From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V7 #20 Reply-To: mad-mission@smoe.org Sender: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk * If you ever wish to unsubscribe, send an email to * mad-mission-digest-request@smoe.org * with ONLY the word unsubscribe in the body of the email * . * For the latest information on Patty's tour dates, go to: * http://www.pattygriffin.net/PattyInConcert.html * OR * go to http://www.atorecords.com * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: mad-mission-digest V6 #___ gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. mad-mission-digest Monday, January 20 2003 Volume 07 : Number 020 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: MM: Dixie New Orleans song. I think you mean... [Johnny U ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 10:22:55 -0800 (PST) From: Johnny U Subject: Re: MM: Dixie New Orleans song. I think you mean... More than likely, what you are talking about is "Copenhagen" by the Bad Livers and Patty Griffin. It was on the NEWTON BOYS soundtrack. If I'm wrong let me know. :-) John ===== "Heh heh, feelin' stupid? I know I am!!!" - Homer Simpson Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 11:28:27 -0800 (PST) From: David T Subject: MM: Article in Ann Arbor News newspaper about Patty Griffin I've copied below an article from the local Ann Arbor News newspaper. The article is to promote Patty Griffin headlining the AA Folk Festival -- the Friday show is still not sold out. Patty talks about her feelings about the Grammy nomination and also comments on Silver Bell and 1000 Kisses. The url is http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/aanews/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/features-0/1042974651252550.xml ... - ------------- A kiss from Grammy Singer Patty Griffin, who appears at Folk Festival, is ambivalent about nomination of album '1000 Kisses' Sunday, January 19, 2003 BY KEVIN RANSOM News Special Writer Year in and year out, the coolest grouping in the Grammy Awards is the category for best contemporary folk album. In the last few years, that category has been populated by the all-world likes of Bob Dylan, John Prine, Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Johnny Cash, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Tom Waits. Two weeks ago, when Patty Griffin's "1000 Kisses" album was nominated in that category, she was joining some fairly rarefied company. But Griffin, who headlines the Friday lineup at the Ann Arbor Folk Festival, says she's ambivalent about the honor. "I'm not really too crazy about the whole competition thing," says Griffin by phone from her home in Austin, Texas. "I remember what Humphrey Bogart once said about the Oscars: 'If you're going to have a competition, we should all play the same role.' "But anything that can draw attention to the work of Johnny Cash and Steve Earle" - two of her co-nominees this year - "and give them a tip of the hat, I'm all for it." This year, the Folk Festival has cleaved into two nights - Friday and Saturday - at the Michigan Theater. That's because the larger Hill Auditorium, the festival's usual home, is presently in the middle of an expensive facelift. Typically, the festival lasts about five hours. But instead of just splitting that into two 2 1/2-hour blocks, the festival is presenting a full lineup each night. Saturday's show is sold out, but tickets remain available for Friday. As always, the festival is the primary fund-raiser for The Ark, Ann Arbor's premier (and non-profit) acoustic-music club. Joining Griffin for Friday's lineup are: Australian guitarist Jeff Lang; up-and-coming singer-songwriter Jeffrey Gaines; the eclectic folk-jazz-blues mix of Erin McKeown; the "acoustic mayhem" of the Waybacks; the Americana-friendly songwriting of Josh Ritter; Northern Michigan's Seth Bernard and his whimsical tunes; and Billy Jonas, known for his singalongs and what he calls his "industrial re-purcussions." Running the show Friday are Nerissa and Katryna Nields of the acclaimed roots-pop band The Nields. Saturday's sold-out show includes Taj Mahal, Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Patty Larkin. Dave Siglin, The Ark's artistic director, says he has actually wanted to split the festival into two nights for the last several years - and that the festival will continue to be a two-day event even after Hill's construction is completed. "There's a certain tenor to the festival that people have come to expect, and if we deviate from that, we would get complaints," says Siglin. "Like, we'd hear that 'so-and-so is too loud,' or we'd have students say, 'Doc Watson is too old and boring.' "From where I sit they're both wrong," asserts Siglin. "But having it on two nights allows us to book the more adventurous acts on Friday, and the more traditional acts on Saturday." And the Friday-night acts will probably skew to a younger audience, with Griffin leading the way. The acclaim earned by "1000 Kisses" is even more satisfying in light of the fact that the last album Griffin cut, "Silver Bell" was shelved by her label, A&M, when the label became one of the casualties of the massive Polygram/Universal merger in 2000. (Her previous releases were "Living with Ghosts" in '96 and "Flaming Red" in '98.) Looking back, she says, it's just as well. "Silver Bell" was a plugged-in, more "produced" pop-folk disc. Since it was recorded for a major label - where the number-one concern is always the elusive hit single - she and her producer found themselves second-guessing their instincts during the "Silver Bell" sessions. "That was definitely a consideration during the recording - us wondering how the record company would perceive it. That's not a comfortable place to work from." So, she says, "I'm happy that it didn't come out when it did. I'm happy I got a chance to do a record like '1000 Kisses"' - which is a more muted affair, with Griffin's plaintive, moderately twangy vocals nestled into a warm, comfy bed of acoustic guitars, cello, mandolin and keyboards. "'Silver Bell' didn't have the same kind of emotional pull that '1000 Kisses' has. If it had come out, I don't think it would have had the impact that '1000 Kisses' has had," she says, referring to the glowing reviews that the disc received from all of the major music magazines. "It's all about the audience," asserts Griffin, who emerged from the Boston and Cambridge folk scenes in the early 1990s. "I see it all working in a mysterious but natural way - the right things tend to find their way to the audience for that time that they're in. After being a musician for so many years, you learn pretty quickly that if something isn't working out, and you're banging your head against the wall, if you let it go, something else comes along that takes you were you need to be." "1000 Kisses" is indeed a powerful, emotionally resonant album - but in a simple, understated way that takes advantage of Griffin's vocal restraint. The thread that connects these songs is an unstated but obvious sense of emotional isolation. Griffin agrees: "I think there's a feeling of loneliness that runs through these songs - the characters all seem to be alone, at least from their point of view." That's even true of the album's cover songs - Bruce Springsteen's "Stolen Car," Lonnie Johnson's 1948 R&B hit "Tomorrow Night" and the Tejano ballad "Mil Besos." "1000 Kisses" is on the independent ATO label, which is known for not interfering with its artists. In fact, Griffin told her manager not to approach record labels until the disc was recorded and sequenced. "We handed it in with the songs in the same order they appear on the final product," she says. Griffin is all too happy to be with an independent label, where an artist can be more concerned with long-term career growth than in conjuring up a single that will be the flavor of the month. "It's really difficult to not second-guess yourself when you're a new artist on a major label," she says. "Bob Dylan can do whatever he wants because he's Bob Dylan - and that's why his records are so beautiful. "But when you sign to a major label after waiting tables for six years, and you've been poor, it's really easy to devote all of your time to figuring out what other people want - and it's easy to slide into the mindset where you make other people the boss." Writer and music critic Kevin Ransom can be reached at KevRansom@msn.com. New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: 19 Jan 2003 11:38:08 -1000 From: amye6 Subject: MM: Look,my beautiful girl friend ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V7 #20 ********************************