From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V16 #1673 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Thursday, April 14 2016 Volume 16 : Number 1673 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Subject: Heather Nova tour [Ulrich Grepel ] Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] Re: Subject: Heather Nova tour [Greg Dunn ] Re: Subject: Heather Nova tour [Ulrich Grepel ] Re: Subject: Heather Nova tour [Tim Jones-Yelvington ] Re: Heather Nova tour [Lynn Garrett ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 18:10:32 +0200 From: Ulrich Grepel Subject: Re: Subject: Heather Nova tour Yes, Nadia - what a pity that she had to resign playing cello due to RSI related problems. But we probably wouldn't have Arnulf if we'd still have Nadia 8-). The Darmstadt show was very nice, the recording is good, no glitches. Other than on most of the tour dates, she had a real grand piano that was already present at that location. And, me and my wife were sitting in first row, almost dead center... 8-) Uli Am 13.04.2016 um 17:34 schrieb Greg Dunn: > Just a quick note - on the 1998 tour, she not only had Berit but also Nadia in her band, and the dynamic was quite intense! The lady can rock like no > other. ;-) > > And I wanted particularly to ask: how was the Darmstadt show? Good recording / performance? It looks like a slightly different setlist from > Monday's, and if it turned out well, I might grab this one as my "alternate" show. Thanks! > > On 4/13/16 4:04 AM, Ulrich Grepel wrote: >> Greg wrote: >>> I just made the round trip to Ann Arbor last night to see Heather on her latest tour (mainly since the last time she came anywhere near me was >> 1998!). Has anyone else caught a show on this pass through the US? >> >> Haven't seen her in the US, but many times (15 on last count...) in Germany, where Heather does play quite regularly. Directly before her current US >> tour she was on tour over here as well. She was accompagnied by Arnulf Lindner on cello and many other instruments and Che Albrighton on drums, with >> both appearing on the first leg of that European tour half a year ago as well, and with Arnulf regularly with her on tour since 2009. >> >> The second leg of the European Winter tour of 2016 is available as MP3 downloads. This time I've only got the Darmstadt concert which I attended. On >> previous tours I got more than one of the concerts, but back then the set lists were a bit different each night, while at least on this winter tour >> the set lists did not vary. >> >> Che's drum kit (is he on the US tour as well?) is about the smallest drum kit I've seen live, and despite the very limited number of instruments he >> does get a fair amount of sound(s) out of them! >> >> While I also love Heather's current musical style, which is a bit relaxed and softer and more acoustic, I still miss her more rock oriented style with >> Berit Fridahl on electric guitar. Wanna have both! 8-) >> >> Uli ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 03:00:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ************************ Jerry (no Email address) ************************* *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jerry Tue April 13 1971 Aries Stuart Myerburg Mon April 14 1969 Aries T-Bone Wed April 15 1992 happy cat Jeff Hanson Sat April 16 1966 Aries Michael Klouda Mon April 17 1967 Aries Noe Venable Tue April 20 1976 Aries Harry Foster Sat April 21 1956 NiceGuy Kjetil Torgrim Homme Thu April 23 1970 Taurus Jeff Burka Thu April 24 1969 GoFlyAKite Christine Waite Tue April 25 1972 Taurus Matt Adams Thu April 26 1962 Taurus Brad Hutchinson Tue April 28 1964 What sign? Geoff Parks Sun April 30 1961 Taurus Marty Lash Sat May 01 1948 Taurus Barney Parker Fri May 02 1986 happy cat Gray Abbott Tue May 03 1955 Suprised Tamar Boursalian Tue May 03 1966 Taurus Richard A. Holmes May 07 Taurus Steve Ito Fri May 08 1970 DA Bull... Brian Gregory Thu May 09 1963 Eclectic Catherine Sundnes Sat May 09 1970 Very Catzy Heidi Maier Wed May 10 1978 Taurus Patrick Varker May 12 Torius Philip David Morgan Sat May 12 1962 Chinese Tiger in Bull Clothing Steve Fagg Tue May 13 1958 Nightwol Karel Zuiderveld Fri May 13 1960 Stier - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:34:47 -0400 From: Greg Dunn Subject: Re: Subject: Heather Nova tour Just a quick note - on the 1998 tour, she not only had Berit but also Nadia in her band, and the dynamic was quite intense! The lady can rock like no other. ;-) And I wanted particularly to ask: how was the Darmstadt show? Good recording / performance? It looks like a slightly different setlist from Monday's, and if it turned out well, I might grab this one as my "alternate" show. Thanks! On 4/13/16 4:04 AM, Ulrich Grepel wrote: > Greg wrote: >> I just made the round trip to Ann Arbor last night to see Heather on her latest tour (mainly since the last time she came anywhere near me was > 1998!). Has anyone else caught a show on this pass through the US? > > Haven't seen her in the US, but many times (15 on last count...) in Germany, where Heather does play quite regularly. Directly before her current US > tour she was on tour over here as well. She was accompagnied by Arnulf Lindner on cello and many other instruments and Che Albrighton on drums, with > both appearing on the first leg of that European tour half a year ago as well, and with Arnulf regularly with her on tour since 2009. > > The second leg of the European Winter tour of 2016 is available as MP3 downloads. This time I've only got the Darmstadt concert which I attended. On > previous tours I got more than one of the concerts, but back then the set lists were a bit different each night, while at least on this winter tour > the set lists did not vary. > > Che's drum kit (is he on the US tour as well?) is about the smallest drum kit I've seen live, and despite the very limited number of instruments he > does get a fair amount of sound(s) out of them! > > While I also love Heather's current musical style, which is a bit relaxed and softer and more acoustic, I still miss her more rock oriented style with > Berit Fridahl on electric guitar. Wanna have both! 8-) > > Uli > - -- 
| Greg Dunn                       | There are two means of refuge    |
| gregdunn@indy.net               | from the miseries of life:       |
| The Sultan of Slack(tm)         | music and cats.                  |
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------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 10:04:49 +0200 From: Ulrich Grepel Subject: Re: Subject: Heather Nova tour Greg wrote: > I just made the round trip to Ann Arbor last night to see Heather on her latest tour (mainly since the last time she came anywhere near me was 1998!). Has anyone else caught a show on this pass through the US? Haven't seen her in the US, but many times (15 on last count...) in Germany, where Heather does play quite regularly. Directly before her current US tour she was on tour over here as well. She was accompagnied by Arnulf Lindner on cello and many other instruments and Che Albrighton on drums, with both appearing on the first leg of that European tour half a year ago as well, and with Arnulf regularly with her on tour since 2009. The second leg of the European Winter tour of 2016 is available as MP3 downloads. This time I've only got the Darmstadt concert which I attended. On previous tours I got more than one of the concerts, but back then the set lists were a bit different each night, while at least on this winter tour the set lists did not vary. Che's drum kit (is he on the US tour as well?) is about the smallest drum kit I've seen live, and despite the very limited number of instruments he does get a fair amount of sound(s) out of them! While I also love Heather's current musical style, which is a bit relaxed and softer and more acoustic, I still miss her more rock oriented style with Berit Fridahl on electric guitar. Wanna have both! 8-) Uli ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:26:19 -0500 From: Tim Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Subject: Heather Nova tour SPACE in Evanston, where she performed last night, also has a grand piano, which Heather actually played herself for one song (Fool For You, I believe). I'm pretty sure our setlist was identical to what's currently on her website for Toronto. There was a weird, persistent, quiet hiss on the sound system there last night that I've never before experienced in that venue, which is usually perfect. Hopefully it won't come through on the recording. ~Tim On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Ulrich Grepel wrote: > Yes, Nadia - what a pity that she had to resign playing cello due to RSI > related problems. But we probably wouldn't have Arnulf if we'd still have > Nadia 8-). > > The Darmstadt show was very nice, the recording is good, no glitches. > Other than on most of the tour dates, she had a real grand piano that was > already present at that location. And, me and my wife were sitting in first > row, almost dead center... 8-) > > Uli > > > > Am 13.04.2016 um 17:34 schrieb Greg Dunn: > >> Just a quick note - on the 1998 tour, she not only had Berit but also >> Nadia in her band, and the dynamic was quite intense! The lady can rock >> like no >> other. ;-) >> >> And I wanted particularly to ask: how was the Darmstadt show? Good >> recording / performance? It looks like a slightly different setlist from >> Monday's, and if it turned out well, I might grab this one as my >> "alternate" show. Thanks! >> >> On 4/13/16 4:04 AM, Ulrich Grepel wrote: >> >>> Greg wrote: >>> >>>> I just made the round trip to Ann Arbor last night to see Heather on >>>> her latest tour (mainly since the last time she came anywhere near me was >>>> >>> 1998!). Has anyone else caught a show on this pass through the US? >>> >>> Haven't seen her in the US, but many times (15 on last count...) in >>> Germany, where Heather does play quite regularly. Directly before her >>> current US >>> tour she was on tour over here as well. She was accompagnied by Arnulf >>> Lindner on cello and many other instruments and Che Albrighton on drums, >>> with >>> both appearing on the first leg of that European tour half a year ago as >>> well, and with Arnulf regularly with her on tour since 2009. >>> >>> The second leg of the European Winter tour of 2016 is available as MP3 >>> downloads. This time I've only got the Darmstadt concert which I attended. >>> On >>> previous tours I got more than one of the concerts, but back then the >>> set lists were a bit different each night, while at least on this winter >>> tour >>> the set lists did not vary. >>> >>> Che's drum kit (is he on the US tour as well?) is about the smallest >>> drum kit I've seen live, and despite the very limited number of instruments >>> he >>> does get a fair amount of sound(s) out of them! >>> >>> While I also love Heather's current musical style, which is a bit >>> relaxed and softer and more acoustic, I still miss her more rock oriented >>> style with >>> Berit Fridahl on electric guitar. Wanna have both! 8-) >>> >>> Uli ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 07:19:15 -0500 From: Tim Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Heather Nova tour Thanks so much for cluing me in y'allbI discovered her tour in time to grab a ticket mere hours before her Chicago area show last night, and it was really exciting to finally see her after so many years. (She's one of those people I listened to constantly in high school but never got to see live). She sounds completely magnificent. The intimate acoustic set works especially well for songs like Island and Paper Cup. Her energy is slightly introverted, w/ just a touch of 'don't harsh my mellow' that it felt like held her back just a tiny bit on some of the more angsty or uptempo tracks. But on the whole it was lovely. ~Tim On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 12:35 AM, Greg Dunn wrote: > Hey, Lynn! Haven't seen you since the Happy show, many moons ago. Thanks > for the rec - sounds like she played a good set and I'll check that one out. > > On 4/12/16 7:49 PM, Lynn Garrett wrote: > > Just made the trip from Buffalo to see her in Rochester on Saturday. I > couldn't believe she played a small, intimate show at the Lovin' Cup coffee > house..... Many long time fans in attendance. Incredible performance and > the guy accompanying her was amazing. They did allow videotaping as long as > it was discreet, so I was able to capture the show by just sitting the > camera on the table. > > I'll purchase the Rochester show and probably one where she performed > Starman since there is very little change in the set lists. > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > >> On Apr 12, 2016, at 2:44 PM, Greg Dunn wrote: > >> > >> I just made the round trip to Ann Arbor last night to see Heather on > her latest tour (mainly since the last time she came anywhere near me was > 1998!). > >> Has anyone else caught a show on this pass through the US? > >> > >> Despite some sound issues the presentation at The Ark was excellent. > She played a mix of old and new tunes, earning three standing ovations (one > for > >> her accompanist, who was brilliant). Her voice was still as pure and > agile as always, once she got warmed up a bit. > >> > >> I note that she's making professional recordings of the gigs available > on her site, and while I'm going to buy last night's for sure, I'm curious > as > >> to whether anyone else can recommend earlier shows with regard to > content or exceptional performance? I'm not quite ready to collect the > set, but > >> wouldn't mind another sample or two. > > -- > 
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> | gregdunn@indy.net               | G'Quan; it is disrespectful.      |
> | The Sultan of Slack(tm)         |                                   |
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------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 20:20:48 -0400 From: Lynn Garrett Subject: Re: Heather Nova tour It has indeed been many moons since the Happy house concert, Greg! I was transferred to Buffalo about 9 years ago, but still am on the Ark mailing list. That is actually the only reason I was aware Heather was touring this area. Before I purchased a ticket to the AA show, I checked the schedule and saw Rochester. It saved me several hours of driving, but agree she is worth an 8 hour round trip! Sent from my iPad > On Apr 13, 2016, at 11:00 AM, Greg Dunn wrote: > > Wow - I hadn't realized so few people were aware of the tour. My bad - I figured I was the last one to find out about it... but I'm glad you got to > see her. > > In Ann Arbor (and I assume most of the US tour?) it was just her and Arnulf, who was magnificent. I remember hearing a clip from a solo live show > once, where an audience member requested Sugar; she laughed, and said something like "On acoustic guitar? That would be rockin'..." But that's > pretty much what she did for her encore Monday and it was quite powerful. > > When I saw her in 1998, it was with full expectations that I'd never get to see her tour again; and it was delightful to get another chance. Yeah, it > was an 8-hour round trip, but I'd do it again just to hear that voice once more. > >> On 4/13/16 8:19 AM, Tim Jones-Yelvington wrote: >> Thanks so much for cluing me in y'allbI discovered her tour in time to grab >> a ticket mere hours before her Chicago area show last night, and it was >> really exciting to finally see her after so many years. (She's one of those >> people I listened to constantly in high school but never got to see live). >> >> She sounds completely magnificent. The intimate acoustic set works >> especially well for songs like Island and Paper Cup. Her energy is slightly >> introverted, w/ just a touch of 'don't harsh my mellow' that it felt like >> held her back just a tiny bit on some of the more angsty or uptempo tracks. >> But on the whole it was lovely. >> >> ~Tim > > -- > 
> | Greg Dunn                       | If there's no soul in the music, |
> | gregdunn@indy.net               | it's because no one put it there |
> | The Sultan of Slack(tm)         | - the tools aren't to blame.     |
> | http://www.indy.net/~gregdunn/  |                   Bjork          |
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