response 7 of 124:

Sep 16 00:14 UTC 2001

Could be, but there are a *lot* of PHC shows with Chet Atkins, he usually 
appeared a couple of times a year.

response 9 of 124:

Nov 6 21:56 UTC 2001

Folksinger Janis Ian wrote a con report about her worldcon trip,
which was her first SF convention:
 
http://www.janisian.com/news-oct2001wc.html

(reposted from SF conference.)

response 11 of 124:

Nov 14 23:30 UTC 2001

So today, being nostalgic, I was playing Camper Van Beethoven's 
"Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart" and the Oyster Band's "Holy Bandits."
Any more suggestions for rock bands with violins?

response 13 of 124:

Nov 15 01:15 UTC 2001

  Yes, the fiddling on "Astronauts & Heretix" is nice.  I like Michael
  Doucet's (of Beausoleil) performance on "I Love You Goodbye"

response 15 of 124:

Nov 15 14:47 UTC 2001

*pukes*

response 17 of 124:

Nov 28 18:55 UTC 2001

Chicago Shopping II:  I put my overall impressions of the two big CD 
stores in the Loop in item:4.   
 
Tower had a lot of tempting things in the world music section, 
but I had to put back many of them, such as some solo CDs by former
Kornog guitarist Soig Siberil and flutist Jean-Michel Veillon.
(Actually the Veillon album with guitar accompaniment looked most
tempting, I might have to get that on some future trip if it's 
still there.)  Also passed up at Tower was an album by a Spanish
pop-flamenco group called Ea, "Aguita."  Mickey, you know anything 
about them? 
 
I settled for the most recent CD by Cape Breton Gaelic singer Mary 
Jane Lamond, who's a favorite of mine; this album has not been 
widely available in the States because Wicklow Records, the major-label
world music imprint, was shut down as part of the dismantling of 
BMG's classical music operation.  And, a cd by a young Breton band 
called Karma; the name sounds a little too new-agey, but the music 
was pretty good.  We played the disc in the car on the drive home
and now this morning I can't find it, argh.
 
At Crow's Nest I limited myself to "Wake of the Dead," the new 
Danny Carnahan project which I just learned about this past week.
Carnahan and other California Celtic players do Celtic-folk settings 
of classic Grateful Dead songs.  
 
Note to self: in the French bin at Crow's Nest was a possibly-interesting
looking band calle Tekameli with an album titled "Ida Y Vuelta."
Occitan, maybe?  Look at their website http://www.tekameli.com.
Curiously, the disc was released on Epic...   

Passed up at Crow's Nest: volumes 2 & 3 of Ashley Hutchings' series
of trunk recordings "The Guv'nor;" and the Ian Dury tribute album
with various artists recreating the "New Boots and Panties"  album.

response 19 of 124:

Nov 29 02:39 UTC 2001

Danny Carnahan? Eeeek! New Danny Carnahan? Twila goes "oooooooh". Must
restrain self.... (Twila has just seen that Garnet Rogers has a new CD out,
Firefly, but has no other data on it.)

response 21 of 124:

Nov 29 16:23 UTC 2001

Wow, Ken. Sounds like a fun shopping excursion. :) Some thoughts:

Dan's right about the translation of "ida y vuelta" of course. I read and
listened to some samples on their website --- I cheated and read the English
pages, though < http://www.tekameli.com/tekameli/principaluk.html > --- and
they do appear to be Gypsies, from Perpignan. This is the region in the South
of France, bordering Catalunya, where the Gypsy Kings are from, as well.
"Tekameli" means "I Love You" in the Calo, the language of the Gypsies. I
haven't heard anything more than the samples, but I liked what I heard. Of
course, I have to admit enjoying the Gypsy Kings, as well, and the music from
IDA Y VUELTA reminds me very much of that of their more well-known countrymen.
I also think the addition of a flamenco dancer  ---Sabrina Romero--- is a nice
twist.

Yes, I have heard some music from EA, but not the newest album. I have
ORIPANDO, their first release from 1998. They are flamenco-based, but also
fuse jazz and pop into their sound, with mixed results IMO. What makes the
music shine for me are the strong vocals from Pilar "La Monica." She is an
amazing vocalist. I appreciate the heads-up on this new CD, Ken. If you'd like
to hear some more samples, amazon.com has some. 

response 23 of 124:

Dec 11 15:01 UTC 2001

  I'm not actually much of a reggae fan.  You'd think I would be because
  of my love for ska and appreciation of dub, but it wouldn't be a fair
  assumption -- my record collection is pretty weak in the reggae department..
  The thing is, too, that there's all kinds of reggae.  Just because she
  likes Bob Marley doesn't mean that she'll like modern dancehall or 
  ragamuffin or any of the other subgenres that have developed.

  My biased recommendation, if she likes Bob, would be to go backwards in
  time and not forwards.  Sound quality aside, it's hard to go wrong with
  Desmond Dekker.  Or you could try Toots and the Maytals' "Funky Kingston",
  it's hard to imagine someone not liking Toots.  For around the same
  period as peak Bob Marley, I like Peter Tosh, too.  Or how about Linton
  Kwesi Johnson?

response 25 of 124:

Dec 11 16:46 UTC 2001

get her the import version of toots greatest hits.  lot's of really
good extra tracks.

response 27 of 124:

Dec 12 00:31 UTC 2001

Oh yeah, I also came across a Jimmy Cliff collection we might try.

response 29 of 124:

Dec 13 04:18 UTC 2001

  His earlier stuff is generally classified as ska but I'd say there's
  a fair amount of his work which really doesn't fit the classic ska
  beat structure.  My opinion is that his later recordings are more
  reggae.  Of course the same is true for Bob Marley -- "Simmer Down"
  and other early tracks are definitely ska, showing more of the classic
  ska rhythm than any Dekker tracks I can think of, but by the time
  Marley hit the peak of his career he was *defining* what reggae was..

response 31 of 124:

Dec 15 22:47 UTC 2001

i've seen the toot's disc at border's.