From owner-mad-mission-news@smoe.org Thu Apr 15 10:38:20 2004 Received: from smoe.org (ident-user@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3FEcJan017454 for ; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 10:38:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i3FEcI3M017452 for mad-mission-news-outgoing; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 10:38:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200404151438.i3FEcI3M017452@smoe.org> X-Authentication-Warning: smoe.org: majordom set sender to owner-mad-mission-news@smoe.org using -f Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 05:29:57 -0400 From: sharon G Subject: PattyG-News: patty griffin in daily news To: mad-mission@smoe.org Reply-to: sharon G X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on jane.smoe.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.9 required=5.0 tests=FROM_ENDS_IN_NUMS autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Virus-Scanned: clamdscan / ClamAV version 0.60 X-Virus-Scanned: clamdscan / ClamAV version 0.60 X-Virus-Scanned: clamdscan / ClamAV version 0.60 X-Rcpt-To: Sender: owner-mad-mission-news@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Sunday NY daily news ran a review and quarter page for Impossible Dreams.. I tried to email it here and it didnt work.. I am sure its still on line. It was a good review of a great cd sharon http://www.nydailynews.com/04-11-2004/entertainment/col/story/182228p-158169c.html Sad but true, & lovely PATTY GRIFFIN "Impossible Dream" (ATO) Life keeps slipping away in Patty Griffin's songs. People trudge through their lives like exiles, marching into increasingly remote emotional landscapes as they age. Hope helps, but it's a flimsy thing, blown apart by the slightest breeze. And though love lies in rich supply, it appears only to those keen enough to ferret it out, and only after great suffering. In other words, Griffin's music isn't exactly full of grins. But her beautiful folk tunes and glistening vocals will keep you transfixed. Vocally, she's a wonder. Imagine the high Appalachian tone of Emmylou Harris boosted by lungs as powerful as Linda Ronstadt's. Her girlish flutter really carries. So far, Griffin has been more successful as a writer (mainly for country stars) than as a singer. Her songs have been covered by Martina McBride, Harris and, most prominently, the Dixie Chicks, who had a smash with her "Truth No. 2." For Griffin's latest CD - her fifth overall, and second for Dave Matthews' ATO Records - she offers her version of a song the Chicks earlier covered, "Top of the World." It addresses an old widower who mixes his grief with guilt. Griffin brings to it an even greater sense of consequence. She excels at character studies, especially of older people. Again, she addresses issues outside herself on the new album, some with a political bent. "Cold as It Gets" deals poetically with how we numb ourselves to the suffering of others in disfavored parts of the world. But this time, Griffin includes more personal songs than usual. Many detail her view of life as a process of drifting into the unknown. Her lyrics reach a peak of pain in "Don't Come Easy," a meditation on mortality. "I don't know nothing/except change will come," she sings. "Year after year what we do is undone/time gets moving from a crawl to a run." For another twist, Griffin sings in two voices on the album. In "Love Throws a Line" and "Standing," she drops her register, finding a soulfulness that recalls Bonnie Raitt. In the latter song, she offers a strange brand of gospel, one that's airy and abstracted. It's one of the few songs in which Griffin isn't on the run. She's far from happy, mind you. But, despite her fear, this time at least she holds her ground. From owner-mad-mission-news@smoe.org Tue Apr 20 11:30:18 2004 Received: from smoe.org (ident-user@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3KFUIan019988 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:30:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i3KFUI9B019987 for mad-mission-news-outgoing; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:30:18 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: smoe.org: majordom set sender to owner-mad-mission-news@smoe.org using -f Received: from mx0-a.inoc.net (mx0-a.inoc.net [64.246.130.30]) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3KFUGan019980; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:30:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pronetisp.net (unverified [10.1.0.51]) by mx0-a.inoc.net (build v4.3.5) with ESMTP id 16923251 for multiple; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:30:15 -0400 From: "Mike Connell" To: mad-mission@smoe.org Subject: PattyG-News: Impossible Dream review in USA Today Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:30:15 -0400 Message-Id: <20040420153015.M8123@quackquack.net> X-Mailer: Pronet WebMail 1.70p8 20020816 X-OriginatingIP: 63.164.202.130 (ducksoup) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on jane.smoe.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Virus-Scanned: clamdscan / ClamAV version 0.60 X-Virus-Scanned: clamdscan / ClamAV version 0.60 Sender: owner-mad-mission-news@smoe.org Precedence: bulk On page 5D of the Life section in todays USA Today they have a review of Impossible Dream and give it 3.5 of 4 stars! You can find it at: http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/2004-04-19-listen-up_x.htm The text is below Mike Patty Griffin, Impossible Dream (3.5 stars of 4) Ostensibly a folk singer, Patty Griffin has a mesmerizing voice that shows traces of not only Emmylou Harris but also the Staple Singers and, on the single Love Throws a Line, Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She's a phenomenal songwriter, too, and a better-known singer would be wise to cover When it Don't Come Easy, though it's hard to imagine any who could deliver the lines "If you break down, I'll drive out and find you/If you forget my love, I'll try to remind you" with as much understated conviction as Griffin brings. Even with expectations raised unreasonably high by her previous work, Dream more than fulfills them. Brian Mansfield From owner-mad-mission-news@smoe.org Tue Apr 20 16:13:31 2004 Received: from smoe.org (ident-user@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3KKDVan022980 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:13:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i3KKDVS1022979 for mad-mission-news-outgoing; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:13:31 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200404202013.i3KKDVS1022979@smoe.org> X-Authentication-Warning: smoe.org: majordom set sender to owner-mad-mission-news@smoe.org using -f Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:46:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Berry Subject: PattyG-News: Patty at the Oregon Zoo! To: "_List: Mad Mission \(internet\)" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on jane.smoe.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=5.0 tests=HTML_20_30, HTML_FONTCOLOR_UNSAFE,HTML_FONT_BIG,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Virus-Scanned: clamdscan / ClamAV version 0.60 X-Virus-Scanned: clamdscan / ClamAV version 0.60 X-Virus-Scanned: clamdscan / ClamAV version 0.60 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.97c-p1 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain X-Rcpt-To: Sender: owner-mad-mission-news@smoe.org Precedence: bulk The Oregon Zoo has a great lineup this summer, including Patty! http://www.zooregon.org/Concerts/ Tickets go on sale May 1. Online ordering will be available soon. Wednesday, June 23 - Mary Chapin Carpenter, $18 Sunday, July 18 - Indigo Girls, $22 Friday, July 23 - Lucinda Williams & John Hiatt, $27 Sunday, July 25 - Bela Fleck, $20 Friday, Aug 6 - Greg Brown w/Todd Snider, $17 Sunday, Aug 15 - Robert Cray & Buddy Guy, $22 Friday, Aug 20 - David Byrne, $18 Saturday, Aug 21 - Shawn Colvin & Cowboy Junkies, $22 Tuesday, Aug 31 - Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Patty Griffin with Buddy Miller, $27 Steve Berry scberry@yahoo.com http://www.stevencberry.com http://www.bainbridgehouse.com "Life is short, but wide." From owner-mad-mission-news@smoe.org Tue Apr 20 16:13:32 2004 Received: from smoe.org (ident-user@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3KKDVan022984 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:13:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i3KKDVR1022982 for mad-mission-news-outgoing; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:13:31 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200404202013.i3KKDVR1022982@smoe.org> X-Authentication-Warning: smoe.org: majordom set sender to owner-mad-mission-news@smoe.org using -f From: PinkChanel@aol.com Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 14:47:32 EDT Subject: PattyG-News: NEWSDAY: Griffin's 'Dream,' a real masterpiece To: mad-mission@smoe.org Sender: owner-mad-mission-news@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-Virus-Scanned: clamdscan / ClamAV version 0.60 Griffin's 'Dream,' a real masterpiece Apr 20, 2004 Patty Griffin has been tilting at windmills for nearly a decade, trying to topple music-industry barricades with her gorgeously unconventional voice and unique, layered songs. When her songs worked, the results were extraordinary. When they missed, which wasn't often, Griffin's struggles became a little too obvious. On her latest album, "Impossible Dream" (ATO), however, Griffin pulls it all together - stacking one daring, powerful song on top of another to build her first full-fledged masterpiece. And, to her credit, she accomplishes this by taking chances, not by simply sticking with her already successful alt-country sound, the sound that led the Dixie Chicks to cover two of Griffin's songs on their hit album "Home." Fear not, fans. She doesn't ditch it entirely. She includes her own version of the moving "Top of the World," which the Chicks turned into a hit even after their country radio blacklisting. "Useless Desires" is an alt-country gem, as poetic and potent as Lucinda Williams on a rant, especially as Lisa Germano's violin matches Griffin's soaring vocals. But on "Impossible Dream," Griffin is clearly looking to stretch. "Florida" shows off this ambition, taking the alt-country song's melancholy realization that escaping from your hometown doesn't let you escape from yourself with haunting backing vocals and stark production. The first single, "Love Throws a Line," crosses Bonnie Raitt blues with Southern gospel to encourage Griffin's pleas for people to remember that love has a place in a dangerous world. "Standing" sounds like old-time gospel filtered through Depeche Mode synthesized starkness. All this, though, is just a wind-up for the glorious "Don't Come Easy." The song unfolds like a U2 rocker, though Griffin cuts the testosterone with her plaintive vocals and lovely touches, such as Ian McLagan's spare piano and Michael Ramos' muted trumpet. The lyrics work on both personal and political levels, like much of Griffin's work. "If you break down, I'll drive out and find you," she promises, trying to offer some stability in these uncertain times, even as she has doubts herself. "You're out there walking down a highway and all of the signs got blown away," she sings later with the passion of a lost gospel soul. "Sometimes you wonder if you're walking in the wrong direction." The result is a stunningly beautiful package that may very well be the best song released this year. Griffin says that she named "Impossible Dream" after the song from "The Man of La Mancha" (which her parents sing a snippet of on the album) because it reminded her of "a time when people thought about nobility, when they were trying to be above greed." Returning to that time may indeed be impossible. But given the strength of Griffin's dream, she may soon have an army of Sancho Panzas to back up her Don Quixote. ("Impossible Dream," in stores today; Grade: A) Glenn Gamboa NEWSDAY From owner-mad-mission-news@smoe.org Wed Apr 21 19:43:59 2004 Received: from smoe.org (ident-user@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3LNhxan022052 for ; Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:43:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i3LNhxvS022051 for mad-mission-news-outgoing; Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:43:59 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200404212343.i3LNhxvS022051@smoe.org> X-Authentication-Warning: smoe.org: majordom set sender to owner-mad-mission-news@smoe.org using -f Subject: PattyG-News: Patty on WXPN Radio thursday april 22 (webcast) From: Alyson Hardy Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:17:23 -0300 To: mad-mission@smoe.org Sender: owner-mad-mission-news@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-Virus-Scanned: clamdscan / ClamAV version 0.60 Hey guys i just heard on the radio that Patty is going to stop by the wxpn studio tomorrow at 4 when she's in philly for the instore! if you're out of the area you can listen online at xpn.org and click the listen link. just wanted to let you all know! aly From owner-mad-mission-news@smoe.org Wed Apr 21 19:45:00 2004 Received: from smoe.org (ident-user@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3LNj0an022076 for ; Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:45:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i3LNj0iA022075 for mad-mission-news-outgoing; Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:45:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200404212345.i3LNj0iA022075@smoe.org> X-Authentication-Warning: smoe.org: majordom set sender to owner-mad-mission-news@smoe.org using -f From: PinkChanel@aol.com Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 17:19:01 EDT Subject: PattyG-News: BILLBOARD: New Griffin Album A 'Dream' Come True To: mad-mission@smoe.org Sender: owner-mad-mission-news@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-Virus-Scanned: clamdscan / ClamAV version 0.60 New Griffin Album A 'Dream' Come True If the superior artistry of Patty Griffin can still be called an acquired taste, then more and more people are finally coming around to it. With the release of her latest ATO set, "Impossible Dream" (April 20), she has the unassuming confidence of a performer at the top of her craft -- and is delighted that no one quite knows how to describe it. "There's a whole big sea of people that nobody knows what to call what they do, and that's what I do," she laughs. Griffin is only too happy to have clouded the perception of a Nashville-based artist by infusing the album's traditional country flavor with gloriously rich elements of gospel and soul. It's never truer than on the infectious opener "Love Throws a Line." "I'm a Staples freak. I love the Staple Singers," she says, revealing details of her eclectic tastes. "When I came up with that song I was listening to the Staples and the Velvet Underground, so it could have gone two different ways! My producer, Craig Ross, really preferred this way. "When I started playing it with a band, I realized it feels a lot like what Johnny Cash might do," Griffin continues. "The rhythm is sort of real old country. What I notice about gospel music, and I guess it's true for good country music too, is that it talks about really dark subject matter, but it does uplift. The music itself is just right there and it lifts you up." "Impossible Dream" features guest appearances by friends like Emmylou Harris and Buddy and Julie Miller. But, while the set's core group of musicians inhabited and enlivened its 2002 predecessor, "1000 Kisses," the mood this time is much different, by Griffin's own description. "'1000 Kisses' was definitely directed towards the sweetness of life," she says. "There's a lot of sad things on it too, but it's nostalgic and it was meant to be pretty in a lot of places. I don't normally set out to do that, but I really needed to sing like that, and I don't feel like that anymore. So I need to use a lot of different colors at the moment that aren't necessarily pretty. "I was real nervous about that, starting off, [because] this is a different kind of beauty. I'm aware that it's a little harder than '1000 Kisses,' and people do like the pretty stuff. I was afraid of slapping people in the face with it, but I'm not so worried about that now." Griffin doesn't deny that the darker hues on "Dream" are informed in part by the gathering shadows of the world in which it was born. "That's why I've been listening to a lot of gospel," she says. "Human experience is filled with tragedy. I love a lot of 'dark' singers, but I want to be uplifted myself when I'm listening to music and [I'm] using some of the traditional stuff that's known to work that way. This is really a big-time folk record in my mind, more than any of the others." "Impossible Dream" arrives just a month after the singer/songwriter, the youngest of seven children, turned 40. But far from the uncertainties of self-analysis, Griffin is enjoying the creative elbow room afforded by her deal with ATO. It's in sharp contrast to the high fences erected around her expressiveness during her mid-to-late-1990s tenure with A&M, and allows her to look over her shoulder with a hearty laugh. "A friend of mine from Boston sent me all these recordings of mine she had on tape which she transferred to CD, so I got to hear that [early] stuff. It was interesting," she laughs. "Not the most pleasant experience. But it was fun to hear where I was going and what I was attempting to do." Having introduced some of the new songs to great reaction at a South by Southwest (http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000468560showcase) last month in Austin, Texas, Griffin will soon take them on the road, along with plenty of established entries from her songbook. "I always feel pretty nervous, kind of sick, before a show, but I can enjoy myself," she says. "The audience, now that I have one, they give you a lot. You want to make sure you're giving them something back." Griffin begins a U.S. tour April 29 in Dallas, and will play more shows in the summer on the Sweet Harmony Traveling Revue (http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000474566) tour with Harris, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings and Buddy Miller. Edited By Barry A. Jeckell. April 21, 2004, 12:00 AM By Paul Sexton From owner-mad-mission-news@smoe.org Wed Apr 28 19:13:56 2004 Received: from smoe.org (ident-user@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3SNDtan004168 for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 19:13:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i3SNDtcu004167 for mad-mission-news-outgoing; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 19:13:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200404282313.i3SNDtcu004167@smoe.org> X-Authentication-Warning: smoe.org: majordom set sender to owner-mad-mission-news@smoe.org using -f From: "Jim Murphy" To: Subject: PattyG-News: Dallas Show Cancelled Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 18:35:45 -0400 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 Thread-Index: AcQtcSWS33Z22LXqTm+PkhSS4A4Qhg== X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on jane.smoe.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 required=5.0 tests=HTML_70_80,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Virus-Scanned: clamdscan / ClamAV version 0.60 X-Virus-Scanned: clamdscan / ClamAV version 0.60 X-Virus-Scanned: clamdscan / ClamAV version 0.60 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.97c-p1 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain X-Rcpt-To: Sender: owner-mad-mission-news@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Due to Patty's illness, the Dallas show has been cancelled. It will be rescheduled at a later date. I will send information on the new date as soon as possible Murph From owner-mad-mission-news@smoe.org Thu Apr 29 04:46:16 2004 Received: from smoe.org (ident-user@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3T8kGan013529 for ; Thu, 29 Apr 2004 04:46:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i3T8kFRF013528 for mad-mission-news-outgoing; Thu, 29 Apr 2004 04:46:15 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200404290846.i3T8kFRF013528@smoe.org> X-Authentication-Warning: smoe.org: majordom set sender to owner-mad-mission-news@smoe.org using -f From: PinkChanel@aol.com Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 16:26:14 EDT Subject: PattyG-News: WashingtonTimes: PattyGriffin's dark 'Dream' To: mad-mission@smoe.org X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on jane.smoe.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.4 required=5.0 tests=HTML_FONT_BIG,HTML_MESSAGE, NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Virus-Scanned: clamdscan / ClamAV version 0.60 X-Virus-Scanned: clamdscan / ClamAV version 0.60 X-Virus-Scanned: clamdscan / ClamAV version 0.60 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.97c-p1 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain X-Rcpt-To: Sender: owner-mad-mission-news@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Patty Griffin Impossible Dream ATO Records Fans looking for the literary depth of 2002's "1000 Kisses" or the rocking sensual edge of 1998's "Flaming Red" are in for a surprise in Patty Griffin's "Impossible Dream." She has traded both for the gauzy, studio reverberations and obtuse imagery of a world moving hesitantly toward an uncertain future. Although not as immediately captivating as her previous recordings, Miss Griffin's new songs give us yet another glimpse into the thinking of one of pop's deeper, more lyrical and expressive songwriters, one bent on reinventing herself with each successive foray into the studio. She has shown us the cafe singalong folk guitar slinger; she has shown us her torchy, bluesy side b complete with a ballad in Spanish b and she has blown us away with heart-pounding rock. In "Impossible Dream," Miss Griffin dwells almost completely in the mist of life's dark side. Her voice leads us through the long, thick, swirling horn-section chords and floats above sustained, ringing piano and organ notes in songs that paint sad scenes. After leading us through a world-beat-influenced opening track, purported to be inspired by author James Baldwin, Miss Griffin dives into a minor-key, folk-influenced lament titled "Cold as it Gets" in which she observes, "There's a million sad stories on this side of the road/strange how we all just got used to the blood." "Top of the World," with its melancholy melody and string arrangement, is typical. The protagonist shares his life's simple regrets in a song that gets its dynamics strictly from Miss Griffin's compelling vocal. Yet the simple melody of "Rowing Song" can get locked into a listener's mind as it drifts off at the end into the shifting chords of the horn section. Elsewhere, she takes us South in back-to-back songs with ambiguous religious allusions. "Florida" is a coming-of-age tale with some of the record's most memorable images:"Night wants to kiss you deep/be on his way/pretend he don't know you/very next day." "Mother of God" rings, literally, with more sustained piano and organ chords. They hang suspended in the air, appropriately like incense or a prayer, but they threaten to overwhelm Miss Griffin's soft introspective lyric. In "Icicles," the closing ballad, Miss Griffin offers a neat summary of the disc's underlying, if not intentional, theme: "I must confess there appears to be way more darkness than light." By Jay Votel