From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V16 #842 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, July 30 2013 Volume 16 : Number 842 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] Death Speaks - David Lang with Shara Worden [Karen Hester ] Re: Death Speaks - David Lang with Shara Worden [neal copperman Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ********************* Steve Lusky (no Email address) ********************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Steve Lusky Tue July 29 1952 Bike! Kate Bush Wed July 30 1958 God Chuck Smith Wed July 30 1958 Reboot Yves Denneulin Fri July 30 1971 Lion-Heart Joel Kenyon Wed July 31 1963 Leo Allan Anderson Sun August 04 1974 Signifier/Signified Eli Brandt August 05 Leo Amanda Williams Tue August 05 1969 phoenix Martin Bridges Sat August 08 1970 BigGuy Rosana L. de Oliveira Wed August 08 1973 Leo Happy Rhodes Mon August 09 1965 HolyGhost Loretta Pontillo Tue August 15 1978 Leo Queen of the Jungle Tori Amos Thu August 22 1963 Leo Sam Warren Tue August 22 1961 Leo Henk Van Wulpen Sat August 22 1970 Leo Kerry White Wed August 22 1951 Exact Leo/Virgo Don Gibson Wed August 26 1959 Virgo - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 20:18:43 -0400 From: Karen Hester Subject: Death Speaks - David Lang with Shara Worden I was listening to the lovely song 'You Will Return' by David Lang and thinking "gee, this sounds a lot like Shara Worden," and, duh, it is. The composer Lang draws on the text of Schubert's lieder and Shara sings the part of Death, translated into English. Her cool unornamented delivery works well in the part. Better than a rasping skeleton whispering you to your final sleep :) There are 5 songs in the cycle. Karen ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:42:01 -0700 From: jessica spurling Subject: Re: Death Speaks - David Lang with Shara Worden yummmmmmmm i had heard of this but forgot to find & listen to it. listening now. So lovely! thank you! - -jessica On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Karen Hester wrote: > I was listening to the lovely song 'You Will Return' by David Lang and > thinking "gee, this sounds a lot like Shara Worden," and, duh, it is. The > composer Lang draws on the text of Schubert's lieder and Shara sings the > part of Death, translated into English. Her cool unornamented delivery > works well in the part. Better than a rasping skeleton whispering you to > your final sleep :) > > There are 5 songs in the cycle. > > Karen ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 00:21:23 -0800 From: Adam Kimmel Subject: Patty Griffin live in London Caught Patty Griffin last night, one of my increasingly rare forays into gig-world, when she played the Union Chapel up in Highbury. A good show, albeit one full of thwarted expectations. Firstly, traffic delays meant we arrived late and had to sit upstairs. I'd never been up stairs at the Union Chapel before, and I now know why. Great site-lines, but the acoustics can get a bit muddy: an edge of echo - especially faced with two acoustic guitars - that blurred the vocals and made the lyrics indistinct. The lighting also left a lot to be desired. I think they were going for "atmospheric" but there were times when you could barely see Patty's face at all from where we were. It was just her and an accompaniest handling guitar and vocal duties. I'd hoped that, with her raised profile, she'd be playing with a fuller band but, given the acoustics, this might be just as well. Almost all the material was from American Kid, with only token nods to earlier material: one song each off of Impossible Dream, 1,000 Kisses and Flaming Red, and nothing from Living With Ghosts. A couple from each of Children Running Through and Downtown Church. Her voice was a little frayed at the edges and, occasionally, she'd go to hit a note and it would crack. Still, when it worked it worked phenonemally, and you could sense her exploring its limits and pulling some remarkable phrasing out of thin air, almost in defiance. No Robert Plant (he apparently joined her for a gig a month or so ago in a small venue in East London) but, more importantly for me, none of the songs that I really, really love (Rain, Making Pies, Long Drive Home, pretty much everything off of Impossible Dream, Mad Mission...). A really spare, haunting version of Top of the World was a highlight for me. although there were some nice surprises along the way: "Irish Boy" sounded lovely in this context, and "Gonna Miss You When You're Gone" was really moving. Interesting crowd, too: much older mix than I remember from her previous outings. This was supposed to be a sold-out show, but there were plenty of spaces upstairs, but upstair really reveals the shortcomings of an otherwise lovely venue. best, Adam K ____________________________________________________________ FREE ONLINE PHOTOSHARING - Share your photos online with your friends and family! Visit http://www.inbox.com/photosharing to find out more! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:11:25 -0700 From: neal copperman Subject: Re: Death Speaks - David Lang with Shara Worden I saw Shira at the Calgary Folk Fest this weekend. She did an excellent, sometimes exceptional, set. And an afternoon session where she performed solo. Again, one song was good and one was brilliant. She was front row center to see Mary Margaret O'Hara, who she followed. She cried when she talked about what an honor it was to play on the same bill and the next day Mary Margaret dedicated a song to her. neal On Jul 29, 2013, at 5:18 PM, Karen Hester wrote: > I was listening to the lovely song 'You Will Return' by David Lang and > thinking "gee, this sounds a lot like Shara Worden," and, duh, it is. The > composer Lang draws on the text of Schubert's lieder and Shara sings the > part of Death, translated into English. Her cool unornamented delivery > works well in the part. Better than a rasping skeleton whispering you to > your final sleep :) > > There are 5 songs in the cycle. > > Karen ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V16 #842 ***************************