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Edit out anything you are not referring to. mad-mission-digest Tuesday, October 7 2003 Volume 07 : Number 251 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: Sun- Bluegrass Festival [Danalee7@comcast.net] MM: Globe Review ["Luca, Joseph" ] MM: Carnegie Hall Preview, Food, Drinks [jmphlbat@comcast.net] MM: Philadelphia Inquirer Review [jmphlbat@comcast.net] MM: Re-weeding the Strawberry show now... [Russ Nordmeyer Subject: MM: Globe Review Howdy--- Here's a review of Saturday's show from today's Boston Globe. Ciao, Joe A perfect alignment of four folk stars By Tom Kielty, Globe Correspondent, 10/6/2003 Mary Chapin-Carpenter, Shawn Colvin, Dar Williams, and Patty Griffin At: the Wang Center, Friday Their reputations as individual artists are all impressive. On Friday evening at the Wang Center, however, the independent achievements of Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shawn Colvin, Patty Griffin, and Dar Williams were nearly overshadowed by the distinct and genuine sense of camaraderie that permeated their performance. It's a good thing they all brought such great song selections, as well as generous contributions to each other's choices, or their collective love vibe might have stolen the show. Seated four across, each with a guitar within reach, the singers were introduced by Chapin Carpenter as "the singer/songwriter version of `The View.' " At times their gabbing did bring to mind the Barbara Walters talk show, if only for the fact that these women's spontaneous and offbeat chatter (at one point they pondered the timeless question, "Would a Red Sox World Championship bring about world peace or the apocalypse?") was so intelligent and humorous it made their television counterparts seem amateurish. Which was simply an added pleasure to their gorgeous playing and harmonizing. They performed a "Guitar Pull," which Chapin Carpenter explained was simply an evening when friends in a circle each performed a favorite song, with the others contributing along the way. The roundabout began with Chapin Carpenter performing the Johnny Cash classic, "I Still Miss Someone." One by one the others added their voices until the song culminated in a wonderful chorus of distinct voices. Over the nearly 2 1/2-hour show, the singers delighted a sold-out audience with favorites from their individual careers, new songs being readied for forthcoming albums, and a few tasty covers. The first self-penned song to gain immediate recognition was Colvin's "Trouble." Delivered with no noticeable contributions from the others, it was a powerhouse, only to be topped by Griffin's jazzy take on the traditional sounding "Tomorrow Night." Performed as a rural torch song, it was the first of many songs to mesmerize the impressively attentive fans. Williams stepped it up with "Mercy of the Fallen," a midtempo folk rocker that found the singer's voice and guitar in perfect harmony. Following some group fashion chatter that somehow morphed into Colvin giving an anecdote from a Neil Young biography, she then led the four into Young's "Tell Me Why." With Chapin Carpenter and Colvin true to the song's guitar parts, the singers' voices united, sounding like the wonderful feminine counter to Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. A distinctly local flavor lent itself to the proceedings, delighting the assembled. Williams and Griffin each shared tales littered with familiar references, and Colvin thanked local college radio stations WMBR (MIT) and WERS (Emerson) for being among the first in the nation to play her songs. Even Chapin Carpenter, the only artist without discernible ties to the region, got into the act by showing the "risque" item she had purchased that day on Newbury Street; a T-shirt bearing the familiar anti-Yankees slogan. After finishing their set, the foursome emerged once more, singing an equally funny and fantastically arranged version of the Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way." At that point, all four seemed hesitant to leave the stage, so Chapin Carpenter simply asked if the group had time left before the venue's performance curfew. Told that they did, they sat back down and leaped into one more round, spreading more of that love vibe. By this point, it was contagious. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 16:34:10 +0000 From: jmphlbat@comcast.net Subject: MM: Carnegie Hall Preview, Food, Drinks As a few people have inquired, I tried to find a good place in the area of Carnegie Hall for everyone to meet at. The best place that I could find is a bar called Kennedy's which is located at 327 West 57th St. This is 1 and 1/2 blocks from Carnegie Hall. Depending on what everyone wants to do we can: Get a private room and have a meal before hand which would be $24.50 plus tax and tip per person. This would include soup, salad, choice of Chicken Ireland, Roast Beef or Stuffed Flounder, veggies coffee or tea. Drinks would be extra. My wife just came back from a show in NY last month and they ate there in a group of 125 and said it was good. or we can just meet up there or some other bar. I know that I will be driving in from Philadelphia that afternoon and will be hungry so I will have to eat somewhere. I know the group so far is about 15 to 20 so let me know who is coming and what would be best for everyone. If we went for the private room I will need to know a number by the 15th to make the reservation and deposit. Thanks Murph ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 18:07:40 +0000 From: jmphlbat@comcast.net Subject: MM: Philadelphia Inquirer Review From todays Philadelphia Inquirer Ladies, start your guitars, Four played, and the winner was... It would be pointless, pandering, and perhaps even unprofessional to reduce the Keswick Theatre's Saturday-night gathering of first-rate female singer-songwriters to a competitive event. So, let's get started Mary Chapin Carpenter- the bills best know participant, with a name up on Shawn Colvin, Patty Griffin and Catie Curtis- organized the evening as a "guitar pull" The foursome sat on stage in a row for 2 1/2 hours took turn playing songs on acoustic guitar. Their roles emerged immediately: Carpenter was in charge; Curtis, charming, Colvin; High Maintance and the non-C name non-earth-tone-wearing Griffin, Creative Little Sister. Griffin carried this category with Flaming Lips "Waiting for Superman"- then switched to originals. Only Colvin stuck to old material. Curtis' "Saint Mary (Lucy)squeaked by Griffin's set-ending "icicles Falling" for best new work, but Carpenter's "Girls Like Me" also moved the applause-o-meter. The three new song shone in a set list short of hits. The women generally didn't collaborate. Each introduced a song to the capacity crowd and played it alone. The others sometimes harmonized quietly - unburdened by arrangements or rehearsal- but often did not. And despite Colvin's seeming a little too pleased that Curtis subbed for Dar Williams on the date, no one acted the patter category. Griffin placed the winning punches. She broke the evening's strum and hum vibe for the only time by tearing through "Flaming Red" and closed the night with a haunting, fully harmonized "Mary". She didn't always make perfect sense when she spoke, she flubbed a few songs and she even poked fun at gentle Glenside. But on a pleasent night shy of a knockout, it was Griffin by decision. Fred Beckley, For the Inquirer Murph ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 17:25:51 -0700 From: Russ Nordmeyer Subject: MM: Re-weeding the Strawberry show now... Hey folks, I got my copy via the US post today (thanks, Tom!), so I'm ready to offer it up to the first 5 folks who email me. Please include your mailing address /w request for the discs offline, and let me know if you have burning capabilities or not. Thanks! Russ ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V7 #251 *********************************