Hi.

We have a change, that might matter to some folks, regarding our survey of
people's ideas about New England music essential record releases. It looks as
though it probably would not work really well to attribute each suggestion to
the person or people making that suggestion. Sorry. Even with only a few
responses, we already have instances of several people suggesting the same
record. If this keeps up, the resulting document would make for pretty busy
reading; and it would look more like a dry political petition than a fun list of
most-admired records.

So far, we have no suggestions at all for any of the superstar acts I thought
might be named over and over again, such as Aerosmith, Boston, the J. Geils
Band, New Edition, Phish, Donna Summer...

New Kids on the Block?

We live and learn.

Also so far, the suggestions do not stray too far from folk-rock, though there
is no telling whether this will hold. Possibly not. My suggestion is the only
one at this point that is at all out there: the single, "In the Still of the
Nite (I'll Remember)" by The 5 Satins. This started as a local New Haven,
Connecticut effort on a Connecticut record label. It became a moderate radio
hit in New York City and eventually went international to say the least, but "In
the Still of the Nite" started as Connecticut local music.

Speaking of NYC, here is a plea to our New York friends. It seems that
singer-songwriter Greta Gertler has an important show coming up at Joe's Pub on
June 23, and she would like to make sure that everyone and everyone else in the
New York City area and beyond knows about it. Here is her announcement.

Alan

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TUESDAY, JUNE 23 - 7pm
Build and Greta Gertler:
Chamber/Song Collaboration
JOE's PUB
425 Lafayette St, NYC
info@...
212.967.7555

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<> A quick reminder to please take out your black berries, iphones, note pads,
hands, crayons and note (in big letters): I am playing an extra-big show on
TUESDAY, JUNE 23 at JOE'S PUB (NYC) at 7pm with my friends, indie-classical
group, Build, who recently performed a beautiful set at the Bang on a Can
Marathon.

Build and myself will be weaving together a night of song and contemporary
classical compositions by Build's leader/violinist, Matt McBane. We'll also be
debuting Matt's string arrangements on some songs from my forthcoming album,
"The Universal Thump". The brilliant Adam D Gold (who is producing the album
with me) will be playing drums with both Build and myself, threading the night
together, as a whole.

I highly recommend booking tickets in advance:

http://tickets.publictheater.org/calendar/view.asp?id=9450

http://www.GretaGertler.net

More about Build:

https://www.newamsterdamrecords.com/#build

http://www.myspace.com/buildbuildbuild

SOURCE: Greta Gertler, "Joe's Pub : June 23," Friday, June 12, 2009.