From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V16 #1020 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Friday, February 21 2014 Volume 16 : Number 1020 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: New Natalie Merchant album, May 6th [Jon Wesley Huff ] Re: Noe Venable's Kickstarter Campaign [jessica spurling Subject: Re: New Natalie Merchant album, May 6th Wow, that's so exciting! I really loved Leave Your Sleep, but it's going to be great to finally get all-new material from her. I can't wait to hear some samples or tracks. On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 3:24 AM, Adam Kimmel wrote: > I'm sure most of you know this already, but: > > http://www.nataliemerchant.com/news/2014/2/100 > > 'NEW ALBUM > February 13, 2014 > Nonesuch Records announced today that Natalie's sixth studio album will be > available May 6th, 2014. This self-titled and self-produced collection of > songs is her first offering of completely original material in 13 years. It > follows her double album anthology of 19th and 20th century poetry adapted > to music Leave Your Sleep (2010) and The House Carpenter's Daughter (2003), > an independently released selection of folk music. For this recording > project, Natalie has returned to her core band of musicians augmented by > strings, brass and woodwinds to create sparse to lush arrangements. The > album represents over a decade of songwriting that she describes as, > "taking the measure of lives lived by surveying the damage: love gained > and lost, regret, denial, surrender, greed, destructiveness, defeat, and > occasional triumph.b > Natalie Merchant is available for pre-order at nonesuch.com with an > exclusive autographed print. Spring and summer tour dates will be > announced soon'. > > > Adam K > > ____________________________________________________________ > FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! > Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/earth ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 05:17:55 -0800 From: Adam Kimmel Subject: Re: New Natalie Merchant album, May 6th Yes, I'm excited but for somewhat different reasons - I actually really hated Leave Your Sleep, and have been dying to hear something original from her for a while. Hard to believe that "Motherland" is already thirteen years old! I did think of pre-ordering the new one from Nonesuch, as the price is quite reasonable. But then they add shipping, and it's almost as much again as the album! Guess I'll just have to wait... Adam K - -----Original Message----- From: jonwesleyhuff@gmail.com Sent: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 06:56:59 -0600 Wow, that's so exciting! I really loved Leave Your Sleep, but it's going to be great to finally get all-new material from her. I can't wait to hear some samples or tracks. ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/earth ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 17:33:12 -0800 From: jessica spurling Subject: Re: Noe Venable's Kickstarter Campaign woo! thanks for the info. I've just backed this. looking forward to it. - -jessica On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Paul Blair wrote: > This will be a good one... > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Noe Venable's New York List > Date: Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 5:30 AM > Subject: 3... 2... 1... Launching Noe's Kickstarter Campaign!!! > > > If you have received the following message more than once, so sorry! I > have some mailing list redundancies that are proving difficult to correct. > Thank you for bearing with me while I work out how to fix it, and sorry > for the inconvenience! > > Dear Friends and Listeners, > > I write you today with a full heart. After years of work, my new > album, Cascadia, is nearly ready for release! The genesis for this album > was a strange and extraordinary encounter I had in Oakland, California, > long ago, with a magnificent wild creature. Meeting him late one night, my > heart was filled with fire and sorrow for the plight of our natural world. > The thirteen songs on this album are anchored in this experience, and I > feel a great urgency and joy to share them. > > Today, the record is almost complete, with just a few steps left to > go. To that end, today I launch my first ever KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN!!! My > goal is to raise the additional funds necessary to send the album into the > world. > > There is so much I want to tell you about the project, but instead, > dear friend, let me show you! On my Kickstarter page, you'll find a video > message from me, behind-the-scenes footage, song previews, and great ways > to get involved. > > If the project moves you, we hope you'll help us take it across the > finish line! And help us spread the word! Facebook it! Tweet it! Every > mention helps build the momentum! Rewards for potential backers start at > contributions of just $5 and go all the way up. Advance copies of the > album, songbooks, mementos, private concerts, custom written songs, and > much, much more. > > Many of these items will be available for only a limited time, so > please, don't delay! Head on over to Kickstarter, and we'll meet you > there! Hereb s the link > > https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/820330943/cascadia-the-new-album-from-no > e-venable > > In love and gratitude, > > Noe Venable > > P.S. You may have heard about the recent security breach at Kickstarter, > in which hackers accessed certain user data. If so, I hope this NY Times > article may ease your mind, as it did mine. Beyond this, I was relieved to > learn that no credit card information was compromised, nor could it be, > since Kickstarter doesn't actually store any credit card information. All > payments are processed through Amazon.com. > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/17/business/kickstarter-acknowledges-a-breach- > of-user-data.html?_r=0 > > ................................................................ > This email should only be sent to those who have asked to receive it. > To unsubscribe, just respond to this e-mail and let us know. ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V16 #1020 ****************************