From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V9 #186 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/PattyInConcertDB.php * 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 V8 #___ gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. * Also, PLEASE do not quote an entire digest when you reply to the * list. Edit out anything you are not referring to. mad-mission-digest Friday, September 30 2005 Volume 09 : Number 186 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: Boston Folk Festival Review in Wednesday's Boston Globe ["Luca, Josep] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:39:51 -0400 From: "Luca, Joseph \(EHS\)" Subject: MM: Boston Folk Festival Review in Wednesday's Boston Globe Howdy--- The review featured a (stock) photo of Patty, and focused on her performance. I'll paste in the article and link below. Ciao, Joe "Life in Lubbock, Texas taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in hell; the other is that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on Earth and you should save it for someone you love." - ---Butch Hancock Folk festival sticks to its roots and delivers well-rounded show By Sarah Tomlinson, Globe Correspondent | September 28, 2005 Its neighbor to the south, the Newport Folk Festival, got a hip makeover this year, with indie rock favorites the Pixies and Bright Eyes joining the lineup. But it was business as usual at the eighth annual Boston Folk Festival, held Saturday and Sunday on UMass-Boston's picturesque waterfront campus by the school's public-radio station, WUMB-FM (91.9).Although safety concerns about the school's crumbling parking garage meant organizers had to find other parking options and relocate several stages, they created a convenient four-venue setup that allowed audience members (roughly 3,000 each day) to see more than two dozen folk and bluegrass acts, and singer-songwriters.Sunday's headliner, Patty Griffin, held her audience rapt throughout a career-spanning hour-plus set, even as the sky darkened and the wind whipped up, causing people to huddle under blankets. The former Bostonian, who relocated to Austin a decade ago, quipped that she'd had to forego her cute stage outfit in order to combat the chilly weather. Instead, she showed off her supple, emotionally charged vocals and emphatic acoustic guitar on melancholy ballads and blues-drenched rockers. Her longtime backing guitarist Doug Lancio added wailing electric lines to her opening cover of Bessie Smith's ''Backwater Blues." Griffin threw herself into her guitar playing and vocals during ''Poor Man's House" and grew tender during the mournful ballad ''Long Ride Home" and the impassioned ''Let Him Fly," recorded in Boston. For her encore, she imbued old standard ''Moon River" with fresh feeling and elegance. Earlier, on the Field Stage, folk stalwart Janis Ian delivered a politically charged solo set highlighted by her noble, understated vocals and percussive guitar. Lori McKenna, everybody's favorite folk-singing soccer mom from Stoughton, was backed by two guitarists, including local folkie Mark Erelli. Her rootsy cover of Kasey Chambers's rousing lament about the current state of the world, ''Ignorance," drew cheers. While the Coffeehouse Stage and Fresh Folk Showcase offered intimate sets by up-and-coming artists, the Pavilion Stage, located waterside, showcased song swaps. Old-time originals Work O' the Weavers and folk humorists Modern Man featured upright bass, banjo, and keyboards on their cover of the classic ''The Lion Sleeps Tonight." Roots rockers Ollabelle and folk trio Redbird had too many members onstage to indulge fully in their collaboration, but did unfold pretty, countrified versions of each other's songs. ) Copyright 2005 Globe Newspaper Company. http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2005/09/28/folk_festival_sticks_to_its_roots_and_delivers_well_rounded_show/ ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V9 #186 *********************************