Re: Emmylou, Gram tribute, Crow the hack
The Welch is wonderful. It has a hint of Beth Orton-like electro-ambience that is very cool. I am confused. Please explain. Sounding like Beth Orton--a hugely overrated critics' darling whose voice is almost completely without timbre and whose songwriting reminds me of the sort of bad poetry that teenage girls scribble in their diaries--is a good thing? I am confused. --Amy
Re: Emmylou, Gram tribute, Crow the hack
Regarding the Gram tribute disc, Stevie Simkin wrote: Is there a release date yet for this? ICE Newsletter says June 15. TWM -- Tom Mohr usually here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sometimes here: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Emmylou, Gram tribute, Crow the hack
Tom Mohr wrote: Regarding the Gram tribute disc, Stevie Simkin wrote: Is there a release date yet for this? ICE Newsletter says June 15. Thanks, Tom. Looking forward to Whiskeytown doing their thing on "A Song for You" in particular. As long as Caitlin's intact, it should suit them perfectly, in Houses on the Hill / The Battle mode... Stevie
Re: Emmylou, Gram tribute, Crow the hack
Stevie Simkin wrote: Sheryl Crow does a very creditable duet with Emmylou on the forthcoming Gram tribute (anyone have an advance of this yet?) Emmylou Harris was interviewed on radio 2 (UK) last night, and they played that track and a weird and wonderful version of Ooh Las Vegas by a distinctly ambient Cowboy Junkies. Sounds like it should be a great album. I'm bummed they didnt play the Welch and Rawlings' Hickory Wind. Is there a release date yet for this? It gets bumped each month. Current story sez July 13th. And it's not even on Watermelon!! Bill Lavery http://villagerecords.com/
Re: Emmylou, Gram tribute, Crow the hack
I am confused. Please explain. Sounding like Beth Orton--a hugely overrated critics' darling whose voice is almost completely without timbre and whose songwriting reminds me of the sort of bad poetry that teenage girls scribble in their diaries--is a good thing? I am confused. Well, confused girl, I said nothing about the sound of Orton's voice nor lyrics in comparing her to Gillian Welch's Parson's cover. I said that Welch sounding Orton like with electronica ambience, or some sort of mumbo jumbo, meaning, that there is a bit of a atmospheric synth stuff that colors what is otherwise typically wonderful acoustic folkage. Thus, it make me think of the folk electronica hybrid that Orton's doing, a chemistry which I happen to like mucho. Cheers. Neal Weiss
Re: Emmylou, Gram tribute, Crow the hack
Sheryl Crow does a very creditable duet with Emmylou on the forthcoming Gram tribute (anyone have an advance of this yet?) Emmylou Harris was interviewed on radio 2 (UK) last night, and they played that track and a weird and wonderful version of Ooh Las Vegas by a distinctly ambient Cowboy Junkies. Sounds like it should be a great album. I'm bummed they didnt play the Welch and Rawlings' Hickory Wind. Is there a release date yet for this? The Welch is wonderful. It has a hint of Beth Orton-like electro-ambience that is very cool. Actually, I'm mostly impressed with this collection, even if I was prepared to not be, my preconception being that it was just gonna be more of the same ol'-same ol'. Chrissie Hynde, Lucinda, Whiskeytown and Welch all do some might fine stuff, to name a few off the top of my noggin. The downside so far: Wilco and Hillman/Earle, essentially for the same reason, being that their versions sound like little more than late-set bashings, and the Cowboy Junkies, which, while plenty inventive, just seems to be confused over what it is. The Crow track, is perfectly fine, methinks, if nothing that revelatory. My two centavos. Neal Weiss np - Al Green on shoutcast.com. T1 connex rule.
