From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V2 #54 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 Tuesday, May 2 2000 Volume 02 : Number 054 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [RS] Lucy K's approach to it... [Timothy Bruce ] [RS] FW: Lucy K's approach to it... [Timothy Bruce ] [RS] review [Lee Wessman ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 09:04:23 -0500 From: Timothy Bruce Subject: [RS] Lucy K's approach to it... In a review of her 4/6/2000 show in Albany, Peter Hanson opened by quoting Lucy: "Early in her Saturday night show at the Eighth Step, folksinger Lucy Kaplansky noted the irony of performing "The Angels Rejoiced," written by the Louvin Brothers. "Gospel bluegrass is one of my favorite things to sing, which is strange, because I'm a nice Jewish girl," she said cheerfully. "I feel a little guilty singing it--especially in a church--but what the hell." Kaplansky's willingness to follow her muse in unexpected directions has been the driving force in her singular career...." ETimothy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 09:23:15 -0500 From: Timothy Bruce Subject: [RS] FW: Lucy K's approach to it... seems the first part of this got disappeared!... - ---------- From: Timothy Bruce Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 9:04 AM To: 'Shindell's List' Subject: Lucy K's approach to it... lisa loquacious wrote: However, I have some relatively earnest jewish friends, and I kind of regret the prevailing references to jesus in richard's songs, because I have to feel that this will put them off....I just listened to shades of blue, shades of grey, and I really like it and more to the point it would have been just the thing to play these friends, had it not been the "going to jesus" aspect of it. Obviously not a problem for Lucy! What has she had to say about this, anyway? In a review of her 4/6/2000 show in Albany, Peter Hanson opened by quoting Lucy: "Early in her Saturday night show at the Eighth Step, folksinger Lucy Kaplansky noted the irony of performing "The Angels Rejoiced," written by the Louvin Brothers. "Gospel bluegrass is one of my favorite things to sing, which is strange, because I'm a nice Jewish girl," she said cheerfully. "I feel a little guilty singing it--especially in a church--but what the hell." Kaplansky's willingness to follow her muse in unexpected directions has been the driving force in her singular career...." ETimothy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 11:08:39 -0400 From: tigerboy20@juno.com Subject: [RS] Richard's Review In the NY Times! A Rave! Hello Everyone: Hey. What a pleasant surprise this morning when I'm looking through the New York Times and I find a glowing review of Richard's show last week at The Bottom Line. You can read it for yourself here: http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/arts/shindell-music-review.html I suspect the link won't work unless you register first, but maybe you want to do that anyway. If not, somewhere down the road, it would not surprise me if the review gets posted to the list - but this correspondent is afraid of the wrath of The New York Time's lawyers - as this material must be covered by some kind of copyright. Anyway, its a great review, where Ann Powers begins by saying " OK, maybe he is the best" in the very first sentence. She also loves his band - and suggests that Richard try to keep them - and even hopes that Richard and the band might someday make a TV appearance on "Sessions At West 54th". From her lips to God's ears! See ya... Tigerboy ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 12:03:17 -0400 From: Vanessa Wills Subject: Re: [RS] Richard's Review In the NY Times! A Rave! Thanks for the heads-up, Tigerboy! For those of you who get it, the review is also on page E3 of today's NY Times, in the Arts section. It really is a great write-up for the man, as was RockinRon's. Great to see him getting all this good ink! :-) Peace, Vanessa tigerboy20@juno.com wrote: > Hello Everyone: > > Hey. What a pleasant surprise this morning when I'm looking through > the New York Times and I find a glowing review of Richard's show last > week at The Bottom Line. You can read it for yourself here: > > http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/arts/shindell-music-review.html > > I suspect the link won't work unless you register first, but maybe you > want > to do that anyway. If not, somewhere down the road, it would not surprise > me if the review gets posted to the list - but this correspondent is > afraid of > the wrath of The New York Time's lawyers - as this material must be > covered > by some kind of copyright. > > Anyway, its a great review, where Ann Powers begins by saying " OK, maybe > he > is the best" in the very first sentence. She also loves his band - and > suggests > that Richard try to keep them - and even hopes that Richard and the band > might > someday make a TV appearance on "Sessions At West 54th". From her lips > to God's ears! > > See ya... Tigerboy > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. - -- "You told me again you preferred handsome men; but for me, you would make an exception." --Leonard Cohen, "Chelsea Hotel No. 2" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 10:03:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Karl Young Subject: [RS] Richard's Review In the NY Times! A Ra > > Hello Everyone: > > Hey. What a pleasant surprise this morning when I'm looking through > the New York Times and I find a glowing review of Richard's show last > week at The Bottom Line. You can read it for yourself here: > > http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/arts/shindell-music-review.html > > I suspect the link won't work unless you register first, but maybe > you want to do that anyway. Not only do you need to be registered, but this link won't work tomorrow. > If not, somewhere down the road, it would not surprise me if the > review gets posted to the list - but this correspondent is afraid of > the wrath of The New York Time's lawyers - as this material must be > covered by some kind of copyright. > Dann the lawyers, full speed ahead. I didn't see anything on the page that said I couldn't repost it, and it really should be read by all the die-hard Richard fans here. -karl Richard Shindell: A Shaker-Style Voice, With Songs to Match By ANN POWERS Occasionally an artist has a night that makes even skeptics think, "O.K., maybe he is the best." Richard Shindell achieved this on Thursday at the Bottom Line. The essentials all fell into place -- his set list highlighted only strengths, his voice never wavered and his band flawlessly accentuated his songs. The inevitable folkie moment, the trite joke or earnest comment that demands a cringe, never arrived. What does it mean to say a singer-songwriter is the best? It's pointless, given folk's idiosyncrasies. High standards can be a handicap; a little shagginess combats dull gentility. Mr. Shindell is so literary that his ballads would go straight into The New Yorker if they were prose. Such skill can often be deadening. But Mr. Shindell demonstrates an invaluable gift as a songwriter: a genuine absence of ego. His most idyllic lyrics do not feel forced because he tempers their poeticism with a conversational tone. Characters like an immigration officer grilling a suspect or a nun changing a tire can express profundities because they have a plain side, too. The combination gains depth through his artfully straightforward baritone, the vocal equivalent of Shaker furniture. His melodies are just as beautifully unadorned. Mr. Shindell's humility allows for ambition. Like two other "best" singer-songwriters, Bruce Springsteen and Lucinda Williams, he dwells on big, often difficult moments in the lives of ordinary people. By staying with them even as he flies into metaphor, he maintains equanimity. His extra vibrancy on Thursday came from a band that he should try to keep. It might be impossible because its anchor is Larry Campbell, a guitarist in Bob Dylan's constantly touring troupe. Mr. Campbell's contributions on guitar, bouzouki and mandolin were as modestly stunning as Mr. Shindell's songs. The bassist, Lincoln Schliefer, and the drummer, Dennis McDermott, provided the rich, dark hues that lent nuance to the landscape. This ensemble plays on Mr. Shindell's new album, "Somewhere Near Paterson" (Signature Records), which is reason enough to buy it on sight. If he could grab a slot on a television show like "Sessions at West 54th Street" with this ensemble, he might become a better-known "best." ________________________________________________________________________________ Things to do today: Inhale Exhale ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 09:55:28 -0800 From: Lee Wessman Subject: [RS] review Atta boy, Karl! I was just about to post the review myself. Essentially, I see it as little more than clipping a story and passing it around among friends, and I'm certain the reviewer and her editors would feel the same way. The lawyers, on the other hand, might get picky. But hey, we'll take up a fund for your defense. - --lee ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V2 #54 **********************************