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krj
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Folk Music
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Sep 6 17:12 UTC 2001 |
This item is the Generic Folk Music Item in the Grex Folk Music Conference.
It's a bit of a catch-all, since we'll have carved out little specialty
items for things like British Folk or Continental European Folk or
Celtic Music from Islands North of Scotland.
We already have item:14 for arguing about "Defining Folk Music" so
maybe that argument can stay there.
This item continues from item #27 in the old music conference, music2
(item:music2,27).
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krj
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response 1 of 40:
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Sep 6 17:16 UTC 2001 |
The first thing I need to put in here is the rather breathless
announcement that the concert film DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN is playing
the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor on Saturday, September 8. This
seems to be a one-night engagement.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN is a movie of the Ryman Auditorium (Nashville) concert
given by the musicians who performed in the film O BROTHER, WHERE ART
THOU. According to the NPR story on the film which we heard back in
June, the late John Hartford is supposed to be the star.
According to Current magazine, other performers include Emmylou Harris,
Ralph Stanley, Alison Krauss, the Fairfield Four, and Gillian Welch.
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cmcgee
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response 2 of 40:
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Sep 8 17:38 UTC 2001 |
Breathlessly I announce that this thing shows at 4:30 PM. THIS AFTERNOON.
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krj
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response 3 of 40:
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Sep 8 21:39 UTC 2001 |
((I'm home with a bad cold. Hope it's better tomorrow; I think there is
a Sunday 4:30 showing as well.))
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remmers
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response 4 of 40:
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Sep 10 02:40 UTC 2001 |
Indeed there was a 4:30 showing Sunday, and I was there. Spotted Ken
there as well. Very well-attended; rather long line at the box office.
Extremely enjoyable. John Hartford's fiddle+vocal version of "Big
Rock Candy Mountain" was alone worth the price of admission.
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krj
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response 5 of 40:
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Sep 10 03:14 UTC 2001 |
I'm not sure what more I can add, other than complaining about the
point that only one of the three? reels seemed to be correctly hooked
up to the house stereo. Argh.
Anyway, yeah, it made me regret all the times I missed seeing John Hartford
at the Ark. I was surprised to realize that I saw Colin Linden --
playing second guitar and harmony vocals with Chris Thomas King --
at the Ark at some point, opening for somebody; I can't remember when
this was, though.
The size of the crowd startled me; it's not often I've seen the Michigan
Theater so full for a movie. When MOUNTAIN was booked for just two
afternoon showings, I figured it wasn't drawing well, so I was quite
pleased at the turnout. (The original O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU
soundtrack is now up to two million copies sold, which is rather
amazing for a collection of oldtime country & bluegrass music.)
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cmcgee
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response 6 of 40:
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Sep 10 14:01 UTC 2001 |
The Saturday afternoon show was a sellout too.
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krj
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response 7 of 40:
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Oct 9 05:06 UTC 2001 |
Elderly lists a bunch more yummy CDs -- voices from the past...
The Horseflies release appears to be a new recording:
"Two Traditions: Balafon, Banjo, Fiddle and Drum."
The blurb says: The Horseflies and friends mix African and Cuban percussion
with American old-time music. Maybe... the last Horseflies live album
didn't do much for me, I preferred the Bubba George String Band.
There's a new compilation of John Hartford's earliest albums,
the ones on the RCA label which have never been issued on CD.
And, at long last, Judy Collins has herself released a 2-fer disc
with her first two studio albums on it, "A Maid of Constant Sorrow"
and "The Golden Apples Of The Sun."
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happyboy
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response 8 of 40:
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Oct 9 10:59 UTC 2001 |
i wonder about the horseflies release, as far as how recent
the recording is as their bass player died a couple of years
ago...how is the hartfor stuff? the rca material is what i
grew up with.
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krj
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response 9 of 40:
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Oct 9 22:29 UTC 2001 |
I don't have any of those items described in resp:7 yet, and I'm not
sure when I will. But I thought you might want to know they were out.
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cmcgee
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response 10 of 40:
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Oct 26 15:12 UTC 2001 |
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN is showing again at the Michigan Theater on Sunday
October 28. Showtimes 4:45, 7:15, 9:30
If you missed it last time, it's worth a special effort to be there day after
tomorrow: THIS SUNDAY
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krj
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response 11 of 40:
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Mar 31 19:18 UTC 2002 |
Michelle Shocked played the Ark in July 2001, and at the time
the word was that her new album DEEP NATURAL would be out in October.
It's finally out this Tuesday, according to this review from the
Los Angeles Times:
http://www.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-Music-X!ArticleDetail-5
4851,00.html
(sorry the URL is wrapped)
In an interview I read on the web somewhere after last summer's concert,
Michelle said she was not opposed to reissues of the 4 limited-edition
CDs she put out after her split with Mercury Records. But she wanted a
"real" record company to do it, she didn't want to be her own record
company. The Times review, however, says that Michelle's new album
is on her own new label, Mighty Sound; perhaps she'll be willing to
reissue the limited edition stuff now.
It sounds like the DUB NATURAL cd she was selling at last summer's
concert is packaged as the second disc of the DEEP NATURAL album.
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cmcgee
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response 12 of 40:
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Mar 31 23:34 UTC 2002 |
Gordon Lightfoot at the Michgan Theater April 27.
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krj
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response 13 of 40:
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Mar 31 23:42 UTC 2002 |
Let me guess, somebody's excited about Gordon Lightfoot. :)
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eeyore
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response 14 of 40:
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Apr 1 01:16 UTC 2002 |
And this is a problem...why? :)
I'd like to see him one of these days...but this year isn't it. I'm already
doing 8 concerts in 7 weeks.
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dbratman
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response 15 of 40:
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Apr 2 00:34 UTC 2002 |
I've heard virtually nothing about Michelle Shocked since everybody (it
seemed) in ALPS dropped her in order to run after the Cowboy Junkies.
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scott
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response 16 of 40:
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May 20 23:31 UTC 2002 |
Some people here claim to be fans of "Great Big Sea", right? Anyway, I was
watching CBC News last night and there was a commercial for an upcoming GBS
television concert on CBC (channel 9 here in SE Michigan). Fans might want
to check their TV Guides.
(I thought they looked like N'Sync with acoustic guitars, myself. ;) )
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eeyore
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response 17 of 40:
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May 21 03:17 UTC 2002 |
I think it's June 2nd, but I'm not entirely sure.
Is that Channel 9 cable?
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scott
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response 18 of 40:
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May 21 12:14 UTC 2002 |
Channel 9 broadcast. I don't know what cable channel it would be.
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eeyore
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response 19 of 40:
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May 21 22:13 UTC 2002 |
I'll have to do some looking....and now that I think about it, I think that
I'm mixing the daye up with a concert I'm going to.
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scott
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response 20 of 40:
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May 21 22:56 UTC 2002 |
Ah, here we go, courtesty of http://www.cbc.ca :
Sunday 2/6/2002
20:00 21:00 Great Big Sea Live
Now it's an issue of deciphering the Candian date and time formats, so I went
to my usual TV listings site, http://www.zap2it.com and looked at June 2nd.
Um. Not much listed at all, for any channels. Oh well, it's probably 9:00pm
on Sunday, June 6th.
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ea
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response 21 of 40:
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May 21 22:57 UTC 2002 |
CBC is Channel 21 on Cable (see? Hockey fans CAN be useful! :) )
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eeyore
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response 22 of 40:
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May 22 00:51 UTC 2002 |
YEAH!!!!! Thanks! :)
Of course, I'm going to a concert that day....but that's what VCR's with
timers are all abou!!!!!
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mcnally
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response 23 of 40:
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May 23 19:28 UTC 2002 |
Seems like as Newfoundlanders they should start their concert on a
half hour, rather than on the hour..
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dbratman
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response 24 of 40:
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May 25 00:24 UTC 2002 |
What's on the half-hour to them is on the hour to us, so perhaps they
do ...
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