From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2005 #229 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/joni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Monday, June 6 2005 Volume 2005 : Number 229 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Sara K: eclectic, multi-talented, njc ["Lama, Jim L'Hommedieu" ] Re: Sara K: eclectic, multi-talented, njc ["Kakki" ] Re: Faux Folk Songs [Melissa Gibbs ] RE: Cyndi Lauper At Last njc [Joseph Palis ] Favorite Moments In Joni's Songs [Jo Lar ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 12:58:27 -0400 From: "Lama, Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Sara K: eclectic, multi-talented, njc If a 49 year old guy near Cincinnati thinks Sara K is hip, she's completely irrelevant, right? Anyway, she can play blues like Keb Mo. She can switch between a blues voice like Giselle Hawkins to a gospel wail that's "dead-on" Aretha Franklin. She writes some blues tunes & some about family & nature. She has really talented people around, including the recording engineer(s). np: a "burned" copy of her live disc. Obviously, I'll buy it at some point. These are paired down tracks, like Dave Matthews' "Live at Luther College". Jim Covington, KY ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 17:14:54 +0100 From: Garret Subject: Cyndi Lauper At Last njc Has anyone heard the album At Last by Cyndi Lauper? The tracklist looks good. I am just wondering whether i should get it. GARRET - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 15:42:01 -0700 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: Sara K: eclectic, multi-talented, njc Lama wrote: > Anyway, she can play blues like Keb Mo. She can switch between a blues > voice like Giselle Hawkins to a gospel wail that's "dead-on" Aretha > Franklin. She writes some blues tunes & some about family & nature. She > has really talented people around, including the recording engineer(s) Along the lines of hearing new talent and comparing what you hear to some of the greats, I am reminded a few weeks back about your post about Paprika Plains and hearing Monk in it. I meant to comment at the time because after RR's great analysis, I again listened to PP and also definitely heard Monk there and it helped me further piece together my experience of this amazing work. Last weekend I was on a long drive home and the local jazz station was playing Miles Davis all night. Of course, I have listened to Miles before but have never been immersed in him for hours at a stretch. I was struck to make the connection that there is certainly a lot of Miles in Joni's jazz/experimental work, too, but have never heard this previously mentioned anywhere. It was an interesting discovery. Speaking of comparisons/influences, I have raved to a few of you about Raul Midon, highly championed by Stevie Wonder, and who has a new album to release on June 7th. http://www.raulmidon.com/index2.php He is already getting great reviews on the new CD. I discovered him at Stevie's annual Christmas concert last year and he stood out among a cast of hundreds. Absolutely floored me. He sings like Stevie and plays guitar like Tuck Andress. I know musicians hate comparisons like this but he truly is a talent and to those of you out there who love both Stevie and Tuck, he is worth checking out. Kakki, off to see the Joni Project this evening ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 10:35:10 +1000 From: Melissa Gibbs Subject: Re: Faux Folk Songs On 5/6/05 5:00 PM, "onlyJMDL Digest" wrote: > Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 17:54:56 +1000 > From: Mark-Leon Thorne > Subject: Re: Faux Folk Songs > > Yes, we all have 'em; > > Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda. > You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me. > and his ghost may be heard as you camp by that billabong... > What are you talking about? This is our national anthem! Well, it sure beats "Our land is girt by sea" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 02:58:40 +0200 (CEST) From: Joseph Palis Subject: RE: Cyndi Lauper At Last njc I own a copy of Cyndi Lauper's "At Last" album and I like it a lot. I like it when singers not usually associated with jazz or traditional pop approach the standards repertoire and put their stamps on these songs. Lauper's reworking of the standards in this album may remind some of Rickie Lee Jones' similar albums namely "Pop Pop", "It's Like This" and "Girl At Her Volcano" and Victoria Williams' "Sings Some Ole Songs". The musical arrangements and vocals lean towards the contemporary sad saloon singing of Ruth Cameron and Stacey Kent's ballad albums. Torchy. Her rendition of Bacharach's "Walk On By" mines the innate loneliness of the melody in a way I have not heard before. But when she cuts loose on some tracks, notably the opening "At Last", her raw phrasing and slightly unsteady vocals are very appealing to her. I don't know if anyone owns Innocence Mission's latest album of lullabies, but lead vocalist Karen Peris' voice and way of singing bears comparison to Lauper's. Or should it be the other way around? If your musical palate for standards is on spirited singing with scats on big band charts, then Lauper's "At Last" may not be your cup of tea, but who knows? Others may have something to say about this album too. Jerry are you reading this? And lastly on the subject of singing the standards from the traditonally non-jazz singers, I have always liked all of Rickie Lee Jones' abovementioned albums particularly "Pop Pop". But a surprising discovery is Sheena Easton's "No Strings" and Cher's "Bittersweet". Joseph in Chapel Hill np: Jackie Allen - "I'll Be Around" - Love Is Blue Garret a icrit : Has anyone heard the album At Last by Cyndi Lauper? The tracklist looks good. I am just wondering whether i should get it. GARRET - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. - --------------------------------- Dicouvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail : 1 Go d'espace de stockage pour vos mails, photos et vidios ! 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