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March 3, 2007
Issue 2007:211

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We've got Thrills, chills, Dirty Water
What more do you need?
When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
Like the T at full speed
When the big beat hits ya...

-- "Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
Copyright c. 1980 by Camaraderie Music, BMI.
All rights reserved. Used with permission.


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We actually have quite a bit more that I would have liked to fit in
here, but I have done a phenomenal job of running out of time. And
"run" is what now I've got to do.


THE NAMELESS COFFEEHOUSE
40th Anniversary Celebration

We are running the Nameless Coffeehouse's 40th anniversary press
release in whole below, but we lead off with this summary:

"The Nameless Coffeehouse celebrates 40 years of presenting real,
handmade music on Saturday, March 3, 2007, featuring Laurel Grove, Jud
Caswell, Jaime Michaels, and Marylou Ferrante. The show, hosted by
Lloyd Thayer, will begin at 8:00 p.m. There is a suggested donation
of $8.00."

-- Nameless Coffeehouse 40th Anniversary
Press Release, February 6, 2007


SPRINGTIME MUSIC IN VERMONT

Spring fling: A vernal Vermont music preview
By Alan Lewis | Special to the Vermont Guardian
Posted March 1, 2007

http://www.vermontguardian.com/culture/032007/SpringMusic.shtml

MY FAVORITE PIECES to write for the Vermont Guardian hands down are
the season previews. This one is the latest. These articles are
heavy on quick announcements of shows. They also include very short
items about individual artists, bands, and programs.

It may seem to some a bit odd that a piece mostly about popular music
should lead off with an item about the Vermont Symphony Orchestra.
But VSO concerts are inventively programmed to appeal to broad
audiences, and their tickets are hot sellers. I wouldn't be surprised
if no one at all gets the humor intended in the first item, but I had
to try.

Slightly expanded items cover such acts as Amity Front, Rani Arbo and
daisy mayhem, Missy Bly the band, James Kochalka Superstar, Vermont's
Social Band, Didi Stewart, Winterpills, and the "New Arrivals Volume
2" fund-raising compilation CD.

This article also includes brief death notices about Eric Von Schmidt
and Bill Gehman. Bill, it might interest some readers to know, was a
long-time subscriber to this newsletter.

If you get a chance, please check it out. This Vermont Guardian
article is freely-available and available for free simply by following
the link posted above.


THE DEPARTED
Academy Awards Picture of the Year

"'The Departed' took home four Academy Awards last night, including
Best Picture and Best Director for Martin Scorsese. Click on the link
below to read more about the film's big night at the Oscars and watch
an interview with Marty Scorsese as talks about his Oscar win and
gives a shout out to the people of Boston and the Dropkick Murphys:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/25/oscar.advance/index.html

"Dropkick Murphys song 'I'm Shipping Up To Boston' is featured
throughout 'The Departed.' It has been an incredible experience for
us to be involved in such a great film that was set in our home town
and was directed by Martin Scorsese one of our favorite film makers.

"If you haven't seen 'The Departed' yet it is now available on DVD...."

-- Dropkick Murphys, "The Departed: Best Picture
of the Year," February 26, 2007

THIS IS ACTUALLY, for us, a typical brief item. But somehow being
involved with a film that won four Academy Awards including Motion
Picture of the Year, as was The Dropkick Murphys, seems like reason
enough to bump up this item to near the top.

There can be no question about it that Martin Scorsese has deserved to
win Best Director and Picture of the Year in the past. But, better
late than never. And it is terrific that Scorsese won with a
Boston/Dropkick Murphys-connected film!

Congratulations to Martin Scorsese as well as to everyone involved.


BRIAN VIGLIONE
(Dresden Dolls)
Drum Clinic

"Brian Viglione Drum Clinic on March 10th in Somerville, MA

"Jamspot, Vic Firth, and Ziljidan are proud to present Brian's first
ever public educational drum clinic. The presentation is centered on
the fundamental principals of playing the drum kit, philosophy of
collaboration, personal craft, and approach to the full scope of
overall performance. Please note that you do not have to be a drummer
or even a musician to attend. Brian's recent private clinics have
proved to be inspirational and educational to students of all ages,
interest levels, and abilities. The clinic will be followed with a
Q&A as well as an autograph/photo session. There are a Very Limited
number of tickets available, so get them while you can.

March 10th, 2007; 4-7 PM

Location: Jamspot 111 South St Somerville, MA 02143

Tickets: $30 and are available by calling (617) 666-7529

A more detailed description can be found here

http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe2c15727762067a701777-fdf21578746403797412787c-ff271\
c71736d-fed1167274640575-fe2111777267037d761278

-- Dresden Dolls, "Drum Clinic and Brian on
Tour," March 1, 2007


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LORI McKENNA

If in 1997 you had told me that in 2007 I would be copying an item
like this into a newsletter, I would have snickered and snorted. But
times change, and "Lori McKenna: The DVD" may not be far off. Check
out the following sent by Russell Chudnofsky:

"Monday March 5th

"Lori McKenna and her band to play special show at the Paradise Lounge
in Boston showcasing songs from Lori's new Warner Brothers record due
out this Spring. The show will be filmed."

-- Russell Chudnofsky, "Lori McKenna, Guitarzan
in March," February 26, 2007


JUD CASWELL
At the Nameless Coffeehouse
40th Anniversary Celebration

We will run the entire Nameless Coffeehouse 40th Anniversary press
release below. We are exerpting here the item about

JUD CASWELL

because he passes, with flying colors, the long-standing NEMS
newsletter test:

We have heard OF him.

We have HEARD him.

And we know from first-hand experience that he is REALLY QUITE GOOD.

Here is what the Nameless folks say about him:

Jud Caswell comes from that place where the two Maines meet: where
ex-hippies play cribbage with fishermen and a kind of rural poetry is
infused with no-nonsense Yankee pragmatism. Praised as "emotionally
resonant, deeply affecting and superbly crafted," his songs approach
social commentary and simple pleasures with the same integrity and
genuineness that he brings to the stage, captivating audiences and
making friends as well as fans. In 2006, Jud won the legendary
Kerrville New Folk Contest, the Wildflower Performing Songwriter
Contest, the Boston Folk Festival Songwriting Contest, and showcased
at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival.
http://www.judcaswell.com and http://www.myspace.com/judcaswell

-- Nameless Coffeehouse 40th Anniversary
Press Release, February 6, 2007

Still Nameless after all of these years...


THE DOWNBEAT 5

"Boston's own electrifying Garage/Soul and Rock 'n' Roll quartet, The
Downbeat 5, release their third CD on Tuesday, March 6th, for the
Philadelphia label, Steel Cage Records. The latest CD, 'Smoke and
Mirrors' was recorded completely live, at a blow-out party, locally,
at Q Division Studios this past fall. Captured on disc is all the raw
energy and dynamics audiences have experienced over the years at The
Downbeat 5 shows. A few tunes are from their first two releases, but
the majority of this outstanding set is new to disc.

"The band celebrates the release at the Middle East (upstairs) on
Friday, March 9th, with Holly Golightly.

"The Downbeat 5 then travel to Texas and SxSW where they play on March
16th with the Hoodoo Gurus and Mooney Suzuki and our homies, Muck and
the Mires."

-- "The Downbeat 5 Celebrate the Release of
Their Third CD, Smoke and Mirrors,"
February 27, 2007


NANCY NEON
In Boston Groupie News

If you are interested in the latest exploits of a BGN (and NEMS) fave

NANCY NEON

better hurry, right away if not retroactive to last Sunday, to

http://www.bostongroupienews.com/

We are a bit out of sync with Boston Groupie News,
publishing-day-wise, and we are, with rare exceptions, in a position
only to tell about the issue that is about to be replaced by a new
one. So more often than not it is necessary for our readers to hurry
to the BGN site. But as a rule of thumb, that's a pretty good idea
anyway. This week if you do hurry, you can not only get hip to the
latest doings of friend NN but you can also see a still photo from a
Johnny Angel appearance in a commercial (who says the man does not
understand irony) and read the lowdown on a Classic Ruins reissue.


THE CAVE BEES

In my view

CRESTON LEA

is one of the most important people in contemporary popular music in
the state of Vermont. He kindly supplied a lot of information for my
Vermont Guardian spring music preview: more than space permitted me to
use, as it turned out.

Here is an item from Lea that I really want to make sure gets out there:

" ... I'm playing with a couple other outfits - the Cave Bees, a
garagy four-piece comprised of various Burlington-related people from
Ferrisburgh, Waitsfield, etc. We'll be recording for the first time
this weekend. The songs are all taken from an elaborate rock opera
about a roller-skating alligator, written by Steve Tremblay. He's
cropped up in various bands over the years, usually playing his giant
pile of junk called The Noise Monster. But he plays guitar in this
one. His fiancé, a MONSTER bass player, Rebekah Whitehurst - a recent
Texas / New York transplant - plays bass. Joey Adams, new to the
world of Vermont rock n' roll, on drums. I play guitar.

http://www.myspace.com/cavebees

CRESTON LEA's own Myspace address is

http://www.myspace.com/crestonguitars


JOHNNY BARNES UPDATE

"We've been getting a pretty good response from the literary
agents we've been sending packages to. There is some interest in
'Dead on the Internet.'

"I'm sure many of them went to our website to check it out.

"I'm still trying to track down safety masters of 'Live at the
Rat II.'"

-- Johnny Barnes Mailing, February 28, 2007


THE LONESTAR CHAIN

Here is another item from Vermont's Creston Lea:

"Also [I am] with the recently re-named The Lonestar Chain, the
side-band of Burette Douglas from The Cush. (I assume you know of The
Cush.) It's a country-leaning four-piece featuring Bill Mullins
(Barbacoa, Chrome Cowboys, The Billionaires, Blowtorch, No Fun, etc,
etc, etc) on lead guitar, Steve Hadeka (Cush, formerly Seth Yacavone's
band), and me [Missy Bly the band, James Kochalka Superstar, etc. -
ed.] on bass. We recorded a CD's worth of songs with Ryan Power
before he left town. The songs are really great...."

http://www.myspace.com/thelonestarchain


LYDIA WARREN BAND
The LWB EP

"We're going into the studio in March to record our E.P. and we are
psyched."

-- Lydia Warren Band Mailing, February 27, 2007


PELHAM RECORDS

This was presented to us as a New Hampshire music review and booking site:

http://www.pelhamrecords.com/

-- Pelham Records, "NH Music Review/Booking
Site," February 27, 2007

If you visit the site, we would be interested to hear what you think.


THE CHARMS

In Charms way
By Jed Gottlieb
Friday, March 2, 2007 - Updated: 11:42 AM EST

THE CHARMS
"Strange Music"
Wicked Cool | Grade: B

http://theedge.bostonherald.com/discReviews/view.bg?articleid=185857

When one considers how much we love The Charms and, thus, have plugged
the band, it is more than a little hard to believe that we have to
learn details of the group's latest record release by reading about it
in the Boston Herald.


TIR NA NOG
Open/Closed Update

"the nOg is staying open for yet another month!!!! whoopie!!!! 5 more?"

-- David Johnston, "Last nOg Gig," February 25,
2007


BOBBY BROWN

"Names" column
Radio station, Brown work out a deal
By Carol Beggy & Mark Shanahan | March 2, 2007
In Friday's Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2007/03/02/radio_station_brown_work_\
out_a_deal/


MARSHALL CRENSHAW

Where was Marshall Crenshaw and what was he doing when he wrote
"Someday, Some Way"?

Visit the following column and scroll down a bit.

"Names" column
Radio station, Brown work out a deal
By Carol Beggy & Mark Shanahan | March 2, 2007
In Friday's Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2007/03/02/radio_station_brown_work_\
out_a_deal/


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CHRIS WHITLEY

Dave Madeloni's column this week is about a celebration of the career
and music of

CHRIS WHITELY.

If this topic interests you or if you are interested in Dave's columns
more broadly, you are in better luck this week than last. Dave has
done the Myspace thing at

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=45781020

and we have lately learned about it.

I had two days' public-access computer work to do today in only one
day's appointment time, so I was unable to check this Myspace deal.
But I understand Dave is posting his columns Saturdays, so the Chris
Whitley piece ought to be available later if it is not available
already. And though I do not know, it would be my guess that past
columns may be there as well.

Definitely well worth checking out.


ANAIS MITCHELL

Brightness on the Edge of Town
By Alan Lewis
The Commons
March 2007
Pages 12 and 13

http://www.commonsnews.org/

Vermont's Windham County-wide newspaper, The Commons, ran my article about

ANAIS MITCHELL

in its March 2007 issue. It is available in hardcopy to Windham
County folk even as I type.

The February issue of The Commons is still the one that is posted on
the Web, but the March issue ought to go online sometime in the next
two or three days; and when it does go online, it may be accessed via
The Commons' home page which we are linking to above.

It is way early yet to try to summarize the career of

ANAIS MITCHELL,

but she could prove to be the future of The Beat Generation. Check
out my article(s) about her in the current issue of The Commons or in
a recent issue of the statewide weekly newspaper, the Vermont
Guardian, or both, and you should get an idea as to why I say this.

Oh, it pains me that the Jamie Masefield/Jazz Mandolin Project
paragraphs got cut from my article when it was edited for length. The
following paragraph starts after the words, "The exquisite frustration."

"Jamie Masefield heads arguably Vermont's best popular music
band, the Jazz Mandolin Project. That group's multimedia telling of
Tolstoy's 'How Much Land Does a Man Need' is much buzzed about these
days. In February, Masefield said, 'Since you brought up Anais
Mitchell, I just want to mention her collaboration with Michael
Chorney, called "Hadestown." I was so impressed with this unique
performance. It was an ambitious and a very successful production and
made me proud of the artistic community I'm part of. Seeing their
excellent and creative use of stage space sparked a whole new idea
about how to lay out the stage for our "How Much Land" show, and now
the layout has completely changed.'

"'Hey, that's very cool,' exclaimed Mitchell. 'I had no idea
Jamie was even in the "Hadestown" audience! And I'm honored that he
found some inspiration in it. As far as the use of the stage-space
went for that show, I really can't take credit but must hand it all to
our brilliant theatrical director Ben T. Matchstick. But this idea of
one Vermont artist sparking the mind of another is a beautiful thing.
It's one of the things I love about the state. I don't want to get
all nationalistic or nothin' but I did feel a little inkling of pride
in the fact that the entire cast and crew and orchestra of "Hadestown"
were Vermonters. I did feel a little inkling of EAT YOUR HEART OUT NYC!'"

If you would like to read the UN-cut version of this notice, give me
an e-mail address and I will send it off to you.

Cute Commons headline, huh?!


NAMELESS COFFEEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE

Nameless Coffeehouse

February 6, 2007
Contact: Maureen LeBlanc
Email: mleblanc61@...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

3 Church St. (across from the Harvard Sq. Theater)

Cambridge, MA 02138

The Nameless Coffeehouse celebrates 40 years of presenting real,
handmade music on Saturday, March 3, 2007, featuring Laurel Grove, Jud
Caswell, Jaime Michaels, and Marylou Ferrante. The show, hosted by
Lloyd Thayer, will begin at 8:00 p.m. There is a suggested donation of
$8.00.

Laurel Grove grew out of a Berklee College of Music classroom ensemble
under the guidance of Dave Hollender, a prominent and sought-after
banjo and bass player in the Boston area. It quickly became evident
that the group held amazing potential. After first playing sets
composed entirely of traditional bluegrass music, the band began to
experiment with their own musical style. This led to an energetic
playing and eclectic performing style seldom found in this genre. The
band soon began performing for live audiences and have since opened
for Orrin Star, Crazy Creek and other quality bluegrass acts. In just
a short time, Laurel Grove has developed a devoted and loyal audience.
For more information about the band check them out at
http://www.laurelgrovemusic.com and http://www.myspace.com/laurelgrove

Jud Caswell comes from that place where the two Maines meet: where
ex-hippies play cribbage with fishermen and a kind of rural poetry is
infused with no-nonsense Yankee pragmatism. Praised as "emotionally
resonant, deeply affecting and superbly crafted," his songs approach
social commentary and simple pleasures with the same integrity and
genuineness that he brings to the stage, captivating audiences and
making friends as well as fans. In 2006, Jud won the legendary
Kerrville New Folk Contest, the Wildflower Performing Songwriter
Contest, the Boston Folk Festival Songwriting Contest, and showcased
at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival.
http://www.judcaswell.com and http://www.myspace.com/judcaswell

Jaime Michaels -- A Rhode Island native, Jaime wandered up the road to
see a very young Tom Paxton at the Newport Folk Festival and knew then
and there what he wanted to do with his life. He's been a sincere
sixties singer songwriter, a solo artist following the influences of
Tim Buckley and Tim Hardin, has been a part of the groups Beckett,
Favorite Cousins, and toured the South, and beyond, for literally 8
and a half years with the Truly Dangerous Swamp Band. Throughout, he's
opened for Bonnie Raitt, Jesse Colin Young, Dave van Ronk, Livingston
Taylor, Jonathan Edwards, Earl Scruggs, Little Feat, Delbert
McClinton, Poco, Roseanne Cash and Vince Gill ... among others. Now
living in Santa Fe, he's been touring the solo circuit for the past 15
years. In 2004, Jaime journeyed to Italy where he toured with Jono
Manson and laid down tracks for his latest release, "Once or Twice
Upon a Time." Now, what Jaime likes to call his "Back for More" tour
continues, including appearances as a three time NEW FOLK FINALIST at
the 2003, 2004 and 2006 Kerrville Folk Festivals.
http://www.jaimemichaels.com and http://www.myspace.com/jaimemichaels

Marylou Ferrante is an acoustic country blues artist who is greatly
influenced by the the sublime country blues players of the 1920s and
1930s. Marylou covers musical territory ranging from the muddy
Mississippi delta to the east coast Piedmont style players; Robert
Johnson, Charlie Patton, Blind Boy Fuller along with the 40s blues of
Memphis Minnie & Tampa Red. Her passionate expression comes from a
love of the music style and from the arrangements themselves, along
with a deep appreciation for "the history of these folks and the
difficult circumstances they endured." She has honed her craft
listening to the old recordings and learning from some of the great
blues players today; Paul Rishell, Guy Davis and Robert Jones. Marylou
has opened for Guy Davis, Bob Franke & others.

Host, Lloyd Thayer, is a unique performer who plays most of his songs
on a 1929 National tricone squareneck steel guitar with the instrument
laying flat in his lap, fretted with a metal bar. Lloyd plays on the
streets and in the subways of Boston, as well as in clubs and
coffeehouses around New England. He also teaches at Club Passim's
School of Music. His songs are thought provoking, powerful, and often
absurdly funny. Downbeat Magazine has described Lloyd's performance as
"a convincing drama that turns one small paved patch of Harvard Square
into a back- alley, down-and-dirty heaven." Performer Magazine writes:
"The guy's like Bill Jackson, Jesse Fuller, and Captain Beefheart all
rolled into one." Lloyd is also an accomplished writer of short
stories, as well as an artist and poet. His latest releases are "Blues
for Boston" and the all instrumental CD, "Birds."
http://www.lloydthayer.com and http://www.lloydthayer.com/BIRDS.html

The Nameless Coffeehouse presents concerts on the first Saturday of
each month from September to June. (Concerts are occasionally held on
a different Saturday in the case of holiday weekends, etc.) In its
Forty Years of presenting live music, The Nameless has been a
launching pad for a host of folk (and other) performers including
Orrin Star, Tracy Chapman, Patty Larkin, The Story, Ellis Paul, Catie
Curtis, Vance Gilbert, Kevin So, Bob Franke, Cosy Sheridan, The Hunger
Mountain Boys, comedians Andy Kaufman and Jay Leno and many more. The
coffeehouse concert series features both up-and-coming performers as
well as established artists.

Call 617-864-1630 or visit http://www.namelesscoffeehouse.org

or

http://www.myspace.com/namelesscoffeehouse

for more information.


GIRL AUTHORITY
and
UNCLE EARL

Here are two acts you are not likely to see in the same music-news
item ever again. But each has a rapidly-approaching album release on
the Rounder label.

I interviewed Uncle Earl's Kristin Andreassen not long ago in her
capacity as a member of the original-music folk trio, Sometymes Why.
Interviewing her was a real delight, and I would love to cover Uncle
Earl sometyme soon.

Does anyone know whether the Girl Authority track, "This One's for the
Girls," is the song by the circa-1980 Boston rock band, The Rings?

Girl Authority
Road Trip
Rounder/Zoë Records
Street Date: March 13, 2007
Buckle up and get ready for the ride of your life as nine bubbly girls
sing their way across the USA and straight into your heart! From
classic hits like "The Loco-Motion" and "Car Wash" to chart-toppers of
today like "Life Is a Highway" and "This One's For the Girls"…from
songs parents remember fondly like "Holiday" and "Walking on Sunshine"
to brand-new originals like the exuberantly poppy "Let's Get Together"
and the dance-fueled "Rhythm of the World"…Girl Authority invites you
to join them on a trip to remember.

In addition to the upbeat, family friendly covers, Road Trip contains
five original songs, hand-picked for their positive messages and
girl-power spunk. Eminent songwriters like Vince Clarke of Erasure
(and formerly of Depeche Mode) and Tanya Donelly (formerly of Throwing
Muses, The Breeders, and Belly) penned songs for the girls. Girl
Authority producer Scott Billington states: "The girls were ready for
some great original material. They just took it in, put their own
stamp on it, and came out with some terrific, radio-ready songs.
These are tracks that will thrill their old fans and gain them many
new admirers."

Uncle Earl
Waterloo, Tennessee
Rounder Records
Street Date: March 13, 2007
Haunting, playful, elegant, relentless…on their sophomore album
Waterloo, Tennessee, the four women of Uncle Earl awaken the sleeping
giant of old-time stringband music and hold it as a mirror to our
present era. Resolutely modern, yet preserving the luminous mystery of
its ancient origins, their music illuminates what is timeless in the
everyday. Produced by John Paul Jones, Waterloo, Tennessee laces
raucous fiddle tunes and jug band blues with ballads of loss and
exile, love songs, and a profound longing that can only be echoed in
the strains of fiddles, banjos, mandolins, crystalline tender
harmonies, and the occasional wobbleboard.

-- Sarah Williams-Leach, "New Spring Releases From
Rounder Records," March 2, 2007


IDES OF MARCH
1960s Band

As you may have heard, Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson live in a stately
mansion called Anderson Hall, where they listen to garage-rock all day
every day.

No, come to think of it, that's that other group. Hall and Anderson
reside in a stately vehicle called The Blue Meanie, and they have a
garage-rock tip for you all out there in cyberspace.

"This is the month we are thankful that history has finally recognized
one of the great garage bands of the 1960s, namely, the Ides of March.
Started in 1964 in Berwyn, Illinois, the group wrote a string of
regional hits such as 'Roller Coaster' and 'You Wouldn't Listen,'
featuring catchy melodies and lush harmonies that have been
inspirational to us and surely countless other husband-wife folk acts.
The band changed to a polished brass style around 1970, resulting in
the monstrous hit, 'Vehicle.' [It reached No. 2 on the Billboard
chart. - Ed.] The Ides of March still perform, with all their
original members intact."

-- Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson, "March 2007
Newsdumpster," March 1, 2007

In your view, is that last Hall-Anderson sentence open to more than
one interpretation?


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