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gnat
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response 171 of 228:
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Jun 25 04:12 UTC 1999 |
Yeah, it is sort of music you have to be in the mood for. Very
low-key, melancholy, gentle sort of music - and very British.
Sometimes a little too precious for its own good. There's a good
compilation called "Way To Blue" which is worth picking up, if
you want a sampling.
You could have listened to the show on the WCBN website... :)
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dbratman
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response 172 of 228:
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Jul 2 21:48 UTC 1999 |
Natalie - I'll take a note of that Nick Drake compilation.
Alas, listening to web broadcasts is _way_ too technologically
advanced for me.
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krj
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response 173 of 228:
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Aug 6 08:10 UTC 1999 |
Something called The National Folk Festival is landing in East Lansing,
Michigan, Friday August 13-Sunday August 15. It's all free, says
the postcard! Concerts are in the afternoons and evenings at two
outdoor locations in East Lansing, Valley Court Park and the
Albert Avenue parking lot.
Names I recognize include Cephas and Wiggins, Natalie MacMaster,
Bill Kirchen (who was just in Ann Arbor for Top of the Park),
Marcia Ball, bluegrass singer Lynn Morris and Irish fiddler
Eileen Ivers.
For details, see their website at www.nff.net. The Elderly Instruments
web site at www.elderly.com also has some information.
Unfortunately this festival is the same weekend Leslie gets back
from her extended stay in Austria, so I'll probably just make it
to Natalie MacMaster's Friday night performance.
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krj
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response 174 of 228:
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Aug 7 18:50 UTC 2000 |
Wow, it's been a year since this item had any activity.
Once again it's time to give a little plug to the National Folk Festival
in East Lansing, Friday August 11 - Sunday August 13. Their web site
is at http://www.nff.net. Performers I'm interested in include
New Orleans jazz piano wizard Henry Butler, cajuns Beausoleil, and the
Irish-American band Solas.
I can see Henry Butler and Beausoleil if I stay in East Lansing
after work Friday, so I might just do that and skip driving up on
Saturday or Sunday, unless Twila wants to twist my arm really hard.
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tpryan
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response 175 of 228:
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Aug 7 22:04 UTC 2000 |
Sight don't look good under lynx.
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anderyn
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response 176 of 228:
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Aug 7 23:46 UTC 2000 |
Want to do Solas! Want to go! Arm-twist! Arm twist!
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krj
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response 177 of 228:
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Aug 8 19:24 UTC 2000 |
Two hours of driving for a one hour Solas concert? Besides, weren't
they just at Frog Island?
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anderyn
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response 178 of 228:
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Aug 9 14:58 UTC 2000 |
There's two on Sunday, yes there are. (Solas concerts, that is.)
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krj
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response 179 of 228:
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Aug 9 17:18 UTC 2000 |
Heh, I figured you'd pick up on both Solas sets.
Between the two Solas sets, the stuff that appeals to me the most would be
the Swedish-American fiddlers at 2:30 and the Harmonia Eastern Europeans
at 3:30. Or we could just wander aimlessly among the five stages for
a few hours. Decisions, decisions.
You'll have to let me know how much wandering you are up for.
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krj
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response 180 of 228:
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Aug 12 03:15 UTC 2000 |
I made it to some of the Friday night events at the National
Folk Festival. Henry Butler's New Orleans jazz/blues piano was
very nice; I did not know that he holds a Master's degree from
Michigan State! I was sort of cranky during the Beausoleil set:
it may just have been that I was geting tired of either standing or
sitting on the ground when everyone else at the
Valley Court Stage had lawn chairs. So about halfway through
the Beausoleil set I wandered over to the "Masters of the Steel
String Guitar" concert and that put me in a much better mood.
I especially liked Eddie Pennington's thumbpicking style.
A bluegrass band who I'm fond of, Appalachian Trail, is also here
for the weekend. Their singer, Linda Barker Lay, sang a few songs
with the guitarists.
So I may drive up again both Saturday and Sunday, if I feel
sufficiently motivated.
News Item from the Elderly Instruments tent: British singer Kate Rusby
is on the Ten Pound Fiddle schedule for mid-November.
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eeyore
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response 181 of 228:
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Aug 18 05:24 UTC 2000 |
We saw Solas at Frog Island, and are hoping to get tickets for their show at
the Ark in October....but I don't know when the tix go on sale. But I
*REFUSE* to miss that show.
I also have 8th row tix for Great Big Sea in October, and I was hoping to make
the Dar concert, but alas, I'm going to be leaving *that night* for Maine.
(My parents won't wait until after the show. :(
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anderyn
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response 182 of 228:
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Aug 18 17:20 UTC 2000 |
Usually about a month before the concert. (Twila is definitely going to the
ARk to see Solas.)
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micklpkl
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response 183 of 228:
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Aug 21 02:51 UTC 2000 |
Found a notice that Dougie MacLean had made available five live songs from
a concert on Friday 18 August at this URL:
http://www.albamp3.com/dougieconcert.html
In order to get a username/password, a 4.00 UKP fee is required, allegedly
obtainable from Dunkeld Media's new online store. Alas, I paid for two such
downloads ('cuase I figured Twila'd need 'em, too) but haven't received any
sort of user name yet. Though I did get an e-mail confirmation this time,
which is more than I received from my last order.
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eeyore
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response 184 of 228:
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Aug 24 19:06 UTC 2000 |
Okey....before I try to post a review, is there anybody here who is actually
a Dar fan? If there isn't there's no point in me trying to do a review, since
I don't know that I can do anything but compare it to other stuff of hers.
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anderyn
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response 185 of 228:
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Aug 24 19:43 UTC 2000 |
I am a Dar fan.
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micklpkl
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response 186 of 228:
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Aug 24 21:27 UTC 2000 |
Oh, yes ... please do! I like Dar, too.
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other
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response 187 of 228:
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Aug 27 02:25 UTC 2000 |
nice dar williams article in today's NYTimes.
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eeyore
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response 188 of 228:
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Aug 27 03:12 UTC 2000 |
What did it say? (For those of us who don't read the NYTimes)
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mcnally
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response 189 of 228:
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Aug 27 03:30 UTC 2000 |
You can read the New York Times on-line if you want..
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krj
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response 190 of 228:
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Aug 27 23:33 UTC 2000 |
Only the current day's articles, unless you pay money, alas.
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anderyn
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response 191 of 228:
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Aug 28 00:34 UTC 2000 |
Not always. Depends on where it's at. Sometimes you can read old
stuff.
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mcnally
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response 192 of 228:
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Oct 10 23:39 UTC 2000 |
I've got a question for all of you Fairport Fanatics..
On "Little Honda", an EP of covers from a couple of years back,
Yo La Tengo do a very pleasant cover of a song called "By the
Time It Gets Dark"
I've never heard the original and it's just credited to "(Denny)"
Would that be Sandy Denny? Yo La Tengo have covered Richard
Thompson tunes in the past so I presume they're probably familiar
with Sandy Denny and her work, but it could just as likely be someone
from an obscure band I've never heard of -- they love to do covers
of their favorite obscure songs.
If it is a Sandy Denny song, what's the original like? Can anyone
who's heard both compare them?
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krj
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response 193 of 228:
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Oct 12 05:18 UTC 2000 |
I don't remember the song, but the Google search reveals that Sandy
Denny's recording is a demo which only appeared on the now-out-of-print
3-cd set "Who Knows Where The Time Goes?" And right now I don't know
where my copy of this is.
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mcnally
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response 194 of 228:
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Oct 12 21:49 UTC 2000 |
That would make it exactly the sort of thing that YLT particularly enjoy
covering -- an obscurity from a performer with a cult following..
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krj
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response 195 of 228:
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Oct 18 21:12 UTC 2000 |
This is for Happyboy. The Horseflies have a new album out, a live
recording from a festival called "In The Dance Tent." No idea who would
be carrying it locally; I saw it listed on Elderly's web page.
I'll pick up my copy next time I'm out that way.
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