From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V16 #2409 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Thursday, November 22 2018 Volume 16 : Number 2409 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Kate Daisy Grant, Blackheart Orchestra [Doug ] Re: Kate Daisy Grant, Blackheart Orchestra [Seneca Spurling ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 09:11:43 -0500 From: Doug Subject: Re: Kate Daisy Grant, Blackheart Orchestra I just recalled...Blackheart Orchestra sounds a lot like Bel Canto, whom I also love. :) On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 10:58 AM Doug wrote: > Just wanted to say thanks for the heads-up re: Blackheart Orchestra. > They're really appealing to me. On at least one song Chryssy sounds a bit > like FKA twigs, which is interesting. But mostly they are good for > maintaining my mood while I work, and for making me think a little about > the stories they tell with their lyrics. > > Doug ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 11:50:29 -0800 From: Seneca Spurling Subject: Re: Kate Daisy Grant, Blackheart Orchestra Thanks for the recommendations! Good stuff here, I'm enjoying all of it. - -seneca On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 10:46 AM Ellen Rawson wrote: > Since Ecto seems to be up and running again, I'd like to recommend a > couple of lesser known UK acts. > > Nick Pynn and Kate Daisy Grant > We saw them for the third time last week at the Art House in Southampton.* > They are a married couple based in Brighton, UK, who support each other > musically, playing numerous instruments each and performing as each other's > backing band. Kate Daisy Grant's main instruments are keyboards, including > a toy piano, and her songs really should be better known. > > Here's one of her official videos, for a song called "Silent Night". As > she says, it has nothing to do with the Christmas song. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=AGD503CEGEQ > > > Here she is live performing "Ding Dong The Bitch is Dead" at the Art House > back in 2013. She says that it wasn't written about Margaret Thatcher, but > it could have been. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK_nNvpjZt4 > > Blackheart Orchestra is a duo, Chryssy Mostyn and Richard Pilkington, > that started out acoustic folk and gradually became more electronica > progressive. We saw them at the Art House also. They are responsible for > our August holiday to Erfurt, Germany. In introducing their song "Wake Up", > they told the audience about Erfurt's Kramerbrucke, a cobbled merchant's > bridge lined with half-timbered homes and shops dating back to medieval > times. They were walking over the bridge en route to their hotel after a > gig very late at night. Towards one end of the bridge is a traditional > puppeteer's shop that features a Theatrum Mundi in its window. Place a euro > coin in the slot and the theatre comes to life, with puppets acting out the > story of Snow White. It seemed to go well with "Wake Up". > > They said it was the cheapest video they ever made -- 8 euros to get > enough shots with their iPhones. (They did obtain the puppeteer's > permission, btw.) Here's "Wake Up". > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-aQXlLl5VE > > Blackheart are currently opening for Hawkwind in the UK and are revelling > on social media about the huge venues they're playing! (They've previously > opened for Renaissance in the UK.) And we really enjoyed our time in > Erfurt. I've been in the Society for Creative Anachronism since 1979, so > the merchant's bridge, one of the oldest surviving synagogues in Europe > (now housing the Erfurt Treasure), a cathedral etc. had me in my element. :) > > *The Art House is a wonderful community arts cooperative in Southampton, > UK. Downstairs is a vegetarian/vegan cafe and coffee shop that also sells > crafts, used clothing and locally produced artwork. Various arts workshops > are held downstairs and upstairs as well, and upstairs also houses a small > stage and theatre area. It's a very welcoming place that is politically > progressive and, for me, a breath of fresh air. They somehow get by on a > shoestring budget (three low-paid staff and a lot of volunteers) and are > the type of place that, as Kate Daisy Grant said last week, need to be > supported to stay alive. > > Ellen > > -- > Ellen Rawson > ellenr@fastmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 12:40:52 -0800 From: Sue Trowbridge Subject: A few more recommendations... Here are some of my favorites from 2018 that I don't think have been mentioned here yet, or at least not recently: Mitski: https://youtu.be/qooWnw5rEcI Speedy Ortiz: https://youtu.be/f76rghmg1jI Laura Jane Grace: https://youtu.be/NJ0__vF3bUk Father John Misty: https://youtu.be/nAdoIUNMdWs - --Sue Trowbridge ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V16 #2409 ****************************