response 1 of 62:

Apr 23 21:14 UTC 1997

   ((( Spring Agora #53  <--->  Music #40 )))

response 3 of 62:

Apr 23 22:35 UTC 1997

  What's their lineup like these days and how're they in concert?
  I'm not a huge folk fan but I might be interested in seeing them
  if people can tell me confidently that they put on a good show..

response 5 of 62:

Apr 24 00:14 UTC 1997

$15 and I have an extra. (Since I bought one for me and one for Bruce,
and he, um, decided that he'd rather go for free. He's working it. At
least I think so. If you'd like, I'll be more clear about that by
tomorrow or Friday at the latest.) Oh, and Ticketmaster has a $1.75
surcharge on that.

Don't know exactly their lineup right now, though on the last recording
it was Gay Woods and Maddy Prior, Bob Johnson, Rick Kemp, Tim Harries,
and Liam Genockey -- Prior, Johnson, Kemp and Harries are the core of
what's been Steeleye for the last ten or more years, while Gay Woods
was in the original incarnation, and I've never heard of Liam Genockey.
On _Time_, which is the latest recording, they sound quite tight, and
the harmonies are better than I've heard in years. Of course, I wouldn't
care if they sounded totally crappy since I have NEVER heard them in
concert, and I have wanted to for over twenty years. They were the first
folk band that I ever fell in love with, and this is going to be soooooo
exciting! Check out _Time_ if you want a good idea of their current
style.

response 7 of 62:

Apr 24 00:40 UTC 1997

According to the rec.music.celtic site Ijust visited,
they sound really good. Gay Woods is still in the lineup,
but the person on bass was new. 

response 9 of 62:

Apr 24 03:09 UTC 1997

I got my tickets at Schoolkids tonight.  The service charge there 
is only $0.75.
 
On the Ark schedule:  Roberts/Barrand?  The House Band?  Maura O'Connell?
ack, I'll be at more Ark shows than I have been at all year.

response 11 of 62:

Apr 24 14:37 UTC 1997

Damn, that's probably the same night as the Historic District Commission.

response 13 of 62:

Apr 24 16:45 UTC 1997

From recent reviews on Usenet newsgroups, my impression is that most
Americans are pretty happy with current Steeleye Span shows, while 
some British writers aren't too impressed.  The Americans I know who 
saw the titanic Steeleye Span reunion festival in London back in 1995
were all quite pleased with it.
 
Twila, drummer Liam Gennocky has been with the band about as long as 
Tim Harries.  He's a much better drummer than Nigel Pegrum, who tended 
to play everything with the same thumpty-thump rhythm.
I couldn't find the Usenet item which said that Tim Harries wasn't 
with them on bass; if that is so, it could be because Harries also 
is in the Irish Christian folk-rock band Iona, and he might have had 
a conflict. 
 
Steeleye Span spent most of the 1980s as a nostalgia act, with varying 
degrees of success.  But the addition of Harries and Gennocky seem 
to have revitalized them, and going back 25 years to pick up a 
second woman vocalist, Gay Woods, was a masterstroke.  TIME, their 
current album, doesn't sound much like a stuffy museum piece at all.
There are a few tracks on it which are a bit too goopy for my tastes,
but "The Old Maid In The Garrett" is up their with the band's best work, 
and half a dozen other tracks certainly match their 70s standards.
 
I also read on Usenet that Maddy Prior has yet another solo CD out.
I'm hoping there will be copies for sale at the June gig.
Void, did you have any reaction to the Prior solo CD you borrowed?

response 15 of 62:

Apr 25 18:55 UTC 1997

I can probably get the loaner CD when I drop off the Steeleye CDs your 
roommate ordered.  No problem, no rush.

response 17 of 62:

Jun 12 03:49 UTC 1997

Just a reminder that the Ann Arbor Steeleye Span concert is 
Thursday night, June 12, at the Ark.  As of Tuesday there were still 
some tickets available at Schoolkids.  Bring earplugs, they'll probably 
be loud.  

response 19 of 62:

Jun 13 04:32 UTC 1997

We had a pretty good Grex turnout for the Steeleye Span show.
Twila & Bruce Price (anderyn & bru) and their children Gareth and 
Rhiannon; aruba; kami; void; werewolf; jiffer; and krj.  
The show was a sellout, and it's been a while since I saw so many 
happy middle-aged people.  

response 21 of 62:

Jun 13 07:58 UTC 1997

met void and werewolf after thej concert .. for her i think i am safe
in saying, for her, 'it was *worth* it!'  (and for void too, fwiw).
  
me, iw as out shooting the last (??) batch of hs grads, i think.

response 23 of 62:

Jun 13 16:59 UTC 1997

(Twila's review is item #48 in the music conference, for those reading 
this linked item in the Agora conference.)