From: owner-small-repairs-digest@smoe.org (small-repairs-digest) To: small-repairs-digest@smoe.org Subject: small-repairs-digest V5 #39 Reply-To: small-repairs@smoe.org Sender: owner-small-repairs-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-small-repairs-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk small-repairs-digest Thursday, March 15 2001 Volume 05 : Number 039 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [s-r] nsc Sarah Mclachlan ["asmackness" ] [s-r] First Review ? of new album ["Neil" ] [s-r] Another Review ? of new album ["Kevin Lofgren" ] [s-r] link to Border's Exclusive Edition ["Kevin Lofgren" Subject: [s-r] nsc Sarah Mclachlan Does anyone out there know of a similar list for Sarah McLachlan ??? If so please would they let me know the site name etc... Many Thanks Tony. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub scribe small-repairs' in the message body. FAQ & other info: http://www. tisd.net/~casey/shawn/small_repairs.html *REMEMBER* all posts not directly related to Shawn must have the tag 'NSC:' is their subject line - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 23:36:02 -0000 From: "Neil" Subject: [s-r] First Review ? of new album This is taken from the latest MOJO. I've adjusted the punctuation in the last paragraph as it didn't seem to make sense, but apart from that, this is what appeared. The author seems to like it ! (understatement) Whole New You Colvin's sixth album and first of original all-new material since 1996. And she plays Rachel Jordan in The Simpsons, too. Cool! Sometimes the Grammy voters get it spot on, and three gongs for Shawn Colvin 's A Few Small Repairs was no fluke. An album of story-songs where the confessional voice seemed to animate her various characters, it sounded as if demons were spurring on her muse with toasting forks. Five years, success and a baby have tamed the furies without, thankfully, blunting her edge. As a singer, the South Dakota-born, Ontario and Illinois-raised Colvin occupies a niche between pensive Sheryl Crow and pre-jazz Joni Mitchell: no histrionics but a telling, often moving restraint. Shawn never buttonholes; her songs sidle into your consciousness. So in early on the lulling, faintly unhinged reverie, Another Plane Went Down is the outstanding track. Ask again in two weeks and others will have worked their subtle magic. Ask in nine months and it'll be another album of the year. Written by Mat Snow The Grammys bit is wrong. It was 2 for AFSR and 1 for Steady On. UK release date is March 26th. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub scribe small-repairs' in the message body. FAQ & other info: http://www. tisd.net/~casey/shawn/small_repairs.html *REMEMBER* all posts not directly related to Shawn must have the tag 'NSC:' is their subject line - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 18:01:17 -0600 From: "Kevin Lofgren" Subject: [s-r] Another Review ? of new album An unfortunate review from Amazon.com: When Shawn Colvin's last album of original material, 1996's A Few Small Repairs, scored Grammys for Song and Record of the Year ("Sunny Came Home"), the singer found herself blessed with pop stardom--and the stifling curse of expectations. Colvin faced two choices: make a U-turn back to the acoustic folksiness of her late-'80s rise to prominence or brave the notoriously shifting currents of musical populism head on. She's chosen the latter tack here, but it often seems like more of showcase for her longtime songwriting partner and producer, John Leventhal. He frames her lyrics and radiant voice in slick, spacious productions that sometimes make Colvin seem uncomfortably like a session singer on her own album. Whatever fresh emotional insights she offers can't help but seem insulated in that context, making the hard-edged crash metaphors of "Another Plane Went Down," the world-weariness of her collaboration with Edie Brickell, "Roger Wilco," and the haunting "Mr. Levon" sound almost refreshing by contrast. Tellingly, the title track seems like a factory-tooled, hook-laden entry from crossover central--as comfortable and indistinguishable as anything found on either pop or contemporary country radio. It's not exactly Faith Hill, but it still feels like a long way from home. --Jerry McCulley - -----Original Message----- From: owner-small-repairs@smoe.org [mailto:owner-small-repairs@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Neil Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 5:36 PM To: small-repairs@smoe.org Subject: [s-r] First Review ? of new album This is taken from the latest MOJO. I've adjusted the punctuation in the last paragraph as it didn't seem to make sense, but apart from that, this is what appeared. The author seems to like it ! (understatement) Whole New You Colvin's sixth album and first of original all-new material since 1996. And she plays Rachel Jordan in The Simpsons, too. Cool! Sometimes the Grammy voters get it spot on, and three gongs for Shawn Colvin 's A Few Small Repairs was no fluke. An album of story-songs where the confessional voice seemed to animate her various characters, it sounded as if demons were spurring on her muse with toasting forks. Five years, success and a baby have tamed the furies without, thankfully, blunting her edge. As a singer, the South Dakota-born, Ontario and Illinois-raised Colvin occupies a niche between pensive Sheryl Crow and pre-jazz Joni Mitchell: no histrionics but a telling, often moving restraint. Shawn never buttonholes; her songs sidle into your consciousness. So in early on the lulling, faintly unhinged reverie, Another Plane Went Down is the outstanding track. Ask again in two weeks and others will have worked their subtle magic. Ask in nine months and it'll be another album of the year. Written by Mat Snow The Grammys bit is wrong. It was 2 for AFSR and 1 for Steady On. UK release date is March 26th. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub scribe small-repairs' in the message body. 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FAQ & other info: http://www. tisd.net/~casey/shawn/small_repairs.html *REMEMBER* all posts not directly related to Shawn must have the tag 'NSC:' is their subject line - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 18:02:30 -0600 From: "Kevin Lofgren" Subject: [s-r] link to Border's Exclusive Edition http://search.borders.com/fcgi-bin/db2www/search/search.d2w/Details?&mediaTy pe=Music&prodID=52178586 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub scribe small-repairs' in the message body. FAQ & other info: http://www. tisd.net/~casey/shawn/small_repairs.html *REMEMBER* all posts not directly related to Shawn must have the tag 'NSC:' is their subject line - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 18:52:20 -0800 From: jeer@juno.com Subject: [s-r] Whole new you amazon info Sorry if this is old news, but there are now sound clips from some WNY songs (Matter of Minutes, Bonefields, Whole New You, Nothing Like You, and Anywhere You Go) AND WNY is #38 for amazon sales list. Awesome!!!! Jenn 13 days 'til the new album!!!!!!!!! ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! 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