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find-your-mind-digest     Saturday, June 19 1999     Volume 02 : Number 056



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  article on sonicnet                                     [Persekore@aol.com]

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Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 23:39:12 EDT
From: Persekore@aol.com
Subject: article on sonicnet

From Sonicnet:


<<NEWS FLASH

Luscious Jackson And Cibo Matto To Merge Tours
All-girl hip-hop group to join forces with experimental rock act for 12 dates 
after separate headlining shows and Lilith Fair dates. 
Experimental rockers Cibo Matto and funk-pop band Luscious Jackson will merge 
their touring schedules to play 12 dates together in late July and early 
August.

Both bands will headline their own shows and share several dates at the 
female-focused Lilith Fair before coming together July 23 in Columbia, Mo., 
for the first of their joint dates. The outing, which covers mostly 
Midwestern and East Coast cities, will end in the home base of both bands, 
New York, at Irving Plaza on Aug. 12.

"They make a great pair -- both really different, but they share that New 
York-y vibe," wrote 19-year-old fan Wendy Collins, in an e-mail.

Luscious Jackson, whose sound merges hip-hop, funk and dance pop with soulful 
vocals, will be out in support of their third LP, Electric Honey, due to hit 
store shelves June 29.

Electric Honey is their follow-up to 1996's Fever In Fever Out, which 
included the single "Naked Eye" (RealAudio excerpt). The new album features 
guest vocals by Blondie's Deborah Harry and folk-country songbird Emmylou 
Harris, the latter to be heard on the first single, "Ladyfingers." Luscious 
Jackson vocalist/bassist Jill Cunniff also collaborated with Harris on a song 
called "Sweet Spot, which will appear on Harris's forthcoming album with 
country rocker Linda Ronstadt.

Electric Honey also features a song called "Devotion," which Cunniff 
classified as a love song during a SonicNet chat last weekend. "I got married 
this year," she said when asked by a fan about the inspiration for the lyrics.

The album is the trio's first since the departure of keyboardist Vivian 
Trimble last year. For the tour, the remaining trio -- Cunniff, 
vocalist/guitarist Gabby Glaser and drummer Kate Schellenbach -- will be 
joined by keyboardist Singh Birdsong, DJ Alex Young and bassist/percussionist 
Tia Sprocket. "These three are collectively known as Tangh," Cunniff said of 
the players.

Prior to joining forces with Cibo Matto, Luscious Jackson will play a July 4 
SummerStage concert in New York's Central Park, joining the neo-swing Brian 
Setzer Orchestra, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and rap pioneers Sugar Hill 
Gang. Four days later they'll join the Lilith Fair for dates running through 
July 21.

Drummer Kate Schellenbach previously likened the Lilith tour to "being at 
summer camp when all the counselors like you, and you're the counselor's pet. 
The counselor being Sarah McLachlan and the Indigo Girls."

Cibo Matto, meanwhile, are currently touring in support of their second LP, 
Stereotype A, a mixture of funk, rap, heavy metal, bossa nova and lounge pop 
that includes the track "Blue Train" and the single "Sci-Fi Wasabi" 
(RealAudio excerpt).

"Cibo Matto is the personal work of Miho and I," songwriter/producer Yuka 
Honda said, "and it's very crazy and free. ... I really like to experiment 
with a lot of things and have the freedom to develop our sound."

They recently played a series of shows in New York with such opening acts as 
Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore, Yoko Ono and bandmate Sean Lennon.

After playing a short, eight-song set at the Jubilee 2000 benefit Monday, 
Cibo Matto singer Miho Hatori said the band -- for which Lennon plays bass -- 
was looking forward to playing full shows.

"We're just starting; it's exciting," Hatori said.

Lennon -- son of late Beatle John Lennon -- said the band will stay on the 
road as long as need be. He added that the completion of his second solo 
album, which he described as "alien music" resulting from computer 
experimentation, will depend on Cibo Matto's plans.

Fan Wendy Collins said she plans to catch both acts at the Lilith Fair's July 
14 stop at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif.

"I'll see them both on Lilith, but I think the people who can catch them 
together in a smaller club together have the better deal," she wrote. "Those 
will be really killer shows."

Luscious Jackson/Cibo Matto Tour Dates:

July 23; Columbia, Mo.; Blue Note

July 24; Chicago, Ill.; Vic Theater

July 25; Minneapolis, Minn.; First Avenue

July 27; Pontiac, Mich.; Clutch Cargo

July 28; Cincinnati, Ohio; Bogart's

July 30; Columbus, Ohio; Newport Music

July 31; Cleveland, Ohio; The Odeon

Aug. 1; Toronto, Ontario; Opera House

Aug. 4; Boston, Mass.; Avalon Ballroom

Aug. 7; Baltimore, Md.; Recher Theater

Aug. 10; Washington, D.C.; 9:30 Club

Aug. 12; New York, N.Y.; Irving Plaza 

- -- Teri vanHorn 

[ Fri., June 18, 1999 10:26 PM EDT ] >>

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