@thom Suba's album is fantastic, one of my favorites, and his production work with Bebel Gilberto was top notch it is truly a shame that he died right at the start of his career.
@thom: i'd be all fine with sinead o'connor in "this category" - but sarah really sounds exactly like karla. i'm not sure if karla predates you too much to know either way, but give "the water is wide" a listen and you tell me...
@elwoodicious - That was a tragic loss. I've listened to Sao Paolo Confessions so many times, and it always bothers me that I'll never hear a follow-up. The music community down there really seemed to have embraced him.
@brittleblood - What's so funny is that a friend of mine used to always say that Sarah was a poor man's Sinead. I'll have to check out Karla.
Karla Bonoff! There's a name (and a voice) I haven't heard for a looooooong time.
I used to have an album of hers.
A friend borrowed it for about 5 years!
Even back then I had too much music :-)
This will be my last word on Sarah, I promise, but there is a video/DVD release, the name might also be Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, not 100% on that, a live show from that era, and in the studio cuts like the Tom Waits cover from the Freedom Sessions, Old '55, that is really good.
The Mountain Goats---Tallahassee The Beatles-------------Rubber Soul The Rolling Stones-----Let it Bleed and Beggars Banquet Bob Dylan---------------Blood on the Tracks Iron and Wine / Calexico----In the Reins Sun Kil Moon------------Ghosts of the Great Highway
karla was a lesser known folkie - prolly in the shadow of the jackson browne era - shich was subsequently buried by springsteen and the crush of punk intruding on the party.
the only reason i bring this up is that i have that same damn annoying audio recognition problem that K relishes - it is damn near impossible to distinguish their voices.
o...now i'm gonna have to look up the actor who plays lucius malfoy in those harry potter movies - he is damn near impossible to discern v. jeremy northam. they both can hit a shrill like no other...well, except each other...but NO OTHER!!!
Lucius Malfoy = Jason Isaacs, who was also the bad guy in Mel Gibson's overly-patriotic "The Patriot". When I saw the first HP movie I thought it was Timothy Dalton (1980's James Bond) in a blown-out wig. The connection between the two is that Isaacs played a James Bond-ish character in the Jackie Chan movie "The Tuxedo".
I don't see the Jeremy Northam thing tho. Isaacs always seems to look badass and Northam strikes me as somewhat twee.
The Sarah McLachlan CD (Legacy Edition, Fumbling Towards Ecstacy and The Freedom Sessions + a DVD) arrived two days ago, but I haven't had a chance to listen because I have been on the run. We are leaving shortly for Lexington, and spouse doesn't care for music these days (he certainly did in his 20s and early 30s - don't know what happened), so I don't play it in the car when he is along. I'm looking forward to listening.
Damn, that Legacy edition is a steal - I had to make 3 separate purchases back in the day. Super well worth it though.
Artists that don't wear out - Richard Thompson. Who's an RT super freak? I'm specifically looking towards info on the new box set, and how necessary is it to those who have a lot of RT already. My impression thus far is that it doesn't contain a whole lot that isn't already out there ( or, more to the point, already on the shelf).
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@brittleblood - What's so funny is that a friend of mine used to always say that Sarah was a poor man's Sinead. I'll have to check out Karla.
And I will be getting a hard copy of Fumbling. I do like her voice. A lot.
I used to have an album of hers.
A friend borrowed it for about 5 years!
Even back then I had too much music :-)
The Beatles-------------Rubber Soul
The Rolling Stones-----Let it Bleed and Beggars Banquet
Bob Dylan---------------Blood on the Tracks
Iron and Wine / Calexico----In the Reins
Sun Kil Moon------------Ghosts of the Great Highway
karla was a lesser known folkie - prolly in the shadow of the jackson browne era - shich was subsequently buried by springsteen and the crush of punk intruding on the party.
the only reason i bring this up is that i have that same damn annoying audio recognition problem that K relishes - it is damn near impossible to distinguish their voices.
o...now i'm gonna have to look up the actor who plays lucius malfoy in those harry potter movies - he is damn near impossible to discern v. jeremy northam. they both can hit a shrill like no other...well, except each other...but NO OTHER!!!
I don't see the Jeremy Northam thing tho. Isaacs always seems to look badass and Northam strikes me as somewhat twee.
Artists that don't wear out - Richard Thompson. Who's an RT super freak? I'm specifically looking towards info on the new box set, and how necessary is it to those who have a lot of RT already. My impression thus far is that it doesn't contain a whole lot that isn't already out there ( or, more to the point, already on the shelf).
that said, i've enjoyed everything i've heard of his i just haven't pulled the trigger on a full-blown exploration.