// HEY!!! YOU GUYS OUT THERE????
// A quiet weekend, little traffic. Nanci in a new compilation,
// a new member introduces himself, looking forwad to UPO2,
// we look at Wimoweh, and Oddduck returns.  
// Enjoy...[BP]

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Subject: NN: A2 Folk Fest, Ark news (no Nanci)
   From: Halesbop@aol.com

Hi gang,
   It's just one week until the Ann Arbor Folk Festival, but tickets are still
available for next Saturday's event. Emmylou headlines with Celtic greats
Altan, Buddy and Julie Miller, Karen Savoca, Kelly Joe Phelps and many more on
the bill. It's always a special night of music, often with a surprise or two.
If you want more info here's the Ark's website: http://www.a2ark.org/ or I can
possibly answer most questions. I'm sure several NNetters will be there, maybe
we can meet.
   Also, I'd like to draw attention to some upcoming happenings at the Ark
which may not be on their website yet. In conjunction with agency Fleming,
Tamulevich & Associates (who represent a who's who in the folk world) and the
Arbor Brewing Co. they are presenting a new series called "Take A Chance
Tuesdays". These shows, which will have no admission charge, are to feature up
and coming artists, but so far they've scheduled some that should be very
familiar to folks on this list. Not only that, Arbor Brewing Co. is giving all
audience members a certificate for a complimentary pint at their nearby brew
pub, and the artists will be doing a post-show meet and greet thing. First up,
this coming Tuesday, is the Folk Monty. Some of you may know this wacky,
talented trio from the Big Orange Tarp at Rocky Mtn Folks Festival. Also
scheduled for the Tuesday specials are Stacey Earle on Feb. 23 and then on
March 23 it's the Campbells--Sarah Elizabeth and Kate! Good stuff, and the
price is certainly right.
   Other regular, paid-admission shows coming up in March at the Ark include
Lucy Kaplansky on 3/11, Carrie Newcomer 3/20, Rosalie Sorrels 3/25 and Karen
Savoca 3/27.

see ya at the Folk Festival?
  Steve

// An earlier version of this had trouble getting through to
// the unmoderated list. This update had enough different info
// that I thought I'd put it in again.

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Subject: NN: Live Nanci
   From: "nathaniel calhoun" (natecalhoun@hotmail.com>

Hello folks, I am new on this list, and want to start by throwing out my 
line to see if anyone has information on obtaining recordings of Nanci 
Griffith live.  Any info sent privately to natecalhoun@hotmail.com would 
be much appreciated.
Nice to be aboard.
Peace
Nathan


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Subject: Re: ZacTullett' s Nick Drake query
   From: odddduck@deltanet.com (Bill Lukesh)

>I am sure others here are familiar with Nick Drake's work, 
>but if any of you are not, I would strongly advise you to listen. 
>Zac, I have access to BBC America...any idea if the documentary 
>will air here? Any chance of you taping it?
>For those of you who don't know him, Drake was a hauntingly gifted 
>singer, lyricist and guitarist who died much too young.
>Richard Thompson was in his orbit. 
 
 One problem with making a ten best list in November is that I didn't get
Christine Collester's 'Dark  gift  of Time" until December. She does an
acappella cover of Drake's 'Black eyed Dog" that is far more haunting than
the original. CC also covers  Emmylou Harris' 'Deeper Well', Tom Waits 'Dirt
in the Ground' , Billy Holiday's 'God Bless the Child", Elvis Costello's 'I
want to Vanish'  and others. Its the most eclectic mix of songwriters I've
seen on any 'non cover' type album(i.e  OVOR or Lucinda Williams 'Ramblin')
since ELH's 'White Shoes'. 
  Furthermore, a while back (actually years back) there was a discussion of
blackbirds in relation to 'Gulf Coast Highway' and other songs and folklore.
The only videos that catch my attention are for songs I like, so I rarely
watch them in general. I did get a chance to see Kate Bush's video for 'And
so is love'. During the video, she's writing music in a latern lit room.
She sees a blackbird looking at her from outside . She opens the window and
takes it into her hands and sings to it for a bit. She then sets it free in
the room. It flutters around and in an escape attempt it slams itself into a
window pane and dies. She picks up the dead bird. She places the body on
some red velvet. and then she plants a kiss on it .  Kate Bush's complete
and utter lack of the concept of reality has resulted in several of the best
music videos of all time. In fact,  the most  normal video of hers is that
to 'Rubberband Girl' where she does some boring  modern dancing with a male
partner, very gymnastic,  physical type stuff. You know the awful type
where he holds her arms and the she stands on his feet.  Right about the
time one starts pulling on the hair and screaming about how awful the
concept of music videos are. Kate's dance partner pulls out a straitjacket
and  she dances right into it. I would like to see one of them self-absorbed
Lillith fair clone crones try something like that.
Bilbao says Check it out.
  
Bill Lukesh
 


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Subject: NN: re:Dark Gift of Time
   From: Rae Sansom (rsansom@mindspring.com>

Hello!

I just read the addition to the Nanci Digest recommending Christine
Collister's Dark Gift of Time. I looked for and found it with Music
Boulevard, where I was able to listen to a few songs--it does sound great!
I ordered it and just wanted to say thank you (I am sorry, but I forgot who
recommended it). This CD is reviwed in Dirty Linen; you are given access to
the review before purchasing the CD from Music Boulevard. Thanks again,
this is a great place to find out about more good music. 
Bye,
Rae Sansom 


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Subject: Nanci appearance on "The Old Farmer's Almanac- The Record Album"
   From: Tom Gill (tgill@igc.org>

Based on a story which ran on the AP wire and was in the Lubbock paper a
week ago:

The folks at The Old Farmer's Almanac, the same publication which has
helped farmers and gardeners plant and reap for generations, and the
Almanac Recording Co., a new label, have joined to present music that
celebrates the American farming experience.

The project was the brainchild of Greg Riggle, a music publisher in
Nashville.  As he was driving through the farmlands of his native
Indiana last summer, he couldn't get anything on the radio, but looking
at the fields and houses, he thought "This is pretty cinematic... this
could be a soundtrack... I kept hearing Jay Ungar's fiddle."

Riggle and his friend Gary Burke, a former drummer for Bob Dylan,
approached the Farmer's Almanac.  John Pierce, Almanac group published,
said that the idea was a quick sell because it fit in with the Almanac's
philosophy.  "Pearl S. Buck said, 'if you want to know what people are
thinking, just listen to what they're singing.'  "  Riggle and Burke
pulled together music which they thought captured the spirit of the
farm.  The centerpiece of the album is "Prairie Spring," a selection
from the "Harvest Home Suite" by Ungar and Molly Mason.

The Nashville Chamber Orchestra presented the piece, as well as the
first orchestral recording of Nanci Griffith's "Trouble in the Fields,"
which features Griffith singing with Maura O'Connell.  The album also
features folkie Glenn Yarborough singing "Far Side of the Hill," John
Cowan of New Grass Revival fame singing "I Am Home," pianist Paul Hovda
playing "The Ridge" and "Country Maiden," and Jonell Mosser and Victor
Mecyssne singing a duet of "Thunder Rollin' Across Arkansas."

The album, "A Celebration of the American Farm," sells for $14.95.  At
present, it is only available at the Old Farmer's Almanac General Stores
in Wichita, West Nyack NY, King of Prussia PA, Birmingham AL, King of
Prussia PA, and Indianapolis.  But it will also be available at the
Farmer's Almanac Web Site http://www.almanac.com, and from the Almanac
Recording Co. at 914-679-3774.  

Riggle and Burke hope to expand the label into other American music,
including country, blues, and big band.  "If it's American, and its
roots are showing, we're interested," said Riggle.


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Subject: NN: Lucinda and Patty (no Nanci content)
   From: Cynthia Courtney (courtney@mpi.com>

San Francisco-ites!  If there are still tickets left, Lucinda Williams and
Patty Griffin will be at The Fillmore on March 4 and 5, 1999.  Tickets went
on sale yesterday (1/24/99) - I would have let you all know sooner, but I
just found out.

I can't recommend this show highly enough - let's just say it would be one
of my all-time fantasies come true to see these 2 powerful women performers
in one show.    Totally off the scale in the WOW WOW WOW category!

Cindy Courtney
cec522@earthlink.net


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Subject: NN: Original Release of Wimoweh
   From: "Panchyshyn,Roman" (panchysr@oclc.org>

The song Wimoweh is on an album titled "Hootenanny", or "Hootenanny Tonight"
(the cover title), issued by Hootenanny Records, New York, containing folk
songs sung and played by Pete Seeger, Jerry Silverman, Sonny Terry, Leon
Bibb, Laura Duncan, Betty Sanders, Earl Robinson, Bob DeCormier, Louise
DeCormier, Elizabeth Knight, Sylvia Kahn, Jean Hart, Jackie Berman, Jewish
Young Folksingers Chorus, Les Pine, Al Moss. The cover states "Recorded from
2 hootenannies held in New York City in the spring of 1954". There is no
date on the cataloging record for the year of publication. It was issued
sometime in the 1950's and may or may not predate the 1955 Weavers' Carnegie
Hall release.
Your friendly librarian.
Roman


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Subject: Re: NN: Original Release of Wimoweh
   From: Reid Mitchell (o416@erols.com>

The South African song "Mbube" on which "wimoweh" is based was recored 
by Soloman Linda's Original Evening Birds and released circa 1939.  You 
can find it on Rounder's "Mbube Roots: Zulu Choral Music from South 
Africa, 1930s-1960s."  I've never understand why Solomon Linda isn't 
credited as composer of Wimoweh.

Reid Mitchell


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Subject: NN: UPO2 News!
   From: Mike Chesman (chesman@preferred.com>

Hey Gang,

    You will soon be able to hear some Nancinetters singing their hearts
out.  This started out as a "just for fun" project to be run from start to
finish between Thanksgiving and Christams in 1998 (Hah!!!).  To say the
least it turned out to be more work than I imagined.  I have finally got
around to the assembly of the UPO2 tape.  Needless to say in a project like
this the sound quality varies based on what equipment the performer had
access to.  To avoid unfair comparisons, I placed the "studio cuts" i.e.
those with access to a lot of nice equipment on side one and the more
"homespun" recordings are on side two.  Other than a slight amount of
equalization the items on side one are untouched and presented exactly as I
received them.  I tried to equalize out some noise and better match the
sounds on side two, even added a slight amount of reverb on some of those.
A few of the homespun recordings were recorded at low levels and exhibit
hiss.  I opted for clearness of the recording rather than kill the sound by
trying to remove too much hiss.  The folks that submitted a tape will get
the master copies and hopefully some of them will act as branches for the
rest of you to get copies on a tape tree.
    The original tapes were all transferred to a SONY 4 track digital
minidisc MDM MKII so that the first set of tapes should all be of the best
possible quality.  I am still hoping to squeeze in a performance or two so
it will be just a little while longer before the project gets finished.  I
promise not to delay very much longer... you have all been so patient.
    Mike Cogliandro offered to produce a cover for the cassette so I'll be
sending him a tape along with artist and song information.  There may be the
possibility for him to post the cassette sleeve on-line so that he can work
in color.  Each person would then print out their own sleeve.  We have
discussed a cover in a humorous style for this "Unneccessary Plastic
Objects, Too!"  It's been quite a while since I informed him of how the
project was progressing so he is probably wondering whether this project
might ever happen.    
   I still haven't found anyone who would send me a copy of the first UPO
tape.  When was it done and who was on it????

Mike "currently listening to Doris, Steve and Steven on minidisc" Chesman 


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