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ecto-digest         Tuesday, January 20 2009         Volume 14 : Number 018



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                               Today's Subjects:
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  Today's your birthday, friend...        [Mike Matthews <matthewm@smoe.org>]
  hidden gems on cdbaby                               [gordodo@optonline.net]
  Re: Sophie Zeyl, What Bird and a CD Baby request  ["Sue Trowbridge" <trow@]
  Re: Sophie Zeyl, What Bird and a CD Baby request  [meredith <meth@smoe.org]
  Re: Sophie Zeyl, What Bird and a CD Baby request  ["Sue Trowbridge" <trow@]
  Re: Hidden CDBaby gems                 [kerrywhite@webtv.net (kerry white)]
  Re: Sophie Zeyl, What Bird and a CD Baby request  [Timothy Jones-Yelvingto]
  Hidden CDBaby gems                                       [jjhanson@att.net]
  Re: Sophie Zeyl, What Bird and a CD Baby request  [Ellen Rawson <silme13@y]
  Judith Owen                              [Ellen Rawson <silme13@yahoo.com>]
  Sophie Hunger                      [jessica spurling <jessica@viscous.org>]
  Re: Sophie Zeyl, What Bird and a CD Baby request  ["Richard Messum" <sprig]
  Judith Owen record label                   [birdie <birdies@ix.netcom.com>]
  Re: Judith Owen record label             [Ellen Rawson <silme13@yahoo.com>]
  Re: Judith Owen record label               [birdie <birdies@ix.netcom.com>]
  Re: Judith Owen record label             [Ellen Rawson <silme13@yahoo.com>]
  Also, Kristin Hersh in San Francisco (Yoshi's) on Feb 19.   [jessica spurl]
  Fwd: Judith Owen                           [birdie <birdies@ix.netcom.com>]
  Re: Judith Owen - record label             [birdie <birdies@ix.netcom.com>]
  Richard Thompson/Judith Owen -  Times review  [birdie <birdies@ix.netcom.c]
  Re: Hidden CDBaby gems                           [meredith <meth@smoe.org>]
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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:00:05 -0500 (EST)
From: Mike Matthews <matthewm@smoe.org>
Subject: Today's your birthday, friend...

                                i*i*i*i*i*i
                                i*i*i*i*i*i
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                            *****HAPPY*********
                      **************BIRTHDAY*********
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 ******************** Nancy Whitney (no Email address) *********************
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   Nancy Whitney            Mon  January 19   1959     slippery when wet
   Sarah Noelle Pratt Ferguson Tue  January 20   1970     Seanympf-Aquarius
   David Beery              Tue  January 20   1976     drum
   Terry Partis             Sun  January 22   1933     Rocker
   Steve Hughes             Thu  January 24   1963     Aquarius
   Sarah McLachlan          Sun  January 28   1968     Aquarius
   Ilka Heber               Mon  February 01  1965     Mermaid
   Bob Lovejoy              Sun  February 02  1947     Aquarius
   Diane Burke              Sat  February 02  1963     slow children
   Timothy S. Devine        Tue  February 03  1970     Aquarius
   Stephen Thomas           Fri  February 04  1966     Aquarius
   Doug Burks               Tue  February 14  1956     Blank
   Jim Sturnfield           Thu  February 18  1954     Aquarius
   Juha Kannisto            Wed  February 18  1970     Aquarius
   Joel Siegfried                February 19           Penguin Crossing

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:15:23 +0000 (GMT)
From: gordodo@optonline.net
Subject: hidden gems on cdbaby

anyone want to play "recommend a hidden gem on cdbaby"?

the hidden gem i'd recommend from cdbaby is Ea Philippa - Fjerne Himle

http://cdbaby.com/cd/eaphilippa

from the cdbaby description:
"Ea Philippa and her 9 women orchestra of strings, choir and percussion seduce and bewitches. They open up a door to a world far from here, and the listeners are wrapped in magic and fairytales. Ea Philippas talent is tuned on a frequency out of reach for the traditional genre categories. With elegance and ingenuity she mixes rock and pop with dramatic chamber music inspired arrangements, rattling sensuous beats and manifold vocal developments over a wide register. Her voice ranges from spherical to raw and temperamental, to tempting sly and amorous - like a black she-cat. And in this tension field the real magic evolves, and captures you in its velvet iron grip."

n.p. Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys - Paradise Wobble

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:09:43 -0800
From: "Sue Trowbridge" <trow@interbridge.com>
Subject: Re: Sophie Zeyl, What Bird and a CD Baby request

On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 10:17 PM,  <morayati@email.unc.edu> wrote:
> And the final part of this - anyone care to share some CD Baby finds? With
> so many artists on the site sorting through them gets overwhelming very
> quickly.

A couple of my faves:
Rachel Taylor Brown http://cdbaby.com/cd/rtbrown5
Judith Owen http://cdbaby.com/cd/judithowen2

- --Sue

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:38:50 -0500
From: meredith <meth@smoe.org>
Subject: Re: Sophie Zeyl, What Bird and a CD Baby request

Hi,

Sue Trowbridge wrote:
> Judith Owen http://cdbaby.com/cd/judithowen2

Fun factoid about Judith Owen: her husband is Harry Shearer.

The time she opened for Rachael Sage at Eddie's Attic in Atlanta, Harry was there to accompany her 
on bass.  I didn't recognize him until he said something to the sound guy, and then I did a 
triple-take: holy crap, that's Harry Freakin' Shearer!!  *g*

She is well worth checking out, particularly for Vonda Shepard fans.

- -- 
===============================================
Meredith Tarr
New Haven, CT USA
mailto:meth@smoe.org
http://www.smoe.org/meth
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hear at the HOMe House Concert Series
http://hom.smoe.org
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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:56:29 -0800
From: "Sue Trowbridge" <trow@interbridge.com>
Subject: Re: Sophie Zeyl, What Bird and a CD Baby request

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:38 AM, meredith <meth@smoe.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sue Trowbridge wrote:
>>
>> Judith Owen http://cdbaby.com/cd/judithowen2
>
> Fun factoid about Judith Owen: her husband is Harry Shearer.

In fact, I learned about Judith because Harry kept playing her music
on his weekly public radio show :)

I've seen Harry & Judith do a couple shows together, as well as Judith
solo. For many years, she has accompanied Richard Thompson on his
1,000 Years of Popular Music tours, and is currently doing so now in
the U.K. That's a very fun show, in case any U.K. ectofolk get a
chance to catch it.

- --Sue

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:49:17 -0600
From: kerrywhite@webtv.net (kerry white)
Subject: Re: Hidden CDBaby gems

  Hi,   When I could not really put into words any differences I found
between the new Zap Mama and the older catalog that she had disowned I
knew I would not make a good reviewer, and so these will be skimpy.  3 I
love:
  1.  Moonflower: If you like the song Lorelei from Tom Tom Club you'll
love this.  They mention a likeness to Stereolab and I can't argue.
Space-hippy lyrics, but, who cares, it's beautiful
  2. Vunkturi:  Laid back soft sorta-jazz.
  3. Prozak For Lovers:  Hard rock songs done as quiet lounge acts.
Soft and beautiful, you shouldn't miss (Don't Fear) The Reaper.
Whipered vocals, vibes and acoustic guitars.
  Sorry wimptv doesn't make for links, use Search and check 'em out.
    OT note: Indies from CDBaby, etc, can't be resold in the usual
outlets.  I have a dozen electronica, and some noise-as-musical-elements
I was going to let go and even the ones with bar codes were 'not in the
system, sorry'.
  Bye, Kerry

           KrW             
I'm Peter Pan!  
I'm perpetually young!!     
OW!! What's wrong with my back?

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:56:34 -0600
From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington <timjy@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: Sophie Zeyl, What Bird and a CD Baby request

Rachel Taylor Brown is fantastic.

Recommend Eisa Davis and Monica McIntyre.

Also Reba Hasko if you haven't discovered her already... I think I've
already hawked her a lot here.

On 1/19/09 1:09 PM, "Sue Trowbridge" <trow@interbridge.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 10:17 PM,  <morayati@email.unc.edu> wrote:
>> And the final part of this - anyone care to share some CD Baby finds? With
>> so many artists on the site sorting through them gets overwhelming very
>> quickly.
> 
> A couple of my faves:
> Rachel Taylor Brown http://cdbaby.com/cd/rtbrown5
> Judith Owen http://cdbaby.com/cd/judithowen2
> 
> --Sue

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:54:26 +0000
From: jjhanson@att.net
Subject: Hidden CDBaby gems

Hidden is somewhat relative, but here are people I regularly go to CD Baby to
find albums, news, etc....
Most of them I've mentioned here over the years, but if you haven't checked
them out yet....

Rory Merritt Stitt - Classically trained male pianist with swooning
vocals-somewhat cabaret in style

Casey Stratton - sort of a male Sarah MacLachlan with an voice that is often
mistaken as female

Chris Brown and Kate Fenner - have released several albums together and a few
separately - not the
R&B Chris Brown.  Highly recommend the album Songs - a double album (their
first two releases), particularly the song Mountain.  Also their EP Go On,
which includes the great political song, Resist War.
Haven't been as enamored with the solo Kate Fenner or Chris Brown CDs, but
they're still worthwhile if you like the duo.

Wendy Rule - a pagan Lisa Gerrard-esque voice - new CD coming out soon!  More
brooding, wordless, soundtrackish than previous releases- Beneath the Below is
a River.  Audio samples available at www.wendyrule.com.

Anna Wolfe - quirky former Albuquerque resident, very folky, unusual, a bit
like Victoria Williams-recommend starting with My Treasure

The Road Dog Divas - gypsy cowgirl cabaret - a combination of three great
singer-songwriters--also worth looking up--Myshkin, Darlene, and Laura Freeman
(and actually in stock after being unavailable for a long time)

Joy Eden Harrison - jazzy pop with a beatnik twist

Ember Swift - never have gotten into her albums like I have her live
performances, but fans of Ani DiFranco should check her out

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:07:02 -0800 (PST)
From: Ellen Rawson <silme13@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Sophie Zeyl, What Bird and a CD Baby request

- --- On Mon, 1/19/09, meredith <meth@smoe.org> wrote:


> Fun factoid about Judith Owen: her husband is Harry
> Shearer.

Her album's been re-released on this side of the pond; I recall a decent review in either the Guardian or the Observer last week. She's opening for Richard Thompson this month in the UK. I missed their gig last week in Basingstoke, but I may catch the tour later.

Ellen

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:19:37 -0800 (PST)
From: Ellen Rawson <silme13@yahoo.com>
Subject: Judith Owen

Guardian review of her album.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jan/09/judith-owen-mopping-up-karma

And a rave about her in a Thompson review from this weekend.
"He was backed by the percussionist and singer Debra Dobkin and the pianist and singer Judith Owen. The latter deserves to emerge as a celebrity in her own right thanks to her subtle theatrical approach (hair tied back for the first 900 years, hanging loose for the pop era) and her ability to constantly switch styles, showing off a fine soul-jazz voice on Cole Porter's Night and Day." (It's from Saturday's Guardian.)

Ellen, who was in Scotland and Northumberland this weekend and is getting caught up with email. (We were home late last night, so I didn't read any personal email before work today.)

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:21:10 -0800
From: jessica spurling <jessica@viscous.org>
Subject: Sophie Hunger

I've been attending the german film festival here in san francisco this 
past week. It's quite wonderful, and there's been some very good music, too.

Quite spectacular was the music in Der Freund, a swiss movie in which an 
awkward young fellow is in love with a singer he sees perform regularly 
in his local club, but he's afraid to talk to her. The singer is played 
by Sophie Hunger, and *I* was in love with her too. I don't know if 
she's been talked about here on ecto before. A brief search didn't find 
anything. Just in case, I am mentioning her, as I think many of you will 
like her.

http://www.sophiehunger.com/

Her songs for the movie are just wonderful, and fortunately you can see 
some of it on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfsdEx-keIc

There are other videos of her on youtube.

I doubt I can make it happen by May, but I sure would love to get to 
Berlin to see her May 11 there.

- --jessica

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:55:41 -0500
From: "Richard Messum" <spriggsoc@cyg.net>
Subject: Re: Sophie Zeyl, What Bird and a CD Baby request

  >In fact, I learned about Judith because Harry kept playing her music
  >on his weekly public radio show :)

  >I've seen Harry & Judith do a couple shows together, as well as Judith
  >solo. For many years, she has accompanied Richard Thompson on his
  >1,000 Years of Popular Music tours, and is currently doing so now in
  >the U.K. That's a very fun show, in case any U.K. ectofolk get a
  >chance to catch it.

  >--Sue

  Very fun indeed, and available on DVD (as you probably knew).

  Richard

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:58:20 -0800
From: birdie <birdies@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Judith Owen record label

Judith has her own label, which is run by Bambi Moe (an old friend  of  
mine, so, I'm schilling darlings)

here:

http://courgetterecords.com/

buy direct from artists whenever possible





On Jan 19, 2009, at 1:19 PM, Ellen Rawson wrote:

> Guardian review of her album.
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jan/09/judith-owen-mopping-up-karma
>
> And a rave about her in a Thompson review from this weekend.
> "He was backed by the percussionist and singer Debra Dobkin and the  
> pianist and singer Judith Owen. The latter deserves to emerge as a  
> celebrity in her own right thanks to her subtle theatrical approach  
> (hair tied back for the first 900 years, hanging loose for the pop  
> era) and her ability to constantly switch styles, showing off a fine  
> soul-jazz voice on Cole Porter's Night and Day." (It's from  
> Saturday's Guardian.)
>
> Ellen, who was in Scotland and Northumberland this weekend and is  
> getting caught up with email. (We were home late last night, so I  
> didn't read any personal email before work today.)

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:48:32 -0800 (PST)
From: Ellen Rawson <silme13@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Judith Owen record label

- --- On Mon, 1/19/09, birdie <birdies@ix.netcom.com> wrote:


> 
> here:
> 
> http://courgetterecords.com/
> 
> buy direct from artists whenever possible

If we make it to RT's Oxford show (a distinct possibility at this point), I'll buy her album from her in person -- to save the postage from the US. (I doubt her label has a subsidiary in the UK, right? :) We'd meant to attend RT's Basingstoke show last week, but it wasn't to be due to work madness on both our parts. (Luckily, we'd not spent money on tickets.)

Ellen

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:59:13 -0800
From: birdie <birdies@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Judith Owen record label

I'll find out - I think bambi is here and not on tour w/her. I was  
going to have dinner with her and other friends last weekend, but will  
email her - in any event, about UK retail, in case you miss the show.


On Jan 19, 2009, at 2:48 PM, Ellen Rawson wrote:

>
>
> --- On Mon, 1/19/09, birdie <birdies@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>
>>
>> here:
>>
>> http://courgetterecords.com/
>>
>> buy direct from artists whenever possible
>
> If we make it to RT's Oxford show (a distinct possibility at this  
> point), I'll buy her album from her in person -- to save the postage  
> from the US. (I doubt her label has a subsidiary in the UK,  
> right? :) We'd meant to attend RT's Basingstoke show last week, but  
> it wasn't to be due to work madness on both our parts. (Luckily,  
> we'd not spent money on tickets.)
>
> Ellen

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:12:40 -0800 (PST)
From: Ellen Rawson <silme13@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Judith Owen record label

- --- On Mon, 1/19/09, birdie <birdies@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> I'll find out - I think bambi is here and not on tour
> w/her. I was going to have dinner with her and other friends
> last weekend, but will email her - in any event, about UK
> retail, in case you miss the show.

Well, the CD is sold in the shops here. I'm just not sure that Judith's company is mailing them out here in the UK; that's what I meant. For me to order the CD directly from Judith most likely means paying US air mail shipping prices. 

Ellen

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:16:20 -0800
From: jessica spurling <jessica@viscous.org>
Subject: Also, Kristin Hersh in San Francisco (Yoshi's) on Feb 19. 

For the SF Bay area folks:

http://sf.yoshis.com/sf/calendar/detail/?s=545

i'll be there. you?

- --jessica

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:28:54 -0800
From: birdie <birdies@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Fwd: Judith Owen

Ellen

I sent her a 2nd email asking which was best there for retail - in
case you miss the show - so, waiting on that, but this is her response
to your email... :-)


Begin edited forwarded message:

>
> Subject: RE: Judith Owen
>
> Hi Birdie-
> Thanks for the emailwere really thrilled with the response to
> Judith in the UK.  She got another great one in todays Times.  All
> shows are listed on www.judithowen.net.
> Im not sure which of the upcoming dates are in your friend Ellens
> area but hopefully shell be able to catch the show.

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:39:14 -0800
From: birdie <birdies@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Judith Owen - record label

Got ya..

just rephrased the q to her  re: direct mail order UK

myself, I have been sharing this with friends  www.retailzip.com

so everyone can sell downloads direct to fans via paypal    16  
currencies

can sell hi rez non drm MP3's this way and also, on the non retail  
professional use side - can share music files with other musicians on  
the same projects, radio stations, and any other pro use file share  
situation...

it is a cloud storage system owned by Amazon

We are all headed in this direction

It's the future.

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:58:23 -0800
From: birdie <birdies@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Richard Thompson/Judith Owen -  Times review

http://tinyurl.com/9kmwu7

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:19:45 -0500
From: meredith <meth@smoe.org>
Subject: Re: Hidden CDBaby gems

Hi,

kerry white wrote:
>     OT note: Indies from CDBaby, etc, can't be resold in the usual
> outlets.  I have a dozen electronica, and some noise-as-musical-elements
> I was going to let go and even the ones with bar codes were 'not in the
> system, sorry'.

Hmm, I'm not sure why the ones with bar codes wouldn't show up.  The whole point of getting a bar 
code is so your sales are trackable, so they should be "in the system" intrinsically!!  Unless you 
were trying to resell them at a chain store?  That might be a version of the problem we run into 
here in New England where you can only return your bottles to a store that sells the exact same 
brand of soda/beer. AFAIK, the indie CD stores near me that sell used CDs will take pretty much 
anything, bar coded or not.

Meredith :)

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