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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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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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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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