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     Ewan McNay (Ewan) New member Username: Ewan Post Number: 3 Registered: 7-2002 |
OK, OK, heresy I know. BUT... given that there are not, in fact, enough GL tracks extant to completely fill my CD changer, what would folk recommend for other bands that one-who-likes-GrooveLily would appreciate? Yes, I'll start: I recommend Dave's True Story, whose lyrics are just as tight but generally darker and often subtly pornogaphic. The lead singer, Kelly, has a gloriously husky voice, and the bass player to whom she's married generates some pretty cool background. The third member, Dave, is the writer and guitarist/second vocalist. Very smooth, jazzy, witty - if you don't listen to the words, it could be high-class cafe music. Anyway, whom else are people listening to? | ||
| David Kowalski (David) Senior Member Username: David Post Number: 46 Registered: 12-2001 |
Well, just so I don't entirely participate in your heresy (  )...have you downloaded all the out-of-print Groovelily material that is available on this web-site? (or at MP3.com for that matter)? After that, why not take a look at the back-issues of the GL newsletter (also available on this site) for music that V/B/G like? As for me, I'm a prog-rocker from way-back-when with a heavy classical background so there's no promises at all that anything I like will necessary be liked by anyone else who happens to share my love of GL. That much said, you may want to check out Susan Werner. At her best, (well, at least what I think is her best) she's got some wonderfully wistful lyrics (or should I carry on the aliteration and say "wonderfully wistful words"?) and has been known to pen some pretty catchy melodies. If I had to recommend just one of her CD's, I'd start with Time Between Trains. Happy listening! --David | ||
| Dave Florio (Dave_florio) Advanced Member Username: Dave_florio Post Number: 18 Registered: 7-2002 |
Ewan, I refuse to participate in your heretic notion! A pox on you!! That said, have you ever explored any Joe Jackson? I know JJ is not very much like GrooveLily but, after all, Valerie did play on the "Heaven and Hell" tour. And, of course, don't forget to check out Fundementia, some band I've heard of with a really Groovey drummer. Thats all Dave | ||
| Ellie MacNeil (Ellie) Intermediate Member Username: Ellie Post Number: 15 Registered: 7-2002 |
Can't blame you for asking! My CD player holds 100 CDs. It'll take a while before GL fills it!!! With a name like "Ewan McNay" I have to wonder if you ever listen to any traditional Celtic or Celtic rock music! If it weren't for a Celtic band that we were following around, my husband and I may never have ever heard GrooveLily (we were seeking good seats to hear a band called Seven Nations at the Allentown, PA Mayfair and GL played before them)!!! If you are into Celtic stuff, I can recommend many bands. Right now, when not listening to GL, it's Norah Jones' CD "Come Away With Me". I love both her vocal style and her writing! Ellie | ||
| Terry Bond (Terry) Advanced Member Username: Terry Post Number: 20 Registered: 7-2002 |
Alright, since Rob hasn't jumped in here yet, here goes. Speaking of Celtic rock bands, check out Ceili Rain. They're wonderful. Last night we went to see Rockapella. Eleanor Chapin, DJ at WNTI, went with us and that wouldn't have happened if not for GL. Rob got to know Eleanor, who when not DJing works at the same company he does, because of the GL flyers he put up at work. Eleanor now plays a bunch of our other favorite bands on her show. The first time we ever saw GrooveLily, Ceili Rain, and Rockapella were all at Oswego Harborfest in upstate New York, over a period of years. We go almost every year. Another artist we like is Bob Malone. We saw him as the opening act for GL at the Towne Crier Cafe last June and it was the only time I ever really enjoyed the fact that GL had an opening act. I usually don't like it when there's an opening act because it means less GL. But Bob Malone was really good. As for Dave's True Story, whom we saw with GL at the Minstral Coffeehouse last summer, well maybe it had something to do with the fact that we had our 11-year old daughter with us in the front row, but read Ewan's comments above and I think you can figure out why I wasn't so taken with them. Terry | ||
| John Nyman (Jenyman) Senior Member Username: Jenyman Post Number: 36 Registered: 7-2002 |
I've been a music fan/collector since the early 60's. You can't go wrong with almost any Beatles album. In 1982, I fell in love with Night and Day, Joe Jackson's third recording. After becoming a diehard Joe Jackson fan, I started to investigate the music created by members of Joe's various bands. Valerie played violin and sang on the Heaven and Hell Tour in 1997. Through this connection, I discovered Valerie and GrooveLily. Another violin player/singer/songwriter with a Joe Jackson connection is Mindy Jostyn, who performed with Joe on the Laughter and List Tour. She has created four delicious solo CDs, among them Blue Stories is her latest, and Five Miles From Hope was her first. http://mindyjostyn.com Pianist/singer/songwriter Joy Askew has performed with Joe on and off since 1982 and is currently fronting Echo, an interesting project of jazz/electronica. Joy's first commercial CD, Tender City, is highly recommended. http://www.joyaskew.com/ There have been a number of outstanding opening acts for Joe Jackson's shows as well. From that exposure, I have ultimately followed the careers and collected the music of both Marshall Crenshaw and Lori Carson. Marshall has created an impressive catalog of catchy pop tunes going back to the early 80's. He is still at it, touring solo or with a couple of sidemen. Marshall always puts on a satisfying show. http://marshallcrenshaw.com/ Lori Carson is known for her association with the Golden Palominos and Anton Fier. She is also responsible for a series of very personal, intimate-sounding CDs noted for her almost wispering, breathy vocals and simple atmospheric arrangements. Her first CD, Shelter, is considered a classic. Other CDs include Where it Goes, Everything I Touch Runs Wild, and Stars. Her music has also appeared on many movie soundtracks. http://loricarson.com/intro.html I have been introduced to a whole bunch of artists who have performed or are interested in performing at Winona Folk, many of whom are brimming with talent. I have been wowwed by the guitar work of John Sheehan and charmed by Jodee James (speaking of Celtic music, Ellie) who specializes in playing Welsh folk songs. I really can go on and on, but won't, since this is, after all, the GrooveLily Discussion board. I'd be happy to take this discussion privately. There is seemingly an infinite supply of music from which to choose. I believe that there is always joy to be found in discovering music that you find connecting with your life experiences. | ||
| Jim Greenlees (Jimgreenlees) Senior Member Username: Jimgreenlees Post Number: 100 Registered: 7-2002 |
Deep confession: once upon a time I sided with the folk Nazis. Now, however, I tend to find them somewhat tiresome and overly earnest. There are some good folk groups out there; it's just that in some ways the folk community is as pigeonholing as any AOR 'suit'. Rant over. I spent college bucking the punk trend, listening to singer-songwriters like Lightfoot, Chapin, Aztec Two-Step, etc. Now, my CD player usually has someone from small-label or independents: Marti Jones, Naked Blue (excellent mideast folk-rock band, who also buck the folk establishment (if that isn't an oxymoron  ) as an acoustic duo), Sara Hickman (high-energy irreverent folk singer from Austin who just went on hiatus) Lone Justice/Maria McKee, pre-breakthrough Lucinda Williams, plus the occasional Celtic band (see, Ellie, there *are* more of us out there!). Brain dump complete. All empty now. Bring on the next witness. JimG | ||
| Jim Greenlees (Jimgreenlees) Senior Member Username: Jimgreenlees Post Number: 101 Registered: 7-2002 |
Honesty compels me to admit I also listen to other than fringe groups, although they all qualify as folk/folk-rock: Mary-Chapin Carpenter; Emmylou Harris; Sara McLachlan; and English folk-rock groups like Fairport Convention (with the spinoff Richard Thompson) and Steeleye Span. Also a nostalgic fondness for Broooooooce! The common threads to these are that these are songwriters and storytellers. Sound familiar? Too much information for a real Revolutionary, JimG | ||
| Sophie K Unregistered guest |
You could check out my other band, a rock band from Dublin, Ireland called Stand. www.standland.com | ||
| Jillian Unregistered guest |
Some other bands/artists that make me feel kind of the same way I do when listening to GrooveLily are Jump Little Children(think upright bass, mandolin, and cello), Matt Nathanson(such a nifty guy), and Squeeze. JLC and MN are a wee tiny tad of bit folksy...I'm not really even sure why I put Squeeze up there...they just help me jump around with glee while getting ready for work in the morning...kinda like GrooveLily. | ||
| Brendan Milburn (Brendan) Moderator Username: Brendan Post Number: 14 Registered: 8-2001 |
Matt Nathanson and I went to college together--we moved in the same circles, but I don't think we ever played together. He's great! | ||
| Zuqua (Zuqua) New member Username: Zuqua Post Number: 1 Registered: 2-2003 |
I was looking for a recent and relevent post, hopefully I found it, because...I just needed to say that tonight partook in Radio Paradise (the radio recommendation in the Jan Newsletter) not only can I thank Groovelily for your rockin selves but for fishing out good music. I anticipate the upcoming gigs in Philly, Striking 12 blew me away! | ||
| Dave Florio (Dave_florio) Senior Member Username: Dave_florio Post Number: 47 Registered: 7-2002 |
Well, it's certainly been awhile shice this thread's been used; I hope it'll hold me. Went to see Beth Wood last night at the Windjammer on the Isle of Palms. Ohmigoodness, she was awesome! She played an acoustic set with Matt Mayes, lead for Jupiter Coyote. She has played on many JC albums and they did a number of songs as a duet but a lot was just taking turns with their own songs, the other playing their guitar in support. Of course, I HAD to buy another album "You Take the Wheel" and it is fantastic! I just want to thank GrooveLily for broadening my musical horizons; because of you, I have now become a fan of Beth Wood and Dave's True Story, artists I never would have heard of without GrooveLily. I've also met some of the best people, too. The Petal Pushers are a wonderful lot! Dave (you gotta be a Petal Pusher to call me Flo) ;-) | ||
| David Kowalski (David) Senior Member Username: David Post Number: 165 Registered: 12-2001 |
My newest indie find is a singer/songwriter who's made her way from North Carolina (where she grew up) to LA by way of New York, Boston and (I think) a couple of other places. Her name is Kyler England (goes just by Kyler). The first thing that'll grab you is her amazing voice (well, maybe the picture on the cover but... ). She has a voice which is sort of like a cross between Val and Joni Mitchell...it's got a big range, a lush sound, alternately agile and solid, sometimes playful, sometimes sexy, sometimes just plain beautiful. Her lyrics often play the kind of metrical games that always intrigue me (like putting the rhymes in the middle of sentences instead of having everything line up all neat-and-square) and the subject-matter runs the gamut from the celebratory to the raw (much of her first album deals, directly or indirectly, with losing her mother to cancer). Musically, the songs remind me a little of Inhabit My Heart or (to a lesser extent) Jungle and Sky. I first came across her while browsing on cdbaby.com where all three of her CD's are part of the amazing "buy-3-or-more-for-$5-each" sale (I'm starting to like CDBaby a lot, BTW...what's not to like about a company that puts notes like "If you're unhappy about anything with your order or just want to vent about how life's treating you, please call or email us" on their packing slips!) and I caught her in a short set at The Living Room in NYC last night. She'll be back in the city on Saturday (I can't make it to that one) and appears to pass through here on a fairly regular basis. Catch her if you can! If you're stuck with catching her on CD, I'd recommend starting with her newest A Flower Grows In Stone although If the World Would Just End also has some fine moments (and it's not the downer that that title might imply). You can sample stuff at her web-site or go to CDBaby and get all three of her disks for five bucks a pop! Gotta run! --David | ||
| bsoronson Unregistered guest |
David- thanks for the info. I looked at Kyler's web site and she will be performing at St Mary's College in Emmitsburg Maryland (not far from the Baltimore and Washington areas)next Friday October 22. There is no charge for this concert. We will try to catch her there. Bryan Soronson | ||
| David Kowalski (David) Senior Member Username: David Post Number: 166 Registered: 12-2001 |
Let me know how you like her, Bryan...and take a minute to say "hi" to her...I've only met her the one time but she seems to be a really sweet person. --David | ||
| Marcia Scurfield (Artmarcia) Senior Member Username: Artmarcia Post Number: 308 Registered: 2-2004 |
I just ordered a Kyler CD (A Flower Grows in Stone) from CD Baby. Thanks for the heads-up, David. | ||
| Bryan Soronson Unregistered guest |
Diane and I drove out to Mount St. Mary's College last Friday to hear Kyler England perform. The venue was a newly renovated campus pub. The audience consisted of 35-45 college students, some who stayed for the entire concert and some who listened while they ate their smores and french fries (I guess college kids aren't into health food) and left. Kyler played alone for almost two hours. Diane and I both agreed that her voice was fantastic. He had a lot of range and she moved freely between the lows and highs to vary the sound so much that she kept the audience's attention throughout the entire concert. She is young and enthusiastic and we did hear some of Val in her higher ranges. Dave, thanks for the lead. We recommend that you try to catch one of her performances. Bryan Soronson | ||
| David Kowalski (David) Senior Member Username: David Post Number: 167 Registered: 12-2001 |
Glad you liked her, Bryan. She sure seems to be playing some "more intimate" venues right now (although she told me she had opened for Sting at a concert in NC a couple months ago so she's apparently running the gamut). She's doing a show with a full band at The Bitter End in NYC next month...I'm looking forward to that. If we're going to talk much more about her, we should probably take it over to her web-site! --David | ||
| Marcia Scurfield (Artmarcia) Senior Member Username: Artmarcia Post Number: 311 Registered: 2-2004 |
CD Baby is FAST! A question: Why is Kyler's song "Something So Beautiful" so familiar to me? They don't play it on Radio Paradise or RismixLive. Clear Channel, perhaps? Although I like this CD, listening to it reminds me of why I like GrooveLily so much--it's the variety of their songs--tempo, lead singer, instruments. Kyler's songs on this CD sounded so much alike. A lovely voice, yes, but not the variety. | ||
| David Kowalski (David) Senior Member Username: David Post Number: 170 Registered: 12-2001 |
For anyone who's interested. Kyler's doing a full-band gig at The Bitter End in NYC on 11/23. She normally tours either alone or with one other guitarist so the rest of the band will be local session musicians (including Whynot Jansveld on bass (if you don't know who Whynot is, you haven't been paying attention in GL-land! )). I'll be going in for the show if anyone cares to join me. She's also doing a bunch of other gigs in the general area if you're interested. --David | ||
| John Nyman (Jenyman) Senior Member Username: Jenyman Post Number: 82 Registered: 7-2002 |
This is pretty off the wall, but there are a more than a couple similarities with GrooveLily and Striking 12: From the Hans Christian Andersen newsletter: The Little Match Girl - Tiger Lillies - presentations in Copenhagen, Århus and Odense 20 - 28 August 2005 "The Little Match Girl". The stark raving mad English trio, Tiger Lillies, will host a Victorian vaudeville based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Match Girl". This tragic little story perfectly reflects the orchestra's inclination towards the dark sides of life as reflected in their uncanny and obscure salon macabre. An evening with the London orchestra Tiger Lillies whisks you back to the cabaret halls of 1920s Berlin. Their stories are eccentric and poetic and full of magic and dark humour. Their style harks back to Victorian music hall entertainment and smoky speakeasies. Singer and songwriter Martin Jacques's eerie high-pitched voice is accompanied by a conked-out bass, a diabolical accordion, and the remains of a drum set. Tiger Lillies leads their audience through their macabre, sacrilegious and off-beat sh ows with a sense of magic, a dose of love and wild imagination. From being a well kept secret and cult phenomenon, the Tiger Lillies performances have become crowd-pullers in a large number of countries, not least following their major success with their weird - and frightfully funny - rendition of the rhymed children's book "Struwwelpeter". The show is in English. The show will be staged at: 20, 22, and 23 August 2005 at 8 pm. - The Betty Nansen Theatre, Copenhagen - in association with KIT, Copenhagen International Theatre. For further information and tickets go to www.kit.dk/2005/tiger_lillies.htm | ||
| Marcia Scurfield (Artmarcia) Senior Member Username: Artmarcia Post Number: 390 Registered: 2-2004 |
VERY interesting John. How did you discover that "other" Little Match Girl story? | ||
| David Kowalski (David) Senior Member Username: David Post Number: 196 Registered: 12-2001 |
If any of you are fans of Willy Porter, you should know about a fabulous site to which John Nyman recently steered me: www.archive.org (Thank you, John!). Search for Willy Porter and you'll come up with free (legal) downloads of 32 (yes 32!) live shows of his spanning the last 24 years. I haven't heard them all yet but the quality seems to be generally pretty high and it's really great getting a sense of how his act has evolved through the years. Happy Listening! --David P.S. If you've only ever downloaded MP3's, some of the formats used at Archive.org may be new to you...feel free to contact me if you need help figuring out how to listen to any of this stuff. | ||
| John Nyman (Jenyman) Senior Member Username: Jenyman Post Number: 83 Registered: 7-2002 |
The Porter recordings go back to 1991. The site mentioned also features a whole lot of jam band, bluegrass and all kinds of indie music, so there is a goldmine just waiting to be explored. Mayhaps GrooveLily would consent to some of their bootlegs to be uploaded to www.archive.org? | ||
| David Kowalski (David) Senior Member Username: David Post Number: 197 Registered: 12-2001 |
Oops...typo...I meant to write that they span the last 14 years (although, if you're stuck with a dialup connection, it might be up to 24 years by the time you download them all! ). --David | ||
| Ewan McNay (Ewan) Senior Member Username: Ewan Post Number: 44 Registered: 7-2002 |
Didn't know about Gene's local(ish) concert on Saturday; too bad, *BUT* it had a silver lining. We went to see Aimee Mann at Fairfield's Quick Center. She was average at best - much better recorded, and didn't seem to have *any* enthusiasm for the evening. More importantly, she was utterly overshadowed by her opening act, a guy called David Ford (http://www.david-ford.com). Listening/watching him was the closest I've ever felt to someone opening a metaphorical vein and pouring themselves out; his voice is somewhere between Billy Bragg and Bono (pretty to close to how the former would sound if he could sing - which is not a swipe, I love Bragg's stuff, but he's not the world's best voice), and it's a superb match for the raw edges of his material. Anyway - go listen to his stuff, although he is *better* in person, with a really neat acoustic loop trick where he plays each of the elements in turn on stage and adds them in to build up the whole, adding lyrics through a separate mic. Glorious. He's opening for AM a couple more times in the near future, so go see him and leave at intermission... | ||
| Michael Jeffrey Cohen (Goldfish_boy) New member Username: Goldfish_boy Post Number: 1 Registered: 10-2006 |
yes, Aimee Mann does seem to have become more soporific live in recent years. She used to be rather electrifying in a low-key way. As far as other artists a Groovelily fan would enjoy...I strongly recommend a singer/songwriter named Mary Lorson. She records with a loose-knit band as "Mary Lorson & Saint Low." Really beautiful, melodic, slightly jazzy, torchy, emotionally affecting songs about real life. Lovely voice. Her husband is her guitarist/co-producer and he has amazing guitar textures. Look for the albums "Realistic" and "Tricks For Dawn." | ||
| Marcia Scurfield (Artmarcia) Senior Member Username: Artmarcia Post Number: 419 Registered: 2-2004 |
GrooveLily began my journey down the "searching for new bands" road. I also like Carbon Leaf, Eddie From Ohio, Acoustic Eidolon, Ellis Paul and Small Potatoes, the last four who I know have been at Kerrville with GrooveLily. After seeing the band at least four times in 2005, I haven't seen Val, Brendan or Gene for over a year, and I'm really hoping to make it to Striking 12 in November. Off-Broadway....it's a dream come true. |
