From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V9 #13 Reply-To: shindell-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk shindell-list-digest Monday, February 19 2007 Volume 09 : Number 013 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [RS] Shindell's new CD ["Geoff" ] Re: [RS] Shindell's new CD ["Kristen Myshrall" ] Re: [RS] Shindell's new CD [Adam Plunkett ] Re: [RS] Shindell's new CD ["Chris Foxwell" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:28:18 -0000 From: "Geoff" Subject: [RS] Shindell's new CD it seems the famous blue raincoat has been torn from Richard's shoulder and left on the studio floor ! This is the first time I have seen detail of the covers cd listed. (I have no connection with Fish Records.) Geoff - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- from Fish Records (UK): http://www.fishrecords.co.uk/reviews/southofdelia.htm Richard Shindell's superb new album 'South of Delia is released over next 3 weeks or so and we're now taking pre-orders for despatch on release (we expect to have stock around 12th March). Full review, track listing and samples below. 'South of Delia' is a Fish Records exclusive - - it's a self released album and we're the only retailer carrying the disc. - ------------------------------------------------- Richard Shindell - South of Delia #13.49 http://www.fishrecords.co.uk/reviews/southofdelia.htm While Richard Shindell is rightly considered one of the finest singer/songwriters of his generation, he's always had an eye (and ear) for great songs by other writers and has included songs in his live shows, placed the occasional cover on his albums and recorded the Cry Cry Cry disc with Lucy Kaplansky and Dar Williams which celebrated the songs of contemporary writers. South of Delia's 12 songs are drawn from a good mixture of sources including bona-fide legends (Dylan & Guthrie), excellent contemporary writers (Josh Ritter & Jeffrey Foucault) and there are a couple of "trad arrs" present to complete a thoughtful selection of tracks. His own songs may be missing, but his superb guitar playing, strong vocals and 'musicality' is very much present - his ear for an arrangement has always been very strong but 'Delia' represents a high watermark. The construction of the songs feels natural but it's obvious much love, time and effort has been put into the arrangements and production to achieve this balance. Richard's smooth and effortless guitar obviously dominates the disc, but there's a wide variety of instrumentation including electric guitar, strings, bass and percussion, plus there's some memorable backing vocals on many tracks. The list of musicians and guests is full of exceptional talent and includes Richard Thompson, Eliza Gilkyson, Larry Campbell, Lucy Kaplansky, Viktor Krauss and Tony Trischka. The choice of material is superb with a good mix of well known and more 'niche' songs, and there are many memorable tracks including AP Carters beautifully simple melody on 'The Storms are on the Ocean' and his reading of Springsteen's 'Born in the USA' which is anything but anthemic and really highlights the bitter and stinging hardship contained in the lyrics. For all the excellent songs, there are three real standouts; The Band's 'Acadian Driftwood' is a great piece of writing of the Great Expulsion of Acadia by the British Army in 1755, Shindell's reading is moving and full of feeling. 'Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)' is a Guthrie protest poem dealing with the crash of a plane carrying 28 illegal immigrant who were being deported back to Mexico, and the subsequent media coverage that referred to the dead workers only as "deportees", it's a powerful and moving song and the addition of Eliza Gilkyson on backing vocals really adds to the impact. The third of the three standouts is Scottish/Australian Harry Robertson's 'The Humpback Whale', although Richard's reading owes much to Nic Jones' version of the track from his 'Penguin Eggs' disc. It's a song about the thankfully almost eradicated practice of whale hunting and as a piece of social history songwriting it's a real tour de force; Richard's nylon strung guitar and the electric guitar of Richard Thompson create the drama the song deserves. 'South of Delia' is a superb disc; great songs and musicians and some of the classiest, most restrained and appropriate production you could wish for. Essential and not to be missed. Samples http://www.fishaudio.co.uk/audio5/acadiandriftwood.ram http://www.fishaudio.co.uk/audio5/thestormsareontheocean.ram http://www.fishaudio.co.uk/audio5/thehumpbackwhale.ram http://www.fishaudio.co.uk/audio5/texasrangers.ram http://www.fishaudio.co.uk/audio5/deportee.ram Track listing 1 Acadian Driftwood (Robbie Robertson) 2 Seqor (Tales of Yankee Power) (Bob Dylan) 3 The Humpback Whale (Harry Robertson) 4 Born in the USA (Bruce Springsteen) 5 Mercy Street (Peter Gabriel) 6 The Storms are On the Ocean (A.P. Carter) 7 Northbound 35 (Jeffrey Foucault) 8 Sitting On Top of the World (trad arr Shindell) 9 Texas Rangers (trad arr Shindell) 10 Deportee (Woody Guthrie) 11 Solo le Pido a Dios (Leon Gieco) 12 Lawrence, KS (Josh Ritter) Released around March 12th, we highly recommend pre-ordering to guarantee a copy from the first batch we receive. For those who have an outstanding pre-order with us for any disc (eg Lucy Kaplansky or Patty Griffin) and would like to order this album, please email or phone us prior to release (12 March 2007) and we will add Richard's disc to your order and ship out without any extra postage fees. - ------------------------------------------------- SHREWSBURY FOLK FESTIVAL 24-25-26-27 August 2007 http://www.shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk/ http://shrewsburyfolkfestival.blogspot.com/ Richard Shindell, Crooked Still, Kate Rusby, The Wailin' Jennys, Paul Brady, Bellowhead, Rod Picott, Show of Hands...full details on the festival website. - ------------------------------------------------- Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or queries. Thanks and best wishes Neil - ------------------------------------------------- Fish Records Suppliers of singer/songwriter, folk & acoustic music Shrewsbury, England neil@fishrecords.co.uk http://www.fishrecords.co.uk tel +44 (0) 1743 231546 fax +44 (0) 1743 354354 - ------------------------------------------------- ** email to mailer@fishrecords.co.uk to no longer be included on our new release list** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:47:55 -0500 From: "Kristen Myshrall" Subject: Re: [RS] Shindell's new CD Yay! Thanks for the info. I'm assuming since it's being released in the UK on March 12, that it will be released in the US on March 13th along with Lucy's new cd. That is perfect. I leave for my trip to South America (including Argentina!) late that evening and was hoping to have them both before I leave. No info on any other site yet though. - -Kristen On 2/19/07, Geoff wrote: > > it seems the famous blue raincoat has been torn > from Richard's shoulder and left on the studio floor ! > > This is the first time I have seen detail of the covers cd listed. > (I have no connection with Fish Records.) > Geoff ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:07:31 -0600 From: "kunigunda" Subject: Re: [RS] Shindell's new CD YAHOO! It's about time!!!! Now can someone please tell me the significance of the title -South of Delia-? Is Delia a woman's name, a town, a place? Is it a line from one of the songs? carrie in kc - -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.412 / Virus Database: 268.18.1/691 - Release Date: 2/17/2007 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:57:32 -0500 From: Adam Plunkett Subject: Re: [RS] Shindell's new CD South of Delia is a line from the Josh Ritter tune on the album I believe. The Fish Records site says that they are the exclusive seller (and says the CD is self-released). I wonder if that is anywhere or just for Europe. The album looks and sounds great! Adam On Feb 19, 2007, at 9:07 AM, kunigunda wrote: > YAHOO! It's about time!!!! Now can someone please tell me the > significance of the title -South of Delia-? Is Delia a woman's name, > a town, a place? Is it a line from one of the songs? > carrie in kc > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.412 / Virus Database: 268.18.1/691 - Release Date: > 2/17/2007 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:31:22 -0500 From: "Chris Foxwell" Subject: Re: [RS] Shindell's new CD Awesome, thanks for the details! I agree, the album sounds great, I can't wait to hear it. On 2/19/07, Geoff wrote: > > it seems the famous blue raincoat has been torn > from Richard's shoulder and left on the studio floor ! > > This is the first time I have seen detail of the covers cd listed. > (I have no connection with Fish Records.) > Geoff > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > from Fish Records (UK): > > http://www.fishrecords.co.uk/reviews/southofdelia.htm > > Richard Shindell's superb new album 'South of Delia is released over next > 3 > weeks or so and we're now taking pre-orders for despatch on release (we > expect to have stock around 12th March). > Full review, track listing and samples below. > 'South of Delia' is a Fish Records exclusive > - it's a self released album and we're the only retailer > carrying the disc. > ------------------------------------------------- > > Richard Shindell - South of Delia #13.49 > http://www.fishrecords.co.uk/reviews/southofdelia.htm > While Richard Shindell is rightly considered one of the finest > singer/songwriters of his generation, he's always had an eye (and ear) for > great songs by other writers and has included songs in his live shows, > placed the occasional cover on his albums and recorded the Cry Cry Cry > disc > with Lucy Kaplansky and Dar Williams which celebrated the songs of > contemporary writers. South of Delia's 12 songs are drawn from a good > mixture of sources including bona-fide legends (Dylan & Guthrie), > excellent > contemporary writers (Josh Ritter & Jeffrey Foucault) and there are > a couple of "trad arrs" present to complete a thoughtful selection of > tracks. > His own songs may be missing, but his superb guitar playing, strong vocals > and 'musicality' is very much present - his ear for an arrangement has > always been very strong but 'Delia' represents a high watermark. The > construction of the songs feels natural but it's obvious much love, time > and > effort has been put into the arrangements and production to achieve this > balance. > > > Richard's smooth and effortless guitar obviously dominates the disc, but > there's a wide variety of instrumentation including electric guitar, > strings, bass and percussion, plus there's some memorable backing vocals > on > many tracks. The list of musicians and guests is full of exceptional > talent > and includes Richard Thompson, Eliza Gilkyson, Larry Campbell, Lucy > Kaplansky, Viktor Krauss and Tony Trischka. The choice of material is > superb > with a good mix of well known and more 'niche' songs, and there are many > memorable tracks including AP Carters beautifully simple melody on 'The > Storms are on the Ocean' and his reading of Springsteen's 'Born in the > USA' > which is anything but anthemic and > really highlights the bitter and stinging hardship contained in the > lyrics. > > For all the excellent songs, there are three real standouts; The Band's > 'Acadian Driftwood' is a great piece of writing of the Great Expulsion of > Acadia by the British Army in 1755, Shindell's reading is moving and full > of > feeling. 'Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)' is a Guthrie protest poem > dealing with the crash of a plane carrying 28 illegal immigrant who were > being deported back to Mexico, and the subsequent media coverage that > referred to the dead workers only as "deportees", it's a powerful and > moving > song and the addition of Eliza Gilkyson on backing vocals really adds to > the > impact. > > > The third of the three standouts is Scottish/Australian Harry Robertson's > 'The Humpback Whale', > although Richard's reading owes much to Nic Jones' version of the track > from > his 'Penguin Eggs' disc. > It's a song about the thankfully almost eradicated practice of whale > hunting > and as a piece of social > history songwriting it's a real tour de force; Richard's nylon strung > guitar > and the electric guitar of > Richard Thompson create the drama the song deserves. > > 'South of Delia' is a superb disc; great songs and musicians and some of > the > classiest, most restrained > and appropriate production you could wish for. Essential and not to be > missed. > > Samples > http://www.fishaudio.co.uk/audio5/acadiandriftwood.ram > http://www.fishaudio.co.uk/audio5/thestormsareontheocean.ram > http://www.fishaudio.co.uk/audio5/thehumpbackwhale.ram > http://www.fishaudio.co.uk/audio5/texasrangers.ram > http://www.fishaudio.co.uk/audio5/deportee.ram > > Track listing > 1 Acadian Driftwood (Robbie Robertson) > 2 Seqor (Tales of Yankee Power) (Bob Dylan) > 3 The Humpback Whale (Harry Robertson) > 4 Born in the USA (Bruce Springsteen) > 5 Mercy Street (Peter Gabriel) > 6 The Storms are On the Ocean (A.P. Carter) > 7 Northbound 35 (Jeffrey Foucault) > 8 Sitting On Top of the World (trad arr Shindell) > 9 Texas Rangers (trad arr Shindell) > 10 Deportee (Woody Guthrie) > 11 Solo le Pido a Dios (Leon Gieco) > 12 Lawrence, KS (Josh Ritter) > > Released around March 12th, we highly recommend pre-ordering to guarantee > a > copy > from the first batch we receive. > > For those who have an outstanding pre-order with us for any disc (eg Lucy > Kaplansky or Patty Griffin) and would like to order this album, please > email > or phone us prior to release (12 March 2007) and we will add Richard's > disc > to your order and ship out without any extra postage fees. > ------------------------------------------------- > > SHREWSBURY FOLK FESTIVAL 24-25-26-27 August 2007 > http://www.shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk/ > http://shrewsburyfolkfestival.blogspot.com/ > > Richard Shindell, Crooked Still, Kate Rusby, The Wailin' Jennys, Paul > Brady, > Bellowhead, Rod Picott, Show of Hands...full details on the festival > website. > ------------------------------------------------- > > Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or queries. > > Thanks and best wishes > > Neil > > ------------------------------------------------- > Fish Records > Suppliers of singer/songwriter, folk & acoustic music > Shrewsbury, England > > neil@fishrecords.co.uk > http://www.fishrecords.co.uk > tel +44 (0) 1743 231546 > fax +44 (0) 1743 354354 > ------------------------------------------------- > > ** email to mailer@fishrecords.co.uk to no longer be included on our new > release list** > - -- "We were born in a dark age out of due time (for us). But there is this comfort: otherwise we should not know, or so much love, what we do love. I imagine the fish out of water is the only fish to have an inkling of water." - --J.R.R. Tolkien ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V9 #13 **********************************