeated listens for me anyway. and that keeps the listener > focused on her words, which is really her strength, no matter how > good her piano playing or quirkless her voice is. ;) in fact, this > is about the fastest i've really picked up the lyrics of any album > in a long time. > > that said, there are some really striking musical passages here as > well: the stand-out track "pontchartrain" is harrowingly beautiful, the > bill frisell-ish guitar on "recessional" mirrors the reflectiveness of > the lyrics to perfect effect, and the folksy piano in "city hall" > is, for lack of a better word, yummy. > > you know, another strange thing about this album is that, for me at > least, the back half is a lot stronger than the front half. "city hall" > and onward are all much meatier to my ears than the first few songs. > usually, albums are front-end-loaded, no? > > woj > > n.p. mila drumke - radiate ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:45:38 -0700 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: Hayley & Vienna wojbearpig wrote: > you know, another strange thing about this album is that, for me at > least, the back half is a lot stronger than the front half. "city hall" > and onward are all much meatier to my ears than the first few songs. > usually, albums are front-end-loaded, no? Well, I get the sense that the catchier songs are front-loaded and the meatier ones are toward the back. The hooks that have gotten stuck in my head are all from the first few songs. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 16:33:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Craig Gidney Subject: Fwd: News from Lisa Gerrard's Forum Team A film about Lisa Gerrard! Newsletter wrote: Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 11:20:18 -0600 From: "Newsletter" To: clgidney@yahoo.com Subject: News from Lisa Gerrard's Forum Team Greetings everyone. Here's a little bit of heavenly news for you. A release of a newly made portrait of Lisa Gerrard is due in September! Now is the time to for anyone to excuse themselves from whatever they are doing and for a good reason actually hit the TV button and enjoy something out of the ordinary. This is something many of us have been dreaming of and waiting for. Some words from Clive Collier, director: "After a year in production, 'Sanctuary', a 90min documentary on Lisa Gerrard is about to be released on DVD. The official website is up and can be found at http://www.sanctuary-lisagerrard.com - ------THE FILM------ The film is an intimate portrait covering many aspects of Lisa's life and career. Her musical beginnings, Dead Can Dance (including 2005 tour), film composition and many aspects of her style and approach to her work told insightfully by Lisa and those who have worked with her. As well as plenty of interviews with Lisa, the film features interviews with Michael Mann, Hans Zimmer, Russell Crowe, Graeme Revell, Harry Gregson-Williams, Brendan Perry, Niki Caro, Pietro Scalia and many other musicians, family and colleagues. 'Sanctuary' also features lots of previously unseen material including rehearsal footage, soundchecks, photographs and concert footage. It also includes many previously unheard tracks of Lisa's many of which will feature will be released soon. - ------THE DVD------ The special features includes an exclusive brand new video directed by Lisa and myself for a new track from Lisa's forthcoming album. It also has a photo gallery, discography, interview with myself and a special film on some fundraising activities for REACH organisation in Mali, Africa which Lisa has been actively involved in. - ------RELEASE------ The DVD official release date is projected to be the beginning of September. However, to ensure one of the first copies as it will be on a first come first served basis, we are offering the chance to pre-buy now from the website. You can also see some short excerpts from the film on the site too. At this stage, there are no plans to provide the film for rental or retail sale. The film will be internationally broadcast on television later in the year and into early 2007. More details will come as they are confirmed." All the best from Lisa Gerrard's Message Board Team. http://www.lisagerrard.com - --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:47:21 -0400 From: Mike Connell Subject: Top 100 Living Songwriters This made a bit of a buzz this week at the Patty Griffin list here at smoe.org. The new edition of Paste Magazine (available in stores and online at www.pastemagazine.com) has their listing of "The Top 100 Living Songwriters". It's broken down into groups of twenty in the online version, with some quality commentary on each of the 100 songwriters. I imagine the commentary would have to be in the print edition too. The buzz at the Patty Griffin list is that they had her at #19! Quite an honor if you ask me. I feel she's deserving, because if you really look at some of the lyrics of her five albums, there's some really great stuff there. She's getting more and more play on TV shows and in films, plus, a tell-tale sign, many of her songs are getting used by a lot of artists anymore. The list of the 100 follows. Mike P.S. Check out the main page at www.pattygriffin.com. It's pretty darn cool. (and a long download if you are on dialup...but it's worth the wait) Paste magazine's Top 100 Living Songwriters 100 T-Bone Burnett 99 Outkast 98 Jay Farrar 97 Josh Ritter 96 Jimmy Cliff 95 Patti Smith 94 Sam Phillips 93 Joseph Arthur 92 Alejandro Escovedo 91 Drive By Truckers 90 Nick Cave 89 Victoria Williams 88 Parliment 87 Lyle Lovett 86 Sam Beam (Iron & Wine) 85 David Bazan (Pedro the Lion, Headphones) 84 They Might Be Giants 83 Fleetwood Mac (Buckingham, Nicks, McVie) 82 John Darnielle (The Mountain Goats) 81 The Flaming Lips 80 Pink Floyd 79 Stephen Malkmus 78 Robert Pollard 77 Bruce Cockburn 76 Will Oldham 75 Ron Sexsmith 74 Over The Rhine 73 Julie Miller 72 Michael Jackson 71 Vic Chestnut 70 Alex Chilton 69 Merle Haggard 68 Allen Toussaint 67 Conor Oberst 66 Charles Thompson (aka Frank Black) 65 Bill Mallonee (Vigilantes of Love) 64 Andy Partridge 63 Richard Thompson 62 Sting 61 John Hiatt 60 Jimmy Webb 59 Jack White 58 Sly Stone 57 Morrissey 56 James Brown 55 Dolly Parton 54 Aimee Mann 53 James Taylor 52 Paul Westerberg 51 Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham 50 Public Enemy 49 Cat Stevens 48 Gillian Welch / David Rawlings 47 Sufjan Stevens 46 David Byrne 45 Jackson Browne 44 Al Green 43 Ryan Adams 42 Loretta Lynn 41 Ray Davies 40 Burt Bacharach & Hal David 39 Led Zeppelin 38 Kris Kristofferson 37 Smokey Robinson 36 Beck 35 Steve Earle 34 John Fogerty 33 Pete Townshend 32 Lieber & Stoller 31 Carole King 30 John Prine 29 Tom Petty 28 Robbie Robertson 27 Radiohead 26 REM 25 Chuck Berry 24 Jeff Tweedy 23 Elton John / Bernie Taupin 22 Lucinda Williams 21 Lou Reed 20 Van Morrison 19 Patty Griffin 18 U2 17 Holland - Dozier- Holland 16 David Bowie 15 Willie Nelson 14 Stevie Wonder 13 Paul Simon 12 The Rolling Stones 11 Randy Newman 10 Prince 9 Joni Mitchell 8 Elvis Costello 7 Brian Wilson 6 Leonard Cohen 5 Paul McCartney 4 Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan 3 Bruce Springsteen 2 Neil Young 1 Bob Dylan ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 21:39:11 -0400 From: Robert Lovejoy Subject: Re: Top 100 Living Songwriters Wow, what a daunting task. That's like picking the top 100 colors. Just impossible. Everybody's mileage varies. I'm personally in some disagreement with the list order, but I'd be willing to suspect I'm not the only one. What a concept! Bob "Now I've Seen Everything" Lovejoy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 21:52:58 -0400 From: Mike Connell Subject: Re: Top 100 Living Songwriters Robert Lovejoy wrote: >Wow, what a daunting task. That's like picking the top 100 colors. >Just impossible. Everybody's mileage varies. I'm personally in some >disagreement with the list order, but I'd be willing to suspect I'm not >the only one. What a concept! No doubt you are not the only one. Everyone on the ecto list could just take the 100 names in that Paste magazine list, number them in a personal Top 100 and I doubt any one of us would have more than 10 in common with anyone in any split of 20 (1-20, 21-40, 41-60 etc), we'd be all over the place. Like you said, trying to rate the top 100 colors. (I liked that). Still, the Paste listing brought up some interesting names. Mike ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:25:04 -0400 From: meredith Subject: Re: Top 100 Living Songwriters Hi, Like picking the top 100 colors, indeed. Really, why bother?? My personal top 100 would be vastly different. (It would have Susan Werner and Richard Shindell on it, for one thing.) But that's neither here nor there. Again, why bother?! - -- =============================================== Meredith Tarr New Haven, CT USA mailto:meth@smoe.org http://www.smoe.org/meth =============================================== hear at the HOMe House Concert Series http://hom.smoe.org =============================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 00:29:19 -0500 From: "Jon Wesley Huff" Subject: Re: Top 100 Living Songwriters I think Patty is a great choice. I think she's definitely one of the best songwriters of our time, and one of the best performers! I kept crying through her live performance, and I'm not much of a cryer. On 8/2/06, meredith wrote: > Hi, > > Like picking the top 100 colors, indeed. Really, why bother?? > > My personal top 100 would be vastly different. (It would have Susan > Werner and Richard Shindell on it, for one thing.) But that's neither > here nor there. Again, why bother?! > > > -- > =============================================== > Meredith Tarr > New Haven, CT USA > mailto:meth@smoe.org > http://www.smoe.org/meth > =============================================== > hear at the HOMe House Concert Series > http://hom.smoe.org > =============================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 00:34:22 -0500 From: "Jon Wesley Huff" Subject: Re: Hayley & Vienna I'm a huge fan of Vienna and I've seen her live twice. I think she has a beautiful voice and her first two albums are treasures to be sure. I have to say I was pretty dissapointed by this album at first too. Nothing really caught me, and nothing had the immediate power of The Tower, Gravity, Feather Moon, or My Medea. However, with repeated listens I think the album starts to work its way into your head - Pontchartrain and City Hall being standouts. ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V12 #204 ***************************