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micklpkl
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response 121 of 124:
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Dec 23 19:08 UTC 2004 |
Although I haven't heard the entire album/CD, I have heard a couple of
tracks played on the BBC Radio Wales programme, "Celtic Heartbeat". I
recorded "Sleeping Bear, Sault Saint Marie" off of that show, and I
catch myself wanting to hear it quite a bit. The music is minimalistic,
at least on this track, and the vocals are a bit quiet and airy in
spots. Frank Hennessy, the host of the Radio Wales show, has mentioned
that he doesn't know what to make of Sufjan Stevens --- at times, he
said, it feels like Stevens is just noodling around (paraphrase, mine).
Hennessy has also said that Stevens' "Greetings from Michigan..." is the
first of 50 albums planned, one for each of the states in the USA.
One of Sufjan Stevens' other songs, called "In the Devil's Territory"
was played on the Celtic Heartbeat currently in the BBC replay system.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radiowales_aod.shtml?celticheartbeat for
the curious (and Realplayer-enabled).
I would probably buy this disc based on what I've heard, if it were in
my budget.
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krj
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response 122 of 124:
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Jan 31 03:58 UTC 2005 |
Vague notes from this afternoon's ramble through the wreckage of
CD retail in downtown Ann Arbor:
I found the used copy of Lhasa's new album THE LIVING ROAD.
I'd seen this in the intake pile at Encore three or so weeks ago,
but today it took a bit of time to figure out where they would have
filed it, as Lhasa is Mexican-Canadian and sort of folky.
I finally found the disc in the Rock section, where no one but a
FRoots magazine reader would ever have had the persistence to
look for it. Lhasa's album was one of the four finalists in
FRoots/BBC Radio3 Critic's Poll for Album of the Year.
At Schoolkids-in-the-Basement, there was a new Matt Watroba CD,
with one of their handwritten notes reporting that Katie Geddes was
the perfect singing partner for Watroba. The title is JUKEBOX FOLK.
Katie, if you read this: how many tracks do you sing on?
Martha Wainwright, brother of Rufus, has a 5-song EP out, but
the store had sold out of it. There is a new French-language
release from Kate & Anna McGarrigle; a bit pricey at $21 but on the
other hand the Canadian dollar has rallied quite a bit so it might
not be *that* overpriced.
I did pick up the new DVD "Richard Thompson Band Live in Providence"
for $13 ($6 less than the new UK issues of the classic 1970s Thompson
albums, which have some bonus tracks I'm whining over) and The Ditty Bops.
The new Current magazine is out, the local entertainment tabloid with a
folk music column from Twila/anderyn. There's a gig listing for the
Joe Summers Gypsy Jazz Trio: Crazy Wisdom, Saturday Feb. 12.
This looks like a reconfiguration of Summers Delaney and Sharp, the local
trio which played Django Reinhardt-style jazz a few years back. I saw them
around three times at Borders and Crazy Wisdom, and they were always
a delight. Dave Sharp also has his own Quartet with a gig at Goodnight
Gracie.
I have no idea what became of Delaney. The old Summers Delaney Sharp
website is gone.
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bmoran
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response 123 of 124:
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Feb 22 21:54 UTC 2005 |
Brian Delaney's band is the Royal Garden Trio; gypsy style music with Brian on
guitar, Mike (sombody or other) playing the fiddle parts on cello, and I
forget his name on clarinet and tenor guitar. The first disk came out a few
years ago, and has gotten a bit of air on WDET. Last I heard, the newest was
due out very soon, or is out now!
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krj
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response 124 of 124:
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Jun 2 16:44 UTC 2005 |
We were mentioning the Joe Summers Gypsy Jazz Trio above; they have
a Top of the Park free show near the end of June.
As Michelle Shocked has an Ark show coming up on July 1, I took a
peek at her website. She's been busy with her own record company,
Mighty Sound.
She's completed the project of reissuing all her Mercury-label
albums with bonus tracks. She's also reissued two of the three
limited-edition CDs she sold at gigs while she was trying to
break free of Mercury: alas, these are pricey at $20 each.
She's releasing three albums of new material in mid-June --
available separately, or in a combo pack for a discounted price.
One album is billed as straight rock/folk/blues; one is a Texas
and Hispanic project; the third is a collection of Walt Disney
movie songs.
Everything (?) from her catalog is available for lo-fi streaming
(21K Real Audio) and she's selling MP3s at a discount to the CDs.
http://www.michelleshocked.com
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