NanciNet Digest 10-30-00
// Bits and pieces and pieces and bits...
// Enjoy...[BP]
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Subject: NN: New Eric Taylor song on compilation
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 00:37:43 -0500
From: David Grant (dgrant@eden.com>
Hi y'all.
For the Eric Taylor fans here, there's a new compilation out with a live
track from Eric Taylor -- the Kerrville END OF THE CENTURY cd is available
now. Eric Taylor's track is titled "Texas, Texas." There are also tracks
from folks like the Austin Lounge Lizards, Barbara Kessler, Vance Gilbert,
RST, Eric Anderson, and a number of others.
It is available from a number of online retailers (I saw it at CDNow, but I
don't necessarily endorse them...).
David
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Subject: NN: [Fwd: Re: Tish at UCLA?]
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 13:39:01 -0700
From: G (geogo@earthlink.net>
Of interest to any Tish Hinojosa fans in Southern Cal.
g
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For Immediate Release Contact: Richard Castaniero (310) 206-7411
UCLA OFFICE OF ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CESAR CHAVEZ CENTER FOR
CHICANA/CHICANO STUDIES HOST A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE BY TISH HINOJOSA.
Why: To celebrate and promote the music of one of America's
foremost bilingual musical artists and interpreters of Tejano music.
Discussion will follow the performance.
Who: International Singer, Tish Hinojosa
When: Thursday: November 2, 2000.
Reception 6:00p.m. to 7:00p.m.
Performance 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Where: UCLA Faculty Center
Reception in Downstairs Lounge
Performance in California Room.
History: Renowned for moving with equal grace through folk,
country, pop, and Hispanic idioms, Tish Hinojosa's music has come to be
known for completely dissolving the boundaries between cultures, languages,
and musical genres. Her music has been widely praised in the national press
("Washington Post," "New York Times," "Los Angeles Times," "People"), and
she has made a number of appearances on national and regional television.
Tish Hinojosa has performed at the White House for President and Ms.Clinton
and has made numerous appearances on various Nashville Network programs. Her
seminal 1992 album "Culture Swing" received a NAIRD Indie Award for Folk
Album of the Year. She was recognized by Fox Television's Bravo Honors in
1995 for creating one of the year's most important Spanish language albums,
"Frontejas;" and Hinojosa received a Las Primeras (The Firsts) award by
Mana, the largest organization of Latina women.
Tickets: Free Admission
Information: UCLA Office of Academic Development (310) 825-5975
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Subject: NN: Backtrackin'
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 00 16:19:14 +0100
From: John Edward Graveling (kai21@dial.pipex.com>
I've been catching up with some listening this week, as well as buying
one or two cd's that had sneaked out recently and going back to catch up
with some older stuff I'd missed.
Having bought the most recent Greg Brown release "Covenant" I was
impressed by much of that cd. My mate Jeff Finlin, (check out his recent
release "Original Fin" and 97's "Highway Diaries" - he also drummed on
Matthew Ryan's debut "Mayday" as well as in Kevin Gordon's roadband),
recommended "The Poet Game" as being THE Greg Brown cd to own. Well I
paid my money and bought it and Jeff wasn't wrong. This is a compelling
batch of songs, beautifully written and performed, with the great Bo
Ramsey's guitar adding textures to the lyrics.
I also bought Blaze Foley "Live At The Austin Outhouse", and would swear
at times I was listening to John Prine. It has to do with the vocal tone
and intonnation, as well as some very well observed lyrics. In his
between song patter he sounds incredibly like Robert Earl Keen, another
of my favourites. However if you haven't heard the late Blaze please
don't think because he has a voice similar to those two favourites of
mine that he is a copy-cat. He is/was a truly gifted writer, who
obviously never received the acclaim he deserved. Of course Lucinda
Williams wrote "Drunken Angel", on her "Car Wheels" cd, about him.
With all the Allison Moorer chat out there, if anyone would like a copy
of her recent BBC Radio performance please let me know and I'll do you a
copy. The first twenty minutes features Kevin Montgomery & Doug
Pettibone, then the final twenty five feature Allison and her band. The
quality is top notch, both from the live venue and from the musicians
themselves!!! The concert was a special, as part of BBC Radio's live
music week, and was recorded in Nottingham.
John Graveling
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Subject: NN: Re: Joan Baez with Stacey Earle!
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 15:56:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brimpls@aol.com
Dear NanciNetters,
Just got home from taking my mom to hear Joan Baez in concert in nearby St.
Paul. The surprise for me was the opening act: Stacey Earle and her husband
Michael. They were terrific, and I certainly do understand why Nanci Griffith
fans would embrace Stacey's music and performance style. She is very
reminiscent of Nanci. The humor, the fresh and honest approach to songs, the
kick-up-your-heels-and-dance spirit of Stacey on stage made me think of our
Nanci.
Joan Baez was wonderful, too. Though I'd met her years ago when she was
autographing her autobiography, I'd never seen her perform live before
tonight. What a treat!
She has a terrific band with her and their performance covers a great range
of music. The old folk ballads, in new arrangements; the songs written by JB
herself, incl. "Diamonds and Rust" (with a new ending!); the songs written by
current songwriters like Richard Shindell and others--Joan always credits
them by name, which is so good; and the Dylan songs. Tonight she claimed to
be in a particularly Dylan frame of mind, and so she did several gems, ending
with a great big singalong version of "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" --
she let Stacey and Michael (boy, I hope I'm getting his first name right)
take a verse as a duo, that was cool!
My mom and I were so slow in leaving the place and in getting Mom to the car
that by the time we were leaving the campus where this concert took place, we
ended up driving right by the stage door and the place where the bus parks.
Sure enough, we encountered Stacey and her husband packing their guitars into
a vehicle--not a bus, more like a regular jeep-- Stacey had changed into
jeans and was bounding across the parking lot in front of our car (luckily I
drive carefully!) and as I had my window down, I smiled a big smile and she
returned it, waved at us, we said "Thanks!" and she thanked us too. Very
nice! Her hubby was packing the guitars into the back of their vehicle, and
we saw some of the other band members from Joan's band standing around
talking to fans.
It was a great night. I was reminded of the first time I saw Nanci live. Very
similar energy to this evening.
Thanks for listening. It's been a very good month for live concerts here:
Emmylou, David Crosby/Jackson Browne, now Joan and Stacey. I've also done
some performing myself, as my father passed away and we had a beautiful
weekend in Vermont for his memorial service last weekend. I played piano at
the service, premiering a composition by my cousin, very moving. So it's been
a musical month, for sure.
Sabrina in Minneapolis
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Subject: NN: RE: Re: Joan Baez with Stacey Earle!
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 15:03:43 -0700
From: "Susan Krauss" (susankrauss@earthlink.net>
I'm going to see Stacey and Mark at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, but
as much as I love Joan and want to see that show too, I won't go. Joan and
Stacey are playing at the Fillmore - a venue with about 10 seats. So it's a
standing show. And the doors don't open until 8pm and the show (Stacey as
opening act) doesn't start until 9PM. What is this a rock concert? I can't
get up at 6AM for work and go to a show that starts that late. Joan won't
get on until at least 10PM if not later. I just can't do it.
Saw Lucy Kaplansky last night - she was fabulous. (Nanci content - Lucy's
sung backup for Nanci on CD's and in concert).
Ferron tonight.
susan in Oakland, CA
mailto:susankrauss@earthlink.net
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Subject: NN: Bad venues
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 14:36:07 -0500
From: Tony Cox (tonycox@pacific.net.au>
I totally empathise, Susan.
Here in Melbourne, we have two high profile venues (the Prince of Wales and The
Continental) which attract all the can't-quite-fill-up-the-2000+-seater-venue
acts, mostly the kind of alternative folk/country artists that we all like.
Usually, the support starts at 9pm or later, and the concert finishes at
midnight or later. They are both predominately standing-room-only venues,
which
at the end of a long day can be a tortuous trial of endurance rather than the
pleasure it's supposed to be. I've *really* got to want to see someone to go
through this punishment. In recent years I have endured Steve Earle, Iris
DeMent
and Beth Orton (harldy dance acts, any of them) in one or other of these
hell-holes, and passed by many other wonderful talents who on balance just
weren't worth the strain.
Call me an old wus, but I call standing in one place for several hours late at
night an ordeal, not a form of entertainment. It would be great not only if
the
proprietors of these venues were given substantial negative feedback, but also
if artists chose their venues with more consideration for their fans. They
ought to bear in mind that by the time they come on, many of their audience
will
have already been on their feet for a couple of hours and getting more
irritable
by the minute!
Tony - voting with my butt! (Which has suddenly brought the letter 'W' to
mind
- now I wonder what the connection could be??)
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Subject: Re: NN: Bad venues
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 22:37:10 -0500 (EST)
From: B0DIE62460@aol.com
Amen, brother Tony........ 8-)
I recently went to a country concert, and we talked to the manager who said
they sold 1000 tickets, and had seating space for 400 people. Sorry folks,
but this does not add up right in my opinion......... they had a dance
floor, which I assumed they figured most of their patrons were going to stand
on. (I'm handicapped - I can't stand up on my own for 5 minutes). I found a
barstool (no back support) and sat thru a 2 hour opening act (a local
unknown), and then 2 more hours of who I wanted to see........ In short, I
couldn't see and couldn't hear........ I might as well stayed home.
See ya
Beth
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Subject: NN: RE: RE: Re: Joan Baez with Stacey Earle!
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 21:40:24 -0700
From: "John Houser" (jchouser@earthlink.net>
Any of y'all going to the JB/SE show at the Performing Arts Center in San
Luis Obispo? Seeing Nanci there last year was my welcome back to the Central
CA coast and JB/SE show may be my farewell to the coast, so if any Netters
are going, always fun to chat and place faces with names...
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Subject: NN: Nanci Griffith Revisited
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 11:50:07 EST
From: Poetmuse@aol.com
Greetings Gang-
I forgot to mention this when it happened, but a few months ago I was
shopping in a
local used record store and came across this disc. I couldn't believe it- Lo!
And Behold! The infamous nanci-remixes were right in front of me. I know any
self-respecting Nanci fan would of just walked away, but as I've never been
one to listen to reason (even inside my own head) I *just* had to get it.
For those of you who have heard these....ahem, *songs*...you'll know the
unbelieveable fear and loathing that oozed through my bones when I first
popped them into the cd player. For those of you who haven't had the
pleasure... DON'T!
You'll live life that much easier.
That said, I have to admit, the Late Night Grande Hotel Mixes are starting to
grow on me (sort of like a cancer or ugly unexplained growth). The basson mix
in general is quite nice and I like what they did with Nanci's vocal take.
However, the Saint Teresa mix, to these ears, is an abdomination that should
be left as a torturing device for Bill Page to utilize if someone gets out of
hand. Actually, no, I think Bill is *way* too nice to resort to using one of
these insipid versions. St. Teresa was just not MEANT to be a dance tune.
I don't really care for the Gulf Coast Highway mix either- I know they were
going for *super* spiritual here, but it doesn't work. Although the choral
singing is sort of...intriguing. For the most part it makes me long for the
sanity of James Hooker or even Darius Rucker.
Overall, I can say it was an interesting experience, and really, y'all
haven't lived
until you've driven down the road with your windows open, bass cranked HIGH,
and our Miss Nanci is thumpin out the eardrums of all the passerby's....other
than that particular ironic joy, I say, leave it sitting in the bins...!
Christina " waiting on a morning flight" Myers
Now Playing: Nick Drake/An Introduction to Nick Drake
Need Inspiration? Visit: http://hometown.aol.com/poetmuse/index1.html
for New Adventures in Poetry (uh..mine)
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Subject: NN: Re: Nanci Griffith Revisited
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 21:01:18 -0600
From: "Virginia" (ginrose@midsouth.rr.com>
I know I shouldn't, but I'm still looking for it. I'm not going to pay an
outlandish price on Ebay for this stuff, but if I happen across it, I'll
pick it up.
My DH is a dance music fan. I only pretend to tolerate much of what he
listens to, trying not to squirm, stick my fingers in my ears, or leave the
room, and he in turn politely tolerates Nanci and the other folk music I
love. We do have common ground in other music and other things, so all is
not lost. :-)
I can't help but try to introduce him to Nanci, in whatever format. Maybe if
he hears a dance mix of her music it will inspire him to appreciate the real
thing. The other day I heard the new cover of Smokey Robinson's "Crusin" on
the radio, and just had to come home and listen to the original!
Hugs,
Gin
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Subject: Re: NN: Re: Nanci Griffith Revisited
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 10:22:25 -0500
From: "Donate von Bredow-Gardner" (dvbgardner@genelogic.com>
Virginia wrote:
>>>I know I shouldn't, but I'm still looking for it. I'm not going to pay an
outlandish price on Ebay for this stuff, but if I happen across it, I'll pick
it up.(((
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Gin --
I was really trying hard to hold off on responding here, but I can't help it.
I believe that your DH (what's a DH anyway? - remember I'm a foreigner here)
really might like the REVISITED CD -- but may not necessarily become a Nanci
fan upon hearing it. What makes Nanci so special is the subject matter and
beautiful poetry of her lyrics, the instrumental and vocal arrangements of her
melodies and - most importantly - her interpretation of the songs. Ergo,
REVISITED is not representative of Nanci's music at all and possibly not the
right tool to get someone interested in her.
If I remember correctly from the days of passionate REVISITED discussions, I
believe that Robert Pugsley and I were among the very few nancinetters who had
anything favorable to say about this remix. I found it quite interesting from a
musician's point of view, and actually liked a couple of arrangements on
there.
For comments on this CD, check out the archives -- particularly the
August, September and October 99 digests. Great detailed reviews by John Henry
and Clive Dawson in the 8-30-99 digest. My comments (if you're interested)
were in the 10-12-99 digest. I'm still stickin' to them.........
Anyways, if disco ain't your thing, don't spend a lot of money on this. But if
you have an open mind to all kinds of music and you're the least bit curious to
hear what this is about, let me know and I'll be glad to make you a tape to let
you decide for yourself.
Donate "proud to have sung the premier performance of an original jazz setting
of Psalm 34 yesterday" vBG
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Subject: NN: Lucy K. Heads South
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 09:03:15 -0500
From: Steve Robertson (stever@mindspring.com>
I drove down to the Sundilla Concert Series in Auburn, AL last night to see
Carrie Newcomer ( http://www.dwood.com/sundilla/ ). While checking the
website for the address, I noticed that Lucy K. is going to be there on Feb.
11. A little more research revealed that Lucy is making a rare swing through
the South, with dates in Alabama, Mississippi, and North Carolina.
If you want to see her in the South, go the extra mile and see her at
Sundilla. This is a combination Unitarian church and art gallery that holds
about 150 people, located a few blocks from Auburn University. Great
acoustics, great atmosphere, and friendly people. The only drawback is that
they don't sell advance tickets. That's usually not a problem, but you might
have to get there pretty early to be assured of a seat for Lucy's show.
By the way, does anyone know how so many Unitarian churches became homes
away from home for itinerant folk singers?
>From the Georgia Pines,
Steve Robertson
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Subject: NN: lucy kaplanski in uk
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 21:47:27 +0100
From: "Paul" (paul@preeve.clara.co.uk>
Hi all
for those who haven't already spotted it, Lucy is in the uk in December
Westhoughton Folk Club Bolton Friday 08/12/2000
Jazz Cafe London Sunday 10/12/2000
Red Lion Folk Club Birmingham Monday 11/12/2000
Huntingdon Hall Worcester Tuesday 12/12/2000
Sheffield City Hall Sheffield Wednesday 13/12/2000
Dispensary Cafe Newcastle-upon-Tyne Thursday 14/12/2000
Glenfarg Village Folk Club Glenfarg Saturday 16/12/2000
Ramshorn Theatre Glasgow Sunday 17/12/2000
Beaufort Theatre Ebbw Vale Tuesday 19/12/2000
Errigle Inn Belfast Thursday 21/12/2000
Thanks to the website of Dave_R (from UK.music.folk) for the information
(http://www.gig-guide.org/)
Paul
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Subject: Re: NN: Lucy K. Heads South
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 00 17:57:30 -0000
From: John Edward Graveling (kai21@dial.pipex.com>
Well of course we are about to get a full UK tour from Lucy Kaplansky in
early December. Looking at the itinerary I guess she'll just make it home
for Christmas.
John Graveling
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Subject: New Venture, contributing to Nanci's cause
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 23:46:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: Michael Wilt (handofgrace@yahoo.com>
// Hey folks, Michael asked me if he could let his NanciNet friends
// know of his new enterprise. I agreed to allow this one posting.[BP]
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Griffsters--
In the several months since I was downsized from my
editorial job with a small publishing company, I've
been doing lots of freelancey stuff to keep body and
soul together. Among it all has been the launch of an
online book review/bookstore. The book review is
geared to my own preferences and tastes (which are
very good; I'm a NanciNetter, after all!), and the
bookstore is full-service, with hundreds of thousands
of titles, and orders fulfilled by the largest US
wholesaler.
As part of my grand opening, I have pledged 10 percent
of the bookstore's receipts for the months of November
and December to the US Campaign to Ban Landmines. As
this is an issue of interest to many of us on the
NanciNet, I wanted to share this information with you.
The press release below provides the details; feel
free to post and distribute to folks you know who
might be interested in participating.
Many thanks,
Michael "so many books, so little time" Wilt
PRESS RELEASE
for immediate distribution
Nimble Spirit Pledges Funds for Landmine Ban
Organization
Nimble Spirit, a new online book review and
full-service bookstore, will mark its grand opening on
the World Wide Web by pledging a share of its profits
to the United States Campaign to Ban Landmines
(USCBL). Ten percent of net receipts on orders shipped
between Nov. 1 and Dec. 31 will be given to help the
USCBL’s grassroots activities. According to Michael
Wilt, founder of Nimble Spirit, “On our web site we
seek to review and promote literature that engages and
strengthens the human spirit. The USCBL seeks to raise
awareness about, and ban, a weapon that kills and
maims more civilians than it does soldiers, a weapon
that is terribly destructive and dehumanizing, but
virtually invisible in the U.S. context. An impressive
combination of individuals and organizations --
entertainers, physicians, Vietnam veterans, famous and
anonymous -- are raising awareness among the public,
working to influence legislation, and bringing
practical aid to landmine victims. Nimble Spirit is
pleased to participate by helping to raise awareness
and funds.”
Through book reviews and articles, Nimble Spirit
focuses on the element of spirituality inherent in
fine works of literature, both contemporary and
classic. Says Wilt, "I have always been most struck by
books that have, whether acknowledged or tacit, a
sense of the spiritual. Perhaps not a denominational,
sectarian, or even ‘religious’ sort of spirituality,
but a recognition of values toward which human beings
of any background can strive. And when this spiritual
sense appears in books of high literary quality, so
much the better."
Nimble Spirit (www.nimblespirit.com) is also an online
bookstore. Visitors have access to a database of
nearly a million titles from which to order. "There’s
something for everyone at this web site," Wilt
asserts, "so as the holidays approach we hope that a
great many people will avail themselves of this chance
to make a difference with their shopping dollars."
Gina Coplon-Newfield, coordinator of the USCBL,
comments, “The U. S. Campaign to Ban Landmines is
grateful for Nimble Spirit’s partnership in helping us
rid the world of a weapon that knows no difference
between the footfall of a soldier and that of a
child.” She encourages those seeking detailed
information about the campaign to visit the USCBL
website at www.banminesusa.org.
Contact:
Michael Wilt
Nimble Spirit
www.nimblespirit.com
965 43rd Ave.
Winona, MN 55987
507-457-0708
=====
Michael Wilt
handofgrace@yahoo.com
"These days your face in my memory
is in a folded hand of grace
against these times." -- Nanci Griffith
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