From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V16 #473 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Sunday, July 1 2012 Volume 16 : Number 473 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- angelique kidjo w/ laurie anderson tonight in Brooklyn? [JoAnn Whetsell <] Re: how come no one's talking about the best album of the year (so far)? [Neile Graham Subject: angelique kidjo w/ laurie anderson tonight in Brooklyn? Anyone planning to go to this free concert in Prospect Park tonight? 6:30-10:30 at the Bandshell World music superstar ANGILIQUE KIDJO, named one of the Worlds 100 Most Inspiring Women by the Guardian UK, curates this very special commissioned tribute to Wangari Maathai, the late Nobel Peace Prize winner and Kenyan political, environmental and womens rights activist. WOMEN WAGING PEACE features a concert at the Bandshell with an opening set by world music luminary (The New Yorker) SOMI followed by Kidjo and her band, who will be joined by special guests LAURIE ANDERSON and the great South African opera star SIBONGILE KHUMALO. JoAnn ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 14:40:26 -0700 From: Neile Graham Subject: Re: how come no one's talking about the best album of the year (so far)? JoAnn and all-- Love the FIona Apple, but haven't listened to it enough to be coherent, as until yesterday we only had the NPR preview to listen to. Listened to the NPR preview of the Regina Spektor several times, and except for the Rowboats song was somewhat underwhelmed and haven't bought it. I may end up getting several of the tracks, but right now the only one I feel I *need* is "All The Rowboats." Just got the Jesca Hoop this morning and am looking forward to listening to that, too. - --Neile On Jun 30, 2012, at 6:26 AM, JoAnn Whetsell wrote: > I thought > people would be raving about Fiona Apple's _The Idler Wheel_. I am absolutely > loving it and have been listening to it pretty much every day since NPR > had it up about a week before the release. It's raw and personal and at times > ugly (she growls) and even sometimes fun ("Hot Knife"). There are musical > traces of her last 2 albums. I bought the iTunes deluxe > version but have only listened to the main album yet, not the bonus > track and the videos. Other thoughts? > > I'm also surprised there's been no discussion of Regina Spektor's latest, > _What We Saw From the Cheap Seats_. I love it, but I can see where people > might think she's lost too much of her quirk. > > JoAnn ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V16 #473 ***************************