----Original Message Follows---- From: kaseychambers@yahoogroups.com Reply-To: kaseychambers@yahoogroups.com To: kaseychambers@yahoogroups.com Subject: [kaseychambers] Digest Number 47 Date: 19 Nov 2002 11:07:38 -0000 To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: kaseychambers-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There are 2 messages in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. Re: new fan here :o) From: "hugues"

2. Re: new fan here :o)

From: "mallenbm"

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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 16:12:44 +0100

From: "hugues"

Subject: Re: new fan here :o)

Hi Brian,

The last Neko Case album is wonderful. We can be surprised at first by the sound of her record, with much echo, but we are used to after several listens. Her voice is fantastic. But she's really different from Kasey Chambers. Kasey is amazing and I her fans should appreciate Dolly Parton as well (the same kind of voice), the more so as I'm sure the last Dolly's albums are great from the few songs I have heard ("Hungry Again", "The Grass Is Blue", "Little Sparrow").

Back to Neko: "Blacklisted" is to me one of the records of the year. She wrote and sang better than ever. For the lyrics (not printed in the booklet), you can read them on the fans site: http://porchlight.viachicago.org

What Neko makes is so special and personal... I don't have a country culture (since I'm french) and don't know some musical references I have read - Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn - but I really doubt that the kind of music she does has been done before. What she makes sound rather fresh and new to my ears, even if we hear some (tasty) influences. I really love her voice. It's more crystalline than before, and totally haunting.

Kasey is far more traditional musically, but I love her music as much, in another way. I doubt we'll find many female performers as good in the genre.

It's curious to compare different musics we love as much. Laura Cantrell makes another kind of music, very traditional too; she hasn't a strong voice, but I'd say she has the best songs (3/4 of them being covers - Joe Flood, Dan Prater, Amy Rigby, Amy Allison, etc - Amy Rigby and Amy Allison are two other great female artists!)

Laura Cantrell's "When The Roses Bloom Again" is, to me, also one of the records of the year... (very similar to her first, "Not The Tremblin' Kind").

Mary Gauthier is great! Her best record remains "Drag Queens In Limousines" to me.

Sorry for the chat, when I speak about music, I sometimes can't stop :o)

Cheers,

Hugues

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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 15:34:20 -0000

From: "mallenbm"

Subject: Re: new fan here :o)

Hello Hugues

Nice to read some good, put together comments, I've got to admit my

main avenue of music still remains the likes of Dylan and a lot of

old hippy stuff,blues, jazz and west coast etc. But I gotta say since

hearing Kaseys 'the Captain' on the Sopranos soundtrack I've become a

big fan and probably also turned me on to other female singers where

I wouldn't have listened to before including the previously mentioned

Neko Case and a singer I got to see a couple of months ago, Tift

Merrett. I do having a liking for 'live' music so will be hoping

Kasey may visit the UK before long AND I get a chance to see her. Has

anyone got any comments about Kaseys live performances, I've known so

many disappoint when it comes to doing a live gig. I somehow don't

think Kasey would fail

Enjoy

Brian

- In kaseychambers@y..., "hugues" wrote:

>

> Hi Brian,

>

> The last Neko Case album is wonderful. We can be surprised at first

by the sound of her record, with much echo, but we are used to after

several listens. Her voice is fantastic. But she's really different

from Kasey Chambers. Kasey is amazing and I her fans should

appreciate Dolly Parton as well (the same kind of voice), the more so

as I'm sure the last Dolly's albums are great from the few songs I

have heard ("Hungry Again", "The Grass Is Blue", "Little Sparrow").

>

> Back to Neko: "Blacklisted" is to me one of the records of the

year. She wrote and sang better than ever. For the lyrics (not

printed in the booklet), you can read them on the fans site:

http://porchlight.viachicago.org

>

> What Neko makes is so special and personal... I don't have a

country culture (since I'm french) and don't know some musical

references I have read - Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn - but I really

doubt that the kind of music she does has been done before. What she

makes sound rather fresh and new to my ears, even if we hear some

(tasty) influences. I really love her voice. It's more crystalline

than before, and totally haunting.

>

> Kasey is far more traditional musically, but I love her music as

much, in another way. I doubt we'll find many female performers as

good in the genre.

>

> It's curious to compare different musics we love as much. Laura

Cantrell makes another kind of music, very traditional too; she

hasn't a strong voice, but I'd say she has the best songs (3/4 of

them being covers - Joe Flood, Dan Prater, Amy Rigby, Amy Allison,

etc - Amy Rigby and Amy Allison are two other great female artists!)

>

> Laura Cantrell's "When The Roses Bloom Again" is, to me, also one

of the records of the year... (very similar to her first, "Not The

Tremblin' Kind").

>

> Mary Gauthier is great! Her best record remains "Drag Queens In

Limousines" to me.

>

> Sorry for the chat, when I speak about music, I sometimes can't

stop :o)

>

> Cheers,

> Hugues

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