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Today's Subjects: ----------------- New albums due this year [Karen Hester ] Re: New albums due this year [JoAnn Whetsell ] Re: New albums due this year/My notables of 2016 [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 21:05:28 -0500 From: Karen Hester Subject: New albums due this year Jennifer Kimball - Avocet - finished recording and some early versions available - http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/jenniferkimball The XX - I see you (Jan 13) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl9tcrIeJ48 Austra - Future Politics (Jan 20) - listen here - http://www.npr.org/2017/01/12/509314826/first-listen-austra-future-politics Kasey Chambers - Dragonfly (Jan 20) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8_lR08YJTM Sleater Kinney - Live in Paris (Jan 27) - http://www.sleater-kinney.com/live-in-paris-out-january-27-available-to-pre-order-now/ Tift Merritt - Stitch of the World (Jan 27) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek0TCeiczYM&list=PLPzCz0s5TaSLEPtv7N9I2TWTK4IIxN6vd Jesca Hoop - Memories Are Now (Feb 10) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyrwh0qRGEI Alison Krauss - Windy City (Feb 17) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Pgqhfm7ro Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway (Feb 24) - http://shop.rhiannongiddens.com/ She says "Know thy history. Let it horrify you; let it inspire you. Let it show you how the future can look, for nothing in this world has not come around before. These songs are based on slave narratives from the 1800s, African American experiences of the last century, and the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Voices demanding to be heard, to impart the hard-earned wisdom of a tangled, difficult, complicated history; we just try to open the door and let them through." Laura Marling - Semper Femina (March 10) - lyric video to Wild Fire - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EUdZFcq-QE Steve Hackett - The Night Siren (March 24) - http://www.hackettsongs.com/news/newsAlbum20.html Aimee Mann - Mental Illness (March 31st) (cute cover, see http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/121344/Aimee_Mann-Mental_Illness-Vinyl_Record) Sarah Slean - Metaphysics - http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/sarahslean Tracy Bonham - Modern Burdens [of Being Upright], with friends Tanya Donelly, Angie Hart, Nicole Atkins etc - http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/modernburdens Joan Osborne - Dylan covers - http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/joanosborne2 Goldfrapp - artwork involves pairs of naked people with smeared black paint and transparent raincoats! Nicole Atkins - Goodnight Rhonda Lee (spring) - new song 'A Little Crazy' - https://soundcloud.com/nicole-atkins Allison Moorer and Shelby Lynn - something by the sisters Also Depeche Mode, Lorde, Nelly Furtado, Sigur Ros, Blondie, Neko Case, St Vincent, Liz Phair, My Brightest Diamond, Tori Amos, Bjork, Haim, Sheryl Crow, Gary Numan, Los Campesinos, Amber Coffman, Nine Inch Nails, Girlpool. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 04:12:55 +0000 From: JoAnn Whetsell Subject: Re: New albums due this year Thanks, Karen. This is the first thing that's made me feel hopeful about this year. Arcade Fire has also apparently finished recording and are in the process of mixing, choosing songs for the next album, etc. JoAnn ________________________________ From: owner-ecto@smoe.org on behalf of Karen Hester Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 9:05:28 PM To: Ecto Subject: New albums due this year Jennifer Kimball - Avocet - finished recording and some early versions available - http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/jenniferkimball The XX - I see you (Jan 13) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl9tcrIeJ48 Austra - Future Politics (Jan 20) - listen here - http://www.npr.org/2017/01/12/509314826/first-listen-austra-future-politics Kasey Chambers - Dragonfly (Jan 20) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8_lR08YJTM Sleater Kinney - Live in Paris (Jan 27) - http://www.sleater-kinney.com/live-in-paris-out-january-27-available-to-pre-o rder-now/ Tift Merritt - Stitch of the World (Jan 27) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek0TCeiczYM&list=PLPzCz0s5TaSLEPtv7N9I2TWTK4I IxN6vd Jesca Hoop - Memories Are Now (Feb 10) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyrwh0qRGEI Alison Krauss - Windy City (Feb 17) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Pgqhfm7ro Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway (Feb 24) - http://shop.rhiannongiddens.com/ She says "Know thy history. Let it horrify you; let it inspire you. Let it show you how the future can look, for nothing in this world has not come around before. These songs are based on slave narratives from the 1800s, African American experiences of the last century, and the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Voices demanding to be heard, to impart the hard-earned wisdom of a tangled, difficult, complicated history; we just try to open the door and let them through." Laura Marling - Semper Femina (March 10) - lyric video to Wild Fire - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EUdZFcq-QE Steve Hackett - The Night Siren (March 24) - http://www.hackettsongs.com/news/newsAlbum20.html Aimee Mann - Mental Illness (March 31st) (cute cover, see http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/121344/Aimee_Mann-Mental_Illness-Vinyl_Reco rd) Sarah Slean - Metaphysics - http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/sarahslean Tracy Bonham - Modern Burdens [of Being Upright], with friends Tanya Donelly, Angie Hart, Nicole Atkins etc - http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/modernburdens Joan Osborne - Dylan covers - http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/joanosborne2 Goldfrapp - artwork involves pairs of naked people with smeared black paint and transparent raincoats! Nicole Atkins - Goodnight Rhonda Lee (spring) - new song 'A Little Crazy' - https://soundcloud.com/nicole-atkins Allison Moorer and Shelby Lynn - something by the sisters Also Depeche Mode, Lorde, Nelly Furtado, Sigur Ros, Blondie, Neko Case, St Vincent, Liz Phair, My Brightest Diamond, Tori Amos, Bjork, Haim, Sheryl Crow, Gary Numan, Los Campesinos, Amber Coffman, Nine Inch Nails, Girlpool. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 23:43:17 -0500 (GMT-05:00) From: Subject: Re: New albums due this year/My notables of 2016 A couple more upcoming releases on the rootsier side of things: Valerie June's new album _The Order of Time_ is out on June 27. Hurray for the Riff Raff's _The Navigator_ comes along on March 10. I always do one or two year-end wrap-up shows on my WPKN program (Bridgeport, Connecticut). Here the playlist for the show I did in late December, followed by a list of another 100 or so albums I enjoyed this past year. Valerie http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/168546/ favorites-for-2016-valerie-richardson-radio-something -----Original Message----- >From: JoAnn Whetsell >Sent: Jan 12, 2017 11:12 PM >To: Karen Hester , Ecto >Subject: Re: New albums due this year > >Thanks, Karen. This is the first thing that's made me feel hopeful about this >year. > > >Arcade Fire has also apparently finished recording and are in the process of >mixing, choosing songs for the next album, etc. > > >JoAnn > >____________________________ ____ >From: owner-ecto@smoe.org on behalf of Karen Hester > >Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 9:05:28 PM >To: Ecto >Subject: New albums due this year > >Jennifer Kimball - Avocet - finished recording and some early versions >available - http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/jenniferkimball > >The XX - I see you (Jan 13) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl9tcrIeJ48 > >Austra - Future Politics (Jan 20) - listen here - >http://www.npr.org/2017/01/12/509314826/first-listen-austra-future-p olitics > >Kasey Chambers - Dragonfly (Jan 20) - >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8_lR08YJTM > >Sleater Kinney - Live in Paris (Jan 27) - >http://www.sleater-kinney.com/live-in-paris-out-january-27-available -to-pre-o >rder-now/ > >Tift Merritt - Stitch of the World (Jan 27) - >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek0TCeiczYM&list=PLPzCz0s5TaSLEP tv7N9I2TWTK4I >IxN6vd > >Jesca Hoop - Memories Are Now (Feb 10) - >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyrwh0qRGEI > >Alison Krauss - Windy City (Feb 17) - >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Pgqhfm7ro > >Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway (Feb 24) - >http://shop.rhiannongiddens.com/ >She says "Know thy history. Let it horrify you; let it inspire you. >Let it show you how the future can look, for nothing in this world has >not come around before. These songs are based on slave narratives from >the 1800s, African American experiences of the last century, and the >Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Voices demanding to be heard, to >impart the hard-earned wisdom of a tangled, difficult, complicated >history; we just try to open the door and let them through." > >Laura Marling - Semper Femina (March 10) - lyric video to Wild Fire - >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EUdZFcq-QE > >Steve Hackett - The Night Siren (March 24) - >http://www.hackettsongs.com/news/newsAlbum20.html > >Aim ee Mann - Mental Illness (March 31st) (cute cover, see >http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/121344/Aimee_Mann-Mental_Illness -Vinyl_Reco >rd) > >Sarah Slean - Metaphysics - http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/sarahslean > >Tracy Bonham - Modern Burdens [of Being Upright], with friends Tanya >Donelly, Angie Hart, > >Nicole Atkins etc - http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/modernburdens > >Joan Osborne - Dylan covers - >http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/joanosborne2 > >Gold frapp - artwork involves pairs of naked people with smeared black >paint and transparent raincoats! > >Nicole Atkins - Goodnight Rhonda Lee (spring) - new song 'A Little >Crazy' - https://soundcloud.com/nicole-atkins > >Allison Moorer and Shelby Lynn - something by the sisters > >Also Depeche Mode, Lorde, Nelly Furtado, Sigur Ros, Blondie, Neko >Case, St Vincent, Liz Phair, My Brightest Diamond, Tori Amos, Bjork, >Haim, Sheryl Crow, Gary Numan, Los Campesinos, Amber Coffman, Nine >Inch Nails, Girlpool. < /karen.hester@gmail.com> ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V16 #1905 ****************************