From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V13 #366 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Friday, January 11 2008 Volume 13 : Number 366 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Basia Bulat @ Joe's Pub 1/10/08 ["Paul Blair" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:16:16 -0500 From: "Paul Blair" Subject: Basia Bulat @ Joe's Pub 1/10/08 I went to see Basia Bulat perform this evening and had an enjoyable time. She started out alone on stage doing an a capella spiritual ("Hush Somebody's Calling My Name") which showed off what a strong voice she has. The band then came onstage: 2 women backing vocalists--one of whom played violin, the other ukelele--a keyboard player, and a drummer; she herself played autoharp for the next song, a boom-chicka-boom number. On the next song she played ukelele (that made for a 2-ukelele song) and after that mostly guitar. Of the music I recognized "In the Night," "Little Waltz," "Snakes and Ladders," and "I Was a Daughter." The music is very accessible, but I don't know how much staying power it's going to have. After the show I asked her how someone who hadn't ever played in New York had wound up on an Australian Volkswagen ad. They'd contacted her out of the blue, apparently having found out about her on the Internet. There were no CDs to be bought. Apparently "Oh My Darling" won't be out until Feb. 5th in the US. Jeffrey Lewis and the Jitters were on next. I didn't stay for too much that; a little neo-punk nihilism goes a long way with me. ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V13 #366 ***************************