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mcnally
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response 125 of 228:
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Jun 5 02:32 UTC 1998 |
Hmmm.. I thought Thompson put on a really good show last time I saw
him (a year or two ago at the Michigan Theater) but I'd pay money *not*
to see Cockburn. For some reason he just *really* annoys me. Probably
not his fault, I guess, but it's hard for me to enjoy anything involving
him..
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krj
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response 126 of 228:
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Jun 5 07:08 UTC 1998 |
I'd heard about this tour, but not about a Detroit-area stop.
I'm somewhat doubtful that I'll go, alas, just because I'm being a lump.
I don't share Mike's antipathy towards Bruce Cockburn, but I also feel
that Cockburn and Dar Williams would just be taking away stage time
from Thompson.
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mziemba
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response 127 of 228:
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Jun 6 04:59 UTC 1998 |
Picky, picky, picky...
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mziemba
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response 128 of 228:
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Jun 11 00:22 UTC 1998 |
Billy Bragg, who I've long considered the British "Woody Guthrie", is
about to release _Mermaid Avenue_, an album of updated, previously
unrecorded Guthrie tunes with Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, featuring some
stunning guests that will include Eliza Carthy and Natalie Merchant.
We owe some thanks to Guthrie's daughter, Nora, for the wise choice.
Looking forward to it!
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mcnally
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response 129 of 228:
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Jun 11 03:24 UTC 1998 |
hmmm.. that could be interesting..
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mziemba
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response 130 of 228:
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Jun 12 00:13 UTC 1998 |
Bragg and Wilco are supposed to be touring together this summer, too. That
would be a very cool show...
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eeyore
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response 131 of 228:
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Jun 16 04:14 UTC 1998 |
For those that are interested, Dar Williams and Richard Shindell put togethr
an album together, with a bunch of other people....I'll let you know more as
I find out more...it was recorded in April, but not out yet.
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krj
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response 132 of 228:
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Jun 17 06:36 UTC 1998 |
British folksinger Martin Carthy was awarded an MBE in the Queen's
birthday honors list, for services to folk music.
(MBE = Member of the Order of the British Empire, which I think
is about as low an honor as the Queen gives out.)
Carthy's resume includes: a fairly influential folk guitar style;
a duo act with fiddler Dave Swarbrick; two tours of duty with the
electric folk band Steeleye Span; marrying into the great English
acapella singing family, the Watersons; a folk brass band, Brass Monkey;
a trio act with his wife Norma and their daughter Eliza, under the name
Waterson:Carthy. Almost everything he's recorded in his 35+ year
career has been kept in print or reissued.
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orinoco
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response 133 of 228:
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Jun 17 12:33 UTC 1998 |
(Is the MBE the same honor as was given the Beatles, or did they get something
higher?)
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bruin
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response 134 of 228:
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Jun 17 14:39 UTC 1998 |
RE #133 The Beatles received MBE honors in 1965 or 1966, and a number of
recipients turned in their honors in protest. John Lennon returned his
MBE in objection to British support of the Vietnam and Biafran wars.
I believe that the MBE is the highest honor in Britain short of
knighthood.
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krj
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response 135 of 228:
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Jun 17 19:07 UTC 1998 |
An OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) appears to be
higher. Fantasy author Terry Pratchett received an OBE, which is why
folks I know were discussing this.
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mziemba
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response 136 of 228:
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Jun 17 23:58 UTC 1998 |
Well, pleased to see hear Martin's being recognized, officially. Well done!
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mziemba
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response 137 of 228:
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Jun 18 00:00 UTC 1998 |
Now, if only Waterson: Carthy would drop by the Ark sometime soon, I'd be
even happier!
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krj
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response 138 of 228:
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Jun 19 16:16 UTC 1998 |
Right now I imagine Eliza Carthy is busy touring to promote the RED RICE
album, so I don't expect to see Waterson:Carthy here this summer.
(This is just a ploy to get me to talk about RED RICE, isn't it? :) )
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anderyn
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response 139 of 228:
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Jun 19 20:50 UTC 1998 |
Well, let's see. I was supposed to talk about Capercaille here. It was
a good show, as these things go, although there was a synthesizer up
there on stage, along with two drum sets. That kind of takes the folk
out of folk music, but it was pretty darn exciting during the instrumental
sets -- the fiddler and the Northumbrian small pipes were especially
noticeable. I wasn't as happy with the arrangements on most of the songs
because it seemed much too pop-oriented. Too smooth, almost, like
elevator music, although I don't think most of the audience cared. I did
enjoy it but not as much as I had thought I would.
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mziemba
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response 140 of 228:
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Jun 20 16:03 UTC 1998 |
That's pretty much why I was more in favor of seeing Frances Black, although
she hasn't exactly been stuck on traditional styles, either.
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mziemba
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response 141 of 228:
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Jun 20 16:05 UTC 1998 |
So I was eating this rice the other day...it was red...
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krj
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response 142 of 228:
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Jun 20 18:09 UTC 1998 |
There is a longish biography article on Sandy Denny, and by extension
on the Fairport Convention circle, in the June issue of Mojo magazine,
from the UK. $8; I held off for a while due to sticker shock, but
it will be well worth it for fans. More after I absorb it for a bit.
(There's also a brief interview with Eliza Carthy.)
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mziemba
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response 143 of 228:
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Jun 21 02:46 UTC 1998 |
I enjoyed the Norma Waterson album a few years back, where she covered a few
songs, including one by Billy Bragg, I think.
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mziemba
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response 144 of 228:
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Jun 24 00:24 UTC 1998 |
Wow, close brush with death. I nearly lost my Simon and Garfunkle album, my
Weavers album, *and* my Cat Stevens album, all in one fell swoop. *Whew*
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jiffer
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response 145 of 228:
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Jun 24 17:05 UTC 1998 |
dd they try to kill you or wwere you and the albums in danger of death?
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krj
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response 146 of 228:
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Jun 24 19:59 UTC 1998 |
(I put an open diet pepsi into a bag of CDs, duh.
What did mziemba do?)
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raven
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response 147 of 228:
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Jun 25 21:09 UTC 1998 |
Is anyone here interested in disonant acoustic and or punk or world music
influenced folk/bluegrass? Some people that jump to mind are the
Horseflies, Tony Triscka, Bela Fleck (when he isn't doing smooth jazz
banjo), the Violent Femmes, Kristen Hersh, Camper Van Beethoven (yes I
know pretty electric), Ani DiFranco's CD with Utah Philllips, etc.
It's interesting because much tradtional folk music that features someone
just strumming on a guitar (ala early Joan Baez) is some of my least
favorite music, while some experimental folk is some of my most favorite
music.
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krj
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response 148 of 228:
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Jun 26 06:05 UTC 1998 |
I dunno, write some things and see what happens. I have actually seen
and chatted with the Horseflies, nearly a decade ago at the Philadelphia
Folk Festival; there are some Trishka CDs around here (thumbs up)
and at least one Fleck CD (thumbs down).
On the other hand, it's hard for me to think of the Violent Femmes
or Camper van Beethoven in the folk pigeonhole, and Kristen Hersh
seems like one of those singer-songwriters who just strums on a
guitar...
I'm still curious to see what Steve Albini did with the new
Cordelia's Dad album. (The CD is riding around in my car waiting
for me to have some free time for it.)
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raven
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response 149 of 228:
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Jun 27 02:41 UTC 1998 |
Wow Steve Albini produced an acoustic album. Please review that as soon
as you listen to it...
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