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Grex > Music1 > #27: Folk Music, both commercial and traditional |  |
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krj
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response 50 of 68:
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Jan 23 07:29 UTC 1993 |
We can loan you a bunch of Christine Lavin -- I think her earliest stuff
is the funniest, and her recent recordings have flagged a bit. However,
I have a sneaky feeling that what you may have heard was "High Heeled Girl
Shoes", which is by Ann Arbor's own Chenille Sisters.
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krj
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response 51 of 68:
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Feb 13 21:10 UTC 1993 |
The most exciting electric folk album to come my way in several years
arrived last week, and I've been playing it obsessively ever since.
The band is Hedningarna, from Sweden, and the title is KASKI!.
Hedningarna get a considerable early-music feel through their use of
reed instruments and maybe a hurdy-gurdy; in these sense, they remind me
of the wonderful French band Malicorne. But they also have a strong
rock sensibility; there's a driving, distant electric-guitarish fuzz sound
underpinning many of the tracks. (According to a review in Folk Roots,
that guitarish sound is actually from an electric lute!) The vocal
harmonies are very reminiscent of other Finnish work I've heard; there's a
bit of that harmony characteristic of the Bulgarian work that's better
known in the west, but the Finnish voices are lot more playful. Two women
from Finland sing on about half the tracks.
Anyone want to translate some Swedish and Finnish liner notes for me?
I can't make much sense at all of the printed material which came with
this album.
12 of 13 tracks are credited as "trad. arr.", so I put the review in
the folk item. :-)
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krj
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response 52 of 68:
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Feb 14 06:42 UTC 1993 |
Sandeep in #49, my reply in #50 -- I stand corrected. Christine Lavin
has a song "High Heeled Shoes" on her most recent solo album, COMPASS,
which we don't have here.
How do people feel about the Four Bitchin' Babes albums? (Speaking of
Christine Lavin...) We've put off buying them but I know a lot of
people who love them.
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katie
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response 53 of 68:
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Feb 14 16:19 UTC 1993 |
Dunno about their albums, but I was not impressed with theem in concert.
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sandeep
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response 54 of 68:
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Feb 18 21:19 UTC 1993 |
That Swedish album sounds really interesting Ken. Is it available in the
States, or did someone send it to you?
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krj
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response 55 of 68:
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Feb 19 05:40 UTC 1993 |
The Hedningarna album came from mail-order dealers Projection Records,
in the UK; they're folk specialists, you'd want to use Tower for rock
stuff. (Tower of London, that is.) Scandanavian stuff is all the rage
in British folk circles right now, following on the successes of
Mari Boine Persen and Varttina, and so a lot of Scandanavian folk albums
are going into the UK distribution channels.
We can spin this next time we get together, which ought to be one of these
days now that I have my current writing obligations under control.
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krj
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response 56 of 68:
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Dec 13 14:26 UTC 1993 |
A year later, and I still haven't gotten cwb a copy of Fairport's NINE.
And I even picked up Schoolkids' copy at a bargain price, when they moved
their slow-selling folk stock into the Annex this fall.
And I see I managed to miss the Battlefield Band again.
Scandinavian stuff continues to be the rage in the trendy UK folk/world
music circles, but you still can't get much of it here.
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cwb
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response 57 of 68:
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Dec 13 21:41 UTC 1993 |
Sigh! Gnash! Would that I could pay my Edison bill, let alone cruise
record stores.
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sandeep
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response 58 of 68:
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Dec 31 08:53 UTC 1993 |
This year I asked for (and received) the Nick Drake boxed set
entitled "Fruit Tree." I haven't listened to all of it yet, but I'm
liking a lot of what I *have* heard. The song "River Man" off the
"Five Leaves Left" album particularly sticks in my mind, and while
"Pink Moon" stands as a fine song on its own, I appreciate it all the
more coming to it after first experiencing Sebadoh's biting cover
version.
Has anybody else listened to Nick Drake? Opinions?
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krj
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response 59 of 68:
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Jan 27 05:59 UTC 1994 |
Oops, sorry, I actually have two Nick Drake albums in the "things to play
someday" bin.
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zbadba
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response 60 of 68:
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May 13 20:47 UTC 1994 |
Anyone out there still listen to Joan Baez? I'm going to see her (among others)
play at SpringFest tomorrow (in Pensacola, FL) Looking to be a good show...
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vishnu
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response 61 of 68:
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May 14 02:32 UTC 1994 |
I listen to her..
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anne
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response 62 of 68:
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May 26 21:08 UTC 1994 |
Any one here listen to Ani di Franco? I went to a concert of hers in
March (april?) at the Ark and LOVED it!
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raven
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response 63 of 68:
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Jun 15 04:11 UTC 1994 |
Ani DiFranco is great!! I saw her at Antioch college a couple of weeks
ago when I was visiting some friends. As soon as i got back I went out and got
her new tape "Out of Range." It's really quite good, but i have to say that
she really shines in concert. See her if you have the chance.
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katie
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response 64 of 68:
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Jun 15 16:13 UTC 1994 |
I find her 'Out of Range" single annoying.
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chelsea
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response 65 of 68:
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Jun 16 01:53 UTC 1994 |
I heard a bit of folk music the other day, on the radio, that
was simply amazing. Acoustic guitar and a single female voice,
it was a song about a babysitter. The artist's first name was
something unusual, like Dar, and I didn't hear the last name.
I know it's not much but does this sound familiar to anyone?
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anne
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response 66 of 68:
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Aug 9 01:58 UTC 1994 |
DAR!! Yes! When I went to see Ani Dar opened up for her! The song is
"The Baby Sitter's Here" Great song!
'Peace man, cool yeah the babysitter's here...' (sound right?)
I don't know if she ever uses her last name, she went by just Dar when
I saw her.
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krj
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response 67 of 68:
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Aug 9 21:00 UTC 1994 |
There's somebody named Dar Williams who's being heavily promoted
right now.
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chelsea
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response 68 of 68:
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Aug 10 21:19 UTC 1994 |
Betcha that's her. I'll check it out next time I'm in the
vicinity of Schoolkids.
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