From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V16 #7 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, January 11 2011 Volume 16 : Number 007 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: ecto-digest V16 #6 [Adam Kimmel ] Re: Starting the EctoGuide bests lists: one-album wonders [Paul Blair ] Re: Starting the EctoGuide bests lists: one-album wonders [Paul Blair ] Re: Starting the EctoGuide bests lists: one-album wonders [neile ] Re: Starting the EctoGuide bests lists: one-album wonders [neile ] Holy Cow! revisited [Neile Graham ] One album wonders [Leonora Christina Skov ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:23:42 -0800 From: Adam Kimmel Subject: RE: ecto-digest V16 #6 I'd like to begin with those people who only > released one wonderful album Mary Margaret O'Hara! Okay, I should try a little harder.... Adam K ____________________________________________________________ Share photos & screenshots in seconds... TRY FREE IM TOOLPACK at http://www.imtoolpack.com/default.aspx?rc=if1 Works in all emails, instant messengers, blogs, forums and social networks. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:56:33 -0500 From: Paul Blair Subject: Re: Starting the EctoGuide bests lists: one-album wonders Did Shai no Shai never release that new album they've been promising for the past couple years? It looks as though when MySpace went over to the new format all the info on that was lost. I'll definitely echo them, Susan Court, and Kaitlyn ni Donovan On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:38 AM, Neile Graham wrote: > Hi, all-- > > I'm going to gradually start the calls for the bests lists for The > Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music. > > For no particular reason, I'd like to begin with those people who only > released one wonderful album (I don't count an additional live album, as in > the case with Young Marble Giants and Life Between Buildings), then > disappeared. I guess the standard would have to be that the band has > disbanded or haven't released anything for at least five years. > > Anna has already nominated: > > Pamela Golden > Bloem de Ligny > Loey Nelson > Shai no Shai > Aether > Nan Vernon > > From her list, I personally would like to ditto: > > Pamela Golden > Bloem de Ligny > Shai no Shai > Aether > > and add: > > Susan Court > Anita Best and Pamela Morgan > Crustation > Daughter Darling [though they may be working on something new] > Janice Durham > Jennifer Ferguson > The Galerkin Method > Grace Darling > Life Between Buildings > Lisa Knapp > Sandra Lockwood > Milla > Mimi > Janie Mitchell > Kaitlyn ni donovan > Margot O'Breslin > Whitney Rehr > Snakefarm > Tjamtjala > Young Marble Giants > > No one will make the best list without at least two votes, so please do > speak up. > > --Neile ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:57:06 -0500 From: Paul Blair Subject: Re: ecto-digest V16 #6 Oh, of course. +1. On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 3:23 AM, Adam Kimmel wrote: > I'd like to begin with those people who only > > released one wonderful album > > > Mary Margaret O'Hara! > > Okay, I should try a little harder.... > > > Adam K > > ____________________________________________________________ > Share photos & screenshots in seconds... > TRY FREE IM TOOLPACK at http://www.imtoolpack.com/default.aspx?rc=if1 > Works in all emails, instant messengers, blogs, forums and social networks. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:07:26 -0500 From: Paul Blair Subject: Re: Starting the EctoGuide bests lists: one-album wonders Are you not counting EPs? Kaitlyn ni Donovan has two besides her album. On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:38 AM, Neile Graham wrote: > Hi, all-- > > I'm going to gradually start the calls for the bests lists for The > Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music. > > For no particular reason, I'd like to begin with those people who only > released one wonderful album (I don't count an additional live album, as in > the case with Young Marble Giants and Life Between Buildings), then > disappeared. I guess the standard would have to be that the band has > disbanded or haven't released anything for at least five years. > > Anna has already nominated: > > Pamela Golden > Bloem de Ligny > Loey Nelson > Shai no Shai > Aether > Nan Vernon > > From her list, I personally would like to ditto: > > Pamela Golden > Bloem de Ligny > Shai no Shai > Aether > > and add: > > Susan Court > Anita Best and Pamela Morgan > Crustation > Daughter Darling [though they may be working on something new] > Janice Durham > Jennifer Ferguson > The Galerkin Method > Grace Darling > Life Between Buildings > Lisa Knapp > Sandra Lockwood > Milla > Mimi > Janie Mitchell > Kaitlyn ni donovan > Margot O'Breslin > Whitney Rehr > Snakefarm > Tjamtjala > Young Marble Giants > > No one will make the best list without at least two votes, so please do > speak up. > > --Neile ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:41:34 +0000 (UTC) From: Jason Gordon Subject: Re: Starting the EctoGuide bests lists: one-album wonders and are you considering an artists work in another project as a seperate instance? ie Kaitlyn Ni Donovan has 3 or 4 albums in The High Violets (including a new one from a few months ago i need to pick up), Bloem de Ligny has another album out under the band Fono & Serafina and a new project Polichinelle , and Daughter Darling has two or three solo albums {natalie walker} I'll second the nominations for: Susan Court and Milla - -jason On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Paul Blair wrote: > Are you not counting EPs? Kaitlyn ni Donovan has two besides her > album. > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:38 AM, Neile Graham > wrote: > >> Hi, all-- >> >> I'm going to gradually start the calls for the bests lists for The >> Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music. >> >> For no particular reason, I'd like to begin with those people who >> only >> released one wonderful album (I don't count an additional live album, >> as in >> the case with Young Marble Giants and Life Between Buildings), then >> disappeared. I guess the standard would have to be that the band has >> disbanded or haven't released anything for at least five years. >> >> Anna has already nominated: >> >> Pamela Golden >> Bloem de Ligny >> Loey Nelson >> Shai no Shai >> Aether >> Nan Vernon >> >> From her list, I personally would like to ditto: >> >> Pamela Golden >> Bloem de Ligny >> Shai no Shai >> Aether >> >> and add: >> >> Susan Court >> Anita Best and Pamela Morgan >> Crustation >> Daughter Darling [though they may be working on something new] >> Janice Durham >> Jennifer Ferguson >> The Galerkin Method >> Grace Darling >> Life Between Buildings >> Lisa Knapp >> Sandra Lockwood >> Milla >> Mimi >> Janie Mitchell >> Kaitlyn ni donovan >> Margot O'Breslin >> Whitney Rehr >> Snakefarm >> Tjamtjala >> Young Marble Giants >> >> No one will make the best list without at least two votes, so please >> do >> speak up. >> >> --Neile ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:16:45 -0500 From: JoAnn Whetsell Subject: RE: Starting the EctoGuide bests lists: one-album wonders Funny, I've often thought of starting a thread on this subject but never bothered. I'll second: Shai no Shai Daughter Darling The Galerkin Method Sandra Lockwood Snakefarm Mary Margaret O'Hara (I think she counts, even though she also released a Christmas EP and a soundtrack) I'll add: eastmountainsouth Once Blue JoAnn > From: neile@zipcon.com > Subject: Starting the EctoGuide bests lists: one-album wonders > Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 21:38:43 -0800 > To: ecto@smoe.org > > Hi, all-- > > I'm going to gradually start the calls for the bests lists for The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music. > > For no particular reason, I'd like to begin with those people who only released one wonderful album (I don't count an additional live album, as in the case with Young Marble Giants and Life Between Buildings), then disappeared. I guess the standard would have to be that the band has disbanded or haven't released anything for at least five years. > > Anna has already nominated: > > Pamela Golden > Bloem de Ligny > Loey Nelson > Shai no Shai > Aether > Nan Vernon > > From her list, I personally would like to ditto: > > Pamela Golden > Bloem de Ligny > Shai no Shai > Aether > > and add: > > Susan Court > Anita Best and Pamela Morgan > Crustation > Daughter Darling [though they may be working on something new] > Janice Durham > Jennifer Ferguson > The Galerkin Method > Grace Darling > Life Between Buildings > Lisa Knapp > Sandra Lockwood > Milla > Mimi > Janie Mitchell > Kaitlyn ni donovan > Margot O'Breslin > Whitney Rehr > Snakefarm > Tjamtjala > Young Marble Giants > > No one will make the best list without at least two votes, so please do speak up. > > --Neile ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:14:51 -0600 From: Tim Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Starting the EctoGuide bests lists: one-album wonders I enthusiastically second the nomination for Sandra Lockwood. Technically, Milla had a second album, I think, it was really minimalist trip hop, limited release. ~tim On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 11:38 PM, Neile Graham wrote: > Hi, all-- > > I'm going to gradually start the calls for the bests lists for The > Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music. > > For no particular reason, I'd like to begin with those people who only > released one wonderful album (I don't count an additional live album, as in > the case with Young Marble Giants and Life Between Buildings), then > disappeared. I guess the standard would have to be that the band has > disbanded or haven't released anything for at least five years. > > Anna has already nominated: > > Pamela Golden > Bloem de Ligny > Loey Nelson > Shai no Shai > Aether > Nan Vernon > > From her list, I personally would like to ditto: > > Pamela Golden > Bloem de Ligny > Shai no Shai > Aether > > and add: > > Susan Court > Anita Best and Pamela Morgan > Crustation > Daughter Darling [though they may be working on something new] > Janice Durham > Jennifer Ferguson > The Galerkin Method > Grace Darling > Life Between Buildings > Lisa Knapp > Sandra Lockwood > Milla > Mimi > Janie Mitchell > Kaitlyn ni donovan > Margot O'Breslin > Whitney Rehr > Snakefarm > Tjamtjala > Young Marble Giants > > No one will make the best list without at least two votes, so please do > speak up. > > --Neile ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:33:00 +0000 (UTC) From: Jeff Hanson Subject: Re: Starting the EctoGuide bests lists: one-album wonders I'd nominate Kindness of Strangers, one of the Rutkowski (Diedre or Louise?) sisters project (who did vocals for This Mortal Coil.B Had one excellent album, HOPE,B then seemed to disapper. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:22:21 +0000 (UTC) From: Jason Gordon Subject: Re: Starting the EctoGuide bests lists: one-album wonders a couple more nominees: Babacar Stacy Briscoe Casey Dienel Kristy Thirsk Polly Panic Lindi ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:06:28 -0500 From: JoAnn Whetsell Subject: 2009 wrap-up Since we're discussing ecto 'best-of' lists today, it seems a good time to mention that I recently finished compiling the Best of 2009 list. (Neile, I'll be sending this to you soon with some changes to previous years.) First, my own rather belated list, which is definitely not what it would have been at the end of 2009/beginning of 2010 since I only discovered some of the albums later last year. Still... Bat for Lashes - Two Suns Imogen Heap - Ellipse Thea Gilmore - Recorded Delivery Jesca Hoop - Hunting My Dress Petracovich - Crepusculo Rodrigo y Gabriela - 11:11 Regina Spektor - Far St. Vincent - Actor Vienna Teng - Inland Territory Carla Werner - My Lover's Ghost Honorable Mentions Brandi Carlile - Give Up the Ghost Alela Diane - To Be Sill A Fine Frenzy - Bomb in a Birdcage Owl City - Ocean Eyes Jenny Owen Youngs - Transmitter Failure For all ecto, we had 15 lists and 238 nominations. Impressively, Bat for Lashes was mentioned on 2/3 of the lists, which I thought was unprecedented, but apparently not. In 2005, Kate Bush's Aerial was mentioned on 3/4 (6 of 8) of the lists, and in 2008 both Goldfrapp's Seventh Tree and Veda Hille's This Riot Life were mentioned on 3/4 (8 of 12) of the lists. Anyway... 10 mentions Bat for Lashes  Two Suns 8 mentions Imogen Heap  Ellipse 7 mentions Katy Carr  Coquette Fever Ray  Fever Ray Florence + The Machine  Lungs 6 mentions Jesca Hoop  Hunting My Dress Vienna Teng  Inland Territory 4 mentions Neko Case  Middle Cyclone Thea Gilmore  Recorded Delivery 3 mentions The Decemberists  The Hazards of Love Elizabeth and the Catapult  Taller Children Metric  Fantasies Miranda Lee Richards  Light of X Carina Round  Things You Should Know EP Regina Spektor - Far The Unthanks  Heres the Tender Coming 2 mentions Tori Amos  Abnormally Attracted to Sin the bird and the bee  Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future Camera Obscura  My Maudlin Career Clare and the Reasons  Arrow Alela Diane - To Be Still Nancy Elizabeth - Wrought Iron A Fine Frenzy - Bomb in a Birdcage Fight Like Apes  Fight Like Apes and the Mystery of the Golden Medallion Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM Melody Gardot - My One and Only Thrill PJ Harvey and John Parrish  A Woman A Man Walked By Jewel - Lullaby Norah Jones - The Fall Gaba Kulka - Hat, Rabbit Lady Gaga  The Fame Monster Erin McKeown  Hundreds of Lions Owl City - Ocean Eyes The Paper Raincoat  The Paper Raincoat Petracovich - Crepusculo Sarah Slean and the Art of Time Ensemble  Black Flowers Soap & Skin  Lovetune for Vacuum St. Vincent - Actor Anna Ternheim  Leaving on a Mayday Astrid Williamson  Here Come the Vikings Jenny Owen Youngs - Transmitter Failure ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:10:36 -0800 (PST) From: neile Subject: Re: Starting the EctoGuide bests lists: one-album wonders Right--she shouldn't be eligible. Which I think also includes Mary Margaret O'Hara. We can always create an appropriate "overlooked geniuses" category with these two to start it! But for now, let's try to keep to the one-album people. - --Neile On Mon, 10 Jan 2011, Paul Blair wrote: > Are you not counting EPs? Kaitlyn ni Donovan has two besides her album. > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:38 AM, Neile Graham wrote: > > > Hi, all-- > > > > I'm going to gradually start the calls for the bests lists for The > > Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music. > > > > For no particular reason, I'd like to begin with those people who only > > released one wonderful album (I don't count an additional live album, as in > > the case with Young Marble Giants and Life Between Buildings), then > > disappeared. I guess the standard would have to be that the band has > > disbanded or haven't released anything for at least five years. > > > > Anna has already nominated: > > > > Pamela Golden > > Bloem de Ligny > > Loey Nelson > > Shai no Shai > > Aether > > Nan Vernon > > > > From her list, I personally would like to ditto: > > > > Pamela Golden > > Bloem de Ligny > > Shai no Shai > > Aether > > > > and add: > > > > Susan Court > > Anita Best and Pamela Morgan > > Crustation > > Daughter Darling [though they may be working on something new] > > Janice Durham > > Jennifer Ferguson > > The Galerkin Method > > Grace Darling > > Life Between Buildings > > Lisa Knapp > > Sandra Lockwood > > Milla > > Mimi > > Janie Mitchell > > Kaitlyn ni donovan > > Margot O'Breslin > > Whitney Rehr > > Snakefarm > > Tjamtjala > > Young Marble Giants > > > > No one will make the best list without at least two votes, so please do > > speak up. > > > > --Neile ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:14:35 -0800 (PST) From: neile Subject: Re: Starting the EctoGuide bests lists: one-album wonders I would say another project doesn't count. For example, if the new incarnation was different enough that it would have a separate entry in the Guide--that would be the distinction. Does that make sense to everyone? - --Neile On Mon, 10 Jan 2011, Jason Gordon wrote: > and are you considering an artists work in another project as a seperate > instance? > ie Kaitlyn Ni Donovan has 3 or 4 albums in The High Violets (including a > new one from a few months ago i need to pick up), Bloem de Ligny has > another album out under the band Fono & Serafina and a new project > Polichinelle , and Daughter Darling has two or three solo albums > {natalie walker} > > I'll second the nominations for: > Susan Court and Milla > > -jason ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:16:42 -0500 From: Sarah Morayati Subject: Re: Starting the EctoGuide bests lists: one-album wonders Does Kristy Thirsk count? She released the Under Cover EP not long ago, and I'm pretty sure she has a new album in the works. On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:22:21 +0000 (UTC), Jason Gordon wrote: > a couple more nominees: > > Babacar > Stacy Briscoe > Casey Dienel > Kristy Thirsk > Polly Panic > Lindi ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:05:33 +0000 (UTC) From: Jason Gordon Subject: Re: Starting the EctoGuide bests lists: one-album wonders i'd happily drop her (Kristy) from the list if she actually releases a second album :) On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Sarah Morayati wrote: > Does Kristy Thirsk count? She released the Under Cover EP not long > ago, and > I'm pretty sure she has a new album in the works. > > On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:22:21 +0000 (UTC), Jason Gordon > wrote: >> a couple more nominees: >> >> Babacar >> Stacy Briscoe >> Casey Dienel >> Kristy Thirsk >> Polly Panic >> Lindi ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:32:47 -0500 From: breinheimer@webtv.net (bill) Subject: Re: one album wonders Please allow me to give Loey Nelson that second vote. I've always really liked "Venus kissed the moon". Very nice and definitely ectophilean. Also, what about the Fibonaccis? I believe they only produced one full length album (the brilliantly titled "Civilization and it's discotheques"- got to love a freud reference ) while they were with us. They also had "Repressed" but that is a post breakup compilation album (lots of ep and unreleased stuff) of their material so I don't know if they count. They were an 80's so-cal/LA band. kind of like a literate, martian version of Combustible Edison; which is to say they were hard to describe and impossible to categorize. np: Raymond Listen- Licorice Root Orchestra ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:47:15 -0500 From: robert bristow-johnson Subject: Re: Starting the EctoGuide bests lists: one-album wonders On Jan 10, 2011, at 12:10 PM, neile wrote: > Right--she shouldn't be eligible. Which I think also includes Mary > Margaret O'Hara. > > We can always create an appropriate "overlooked geniuses" category > with > these two to start it! > > But for now, let's try to keep to the one-album people. > otherwise, i would wanna nominate Odessa Chen. but she has 2 CDs out. however, i think she could go on an "overlooked genius" list. - -- r b-j rbj@audioimagination.com "Imagination is more important than knowledge." ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:15:09 -0700 From: neal copperman Subject: Re: Starting the EctoGuide bests lists: one-album wonders I'd second Kindness of Strangers. I love that CD! Nice one Jeff. I thought of Brigid Boden, but it looks like she has released a second that instantly disappeared and became unavailable. How about artists that have released only one good album! :) neal On Jan 10, 2011, at 8:33 AM, Jeff Hanson wrote: > I'd nominate Kindness of Strangers, one of the Rutkowski (Diedre or > Louise?) > sisters project (who > > did vocals for This Mortal Coil.B Had one excellent album, HOPE,B > then seemed > to disapper. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:20:20 -0800 (PST) From: Ellen Rawson Subject: Re: one album wonders - --- On Mon, 1/10/11, bill wrote: > Please allow me to give Loey Nelson > that second vote. I've always really > liked "Venus kissed the moon". Very nice and definitely > ectophilean. Oh, yes, whatever happened to her? I came across her when she did a live interview at, I think, KBCO in Boulder way back when. Loved that song and album. Ellen ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:46:02 -0800 (PST) From: neile Subject: Re: Starting the EctoGuide bests lists: one-album wonders neal copperman wrote: > How about artists that have released only one good album! :) We will definitely be doing an amazing albums list. Though I predict it will be a long list for us! - --Neile ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:31:17 -0500 From: "F.J.Fornorn" Subject: Re: Starting the EctoGuide bests lists: one-album wonders I will second the noms of Susan Court and Milla. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:37:13 -0800 From: Sue Trowbridge Subject: Re: Starting the EctoGuide bests lists: one-album wonders How about Jeff Buckley? He only released one proper studio album before his death (an album of demos came out posthumously, so it shouldn't really count). Of course, if the list is restricted to those who *chose* not to release more than one album, he obviously doesn't belong...! - --Sue On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 4:31 PM, F.J.Fornorn wrote: > I will second the noms of Susan Court and Milla. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:04:56 -0700 From: "jhanson21@comcast.net" Subject: Re: Starting the EctoGuide bests lists: one-album wonders I'd thought if him too. I'll second it if it counts. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 10, 2011, at 5:37 PM, Sue Trowbridge wrote: > How about Jeff Buckley? He only released one proper studio album > before his death (an album of demos came out posthumously, so it > shouldn't really count). > Of course, if the list is restricted to those who *chose* not to > release more than one album, he obviously doesn't belong...! > > --Sue > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 4:31 PM, F.J.Fornorn wrote: >> I will second the noms of Susan Court and Milla. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:30:30 -0500 From: Paul Blair Subject: Re: Starting the EctoGuide bests lists: one-album wonders I was waiting for someone to mention the Peopletree Sessions. Does it count if the artist has disowned the album? Also, Milla has a number of demos up on her site which haven't been released as an album: http://www.millaj.com/music/demos.shtml I love all the different ways in which something so clear-cut sounding as "only released one album" can have so many edge cases! On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Tim Jones-Yelvington < knockonformica@gmail.com> wrote: > I enthusiastically second the nomination for Sandra Lockwood. > > Technically, Milla had a second album, I think, it was really minimalist > trip hop, limited release. > > ~tim > > On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 11:38 PM, Neile Graham wrote: > > > Hi, all-- > > > > I'm going to gradually start the calls for the bests lists for The > > Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music. > > > > For no particular reason, I'd like to begin with those people who only > > released one wonderful album (I don't count an additional live album, as > in > > the case with Young Marble Giants and Life Between Buildings), then > > disappeared. I guess the standard would have to be that the band has > > disbanded or haven't released anything for at least five years. > > > > Anna has already nominated: > > > > Pamela Golden > > Bloem de Ligny > > Loey Nelson > > Shai no Shai > > Aether > > Nan Vernon > > > > From her list, I personally would like to ditto: > > > > Pamela Golden > > Bloem de Ligny > > Shai no Shai > > Aether > > > > and add: > > > > Susan Court > > Anita Best and Pamela Morgan > > Crustation > > Daughter Darling [though they may be working on something new] > > Janice Durham > > Jennifer Ferguson > > The Galerkin Method > > Grace Darling > > Life Between Buildings > > Lisa Knapp > > Sandra Lockwood > > Milla > > Mimi > > Janie Mitchell > > Kaitlyn ni donovan > > Margot O'Breslin > > Whitney Rehr > > Snakefarm > > Tjamtjala > > Young Marble Giants > > > > No one will make the best list without at least two votes, so please do > > speak up. > > > > --Neile ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:41:43 -0500 From: Paul Blair Subject: Susan McKeown on BBC, in NYC, Houston, Ireland ...and later Germany, Denmark, Austria, France - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- - - NYC Performances this week - - Susan on BBC Radio this week - - Klezmatics movie premiere - - Tour Dates coming up: Texas, Ireland, Germany, Denmark, Austria, France Folks, Happy New Year. Whatever way you chose to celebrate, I hope you had a peaceful and happy one. My new album Singing in the Dark has been garnering some fine reviews: some quotes are posted at the end of this message. I'm looking forward to what is going to be a busy week this week ending with a concert on Saturday 15 January at The Highline Ballroom here in New York with Shahzad Ismaily, Dana Lyn, Ryan McGiver, Isabelle O'Connell, Eamon O'Leary, Jason Sypher & Doug Wieselman. Monday January 10 - Lorin Sklamberg and I are in the line-up for the secondJewish Artists Benefit for Haiti, Stephen Wise Free Synagogue at 30 W. 68th Street off Central Park West http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4010363,00.html Wednesday January 12 - BBC 2 Radio's Mike Harding will be playing music from Singing in the Dark on his very wonderful radio show http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wrmz Thursday January 13 - New York Premiere of the Klezmatics documentary "On Holy Ground" at Lincoln Center. It's a fascinating portrait of the band that brought my daughter and I on the road with them a few years ago, with footage of recording sessions from 'Wonder Wheel' - including 'Gonna Get Through This World' - and a scene of a live radio recording we did in Wendy Waldman's house in Los Angeles c. 2004. Hey I'm even in this trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRaD2rwSTbM Saturday January 15 - Performance at The Highline Ballroom, NYC 8:00PM http://www.highlineballroom.com/bio.php?id=1744 February 16 - Saints & Tzadiks at Jones Hall, University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX In February/March I'll be doing some dates in support of the Irish release of Singing in the Dark. I'm very excited about how these dates are coming together and hope to have more news about this soon but for the moment I know that some of the dates are: February 27 - Whelan's, Dublin March 1 - Cork March 2 - NUI Galway (Arts & Medicine Series) March 3 - Bantry, West Cork Then it's on to meet up with Lorin Sklamberg and Aidan Brennan for a Saints & Tzadiks tour of Germany, Denmark and Austria. Hope to see you along the way, All the best, Susan Singing in the Dark Recent Quotes: McKeown dips into the bleak well of emotional suffering and comes up with a heaping cup of hope. - *The Boston Globe* *Singing in the Dark* is not a depressing record by any stretch. It ranges from some pretty rollicking stuff to some very folksy sounding songs to *Good Old World Blues*: set to music by Susan McKeown herself, it really is a terrific song. - *John Schaefer, New Sounds, WNYC * * * McKeown at her best is always balanced right on the edge: fragility on the one side, strength on the other. It's perfect for material that is so emotionally weightedband for painting a portrait of life at the extremes. - *Irish Philadelphia* *Singing in the Dark* is a delightful album and Susan McKeown is a beautiful singer. - *Genevieve Tudor, Sunday Folk, BBC Radio * McKeown turns herself inside out, incorporating lines from the poets of old to quiet, lamplit folk. - *Willamette Week, Portland, OR* Susan McKeown is much more than a Celtic folk singer, as her latest album *Singing in the Dark* attests. Decide for yourself if she is a pop, rock or folk starbif not all three. - *Boston Examiner * McKeown brings to this project her fine-tuned sense for song to centuries of striking visions from across the Americas, Ireland and the British Isles. - *Duke City Fix, Albuquerque, NM* McKeownbs haunting singing is powerfully affecting on these heartfelt ruminations on crippling despair. - *Boston Herald* * * Ms. McKeownbs powerful vocals and masterful poetic interpretations impress upon the listener more a sense of hope and yearning than of bleakness and despair. *- Irish American News* Top Ten Albums of 2010. Quite an inventive collaboration. - *Brooklyn Downtown Star* ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:20:16 -0800 From: Neile Graham Subject: Holy Cow! Kate Bush has been reincarnated as a rock singer for a band called Religious to Damn. Check out http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/12/religious_to_da.html Especially the song! It gave me shivers. She looks like Natasha Khan of Bat for Lashes, but sounds like Kate is a really, really good way. - --Neile ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:30:46 -0800 From: Neile Graham Subject: Holy Cow! revisited Actually, this is the song (and the picture) that is *so* Kate. - --N > Kate Bush has been reincarnated as a rock singer for a band called Religious to Damn. > > Check out http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/12/religious_to_da.html > > Especially the song! It gave me shivers. > > She looks like Natasha Khan of Bat for Lashes, but sounds like Kate is a really, really good way. > > --Neile ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:39:28 +0100 From: Leonora Christina Skov Subject: One album wonders I second the nominations for Milla, Susan Court, Jeff Buckley, and Lisa Knapp. Casey Dienel has released two great albums with White Hinterland lately, the latest being in 2010. Her solo work was much more jazzy, though, and if she's eligible I'll happily second the nomination. And I'd like to nominate: A Girl Called Eddy (A Girl Called Eddy, 2004) - one of my all-time favourite albums.Alice Smith (For Lovers, Dreamers, and Me, 2007) - fantastic. I have been waiting for new material from this woman ever sinceMartina Sorbara (The Cure for Bad Deeds, 2002) - She's singing with Dragonette nowOP8 (Slush, 1997) Okay, Lisa Germano and Giant Sand aren't exactly one album wonders, but their collaboration is a one-off and pretty different from their solo workRachel Goswell (Waves are Universal, 2004) The voice from Slowdive and Mojave3. Snowy (Lilywhite, 2002) - wonderful And some trip hoppy stuff:Atomica (Metropolitan, 2005)Blue Tofu (Blue Tofu, 2001)Ilya (Poise is the Greater Architect, 2002) Because of this thread I realized that Amy Seeley has just realeased her new album digitally: http://amyseeley.com/ I adored her debut The Trees Are Glad You're Back and her sophomore release looks promising. I'll definitely download it once I'm back in Copenhagen (I'm in Pondicherry, India, writing at present:-) Also, Ursa Minor seems to have a new album due for release in 2011. Exciting! All best,Leonora ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V16 #7 *************************