// Bits and pieces...blubonnets, Maria Muldaur, and more
// Enjoy... [BP] 

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Subject: NN: Concerts for a Landmine Free World
   Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:39:36 EST
   From: Petop@aol.com

The CD "Concerts for a Landmine Free World," which will be released here 
April 10, looks pretty impressive. Here's the lineup:

1. The Pearl - Emmylou Harris
2. Big Ol' Goofy World - John Prine
3. Cold Dog Soup - Guy Clark with Verlon Thompson
4. This Shirt - Mary Chapin Carpenter
5. Mines of Mozambique - Bruce Cockburn
6. It's a Hard Life - Nanci Griffith
 7. Morphine - Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
8. Mary - Patty Griffin
9. Shipwrecked - Kris Kristofferson
10. Wilderness of This World - Terry Allen
11. Christmas in Washington - Steve Earle
 
    It is already getting a lot of airplay on folk programs and I can't wait 
until I can get my hands on a copy.

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Subject: Re: NN: Concerts for a Landmine Free World
   Date: Fri, 30 Mar 01 06:35:39 +0100
   From: John Edward Graveling (kai21@dial.pipex.com>

The "Concerts" cd does have an impressive line up, but are the tracks 
'live in-concert' recordings, or merely the studio versions. If they are 
the studio takes I certainly will not be buying it, as I have them all 
already.

John Graveling

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Subject: Re: NN: Concerts for a Landmine Free World
   Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 21:59:51 -0800
   From: "Maudeen" (maudeen@olypen.com>

They are actual live in concert recordings complete with several of the
artists speaking to the audience and several of the artists lending their
harmonies to the others.

 I had thought the same thing at first -- I have most of these recordings as
studio versions but this live version is really a keepsake.

Maudeen

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Subject: NN: Eliza Gilkyson
   Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 19:30:16 +0100
   From: "Paul Castle" (pdcmusic@freeuk.com>

John Graveling kai21@dial.pipex.com wrote:

>It's been a while since I've been swept away by something as good as Eliza
>Gilkyson. Her latest cd, "Hard Times in Babylon", arrived yesterday and,
>even on one hearing, is an absolute knock-out.

Great to hear Eliza Gilkyson's album 'Hard Times in Babylon'
is a knock-out, John.  I heard a track on Bob Harris's Country 
Show a few weeks ago but was interrupted before the end so
didn't know who it was - knocked me out too, so I checked his
playlists  - then this week Johnnie Walker played a track not 
long after I'd been looking through Iain Matthews' website
researching for next month's 'Across the Pond' column -
(Plainsong - Iain & Andy - are playing in London at Ronnie 
Scott's on 22nd April).  I was pleased to find the following:

>A singer / songwriter project fruiting next year, 'More Than A Song' 
>features Fairport, Plainsong & Matthews' Southern Comfort founder 
>Iain Matthews, Dutch guitarist / singer & a big hit on Iain's recent 
>Tiniest Wham tour, Ad Vanderveen, and Californian native & deeply 
>soulful vocalist Eliza Gilkyson. The album comes out in October 2001. 
>European touring kicks off in Feb'02 and British fans get their ears 
>round live dates in April'02. 

Hope she plays in her own right, at somewhere like The Borderline,
before that  - great voice!

Paul

Across the Pond @
http://www.folkmusic.about.com

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Subject: NN: A lot of threads...
   Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 14:09:28 -0600
   From: David Grant (david@grantguerrero.com>

Hi everyone.

I just finished catching up on the latest digest and thought I'd toss in
some info about multiple threads:

About Indian Paintbrushes -- I recently heard that they are being referred
to officially as "Texas Paintbrushes" now, something about political
correctness... I wasn't sure if I believed that or not, but about two
nights ago I actually heard the weatherman on Channel 24 call them "Texas
Paintbrushes."

As for Terry Gilkyson, I bet almost everyone born in the U.S. during the
second half of the 20th century can sing at least one of his songs -- he
wrote "The Bear Necessities" for Disney's The Jungle Book.

And on to Eric Taylor -- I don't know if anyone has mentioned it yet, but
Eric has a new CD out as of last week, called "Scuffletown."  I went to the
CD release party last night at the Cactus Cafe, and while I have yet to
actually listen to the whole CD, I really liked what he played last night.
I've heard people say that this is his best album since his first one.

David

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Subject: NN: Listen to scuffletown on the Web
   Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 22:14:11 +0200
   From: "pArispAl" (aequalis@wanadoo.fr>

Hello,

The best opportunityy to hear Scuffletown, Eric Taylor's new CD, that is if
you haven't got your own copy yet, is to listen to Sysiphus Tracks at
http://sisyphustracks.com/pushinguphill.htm

The CD is played in its entirety. Starting soon!

Enjoy!

Herve, pAris pAl

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Subject: Re: NN: Emmylou Harris - thoughts on Napster
   Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 21:35:21 -0500
   From: Tony Cox (tonycox@pacific.net.au>

Emmylou's angle on the issue greatly increases my respect for her as a person
and as a musician.  She articulates so well what the music "business" *should*
be about.  And just to show my apreciation I went out today and bought a ticket
to her show (down the road from me on April 21st)!  I mentioned before I wasn't
smitten by Red Dirt Girl, but now I know where she's coming from I want to see
her perform these and other songs live.

And Kasey Chambers and Buddy Miller on the same bill won't hurt either:-)
(Though I've seen Kasey a coupla times already and I really was going to give
this one a miss originally).

Tony, enjoying life  (today, anyway).

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Subject: NN: Re: New music
   Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 17:57:44 -0500
   From: Rich Hanson (rihanson@sarj.org>

Eliza is based in Austin, Texas and I agree her music definitely has an 
edge. Her web site is http://www.elizagilkyson.com/.

While we lived in Austin (just moved) we saw her quite a few times. If you 
ever get a chance to see her it would be well worth your while.

Rich

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Subject: NN: RE: Mountain Stage Show
   Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 14:23:48 -0600
   From: Ron Hennessy (rhennesy@coserv.net>

I went to the site http://www.wvpubrad.org/mountainstage/msprograms.htm.
All kinds of interesting performers coming to Mountain Stage!

I see Maria Muldaur is scheduled for April 6.   I remember her 70s recording
of "Midnight at the Oasis," a marvelous song with nonsense lyrics and jazz
harmonies (which I learned to play on the piano, at a time when I was
struggling to build a repertory as a jazz/ragtime pianist).  Maria's
performance of it couldn't have been more perfect.

I know of nothing else she's sung or recorded, and wish I could make it to
West Virginia to see her, as well as Nanci and Eric.  Anybody know what
Maria has been doing the past 25 years?

All the best,

Ron Hennessy

P. S. I found the following web site: http://www.muldaur.com/index.html.  It
has an excellent bio of Maria.  "Midnight" was apparently written by her
friend David Nichtern.  (The article really answers my question; but I'd
still welcome y'all's comments!)

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Subject: NN: Re: RE: Mountain Stage Show
   Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 15:48:15 -0500
   From: "Richard" (rweintraut@email.msn.com>

I'm late to this thread, and you may already know, but many of the
Mountain Stage shows are recorded.

They are available at John Prine's record company site...

	http://www.ohboy.com

on Blueplate Music...

	http://blueplatemusic.com/

Weintraut

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Subject: NN: Re:Maria Muldaur
   Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 16:28:14 EST
   From: Tricia9999@aol.com

rhennesy@coserv.net writes:

> I know of nothing else she's sung or recorded, and wish I could make it to
> West Virginia to see her, as well as Nanci and Eric.  Anybody know what
> Maria has been doing the past 25 years?

She lives in the SF Bay Area and still does lots of shows in the area. She is 
still quite active. Was married to Geoff Muldaur, who just released a new cd. 
I think they are still friends and collaborators.

Tricia

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Subject: NN: RE: Re:Maria Muldaur
   Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 00:49:08 +0200
   From: "Hans Janssen" (hjanssen@zeelandnet.nl>

(>She lives in the SF Bay Area and still does lots of shows in the
(>area. She is
(>still quite active. Was married to Geoff Muldaur, who just
(>released a new cd.

BTW this CD "Password" is a very good one.

And I have several CDs from Maria from the past 10 years and all kinds of
music: New Orleans (with Dr. John), jazz and more kind but I can't figure
out a name for it. The last 3 CDs, I have were on Telarc, with an
incrediable good sound.

met vriendelijke groeten,

Hans Janssen.
http://listen.to/Tish
http://folktrade.da.ru

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Subject: NN: bluebonnets
   Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 16:57:09 -0600
   From: Larry Lindly (llindly@cswnet.com>

A fair picture ( still looking)
	http://www.lsjunction.com/flower.htm
and another
	http://www.wingedmammal.com/H980414.htm
(needs more green)

This is a pretty photo of bluebonnets and paintbrushes, but not what I'm
looking for. I guess I'll just have to drive down
	http://dephoto.com/wf102.htm

This is a photo with cool effects
	http://dephoto.com/wf102.htm

Wait here's a good one. It makes a good wallpaper if you set it to tile.
	http://www.colorphotos-sw.com/fltx14.htm

or better yet pick from these
	http://www.colorphotos-sw.com/wild_flowers.htm

Larry (wish I was home in Texas)

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Subject: Re: NN: Maria Muldaur
   Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 19:55:21 EST
   From: Brimpls@aol.com

My sister, who lives in Mill Valley in Marin County, California, always 
points out to me when I visit her a little club in downtown Mill Valley 
called Sweetwater's, where Maria Muldaur has often played. Every visit, I 
say, "This is the visit when we'll come into town some night and see who's 
playing," but we always get so relaxed that I forget. Maybe on my next Mill 
Valley visit, we'll go downtown and Maria will be playing! But yes, she is 
definitely still active singing and playing gigs. And isn't that an 
unforgettable song?

Sabrina in Mpls.

"Tonight I think I'm gonna go downtown..."

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Subject: NN: Old-Time Music on TV
   Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 15:30:11 -0400
   From: Steve Robertson (stever@mindspring.com>

I'm sure a lot of you have a renewed (or maybe brand new) interest in
old-time music as a result of all the publicity for Oh Brother. There are a
couple of TV shows featuring both bluegrass and old-time that haven't
received much publicity yet.

The most established of the two is the Cumberland Highlanders show- on the
Outdoor Channel every Saturday at 6:30PM Eastern. Lately, they have been
dividing their time between Ralph Stanley's homeplace (with Ralph and Ralph
II doing some singing) and Rosine, Kentucky- where they are trying to stir
up interest in an ongoing project to restore Bill Monroe's birthplace and
turn it into a museum. The only problem with this show is that it's on at
the same time as "A Prarie Home Companion". But you could set up your VCR to
tape the Highlanders on Thursday Noon, when the show is repeated.

	http://www.cumberlandhighlanders.com/

The new kid on the block doesn't even have an official name yet. The folks
who bring you the Acoustic Box Office on the web are supplying hour-long
shows to a new satellite TV channel called RFD TV- on the Dish Network at
channel 9409. At the moment, the music debuts each Thursday at 7PM Eastern,
then is repeated several times during the coming week. The first show- last
Thursday- was a complete set from IIIrd Tyme Out, taped at a recent
festival.

	http://www.acousticboxoffice.com/srvs/default.asp
	http://www.rfdtv.com/

-- 
>From the Georgia Pines,
Steve Robertson
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_________Fiddlin' Around____________
The Journal of American Roots Music
          on the web at
      http://www.starchart.com/
====================================

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Subject: NN: Nanci, House Concerts, and Kate
   Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 06:16:59 -0500
   From: "Mary-Margaret" (mbowles@smwc.edu>

I am officially de-lurking, though I've been with the list almost from the
get-go.  Given my name (though I DO have a legal hyphen), I thought it
might be less confusing!  But I've decided it's time to come out of the
closet and thank NanciNet for two wonderful gifts you've given me (more
anon).

I've been a Nanci fan since the early 80s when I lived in Austin for six
magical years (ah, those bluebonnets and Indiana paintbrushes!).
Any night of the week, for less than a $5 cover charge, I
could hear performers like Nanci, Lucinda Williams when she was just
Lucinda, Eliza Gilkyson, Robert Earl Keen, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch
Hancock, Stevie Ray Vaughn (bless his soul), Townes Van Zandt (ditto), Joe
Ely, and Delbert McClinton (be still my heart).  I used to get impatient
when Lyle Lovett would open for Nanci since he mumbled too much for my
taste; now I have all his cds!  I worked on the U.T. campus, so I went to
almost every _Austin City Limits_ taping for six years--even rode in an
elevator with Ray Charles!  The first time I heard Nanci, after a very bad
day at work, at a sweet bar called Emmajoe's, when she sang "There's a light
beyond these woods, Mary Margaret" (the hyphen was implied), I was hooked
and hooked deep.  Now, I work at Saint Mary-of-the-*Woods* College, so her
message rings even more true.  Though I've heard her in concert only three
times in the past ten years, NanciNet is my umbilical cord to her.

When I left Austin for Columbus, Ga., Vienna, Austria, and now Terre Haute,
IN, it was hard to hear the live music that was taken for granted in Austin.
I relied on cds and occasional long drives to folk venues.  Discovering
Nanci-Net was a way to keep in touch, to discover new performers, to keep
Austin alive in my soul.  I met two of my best friends (hi, Angela and Roger
Stucker!) when I saw that Angela seemed to be the only other Hoosier Netter
and I thought she might enjoy a Dar Williams concert.  We met there and have
been fast friends ever since.  The first gift.

The second gift is that I learned about the folk_music listserv and from
that I learned about house concerts.  Now, I have hosted 16 of them, with
the best of the best: Vance Gilbert (twice!), Nerissa and Katryna Nields,
Barbara Kessler, Darryl Purpose, Hugh Blumenfeld (twice!), Cosy Sheridan,
Small Potatoes, Greg Greenway (twice!), Christine Kane, Andrew Calhoun,
Michael Jerling, and Paula Joy Welter.  My venue was named by my first
performer, Don Conoscenti, who sent me a press kit in care of the Bowles
Music Palace. You can check out my web site (leave comments in the
guestbook, please!), which Angela created as a 50th birthday gift:
www.bowlesmusicpalace.org.

On April 6, guess who I get to host???  Nanci-Net darling, Kate Campbell!
I'm so jazzed!!  To think that Kate will be in my living room, eating my
Virginia cooking (not unlike funeral food!)--I'm still blown away that all
this been created, indirectly because of NanciNet!

Now I don't have to drive long distances to hear folk music--it comes to me.
Austin lives on in Terre Haute!

Thanks to all of you for your recommendations of singers, shared
stories, thoughtful commentary, and for being such darned nice people!

Mary-I'm-the-one-with-the-hyphen-Margaret Bowles

// Tell her we all said "HI!" [BP]

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Subject: Re: NN: Nanci, House Concerts, and Kate
   Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 21:49:07 EDT
   From: Poetmuse@aol.com

What a great story, Mary-Margaret. :) Rock on, Girl!!!

er... folk on! just didn't sound quite right. :)

-Christina

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Subject: NN: Nanci vs. Jimmy
   Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 15:57:59 -0400
   From: Steve Robertson (stever@mindspring.com>

I've always thought that Nanci and Jimmy Buffett have a lot in common.
Consider this:

1. Both grew up near the Gulf coast.
2. Both had strong Catholic influences during childhood.
3. Both write story songs about lifestyles unique to the "Third Coast".
4. Both come from folk music backgrounds.
5. Both are successful because of dedicated fans- rather than radio airplay.

Now I have found evidence that Jimmy is a fan of Nanci! I'm reading a book
called "Heaven is Under Our Feet", which is a compilation of short essays
(edited by Don Henley) in favor of preserving Walden Woods.

	http://www.walden.org/project/

In the book, Jimmy Buffett uses a trip to Africa to illustrate his point. He
explains that he ended up buying so much stuff that he had to have it boxed
and shipped back home by slow boat. This is what he says about the day the
box arrived:

"Boxes full of T-shirts, carvings, clothing, paintings, jewels, and lots of
unnecessary plastic objects (thank you, Nanci Griffith)".

-- 
Far from Walden Woods,
Steve Robertson

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Subject: NN: Re: Nanci vs. Jimmy
   Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 13:23:48 -0700
   From: "Sharon Burton-Hardin" (sharonburton@earthlink.net>

My husband is a parrot head. If you read Buffett's "A Pirate Looks at 50",
he mentions that he likes Nanci's music and plays it a lot. Got my husband
to take a closer listen. Now he really likes her!

We have Buffett tickets for next month. Pencil-thin mustaches, here we come!

sharon

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Subject: NN: Seattle Area Music Scene (OT)
   Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 22:52:47 -0700
   From: "Maudeen" (maudeen@olypen.com>

I know this is pretty off topic - but I have just established an email list
called SeattleAmericana.  I was wandering around the internet today trying
to find out what concerts were going to be in the Seattle area this summer
(came across two I plan on attending -- Emmylou Harris at the Pier in
Seattle 6/29 and John Prine at the Woodland Park Zoo on 8/29).  And I
thought - how can we find out who is playing where when in a bit easier way?

This e-mail list is for Seattle area fans of Americana (aka Alternative
Country, folk, traditional) music.  It's purpose is to unite those with
similar music tastes in the Pacific Northwest for the purposes of notifying
each other of live music concerts in the area and for making arrangements to
meet at these concerts and/or before or after the concerts.

This would notify everyone of concerts throughout the Pacific Northwest
(Washington, Oregon, Idaho, BC) which others might be interested in
attending.

You can join by sending a message to
	SeattleAmericana-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

~~Maudeen
www.book-wizard.net
Charter Member RIO (Reviewers International Organization)
Chairman, Sleepless in Silverdale RWA Conference, February 2003

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Subject: RE: NN: Bluebonnet spring
   Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 18:43:19 -0700
   From: "John Houser" (jchouser@earthlink.net>

>Does anyone know any sites where we can get some good photos of
bluebonnets?

My favorite site for photo screensaver stuff is Webshots - partially
confirmed when I got 328 hits for "bluebonnets"...

Only say partially as I also did a search for Nanci Griffith and got 1 hit.
Hmmm, gonna be hard to get a Nanci screensaver going off of that one:)

http://www.webshots.com/search/search.fcgi?ch=1&new=1&cl=1&ws=1&words=bluebo
nnets&x=14&y=7

I worked up a UCLA Basketball Screensaver with not much effort (ok, if my
beloved Bruins can't win, Duke is acceptable and congrats to them) and may
have to work up a Nanci one next time I get a chance - a little busy this
end right now :)...

Enjoy!

// that site wraps, so you'll have to cut and paste...[BP]

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Subject: NN: bluebonnet photos
   Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 15:23:53 -0500
   From: "Joe O'Connell" (josephoc@admin.stedwards.edu>

A lot of folks have asked to see photos of bluebonnets, so here you go. The
photographer for the St. Edward's University newspaper (I'm their adviser)
took these shots Monday. That's the Main Building of St. Ed's in the
background. For certain Nanci content (what, bluebonnets aren't enough?),
Nanci's sister went to high school here back when it was both h.s. and
college.

Set your fazers to:

	http://members.aol.com/lostdillos/blue1.jpg
	http://members.aol.com/lostdillos/blue2.jpg


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