September 2005 Playlist

linda_lakeside · Post by **linda_lakeside** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:07 pm

Lee Marvin! Of course! At first I thought it was 'Johnny Carson'.

linda_lakeside · Post by **linda_lakeside** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:09 pm

And yes, Tom, Bush can do so much with her voice, she's powerful, and she can be tender (The Man with the Child in His Eyes). Sexy, too.

Shane · Post by **Shane** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:36 pm

Tom Sakic wrote:Shane, beside the dog , I'm wondering about Lee Marvin avatar?

Tom Waits, Jim Jarmusch, John Lurie and Nick Cave are part of a secret community called THE SONS OF LEE MARVIN.

READ ABOUT IT HERE

tomsakic · Post by **tomsakic** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:33 am

Oh yes, I heard about that... And now Jarmusch (after many years) in cinema in our town...

Has anyone of you, guys, see his new masterpiece, Broken Flowers, with Bill Murray?

Shane · Post by **Shane** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 3:01 pm

Brilliant! Love it!

I love all his films, but Broken Flowers is among the best work he's done!

linda_lakeside · Post by **linda_lakeside** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 3:10 pm

I've always liked Bill Murray. So, I suppose, this should go on my list of things to do.

Gee, you two, have you got 'dream jobs' that allows you to watch, listen, read then hang out on the web and talk about it? I could use a job like that!

Some good info flowing out of the entire music section.

Bam! Every day there's something new!

Linda

Ha! Good link, Shane.

margaret · Post by **margaret** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:17 pm

Has anyone here heard K T Tunstall, a young British singer/songwriter who has recently found success? Kate is now 30 and plays accoustic guitar and writes her own songs. Her debut album, now selling well, is called Eye to the telescope and was shortlisted for this years Mercury Prize (won actually by Anthony and the Johnsons). I work with Kate's aunt Julia so a few of us at work have been following her progress

tomsakic · Post by **tomsakic** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:54 pm

Heard due to recent press coverage. She's doing quite good on charts here (in top 50); also good reviews in press. But it seemed she's more mainstream, so I wasn't thinking to try her out... From reviews it appeared that she tends to more traditional audience than Lucinda Williams or Neko Case i.e.

linda_lakeside · Post by **linda_lakeside** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 2:55 am

Seems as though Europe has quite a lot more to pick from than we do here in N. America. We can get everything, it's just not 'hyped' as much. Different artists are in the spotlight. Which, for me, is just as well, I can't keep on top of everything. There seems to have been some kind of musical explosion recently.

Linda.

tomsakic · Post by **tomsakic** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:11 pm

Shane wrote:

Bettye LaVette: I've Got My Own Hell To Raise

Listen to The High Road.

Just saw that Sharon worked on this album:

Detroit homegirl Bettye LaVette scored a ’62 R&B hit (“My Man — He’s a Lovin’ Man”) with her first record at age 16. Despite sporadic R&B success and performing “Bubbling Brown Sugar” on Broadway, she never charted pop. Spotted on the blues-soul festival circuit, Anti- Records paired her with fellow Michigander Joe Henry, who produced Solomon Burke’s 2002 comeback effort. Henry’s minimalistic approach works similar magic here, as LaVette wraps her steel-belted vocal cords around material written exclusively by female songwriters, ranging from country (Dolly Parton’s stark “Little Sparrow,” Lucinda Williams’s bluesy “Joy”) to folk (Joan Armatrading’s brooding “Down to Zero”) to modern-rock (Aimee Mann’s sassy, “How Am I Different”). LaVette hand-picked all the songs; the album’s title comes from a line in her jazzy rendition of Fiona Apple’s “Sleep To Dream.” And while she turns Cathy Maciejewski’s “Just Say So” (a country hit for Bobbie Cryner) and frequent Leonard Cohen collaborator Sharon Robinson’s “The High Road” into slow-burning soul ballads, the album’s highlight just might be the opening track — an a cappella take on Sinead O’ Connor’s “I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got,” where LaVette sounds like she’s shredding yards of silk with every syllable.

from: http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/rev ... ?id=102645

linda_lakeside · Post by **linda_lakeside** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:30 pm

I remember this. She worked with Sharon? It sounds like a very interesting album. I wonder where Dylan got to? This would be perfect. I think I'll look around a bit. Check this one out. I have nothing against Sharon's voice. I just 'prefer' that someone else do the production. But, I guess this artist is just reworking something Sharon did. From what I can gather. Nonetheless, it could be a good record. * I just added that on after reading the link * No. I'm not psychic.

Linda.

linda_lakeside · Post by **linda_lakeside** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:41 pm

What a great track! I love the old blue and r/b singers. No this didnt' smack of Sharon at all. Sorry, Tom. I know you like Sharon.

This sounded very good. I remember Shane talking about it a few months back.

Linda.

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:24 pm

I heard a segment done on Bettye and wrote down her name, intending to bring it here in the form of recommendation. Something happened between the car and my computer, though, and it never made it. It was very interesting commentary on and from her. I would thoroughly enjoy this album

!

~ Lizzy

Shane · Post by **Shane** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:06 pm

I like the album very much. Think it's a good buy.

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:10 pm

That's how I assessed it, too, just based on the excerpts they played. Good to know that the whole album bears out that way.