From: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org (jinglejangle-digest) To: jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Subject: jinglejangle-digest V5 #94 Reply-To: jinglejangle@smoe.org Sender: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jinglejangle-digest Friday, August 16 2002 Volume 05 : Number 094 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [MLL] tift merrit and more... ["Carly Marcoux" ] Re: [MLL] last night's show [Snsetblaze@aol.com] Re: [MLL] last night's show [Snsetblaze@aol.com] Re: [MLL] last night's show [Steve Garrison ] Re: [MLL] last night's show [patrick t power ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 10:42:59 -0400 From: "Carly Marcoux" Subject: [MLL] tift merrit and more... I'm so glad someone mentioned Tift Merrit on this list:) I've been wondering about her, but haven't heard anything (except the Ryan Adams quote on every ad)/haven't had the time at work to surf onto her site to see if there are downloads... If any of you are into Whiskey Town, Wilco, and just generally great music, you can listen online to my friend's radio show (if you can stream online). It's called 'Tupelo Blue Whiskey' and is on every Tuesday at 9am to 11am (eastern) (i think it ends then, it might vary between 11 and 12noon ending because of summer hours)... You can download the stream from here: http://www.cjam.ca and mike has a website too (not the greatest, but whatever, he's a really cool guy:) http://www.geocities.com/tupelobluewhiskey One question: has anyone heard the new Bob Mould stuff? As for good summer albums, here's a few I've been listening to: Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (just got it) The Beach Boys - Surf's Up (i just picked up the vinyl version, yay!) The Rock Four - A New Beginning (fantastic album from tel aviv, israel group! first album in english too - see: zombies, early-byrds, beatles:) The Tennessee Twin - Free To Do What? (Allison Wolfe (Bratmobile)'s sister Cindy (Lucinda) Wolfe fronts this band) great 5-6-piece based in Vancouver doing southern country-tinged rock, I've been working on their website too which will be here when completed: http://tennesseetwin.tripod.com) Rhume - Snack of Choice (great indie rock band from Ottawa, their first album is always good crunchy rock ala neutral milk hotel and their second --'jeu de puissance' is all in french:) http://www.kelprecords.com Carly;) http://modernsoul.tripod.com Suzanne said: ============= I think it may be my favorite of Beth's three albums; "God Song," featuring guest vocals from Ryan Adams and Emmylou Harris, is a real standout. Anyone else have any summer records they want to recommend to the list? - ------------------------------ j. said: ======== Tift Merritt's Bramble Rose. It's a great record. Same with Camera Obscura's Biggest Blue Hi-Fi ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 08:02:28 -0700 From: "Rachel Kramer Bussel" Subject: [MLL] last night's show I was having a really bad day yesterday, still kindof am, but it was really wonderful to see Mary Lou, finally, at 12:30, perhaps especially so after my day. That's the latest I've ever seen her play. She was sporting...her natural hair (gasp!). she'd ironed it so it was really straight, kinda right past or up to her shoulders, and some was falling in her face while she was playing. I also haven't seen her hair in...ever? She is usually wearing a wig or a fall. I missed the first song or two because I was broke but then I finally got into the show and it was great. Mary Lou was a bit hoarse, some kindof bronchitis thing so she said she couldn't play certain requests. I'm kindof blanking on all of what she played, but I remember My Own Worst Enemy, Camden Town Rain, Hey Antoinette, He'd Be A Diamond (which she dedicated to all the straight women in the room), Book, On The Avenue, Beeswing...sorry, can't remember it all, there were a few I hadn't heard her do before. And I got a lovely poster that Rubric had, it's the photo of her with the long hair kindof in her face, that was used in some Live City Sounds ads, and was really glossy and pretty. The crowd was, uh, lively and a few were a bit drunk and load, but in a funny way. Not much else to report, she played from maybe 12:30-1:30. Mary Lou also seems to look younger every time I see her, I think she could pass for half her age. Also, I don't know if any of you have livejournals, but it's kindof my home away from home online and I started a Mary Lou community so please join it if you're there: http://www.livejournal.com/users/maryloulord (so far I mostly posted tour dates, but it's brand new) As for CD recommendations, I don't necessarily have any. I got the new Kay Hanley solo album, Cherry Marmalade, and while I'm liking it, it's just not as powerful as Letters to Cleo stuff for me, but I'm giving it time to grow on me. :) Rachel Rachel Kramer Bussel rachelkb@earthlink.net http://www.rachelkramerbussel.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 11:44:12 -0400 From: Snsetblaze@aol.com Subject: Re: [MLL] last night's show I would have liked to see MaryLou last night but it was too late of a show (I have to work early in the a.m.). Is she ever going to play in NJ? There are a couple of good spots - Maxwells in Hoboken - she could probably pull a crowd - The Outpost in the Burbs, the Watchung Arts Center, the Folk Project. There are other bars or nightclubs as well. Hint. Hint. Anyway, I went to the Falcoln Ridge Folk Festival and I heard a lot of great new singer-songwriters. Loved the Kennedys and Eddie From Ohio - but I am a long-time fan of both. New people: Christopher Williams, Trina Hamlin, Stephanie Colby and Rachelle Davis (she's been mentioned on this list before I believe). Colby and Davis were by far the best in the Songwriter's Showcase. Hamlin was one of the winners of last year's showcase. And best of all was an acapella quartet called DaVinci's Notebook. The group is not "folk" but a bunch of guys who basically skewer every type of music. Examples: a gospel version of the Mickey Mouse Club Theme and a country tribute to liposuction. Also, check out a band called Groovelilly at the Folk Project. I heard them last week and they blew me away. Alycia ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 11:49:26 -0400 From: Snsetblaze@aol.com Subject: Re: [MLL] last night's show I should have worded this differently. Check out Groovelilly. I saw them last week at the Folk Project. Oops. Alycia ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 12:33:55 -0400 From: Steve Garrison Subject: Re: [MLL] last night's show Call me a new fan, I suppose. Mary Lou's show at Iota in Arlington, VA on Tuesday night was my first exposure, and despite the fact that she was in a state of near-complete vocal meltdown (no high-register whatsoever) she's earned a spot on my list of performers worth rearranging my schedule to see. I was particularly impressed with her phrasing on songs like Knopfler's Romeo and Juliet, Straight to Hell by the Clash and (the evening's highlight for me) X's See How We Are. These are all songs I've enjoyed over the years, but her conversational yet still musical treatment helped me hear the lyrics anew, and realize what good songs they are. What more can you ask? Like Mary Lou, I'm a great admirer of Richard Thompson (and looking forward to seeing a couple of his performances in the next few weeks) and she called on some deeper vocal resources, I think, when she did 52VBL. My friend Scott (next to whom I am the least of RT fans) and I agreed that she breathed new life into a song we had both been pretty sick of hearing. This is lengthy enough for a first post, except to note that the Iota crowd was exceptionally attentive, appreciative, generous and supportive. A good time, as they say, was had by all. Steve Oh, yes. My current recommendation for "best group to go see" is Dave's True Story: songwriter/guitarist Dave Cantor, vocalist extraordinaire Kelly Flint and her husband, bassist Jeff Eyrich are NYC-based but touring increasingly throughout the Mid-Atlantic. Jazzy roots, witty and off-beat lyrics, wonderful stage presence... a couple of their older songs were featured in "Kissing Jessica Stein," although not on the soundtrack album, which is a whole 'nother story. Best album to own is still "Sex Without Bodies" on Chesky, IMO. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 16:31:52 -0400 From: patrick t power Subject: Re: [MLL] last night's show Alycia wrote: >>Anyway, I went to the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival and I heard a lot of great new singer-songwriters . . . . . . New people: Christopher Williams, Trina Hamlin, Stephanie Colby and Rachelle Davis (she's been mentioned on this list before I believe). Colby and Davis were by far the best in the Songwriter's Showcase.<< Rachael Davis will be at the Prescott Park Folk Festival in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on Saturday the 24th. She'll also participate in Club Passim's "Cutting Edge of the Campfire on August 30th in Cambridge, Mass. Also: >>Check out Groovelilly.<< Yes. Do this . . . they're a lot of fun! Pat http://rachaelbdavis.com . ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ------------------------------ End of jinglejangle-digest V5 #94 *********************************