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BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2007 Iron and Wine: The Shepherd's Dog (SunPop/Rhythmethod)

...Beam -- who is Iron and Wine -- really sounds like he has hits his... ...Beam -- who is Iron and Wine -- really sounds like he has hits his... ...Beam -- who is Iron and Wine -- really sounds like he has hits his stride... ...with this exceptional, engaging and folkadelic outing, and he's achieved that by... ...continuing on the same, mildly eccentric and determined path as he has taken on his... ...albums and EPs. This time however the songs sound more... ...and fully formed, the array of instruments in... ...-- sitar and tabla, violin, pedal steel, organ and so on --... ...for a heady brew, and the whole thing has an arc where every track...

Music at Elsewhere: music/1349/best-of-elsewhere-2007-iron-and-wine-the-shepherds-dog-sunpop-rhythmethod/

Iron and Wine: Around the Well (SubPop/Rhythmethod)

...a nom de disque/stage name Iron and Wine seems as inappropriate and unhelpful... ...a nom de disque/stage name Iron and Wine seems as inappropriate and unhelpful as a... ...a nom de disque/stage name Iron and Wine seems as inappropriate and unhelpful as a... ...as Mojave 3. Don't know about you but Iron and Wine sounds a bit on the metal side of... ...as Mojave 3. Don't know about you but Iron and Wine sounds a bit on the metal side of mayhem... ...as Mojave 3. Don't know about you but Iron and Wine sounds a bit on the metal side of mayhem to... ...to me. Of course Sam Beam who is Iron and Wine is anything but noisy, he's one of... ...me. Of course Sam Beam who is Iron and Wine is anything but noisy, he's one of those... ...Of course Sam Beam who is Iron and Wine is anything but noisy, he's one of those quiet... ...and considered and sometime eccentric singer-songwriters in the... ...poetics territory and his last album The Shepherd's Dog was one of... ...has released this double disc of rarities and unreleased material: the first disc is 11... ...home recordings (just one man and his guitars, banjo etc) and the other are... ...sessions with small bands. There is some stunning material on the first... ...(an abuser) in a river. That sense of control and gentleness also works on songs like Morning... ...puts you in mind of classic Simon and Garfunkel at their most hushed, Loud As Hope... ...clank -- and anyone who has ventured into Iron and Wine will be straight out of the blocks on... ...-- and anyone who has ventured into Iron and Wine will be straight out of the blocks on this...

Music at Elsewhere: music/2469/iron-and-wine-around-the-well-subpop-rhythmethod/

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2011 Iron and Wine: Kiss Each Other Clean (4AD)

...previous album The Shepherd's Dog by Texas' Iron and Wine (Sam Beam) was fully three years ago... ...album The Shepherd's Dog by Texas' Iron and Wine (Sam Beam) was fully three years ago and... ...album The Shepherd's Dog by Texas' Iron and Wine (Sam Beam) was fully three years ago and was... ...ago, but I guess he works at his own pace. And we forgive him because he delivered the... ...Around the Well collection of unreleased song and rarities in mid '09. Beam's music and... ...-- but in truth don't explain anything at all. And that is a large measure of his appeal. At... ...which edges towards post-rock or psychedelia, and delivers lyrics which can sometimes be... ...and at others just plain baffling. The opener here... ...cataloguing what he has seen in his America and the world of his imagination ("I saw... ...on the water/I saw flowers on a hillside and a millioniare pissing on a lawn/I saw a... ...in the country . . ." And this litany of dislocated images is peppered... ...hope and subtle religiosity. It isn't the most...

Music at Elsewhere: music/3866/best-of-elsewhere-2011-iron-and-wine-kiss-each-other-clean-4ad/

The Cave Singers: Welcome Joy (Matador)

...at Elsewhere for its slightly odd, alt.folk and Old Time America quality which was propelled... ...the finger-picking and rocking beats by Peter Quirk's somewhat . . .... ...path: acoustic folk-rock; a sense of mystery and darkness; understatement rather than... ...grit and embers . . . What's the shorthand these days? For fans of Will Oldham, Iron and... ...shorthand these days? For fans of Will Oldham, Iron and Wine, Bill Callahan, Fleet Foxes . . .... ...these days? For fans of Will Oldham, Iron and Wine, Bill Callahan, Fleet Foxes . . ....

Tagged with: fleet foxes | iron and wine | the cave singers | will oldham |

Music at Elsewhere: music/2523/the-cave-singers-welcome-joy-matador/

Various: Dark was the Night (4AD)

...20 years since the first Red Hot album and is another in the on-going project to raise... ...for HIV and Aids awareness. Overseen by Aaron and Bryce... ...slant to it as they first hauled in friends and then those in their wider orbit. So here you... ...new material and some covers by Cat Power, Yo La Tengo, Iron... ...and some covers by Cat Power, Yo La Tengo, Iron and Wine, Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes) with... ...covers by Cat Power, Yo La Tengo, Iron and Wine, Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes) with Gillian... ...Fire, Kevin Drew, Feist with Ben Bibbard, Andrew Bird, My Brightest Diamond and many others... ...have appeared at Elsewhere. Hard to pick standouts in this illustrious company but Antony is... ...Quartet with the title piece, Sharon Jones and Dap-Kings . . . Nope, not going to play... ...(although not Elsewhere people, obviously) and it comes highly recommended....

Tagged with: arcade fire | cat power |

Music at Elsewhere: music/2173/various-dark-was-the-night-4ad/

THE BARGAIN BUY: Iron Butterfly (3CD set)

...over a certain and sensible age know not to mention Iron... ...a certain and sensible age know not to mention Iron Butterfly in musically intelligent company... ...the Garden of Eden" when you are slurry and stoned) was a fairly indulgent beast: 19... ...version. But gee, it was the late Sixties and Grateful Dead among others were setting the... ...for songs which lasted all weekend. And when it came to sales, the mighty Butterfly... ...album which included that studio version. Iron Butterfly came from San Diego, included organ... ...whose deep vocals were also a hallmark of the band, and had a 17-year old guitar player (Erik... ...whose sound was utterly distinctive and piercing. The Butterfly were dogged by bad... ...got a bit stuck in the hippie milieu (Flowers and Beads was one of their songs) -- and yet . . .... ...(or tedious nonsense, depending on where you stand) and the band's sound epitomised much of what... ...free-flowing, tripped out, seriously good and tight guitar solos, dark at the core . . .... ...second being the one with the studio version) and a live document (which, yes, includes the full...

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Death Vessel: Nothing is Precious Enough For Us (SubPop/Rhythmethod)

...this one to your attention because the band name might sound like a warning to many.Nope,... ...who has toured with Jose Gonzalez and Iron & Wine among others.Lyrically... ...who has toured with Jose Gonzalez and Iron & Wine among others.Lyrically abstruse and... ...has toured with Jose Gonzalez and Iron & Wine among others.Lyrically abstruse and abstract... ...and abstract (ie. impenetrable) but having a weird... ...enough to keep your attention throughout and even has an odd psychedelic-folk feel in... ...where those electric guitars slew in and push the banjo, mandolin and other such things...

Music at Elsewhere: music/1752/death-vessel-nothing-is-precious-enough-for-us-subpop-rhythmethod/

Steve Abel: Luck/Hope (Kin'sland)

...criticise Aaradhna for her downbeat Brown Girl and be favourable about this almost funereal folk,... ...Abel's idiomatic reference point -- he entered and won the Saddest Song in the World compeition... ...Germany in '09 -- and these eight songs (coloured by scraping and... ...they form a song-cycle of emotional weariness and quiet intensity. We might also note in passing... ...has long been prepared by the likes of Iron and Wine, Bill Callahan/Smog and many others... ...has long been prepared by the likes of Iron and Wine, Bill Callahan/Smog and many others but... ...long been prepared by the likes of Iron and Wine, Bill Callahan/Smog and many others but Abel... ...drone quality (the background distortion and repeated guitar figure on the six minute-plus... ...that when he sings “Take off your shoes and dance, this is the time of your life”... ...which follows, rather a slow, faltering and emotionless embrace on a deserted parlour. The... ...The nuance in the songs bring them to life and as if to prove he can rouse himself Abel... ...City which hits a point between Shane MacGowan and Mike Scott in jangle-folk mode. The poetic... ...release shows coming up. Saturday 6th August, Wine Cellar, AucklandThursday 18th August, Meow,...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/7592/steve-abel-luck-hope-kinsland/

Golden Kanine: Oh Woe! (Glitterhouse/Yellow Eye)

...musical culture in Sweden which every now and again appears on the scanners of the rest of... ...we can see a lineage between the Wannadies and Peter Bjorn and John, but there is something... ...also. It sounds like there is a small and individual scene which, for want of a better... ...might be considered a Scandinavian take on "alt.country". But... ...more snow than dusty desertscapes. Baskery and Hyacinth House have previously appeared at... ...with their particular brands of Americana and country-rock, and now here comes the... ...Golden Kanine who, with guests on cello and violin, would seem to be kindred spirits with... ...those on the brooding, often slightly frosty Iron and Wine/Willard Grant Conspiracy axis. That... ...on the brooding, often slightly frosty Iron and Wine/Willard Grant Conspiracy axis. That they... ...the brooding, often slightly frosty Iron and Wine/Willard Grant Conspiracy axis. That they are... ...talent as Willard Grant, Chris Eckman, Baskery and Hyacinth House of course, Hobotalk and Thomas... ...with its "I will see through you") and of promise and compassion (Law of a Probable...

Tagged with: glitterhouse | hobotalk | willard grant conspiracy | woven hand |

Music at Elsewhere: music/4148/golden-kanine-oh-woe-glitterhouse-yellow-eye/

Red Red Meat: Bunny Gets Paid (SubPop/Rhythmethod)

...releases, Essential Elsewhere items and the like. And now this by a long disbanded... ...will just give you the backstory as I understand it: Red Red Meat kicked off in 1990 and had... ...from the ashes of a Chicago band called Friends of Betty, they lasted until... ...and in that time recorded a few albums, Bunny Gets... ...-- went on to other things: singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Brian Deck has produced... ...Brian Deck has produced albums by Iron and Wine, Modest Mouse and others. And some... ...Brian Deck has produced albums by Iron and Wine, Modest Mouse and others. And some others... ...by Iron and Wine, Modest Mouse and others. And some others formed a post-rock... ...that Bunny Gets Paid is deserving of an expanded reissue so now comes as a remastered album... ...an extra disc of alternate takes, demos and such. And in a gatefold sleeve with an... ...booklet of lyrics and some liner notes that had me getting out my... ...glass. (True). And of the music? Well, it is certainly different,...

Music at Elsewhere: music/2353/red-red-meat-bunny-gets-paid-subpop-rhythmethod/

Connie Han: Iron Starlet (Mack Avenue/Southbound)

...Tim, Frank Zappa from days of yore – and just head straight to the music. So it is with... ...the disadvantages of being sultry, sexualised and seductive on this album cover (as she was on... ...jazz circles, but head straight to the music and here is a clearly gifted, restrained player... ...cites the tradition (Tyner, Corea, Hancock) and plays a very straight bat with her band of... ...Bill Wysaske, tenor player Walter Smith III and trumpeter Jeremy Pelt. At 23, Han has clearly... ...and assimilated the Wynton/Young Lions ethos of... ...three decades ago and, on piano or Fender Rhodes, she brings some... ...Rhodes which leans more towards gentle fusion, and the lovely Detour Ahead). Her companions here... ...similarly steeped in this sophisticated and polished style so if some recent jazz has been... ...a bit too challenging, European or edgy then Iron Starlet will appeal to those who fondly recall... ...Marsalis brothers, trumpeters Wallace Roney and Roy Hargrove, pianist Marcus Roberts and...

Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/9452/connie-han-iron-starlet-mack-avenue-southbound/

Various: Palermo Shooting soundtrack (Shock)

...Ennio Morricone's music for The Good, The Bad and The Ugly certainly is) and this one is no... ...electronic genius Irmin Schmidt from Can and a couple of others I've never heard of (Get... ...Soon, Monta). And among the other big names familiar from... ...are The Velvet Underground (Some Kinda Love), Iron and Wine (Freedom Hangs Like Heaven), Calexico... ...The Velvet Underground (Some Kinda Love), Iron and Wine (Freedom Hangs Like Heaven), Calexico... ...Velvet Underground (Some Kinda Love), Iron and Wine (Freedom Hangs Like Heaven), Calexico (The... ...to his considerable talent), Beth Gibbons and Rustin' Man (Mysteries) and Portishead (The... ...pleased by Nick Cave appropriating the melody and phrasing of their One, or call a lawyer.... ...Davis-style romance added in one instance, and the Bonnie Prince Billie/Matt Sweeney song... ...and Betrayed is slightly disturbing, in its own... ...Palermo accompanied by Death (Dennis Hopper) and starring Campino of the German band Die Toten... ...(who don't have a track here) and briefly Lou Reed as himself -- it isn't much...

Tagged with: bonnie prince billy | grinderman |

Music at Elsewhere: music/2156/various-palermo-shooting-soundtrack-shock/

Amos Lee: Mission Bell (Blue Note)

...that of Norah Jones who heard his debut EP and had him open for her. Signed to her label Blue... ...before the Jones connection), Jones' partner and bassist Lee Alexander produced his debut... ...singers like the younger solo Paul Simon and James Taylor, and his star has been steadily... ...through support slots for Dylan, Jones and others whose appeal is to audiences whose... ...in his early 30s.) On this, his fourth album and produced by Joey Burns of Calexico, he gets... ...assistance from Willie Nelson, Sam Beam (aka Iron and Wine, one of the reassuring... ...from Willie Nelson, Sam Beam (aka Iron and Wine, one of the reassuring "choir"... ...from Willie Nelson, Sam Beam (aka Iron and Wine, one of the reassuring "choir" on... ...spirituality Violin), Lucinda Williams and Pieta Brown. So he moves in the best of... ...has a bluesy edge to his adult and soulful folk-pop, and this is being widely... ...or two up from his debut just six years ago and Burns provides that Calexico-learned... ...vocal backings, Greg Leisz' pedal steel and mandolin, Mickey Raphael's harmonica and those...

Music at Elsewhere: music/3891/amos-lee-mission-bell-blue-note/

The Rosie Taylor Project: This City Draws Maps (Bad Sneakers/Ode)

...right? But there is something quite beguiling and emotionally disarming about their... ...the wee splashes of colour from trumpet and French horn, the haiku-like lyrics ("cut... ...twee when you sing about poet Anne Sexton), and although there is a sunny quality you can feel... ...put them in the same sentence as Arab Strap, Iron & Wine, Bonnie Prince Billy and Nick... ...in the same sentence as Arab Strap, Iron & Wine, Bonnie Prince Billy and Nick Drake. At one... ...Strap, Iron & Wine, Bonnie Prince Billy and Nick Drake. At one time or another some and... ...here, but this debut suggests even if the band doesn't last the long haul we should certainly... ...especially singer-songwriter Jonny Davies. Oh, and there's no Rosie Taylor in the band. Of course...

Music at Elsewhere: music/1775/the-rosie-taylor-project-this-city-draws-maps-bad-sneakers-ode/

Screamin' Jay Hawkins: Alligator Wine (1963?)

...Oasis celebrated cigarettes and alcohol on their debut album Definitely Maybe,... ...of a very long tradition celebrating liquor and smokes and the blues has always had a long... ...one bourbon, one scotch, one beer, or whiskey and women (John Lee Hooker offering a deadly... ...food and booze (Nina Simone called in for Give Me a... ...and a Bottle of Beer) and any number of songs about cigarettes. Jeez, kd... ...did a whole album about smoking. (And I don't think she does.) So let's be clear: a... ...is a song is a song and we aren't here to moralise. Just to enjoy the... ...backstory use the RSS feed for daily updates, and check the massive back-catalogue at From the...

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Vij's marinated lamb popsicles

...His lamb popsicles are a favourite at Vij's and he says he couldn't take them off the menu for... ...dish the way they love butter chicken." And we being a country full of lamb deserve some... ...prepartion, and this one works just as well on the barbecue.... ...have a go, and go to Vij's if you are ever in Vancouver. Tell... ...confuse them. INGREDIENTS 1/2 cup sweet white wine 1/4 cup grainy yellow mustard 1 teaspoon salt... ...turmeric. METHOD To prepare the lamb combine wine, mustard, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Add... ...prepare the lamb combine wine, mustard, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Add lamb and coat well... ...the marinade. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 to 4 hours. Now make the... ...salt, paprika, cayenne, fenugreek leaves and lemon juice. Heat 3 to 4 tablespoons oil in a... ...pot on medium heat and saute garlic until golden. Stir in turmeric... ...cook for 1 minute. Stir in the cream mixture and cook on low to medium heat for about 5... ...it is gently boiling. Preheat a stove-top cast iron grill or barbecue to high heat. Place lamb on... ...barbecue to high heat. Place lamb on the grill and cook for 2 to 3 minutes per side. Serve...

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Recipes from Elsewhere: recipes/1648/vijs-marinated-lamb-popsicles/

Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson: Wreck and Ruin (Liberation)

...extraordinary achievements of Australian husband-wife team Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson... ...been top selling albums and awards (together or solo), it has been how... ...Certainly they bring some alt.country cachet and Nicholson's songs on his solo albums have been... ...with fiddle, strident country harmonies and barnyard, boot-heel stomping beats. Like... ...Welch, they sing persuasively of damnation and old time religion as if it was part of the... ...21st century, and in many places on this album seemed to have... ...in the nature of dealing in timeless truths and stories, and with their natural humour and... ...task of making morality, faith, tribulation and redemption relevant to people more at home... ...alt.rock. That is a some feat. And in a sense the alt.country/alt.rock has had a... ...the likes of Bonnie Prince Billy, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Iron and Wine, Bill Callahan... ...Prince Billy, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Iron and Wine, Bill Callahan and others. This album... ...Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Iron and Wine, Bill Callahan and others. This album pushes...

Music at Elsewhere: music/5213/kasey-chambers-and-shane-nicholson-wreck-and-ruin-liberation/

Black Star Riders: All Hell Breaks Loose (Nuclear Blast/Southbound)

...in 86 – three years after quitting the band he founded -- Thin Lizzy reformed and since... ...been an occasional, revolving-door membership band touring under that name. BSR includes Lizzy... ...their classic period), post-Lynott members and drummer Jimmy DeGrasso (Megadeth/Alice... ...However songs here – Bound for Glory and Hey Judas which rewrite the Jailbreak/Johnny... ...Kingdom of the Lost with its Irish romanticism and pipes – will fit neatly when Gorham... ...War) could have come from Lynott's notebooks. And singer Ricky Warwick has just enough Lynott in... ...throws Lizzy into the American metal blender and, with producer Kevin Shirley (Iron Maiden, Joe... ...blender and, with producer Kevin Shirley (Iron Maiden, Joe Bonamassa) turning things up to a... ...11, this seems aimed at a stadium of Lizzy/Iron Maiden fans. Interesting because it owes huge...

Music at Elsewhere: music/5688/black-star-riders-all-hell-breaks-loose-nuclear-blast-southbound/

Jesca Hoop: Memories Are Now (SubPop)

...albums into a career (one with Sam Beam aka Iron and Wine) this transplanted American -- who... ...into a career (one with Sam Beam aka Iron and Wine) this transplanted American -- who lived... ...into a career (one with Sam Beam aka Iron and Wine) this transplanted American -- who lived in... ...gift is in her ability filter out many threads and then re-weave them into something her own. So... ...track is an amalgam of quasi-poetic speak-sing and romantic Fifties girl-pop over a shifting,... ...beat and the closer The Coming is slow, quite beautiful... ...about Jesus announcing the end of his reign and asking the Devil for a new gig. Between these... ...Connection opens like a Joy Division outtake and hikes up towards a shrill stomper, Unsaid is a... ...lover which comes with a shapeshifting melody and Pegasi is an elegant folk song (“When... ...many of these literate songs – religious and cosmic imagery abounds – songs express... ...individuality, the desire to explore and the enduring aspects of love. Rather different... ...very...

Music at Elsewhere: music/7838/jesca-hoop-memories-are-now-subpop/

Last Exit: Iron Path (1988)

...jazz critics had been foolishly distracted and seduced into exercising themselves into the... ...neo-con debate which Wynton Marsalis and his acolytes (remember them?) had wrought upon... ...which the arrogant, presentable, good-looking and (I have to say very engaging when I met him)... ...That free jazz during the late Sixties and Seventies in the States had large dollops of... ...politics about it perhaps didn't help . . . and certainly alienated many white writers who, in... ...brought to the fore some astonishing artists and ideologies, not the least the Art Ensemble of... ...the extraordinary Revolutionary Ensemble and its individual offshoots . . . and then of... ...Jemeel Moondoc, Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre and Longineu Parsons. Interestingly enough, or... ...and Longineu Parsons. Interestingly enough, or ironically if you prefer, over in Europe a whole... ...their East/West divide went head-to-head . . . and the children of the fascist regimes of the... ...the same in the post-MLK/Malcolm X era. And so inevitable the twain should meet. Last Exit... ...were on at the time, you'd probably agree that Iron Path was damaging, incendiary noise, and you... ...glam-rock riff lurking in the mid-ground). Iron Path is a bawdy, bellicose, wildly swinging... .... . . Be sure to buckle your seatbelt for Iron Path. However: This album does not seem to be...

Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/6765/last-exit-iron-path-1988/

Black Sabbath: Greatest Hits (Universal)

...14 track collection (which includes Paranoid, Iron Man, War Pigs etc) given that it isn't the... ...had a special affection for early Sabbath and so we refer you to Paranoid at Essential... ...for further reading and relevant...

Tagged with: black mountain | black sabbath | explosions in the sky | the gutter twins |

Music at Elsewhere: music/2505/black-sabbath-greatest-hits-universal/

BOB MARLEY: SONGS OF FREEDOM, AND MORE (1992): The iron lion on the way to Zion

...reactionaries got het up over the dope thing and tossed him into the Godless Heathen Corrupting... ...was always keen to play a game of soccer and knew more scripture than most Anglicans.... ...he was a fine example. He loved children and wherever you look – in biographies,... ...have a bad word. Quite a faith, quite a man. And he’s with us still. A decade after his... ...death a previously unreleased Marley track, Iron Lion Zion, went straight into the US charts at... ...straight into the US charts at number nine and was successful worldwide. Recorded in the... ...of Freedom. The stunning seven minute remix of Iron Lion Zion with Spencer Davis-sounding organ... ...Spencer Davis-sounding organ part, percussion and Courtney Pine saxophone isn’t on the... ...CD single . . .but it’s worth it. Listen and speculate: if Bob had lived, maybe . . . But... ...live anyway and since his death he’s released some great... ...One Love remix (yes included) swept the charts and on the 10th anniversary of his death came the... ...dozens of breathtakingly good outtakes and alternative versions, now we get Back to...

Tagged with: bob dylan | bob marley | burning spear |

Reggae at Elsewhere: reggae/1804/bob-marley-songs-of-freedom-and-more-1992-the-iron-lion-on-the-way-to-zion/

Over The Rhine: The Trumpet Child (RedEye/Southbound)

...this Cincinnati-based duo came to New Zealand 18 months ago I did an interview with them and... ...a chat were the Herald; Kim Hill; the Listener and student radio; and there was an intimate gig... ...well-placed radio and retail people. Not that they didn't deserve... ...territory between alt.country, American folk and light blues. They also had good, contemporary... ...and in Karin Bergquist a singer whose voice could... ...softly exploring. This new album adds another and very interesting dimension: here in places... ...suggestions of European cabaret on some songs, and there are touches of Tom Waits when he was in... ...don't need . . . I don't want to waste good wine if you won't stick around". The reference... ...wine there is interesting -- later we hear of more... ...of more wine, a black silk slip, garters -- and in many places this album has the feel of a... ...in many places this album has the feel of a wine-soaked cabaret club in Paris or old New... ...their Christianity (the title track) and a salute to the Tom Waits who used to sing... ...be fair to observe that after about 15 years and almost as many albums, Over The Rhine were due...

Tagged with: alt.country | emmylou harris | over the rhine | tom waits |

Music at Elsewhere: music/1335/over-the-rhine-the-trumpet-child-redeye-southbound/

WILD IRON; NEW ZEALAND POETRY ADAPTED TO SONG by LORENZO BUHNE

...Zealand poetry has mostly existed on the margins of... ...a striking Pat Hanly-painted beer bottle cover and Sam Hunt's Bottle to Battle to Death album.... ...not much else, until Auckland University Press weighed in with two fine... ...collections of “Classic” and “Contemporary New Zealand Poets in... ...few – Cilla McQueen, David Eggleton and Selina Tusitala Marsh spring to mind –... ...has been poems adapted into song. The Baxter and Tuwhare projects helmed by Charlotte Yates... ...settings, for this collection – a CD and the texts in an attractively presented... ...Sam Hunt, Vincent O'Sullivan, Fiona Farrell and others into interesting shapes which will... ...poem by Curnow has a whimsical, rhythmic pulse and echoed production (Talking Heads and Brian Eno... ...delivered like an early Kinks ballad and Bill Manhire's Lonesome becoming disturbingly...

Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/5092/wild-iron-new-zealand-poetry-adapted-to-song-by-lorenzo-buhne/

The Metropole Orkest: The Wine of Silence (DGM/Southbound)

...Metropole Orchestra has an impressive track... ...with musicians from across the rock, pop, jazz and world music spectrum. Down the decades they... ...people such as Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson and Tony Bennett to Antony and the Johnsons, Mike... ...Joe Cocker, Brian Eno, Andrea Bocelli, Basement Jaxx . . . For this album... ...to the music of Robert Fripp (of King Crimson) and his collaborators Andrew Keeling and David... ...transcriptions of Fripp's guitar soundscapes and, remarkably given they come from completly... ...mid Nineties form the basis for what is here and this isn't entirely uncharted territory. Fripp... ...Eno's Evening Star was arranged by Keeling for... ...Canadian ensemble Contact, and of course Philip Glass explored Bowie's Heroes... ...Low for his symphonic albums. If the Glass...

Music at Elsewhere: music/5100/the-metropole-orkest-the-wine-of-silence-dgm-southbound/

Zionhill: Inside of You (Moko)

...many New Zealand reggae bands, once they have got the rhythm and melody... ...doesn't default to soft notions about home and family, or a bunch of tick-the-box Rasta... ...about Babylon and Jah. It is as if the political contract which... ...outlined by Bob Marley (and on home turf, very early Herbs) proves too... ...make good on the template which Herbs offered and the opener here Crying Earth is a strong... ...about the damage being done to the land. Inside of You is a more poetic and metaphoric... ...on the same idea and Foot Soldier adopts a more militant stance... ...a more militant stance ("tearing up the iron ore, the keys to the iron vault on the western... ...shore . . . fighting for the cause"). And later, although they do tend to be broad... ...they speak of people power and poverty (Untitled), action now because time... ...Fighter), the need to put past hurts behind and stand up (Brighter Day) and Maori sovereignty...

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Reggae at Elsewhere: reggae/4696/zionhill-inside-of-you-moko/

IN BRIEF: A quick overview of some recent international releases

...so many CDs commanding and demanding attention Elsewhere will run this... ...way as our SHORT CUTS column picks up New Zealand artists. Comments will be brief. A Winged... ...soundscapes for theatre production and films, in this case a thriller by Jalil... ...12 pieces work the borderline between ambience and unnerving landscapes which have a slow and... ...out, subtle effects lurk in the mid-ground and suggestions of Romanticism are undercut by a... ...Taupin, Lloyd Cole, Camera Obscura, Belle and Sebastian . . . There is broken romance and... ...but the clever arrangements for strings and voices alongside cheap electronic beats --... ...some enjoyable decoding at both a lyrical and musical level (while you are hooked by his... ...you suddenly realise horns have appeared). And damn if they aren't steel drums on the bouncy... ...but with more wry wit, genuine humour and attention to detail, this is a real keeper and... ...here co-produced with Sam Bean aka Iron and Wine who joins her at the mic for the... ...here co-produced with Sam Bean aka Iron and Wine who joins her at the mic for the final three...

Music at Elsewhere: music/7824/in-brief-a-quick-overview-of-some-recent-international-releases/

Hellsongs: Hymns in the Key of 666 (Rhythmethod)

...happens every now and again, someone turns a genre on its head --... ...bluegrass, Pat Boone takes metal classics and makes them big band ballads, or Metallica's... ...by a string quartet.This is familiar stuff, and Laibach taking Let It Be into aggressive... ...you only need to know that despite this Scandanavian group's name and the amusing album... ...covers of songs by AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and so on done in a subdued acoustic... ...of songs by AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and so on done in a subdued acoustic manner.... ...Flowers Pops version of Oasis' Wonderwall, and is probably utterly pointless.But with scraped... ...minimal piano and Ohlsson's charming vocals it isn't half bad...

Tagged with: black sabbath | bowiemania | joni mitchell | life beyond mars |

Music at Elsewhere: music/1717/hellsongs-hymns-in-the-key-of-666-rhythmethod/

Freddy Fudd Pucker; Hourglass Wine (Monkey)

...he got little serious traction in his homeland. He's been based in Berlin for the past couple... ...years and touring extensively, delivering his... ...literate and often angry multi-tracked rock to audiences... ...US right about now, playing with guitar, loops and percussion attached to his feet. This 10-song... ...comes wrapped in a booklet of his lyrics and artwork which makes for an impressive package.... ...he mostly delivers economic, taut and angry songs which however keep a pop structure... ...to hand (verses, choruses), but he leavens the mood... ...undying, I say your hope is a liar . . ." and "this job is a corpse wrapped in plastic... ...I sucked dick just to get it . . . bad actors and their secondhand sadness, I'll be happy when... ...make lyrics about death, misery, misanthropy and the everyday horrors of ordinary life in the...

Music at Elsewhere: music/7215/freddy-fudd-pucker-hourglass-wine-monkey/

SHADOW MORTON (1941-2013): Who knows? The Shadow knows

...simply disappear from work for days at time and whose private life few knew anything of. He... ...hitting a Betty Ford Clinic in the Eighties) and doubtless that explained some of the... ...perhaps convince you that as a songwriter and record producer Shadow Morton was there for... ...record producer Shadow Morton was there for Iron Butterfly's Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida and the... ...Butterfly's Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida and the heavyweight sound of Vanilla Fudge as well... ...Child which resulted in death threats) and hits for the seminal girl group the... ...He's the guy who produced Leader of the Pack and co-wrote it with Ellie Greenwich and Jeff... ...Only Seventeen rode the wave of Beatlemania and the trash rock'n'roll of the New York Dolls --... ...wasn't an elaborate fiction. He did all this and much more . . . and quite a lot of the time... ...up in music the old way, through just doing it and bluffing. There was a part of him wanted to be... ...a damn as long as there was bottle close to hand. He wanted to create hit records (and did with... ...them in his own idiosyncratic way. He thought Iron Butterfly were too tight in the studio (?) so... ...as Janis Ian, the Shaggy Boys, Vanilla Fudge, Iron Butterfly, Mott the Hoople and New York Dolls....

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5804/shadow-morton-1941-2013-who-knows-the-shadow-knows/

SCREAMIN JAY HAWKINS INTERVIEWED (1991): Coffin-rocking, wine drinking skull shaker

...he says. But after 35 years of making records and giving the world one of the most outrageous... ...Me or, even better, the hacking, primal roar and pain-ridden torturing of Poor Folks would... ...snakes (rumoured to toss them into the crowd) and generally set new thresholds in outrage. And... ...least. Call it Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and believe the hype. This man is in the inventor... ...as The Wildest Man in Rockn’n’Roll and while Little Richard was trying to decide... ...Screamin’ Jay was pushing his voice -- and audience – to the limits of tolerance... ...excitement. The man who sings Baptize Me In Wine, I Found My Way to Wine and Constipation Blues... ...Baptize Me In Wine, I Found My Way to Wine and Constipation Blues tells a fine story.... ...’84 movie Stranger than Paradise and made Hawkins a cult hero all over again.... ...remember.’ “So he went out and got a case of whisky and got me drunk, the... ...band got drunk and then we recorded I Put a Spell on You.”... ...and California which he seldom sees, and ironically for a man whose appearance in the...

Tagged with: charlie parker | paul mccartney | screamin' jay hawkins |

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Rei: The Bridge (digital outlets)

...Callum Rei McDougal – aka Rei... ...Maori Music Awards for his debut C.H.I.E.F. And he repeated the trick with his second album A... ...to Stand. On this third album he again mixes the... ...and the personal on songs here like Can't Stop... ...blood but you can't water down my soul”) and Fine Wine (the rather simple but catchy Fine... ...you can't water down my soul”) and Fine Wine (the rather simple but catchy Fine Wine with... ...with “girl you fine, you like fine wine, and you keep getting better all the time”).... ...you fine, you like fine wine, and you keep getting better all the... ...these 14 tracks – with various local and international guests – he bridges genres... ...to reggae-r'n'b (Too Easy with Lion Rezz) and dreamy r'n'b soundscapes (Flight Mode). The... ...and affirmative Like Myself comes across on... ...of Work in Progress with UK singer EL Waves) and of relationship issues (Work It Out with Amber...

Tagged with: new zealand music |

Music at Elsewhere: music/9025/rei-the-bridge-digital-outlets/

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2011 Gin Wigmore: Gravel and Wine (Universal)

...-- which comes through with utter clarity. And yes, this extraordinary album is full of her... .... but there is something much more interesting and exciting going on here. These days many young... ...Prince, early solo Michael Jackson et al . . . and let's not get to alt.country university... ...backwoods of the Appalachians. But Wigmore stands out for her effortless and astute... ...of very different and more difficult parts of the past. Perfectly... ...Kitt (the terrific Black Sheep with its sly and sexual "once you go black you never go... ...the dirty/earthy Man Like That, and on Poison which are the three openers), or the... ...Sixties with Brenda Lee in the room (the standout ballad If Only with its string-soaked... ...with co-writer Butch Walker sounds forced and obvious. It's a dull filler, despite its... ...often comes off as a powerful woman wronged, and she pays out on that miscreant lover in songs...

Tagged with: best of elsewhere 2011 |

Music at Elsewhere: music/4572/best-of-elsewhere-2011-gin-wigmore-gravel-and-wine-universal/

James' "no worries" Curried Alaskan King Crab

...dishes, his authentically Thai chicken and his chilli lime Thai fish with coriander. But... ...believe me it is worth it as a special treat. And it is alarmingly simple to prepare, James... ...stop every now and again and say, "No worries, have a wine". And... ...and again and say, "No worries, have a wine". And we would. (A sip or two, not a... ...or two, not a glass or bottle.) So have a go, and enjoy. This served four of us. INGREDIENTS 5... ...peeled cloves of garlic, julienne the ginger and slice the onion and place together in a bowl.... ...the celery (crossways) and include a little young leaf for added flavour.... ...that also means you want to proceed cautiously and not kill their sweet taste. Heat a large pot... ...then throw in the crab pieces. Put the lid on and toss a little, put back on the heat. "No... ...put back on the heat. "No worries, have a wine." After a few more minutes toss in the... ...more minutes toss in the celery, garlic, onion and ginger. Toss again and leave to steam through.... ...cooks the crab and makes it flavour-filled. This will take about... ...it's that time again. "No worries, have a wine." Then add half a cup of hot water, one... ...sugar and toss again. "No worries, have a wine." Taste the juice and maybe add more... ...for one more thing. "No worries, have a wine." We had this pretty much by itself...

Recipes from Elsewhere: recipes/2773/james-no-worries-curried-alaskan-king-crab/

KENNY BARRON INTERVIEWED (2017): Time makes a wine

...New York, 73-year old jazz pianist, composer and educator Kenny Barron sounds like he's... ...day to play in an Oscar Peterson tribute . . . and clearly remembers his first paying gig. It was... ...he laughs. “It was actually a band my [saxophonist] brother Bill was playing in.... ...got me the gig actually. The band was called the Mel Melvin Orchestra, it was at... ...show. “You had to play for a singer and a dancer, like a tap dancer or what we might... ...an exotic dancer, and you had to play for a comedian . . . as well... ...because all the music you used was standards and also a lot of Duke Ellington stuff.... ...his current trio of bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and drummer Johnathan Blake to Christchurch for... ...NZ International Jazz and Blues Festival from May 24-28 – is one... ...the most outstanding, and diverse, players of his generation. Of whom it... ...time his reputation has grown and like a fine wine it has its connoisseurs. Speaking of which . .... ...wait to come to New Zealand, my favourite wine comes from there. It's the Kim Crawford...

Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/7927/kenny-barron-interviewed-2017-time-makes-a-wine/

Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective: Watina (Cumbancha/Elite)

...to the atlas: this collection of warm, melodic and memorable songs comes from one of the most... ...all accounts they play reggae for the tourists and their own African-influenced music for... ...this album errs toward the latter and in it you may hear echoes of West African... ...of West African styles such as juju and palm-wine pop. Tickling guitars, soulful vocals, gently... ...such as juju and palm-wine pop. Tickling guitars, soulful...

Tagged with: andy palacio | garifuna women's project |

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/1253/andy-palacio-and-the-garifuna-collective-watina-cumbancha-elite/

Various Artists: Winter (Loop)

...with a view to offering music for these colder and more indoor days, this collection of downbeat... ...and ambient pieces will sit nicely with mulled wine and a warm fire at night, or nodding off... ...pieces will sit nicely with mulled wine and a warm fire at night, or nodding off behind... ...pieces are Module, the late Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns, Pitch Black, Paddy Free with... ...the soulful Sasha Vee, Oakley Grenell, Skallander with the weightless guitar tones of Sky,... ...Sheehan and others working the quiet end of the... ...practitioners bring to their thoughtful music and how the whole thing grooves by gently, rarely... ...the overall mood is one of restful tranquility and the great outdoors some of these pieces evoke... ...are wanting to venture as clouds scutter by and a pinch in the wind sends you hurrying back to... ...wind sends you hurrying back to that mulled wine and fire . . . and this gentle collection.... ...mulled wine and fire . . . and this gentle collection. Mission accomplished...

Music at Elsewhere: music/5069/various-artists-winter-loop/

Singapore: Drinking with an angel

...always a pleasure — and sometimes even necessary given the humidity... ...cheap street-corner eateries in Singapore and take in the passing parade of diverse humanity... ...ambience which is a little more classy . . . and for that you need Divine, a huge bar (maybe... ...Parkview Building near Little India and Arab Street. The Parkview – which opened... ...even in Singapore's diverse architectural landscape. The statues in the garden are of an... ...common thread between Churchill, Plato, Dali and Dante if you can) and the building itself is... ...of Art Deco as re-imagined by self-aggrandising Mussolini. (It's all about the imposing,... ...(the 1927 movie, not the Auckland apartment tower). With grandiloquent décor,... ...the ground floor, heavyweight furnishings and wine racks stacked behind glass above the main... ...the ground floor, heavyweight furnishings and wine racks stacked behind glass above the main bar... ...is muscular, sophisticated, slightly kitsch and out to impress. Very impressive is the young... ...angel wings who “flies” up that wine cellar on a hydraulically operated hook. In... .... . . given you get to see an angel fly for wine every now and...

Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/7482/singapore-drinking-with-an-angel/

Girlschool: Tush (1981)

...in there alongside Joan Jett, the Runaways and a few select others. They arrived as part of... ...in the late Seventies alongside Saxon, Tank, Iron Maiden and others, but were most often... ...Seventies alongside Saxon, Tank, Iron Maiden and others, but were most often associated with... ...a great supporter of Girlschool. Over time -- and they are still going -- they had more... ...had albums, but they barely paused for breath and not only outlasted but sonically outstripped... ...early album) where they cover ZZ Top's Tush and of course, there being a gender flip, give a... ...on the flipside of their 10" single Hit and Run (the title track off the album). Play it...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/6372/girlschool-tush-1981/

Rupa and the April Fishes: eXtraOrdinary rendition (Cumbancha/Elite)

...suggestions, upbeat Latin rhythms and a bit of art music thrown in. All from a band... ...It just sounded a bit too all-inclusive and cafe-friendly (missed anything, Rupa?) -- but... ...it time. I still hear a rather more chipper and light Six Volts in here (if you get that New... ...reference) and styles are skimmed across emphasising surface... ...than depth -- but there is a place for such wine-toasting pleasures in life and these people... ...place for such wine-toasting pleasures in life and these people offer that, and probably not much...

Music at Elsewhere: music/1583/rupa-and-the-april-fishes-extraordinary-rendition-cumbancha-elite/

Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca: Isabela (Mopiato/Southbound)

...a quick injection of jazzy Afro-Latin grooves and palm wine warmth shouldn't go past this... ...injection of jazzy Afro-Latin grooves and palm wine warmth shouldn't go past this laid-back but... ...lively outing by this LA-based but authentic band which is like a smorgasbord of Spanish,... ...son, salsa, Congolese rumba and much more -- with the great guitarist Papa... ...appearing four tracks. And the Cape Verde singer Maria de Barros drops by... ...collection whih invites you to hip-sway, and sigh along with the ballads. If the Buena... ...and its trickle-down impressed you then you'll be...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/1592/ricardo-lemvo-and-makina-loca-isabela-mopiato-southbound/

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2009 The Puddle: The Shakespeare Monkey (Fishrider/Yellow Eye)

...The Puddle should have been bigger (and perhaps better) than they were during New... ...vibrant indie-rock scene in the Eighties and early Nineties. But they were sometimes... ...managed to release a couple of interesting and almost excellent albums (and probably a single... ...they fell into some weird netherland ("Sorry? 'The Puddle', did you... ...and maybe even pulled up the stumps. Who knew? But... ...a blinder of show at the Kings Arms in Auckland which was attended by only those with a decent... ...and long-held affection for their alt.pop and the... ...Henderson. Henderson has an alarmingly direct and fascinating way with a lyric which, I believe,... ...unequalled in New Zealand music: the opening couplet on this... ...art school drop-outs (or even an art school band) because -- kick me if I'm wrong -- the... ...Underground/Television-framed nod to Iron Butterfly's trip-rock Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida. And... ...of Four) . . . but Jeez, George: All that, and Iron Butterfly too? You had me at "I would...

Tagged with: best of elsewhere 2009 | puddle |

Music at Elsewhere: music/2315/best-of-elsewhere-2009-the-puddle-the-shakespeare-monkey-fishrider-yellow-eye/

Ceumar: Silencio (Arc Music)

...who are entirely empathetic. There is a gentle and sensitive melodicism at work by all here, and... ...guitar alongside the cello, acoustic bass, mandolin and so on, she weaves her languid-sounding... ...effective songs (mostly original co-writes) and a highpoint is the title track at the end... ...is the counterpoint to her intimate voice and the piece is elevated by a lovely clarinet... ...clarinet part. Music for those slow-pulse, wine-light...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/7023/ceumar-silencio-arc-music/

The Archies: Sugar Sugar (1969)

...there is more to this than you might think -- and remember it came out in the year of Altamont,... ...the Manson murders and so on. The Archies weren't a proper group of... ...actually singer Ron Dante, session musicians and the great Toni Wine (more of her shortly). At... ...Dante, session musicians and the great Toni Wine (more of her shortly). At the time this song... ...Dante was also the singer in another studio band the Cuff Links (whose single Tracy was going... ...10) and had recorded the song Free which was scraping... ...Sixties Don Kirshner signed him to sing demos and then write his own material; his parody of... ...he was part of Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars and performed on the same bill as the Stones, the... ...Little Richard and others; he wrote one of the first rock... ...in '67; sang the theme to a Doris Day western; and was spotted by songwriter/producer Jeff Barry... ...Barry . . . And so, when Barry hooked in Toni Wine (again, more of her in a minute) he became the... .... . And so, when Barry hooked in Toni Wine (again,... ...to keep it afloat. But enough of Dante. Toni Wine who sings that soulful "I'm gonna make... ...Sugar may just be bubblegum -- but Dante and Wine have interesting back -- and forward --...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3152/the-archies-sugar-sugar-1969/

JOHN LEE HOOKER INTERVIEWED (1990): What's in his name?

...confronting a legendary, influential figure. And The Hook, as he is commonly known, isn’t... ...have inspired so many rock 'n' roll singers and blues singers and stars - more than any other... ...I can do anything in the music right from jazz and ballads to country ’n’ western,... .... . . I got something for everybody." And much as it may sound like boasting on the part... ...it may sound like boasting on the part of The Iron Man - as he is also known after appearing on... ...The evidence is there in every boogie bar-band and head-to-head riffing that rockers get up... ...Hooker's 1949 million seller Boogie Chillun. And when the blues boom hit England and... ...bands like the Animals and The Spencer Davis Group were springing up who... ...The Boogie Man, as he is also sometimes known. And now he’s out front again, this time... ...album which has any number of old friends and stars paying homage to one of the few... ...a generation which once numbered Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf in its ranks. The Healer is one... ...- and will be from now on," The Hook/Iron Man/Healer says that, unlike many of his... ...track many times in the past. When The Hook/Iron Man/ Healer (or whatever his next appellation...

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/3391/john-lee-hooker-interviewed-1990-whats-in-his-name/

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Days of Heaven

...a typewriter in Heaven. I’ve seen it -- and for me, who has spent a good part of my life... ...if I got there, would mean happy-hour all day and my favourite bands playing every night. Seems... ...architect Mario Palanti for the businessman and agricultural entrepreneur Luis Barolo, both of... ...men more than slightly obsessed with Dante and his mostly unread and largely unreadable epic... ...building -- which covers a whole city block and even today rises high above its neighbours --... ...as a tribute to the great Italian and his visionary, religious masterwork. Put... ...Hell is the enormous and airy lobby, Purgatory about the middle floors... ...high above. There are complex mathematical and numerical references to The Divine Comedy in... ...he says as we step into a lovely old iron-framed escalier. If only we’d known it... ...School, all those rabbis, imams, preachers and priests. But if Hell was just a few demons in... ...Heaven is a disappointment. Just another bland corridor between offices . . . and that... ...becomes even more so when Tharigen hosts his wine-tasting sessions here at dusk. The Palacio...

Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/7171/buenos-aires-argentina-days-of-heaven/

Johnny Devlin: How Would Ya Be (Ode)

...the fervour surrounding Johnny Devlin, New Zealand's first shirt-rippin' stage-ragin' rock'n'roll... ...maybe it was my parents who had the Bill Haley and Jerry Lee Lewis 78s, the copy of Bill Justis'... ...got George Harrison a job in the Beatles) and that Devlin EP. My favourite Devlin track was... ...most early rock'n'roll musicians in New Zealand, came from that background.) Of course mostly... ...Miss Clawdy which was a massive hit for him -- and so earned the reputation as the Kiwi... ...choice of material was more edgy than Elvis' and his tough-minded material puts him closer to... ...Johnny O'Keefe song covered by the Crickets and more recently Iggy Pop), Cast Iron Arm, Gotta... ...the Crickets and more recently Iggy Pop), Cast Iron Arm, Gotta Lotta That . . . Compiled with... ...label single), this is proof that New Zealand had a thrilling homegrown rock'n'roll star,... ...that the Devil -- and Devlin -- had the best...

Tagged with: bo diddley | elvis presley | jerry lee lewis | johnny devlin |

Music at Elsewhere: music/1360/johnny-devlin-how-would-ya-be-ode/

Various Artists: All We Wanna do is Rock (Bear Family/Yellow Eye)

...German reissue label Bear Family (sort of Ryko-and-Rhino out of Hambergen) delivers 36 -- yep,... ...tracks "carefully selected for moondogs and hepcats". There are many familiar names... ...for sure and a number deliver their classic songs: Smiley... ...(Suzie Q covered by the young Stones); Wanda Jackson (Let's Have a Party); Eddie Cochran... ...Flight Rock); Johnny Burnette Trio (Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee); Connie Francis (Lipstick on... ...Connie Francis (Lipstick on Your Collar) and Pat Boone with the rather more tame treatment... ...is also here are the less common, collectable and odd songs of the rock'n'roll era, some from... ...names: Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps weigh in with Flea Brain, Jerry... ...Lewis rocks out with Breathless; Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers appear with I Want You to be My... ...here's Glen Glenn with Blue Jeans and a Boy's Shirt; Roy Hall with Three Alley Cats;... ...labels like Bear Family, those terrific rhythm and blues collections featured previously at...

Tagged with: elvis presley | loud, fast and out of control | nuggets | sinister sons and dangerous daughters |

Music at Elsewhere: music/3399/various-artists-all-we-wanna-do-is-rock-bear-family-yellow-eye/

Brave Combo: My Girl Lollipop (1982)

...ska, Tex-Mex, rock, waltzes, rumba, zydeco and tango (with polka) and delivered their own... ...their own versions of Hendrix's Purple Haze, Iron Butterfly's Inna Gadda Da Vida and The Twist,... ...Haze, Iron Butterfly's Inna Gadda Da Vida and The Twist, Perfidia and some mad originals.... ...played in prisons and mental institutions, dance parties and bars,... ...became so famous they were the band at David Byrne's wedding (he used them in his... ...True Stories) and later had an appearance on The Simpsons. The... ...The thing about them was they weren't overtly ironic or musical anachists, they were just a fun... ...musical anachists, they were just a fun party band who were exuberant and could pull a crowd onto... ...Carl Finch still squeezing out the songs. And on Dylan's Christmas in the Heart album of '09... ...sang Must Be Santa and openly acknowledged it was their earlier...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3459/brave-combo-my-girl-lollipop-1982/

Various Artists: Main Divide (Loop free download)

...free stuff, right? The good people at Auckland's Loop label know that and so to close off New... ...Music Month they are offering a free download... ...of their artists which includes terrific and warming-you-up grooves on these wet-weather... ...Jr Kong, Sola Rosa, Electric Wire Hustle and more. Very nice gesture from Loop and their... ...from Loop and their partner Main Divide (the wine people) and Elsewhere commends it to you. And... ...Main Divide (the wine people) and Elsewhere commends it to you. And not just... ...it's free. You can download it from here. And while you are there check out their Loopkasts...

Music at Elsewhere: music/6991/various-artists-main-divide-loop-free-download/

Cheikh Lo: Lamp Fall (World Circuit/Elite)

...guitars, had Pee Wee Ellis of James Brown's band arrange the horns, and he seems to like a... ...drum. It's an intoxicating tropical cocktail and for this outing he again gets the Cubans in --... ...is back too -- and with some Brazilian players redefines his... ...again. Oh, and there's a reggae touch too. In an alternate... ...to create something all his own. It is vibrant and slightly woozy in a palm wine way, and anyone... ...It is vibrant and slightly woozy in a palm wine way, and anyone who saw the dreadlocked Lo in... ...-- will need no further invitation. Joyous and celebratory, but also yearning when he...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/888/cheikh-lo-lamp-fall-world-circuit-elite/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE SONGWRITER QUESTIONNAIRE: Holly Arrowsmith

...award under her belt: for best New Zealand folk album in 2016 which acknowledged her... ...new one A Dawn I Remember is both a step up and a step sideways into a more mature,... ...rewarding place and we commend it highly. Yes, it is... ...hints of blues notes, a touch of the esoteric, and -- as we noted in our review -- symbolic and... ...landscapes explored. Arrowsmith is touring with it... ...Elsewhere Songwriter Questionnaires . . . and her tour dates are below. Read on . . . The... ...The first song I wrote was . . . cheesy and never finished. The one songwriter you will... ...they are well crafted are . . . Two Free Hands- Anthonie Tonnon Casmir Puluski Day- Sufjan... ...Words or phrase first? Simultaneous? Words and phrase- but if I have a guitar on hand... ...Stone magazine with Joni Mitchell about fame and music in the 70’s. Quote ‘If you... ...most recent downloads include . . .) Vinyl: Iron and Wine- Beast Epic Listening to: Being.... ...downloads include . . .) Vinyl: Iron and Wine- Beast Epic Listening to: Being. Soccer Mommy...

The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/8531/the-famous-elsewhere-songwriter-questionnaire-holly-arrowsmith/

Orchestra Baobab: Made in Dakar (World Circuit/Elite)

...reissue six years ago of this Senegalese band's 1982 sessions Pirate's Choice thrust this... ...music spotlight where it remains to shine and gleam. They released the equally good... ...in All Styles five years ago and have played to wide accclaim for their rocking... ...and laidback late-night styles which come off like... ...like the best of Cuban music dipped in palm wine and tickled by the superb guitar playing of... ...best of Cuban music dipped in palm wine and tickled by the superb guitar playing of... ...charms of the sax section of Issa Cissoko and Thierno Kiote. For this new album they invite... ...N'Dour for the wonderful seven-minute Nijaay and revisited some of the songs from their...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/1355/orchestra-baobab-made-in-dakar-world-circuit-elite/

St Maximin, France: The love of life

...friend Amanda's reputation -- some might say cheerful... ...Provence about 40 minutes north of Avignon. Amanda's village of St Maximin -- 10 minutes outside... ...and where the writer Jean Racine used to stay --... ...visitors and residents from all over the world, and many of... ...have been guests at Amanda's huge 18th century stone maison which... ...she once owned La Poste restaurant on Auckland's North Shore and was well known here in... ...circles (and beyond) she regularly hosts Kiwis who come to... ...come to get lazy or curious in Provence, drink wine around her pool at sunset, and eat the... ...drink wine around her pool at sunset, and eat the beautiful food that Amanda can whip up... ...if by magic. Amanda loves life more than anyone I know. Her... ...is www.joiedevivre-unlimited.com -- and she wonders why she doesn't get interest from... ...the lazy fountain and reaching for a glass of wine count as activity. It was here with some...

Tagged with: florence | france | travels in elsewhere |

Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/555/st-maximin-france-the-love-of-life/

IN BRIEF: A quick overview of some recent international releases

...so many CDs commanding and demanding attention Elsewhere will run this... ...way as our SHORT CUTS column picks up New Zealand artists. Comments will be brief. Sam Beam and... ...for Fire (SubPop): Yes he's beardy Beam (Iron and Wine) and she wears a Patsy Cline dress on... ...for Fire (SubPop): Yes he's beardy Beam (Iron and Wine) and she wears a Patsy Cline dress on the... ...Fire (SubPop): Yes he's beardy Beam (Iron and Wine) and she wears a Patsy Cline dress on the... ...of classic country duets with an alt twist and a reverence for the great tradition going back... ...the Carter Family by way of Gram Parsons and displaced Anglo-folk. It is all beautifully... ...and the small band (percussion, keyboards, violin, cello) are the... ...times before. That takes nothing away from it and it stands on its own account, and Hoop is... ...The name sounds perfectly Americana and she is the daughter of the late Chris . . .... ...up in Belgium (where her mother came from) and her early career seems to have been in the... ...arts, theatre and dance. Although when she turned to music she...

Music at Elsewhere: music/7547/in-brief-a-quick-overview-of-some-recent-international-releases/

Elsewhere Art . . . Passages

...-- magazine Passages: The Magazine of Jazz and Elsewhere. And how at one point the late Jim... ...and I imported a bunch of now very rare Soviet... ...jazz albums recorded illegally in Russia and other places behind the Iron Curtain. Those... ...in Russia and other places behind the Iron Curtain. Those tapes were smuggled to Britain... ...were smuggled to Britain and an emigre Leo Feigin pressed them up for his... ...label. I gave the music and artists big coverage in Passages . . . and we... ...were so far out on the edge of musical taste and curiosity in this country we might as well... ...But as I have said previously, at least Jim and I (and about four others) got to hear the... ...not sure what this collage of Passages images and text was used for. But it was done in... ...I think I lost all my copies of Passages and the artwork done for it (as well as jazz... ...and posters I designed, and some other art amusements) in the January 2023...

Art by Elsewhere: artebyelsewhere/11004/elsewhere-art-passages/

Scotty's salmon'n'scallop filo gateau with a capsicum dill buerre blanc

...superb and astonishingly easy recipe comes courtesy of... ...chef at Lake Brunner Lodge in the South Island of New Zealand. Lake Brunner Lodge is one of... ...where you have nature on your doorstep and you can fish for brown trout or salmon, wander... ...of the lodge. Add to that dinners by Scotty and you are somewhere near Paradise. Scotty has... ...but cooking is his calling. Try this recipe and you'll see what I mean. It'll serve four but... ...1 teaspoon of tumeric; 300mls of white wine (chardonnay for preference); 150mls of fish... ...1 litre of cream; 2 red capsicum finely diced; and salt and pepper as required. METHOD Lay two... ...to slice the salmon for you, it can be awkward and you might miss one of those annoyingly small... ...dry pan of heat. Then two more filo sheets and a layer of fresh scallops (a dozen at least,... ...for a good reason, the salt from the salmon and scallops brings out the taste.) Now make the... ...blanc: Sweat the onions in garlic and add half the capsicum and tumeric. Add the... ...and add half the capsicum and tumeric. Add the wine and reduce by half. Add the stock and bring to...

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Recipes from Elsewhere: recipes/1635/scottys-salmonnscallop-filo-gateau-with-a-capsicum-dill-buerre-blanc/

Far North Queensland, Australia: The writing's on the wall

...Highway from Cooktown in Australia's Far North and turn off onto Shiptons Flat Rd towards Lion's... ...test unless you have a four-wheel drive, an iron constitution able to withstand the rugged... ...drive, an iron constitution able to withstand the rugged terrain and nerves of steel when... ...vertical on the partially sealed incline and terrifyingly the same on the unsealed descent.... ...all that – and the Jump Up is impassible in the rainy season... ...– and Cairns lies somewhere quite a few hours ahead.... ...story about how the place got it's name (and the ugly plaster lion at the front entrance)... ...version goes an early owner was named Daniel and so . . . “But they'll string ya'long... ...in scribbles, signatures, messages, drawing and much else besides. The only bit not decorated... ...which give some of the history of the place and suggestions for the origin of the name, among... ...young Daniel who worked at the nearby tin mine and was spotted one day at the dark entrance. He... ...I did, unless you have a four-wheel drive, an iron constitution . . . For more stories about the...

Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/6503/far-north-queensland-australia-the-writings-on-the-wall/

Mahi's West Coast Venison Hot Pot

...near the Franz Joseph Glacier in New Zealand's South Island when I first met him, and that... ...a number of places picking up ideas as he went and has doubtless taken many more with him as he... ...on. The South Island was his home however, so it was only right... ...this beautiful retreat just before it opened and Jayson delivered this delight for dinner.... ...rich, soft and lean: just about the perfect way to do venison... ...guessing. Have a go, it isn't that difficult and you don't have to present it in pastry if you... ...We've served it on a bed of potato mash and it is just as good. INGREDIENTS 1kg of diced... ...celery carrot bacon rashers pastry . . . and red wine to splash around METHOD Marinate the... ...carrot bacon rashers pastry . . . and red wine to splash around METHOD Marinate the venison... ...three cloves, a dessert spoon of tomato paste, and a pinch of rock salt. You might like to splash... ...might like to splash a little full-bodied red wine in too. Or just have a glass yourself around... ...around this time. The following day dry and separate the meat, brown quickly in a pan and...

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Recipes from Elsewhere: recipes/1636/mahis-west-coast-venison-hot-pot/

The Cash Box Kings: Hail to the Kings! (Alligator/Southbound)

...Alligator label fronted by singer Oscar Wilson and harmonica honker/singer Joe Nosek who wrote... ...everything here – and although within the genre of hard-edged blues... ...a smidgen of rockabilly in places – and deliver with energy, singalong pleasures and... ...sounds like it was written in the Forties) and there are lyrics about women, whisky and wine... ...and there are lyrics about women, whisky and wine everywhere. So no envelope pushed but usefully...

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/8953/the-cash-box-kings-hail-to-the-kings-alligator-southbound/

Afrobeast: Yaaba Funk (Sterns/Southbound)

...from Brixton which pulls together juju guitars and a horn section, brings in some rolling... ...percussion of the old style and deliver the brew with a dose of palm wine... ...style and deliver the brew with a dose of palm wine warmth and Ghanaian highlife. Purists may... ...and Ghanaian highlife. Purists may bemoan the... ...collision of sounds but it works and hits head, heart and feet simultaneously, and... ...overplay its hand in the horns and percussion which are busy but masterfully...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/3310/afrobeast-yaaba-funk-sterns-southbound/

Pompeii, Italy: New days in the old place

...lives in the hills behind Sorrento and is Neopolitan by birth. "But the two... ...came to be pope he appoint a Spanish king -- and all the trouble in Napoli come from then.... ...including three business ventures to Japan and a holiday in Melbourne to see a distant cousin... ...in Pompeii and his non-stop conversation is full of wit and... ..."I like the English, I have been to England many times and know I could have a good life... ...royalty. "Me? I don't like the royalty and the Italian people are happy not to have any... ...jokes about his attempts to sell mozzarella and wine to the Japanese through a business... ...about his attempts to sell mozzarella and wine to the Japanese through a business partner... ...there -- "but they don't like the cheese and the wine then, maybe now they do and I was too... ..."but they don't like the cheese and the wine then, maybe now they do and I was too... ...-- and gently, in a few phrases of Danish, ribs some... ...really number one." It's all harmless -- and meaningless, unless it was about football and...

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Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/554/pompeii-italy-new-days-in-the-old-place/

Jon Hopkins: Insides (Domino)

...been music while I worked, music while I drank wine, music while I did nothing in the heat. That I... ...this guy means I eventually went searching. And he has a story to tell. He's an English... ...why: he was brought in to add "colours and additional production" to their... ...Brian Eno -- who praised his second album and had him contribute to his (Eno's) album... ...This instrumental album of small gestures and subtle sounds is a long way from Coldplay pop:... ...string piece, moves through Eno-ambience and sometimes brittle techno beats (all very... ...however), has synthesisiers washing away and slow piano parts, and there is even what... ...an essay on the many virtues of quiet music, and this confirms my opinion. If you nodded about... ...with this one. Working, relaxing, drinking wine at dusk . . . this is your new favourite... ...new favourite soundtrack. A tip: just sit back and watch the clip (from a previous album) or...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/2179/jon-hopkins-insides-domino/

Various: Panama! 2 (Sound Way)

...Panama has as its neighbours the Caribbean and Latin America, and each of those vast and... ...felt the influence of Spanish, Portuguese and African musics. And of course Panama could... ...be immune to the pop, soul and funk from America by this time. So here is a... ...of mostly up-beat, percussion-driven and horn splattered tropical music, sometimes with... ...melange (as the clip below will attest) and should have wide appeal, especially once the... ...gets warmer. Play this now and take off the winter chill, or put aside for... ...chill, or put aside for the summer days and wine and sunshine. Could Panamaniam music be the... ...summer days and wine and sunshine. Could Panamaniam music be the...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/2494/various-panama-2-sound-way/

Elsewhere Art . . . Kenny Barron

...pianist Kenny Barron was coming to New Zealand in 2017 and who wouldn't want to intervew him?... ...to keep the music of Thelonious Monk alive and . . . So much more. He was a fascinating guy... ...face" to anyone outside the jazz world, and not even to many within it. Hence the... ...of Gillespie, Haden and Monk prominently, and also some text from a jazz encyclopedia to add... ...additonal information. I like the hands, bottom right! . The article this collage...

Art by Elsewhere: artebyelsewhere/9890/elsewhere-art-kenny-barron/

The Veils: Total Depravity (Nettwerk)

...with a passing interest in this band fronted by Finn Andrews already knows the tone... ...this one: In interviews Andrews has referenced David Lynch's rebooted Twin... ...there is darkness and menace as a pervading ethos (British reviews... ...said “unsettling” and “gloriously sad eyed rock that preaches... ...the perverted”) and so on. From the title inward, the Veils... ...on the promise of romantic brutalism and threat, willful sonic distortion, punishing... ...by Run The Jewels' El-P), images from the darklands of the subconscious (Here Come the Dead seems... ...obvious) and . . . You can't help hear elements of Nick... ...which falls well short of Cave's gravitas) and Trent Reznor's early work, but the Veils do... ...presentation of these songs, the boiling bass and use of loops. Although this is thrillingly raw... ...(Swimming with the Crocodiles, Iodine and Iron) which have as much emotional impact. Andrews...

Music at Elsewhere: music/7621/the-veils-total-depravity-nettwerk/

THE BARGAIN BUY: Motorhead; Classic Album Selection (Universal)

...a punishing lifetime of cigarettes, booze and other substances, destined to outlive us all.... ...66 and not slowing down. As far back as the... ...gatefold cardboard sleeves -- are Overkill and Bomber (both from 1979), Ace of Spades ('80),... ...Bomber (both from 1979), Ace of Spades ('80), Iron Fist ('82), Another Perfect Day ('83) and... ...Fist ('82), Another Perfect Day ('83) and their thrilling, essential live album No Sleep... ...line-up of Lemmy, Phil 'Philthy Animal' Taylor and 'Fast' Eddie Clarke, although for of Another... ...metal which bristles with pop hooks and is -- like the Ramones' cleverly cartoonish... ...fans would of course have all of these albums and the mildly curious might have already checked... ...satisfy themselves. But at a budget price -- and given the sheer heft of this play-loud music...

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Various Artists: Cumbia Beat Vol 1 (Vampi Soul/Southbound)

...double-disc -- with fat multilingual booklet and period photos of bands and chintzy album... ...25 intrumental tracks from the Sixties and Seventies by Peruvian guitar pop bands who... ...backbeats to their slightlydelic pop and proto-rock. There is cool guitar jangle and... ...playing (think Telstar with funky congas) and you'll perhaps want to hear more by Los... ...the slinky sound of Los Diablos Rojos and Los Mirlos. This music emerged in the mid... ...Lima, bringing with them traditional rhythms and tuning it in to what was happening in the... ...Want to Spoil the Party (Aqui en la Fiesta) and plenty of influence from the Shadows and the... ...-- less so Santana and Hendrix. This is tightly constructed music... ...various Latin style (mambo, son, merengue etc) and in places doesn't sound too dissimilar to West... ...too dissimilar to West African juju and palm wine sounds. Thoroughly enjoyable tremolo... ...juju and palm wine sounds. Thoroughly enjoyable tremolo...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/3571/various-artists-cumbia-beat-vol-1-vampi-soul-southbound/

GUEST WRITER NICK SMITH concludes communism is good for something . . .

...classics such as Cyndi Lauper’s She Bop and Turning Japanese by the Vapours, songs that... ...their implied rude lyrical content. Behind the Iron Curtain in the east, to offend social... ...Marxist can tell you, the opiate of the masses and therefore heretical. To play music about God... ...was just like singing about masturbation and orgasm on Ready to Roll on a week night in... ...New Zealand. Except there were no pops to top in early... ...Moscow. But if there had been, and there truly was a God, then surely devout... ...Arvo Part would have been rocking them in Riga and slaying them in St Petersburg. But when he... ...it on with a piece called Credo, it was banned and authorities slapped restrictions on... ...his God in instrumental music, let the violin and piano speak his faith, even if only he could... ...Credo (too bombastic in its message-making and music) but his spare, understated composition... ...his religion through a simple piece for piano and violin. It was written in 1978, a time when... ...last composition penned from behind the Iron Curtain before he and his wife fled Estonia,...

Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/4789/guest-writer-nick-smith-concludes-communism-is-good-for-something/

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2011 Jeffrey Foucault: Horse Latitudes (Signature)

...gripping Ghost Repeater – this beardy and rustic Americana singer/songwriter ups the... ...as his strong, dark brown and assured voice takes on life, loss and love in... ...assured voice takes on life, loss and love in iron-hard images which bring to mind Leonard Cohen... ...He marries these to memorable folk-rock and country-touched melodies with a fine band... ...includes Van Dyke Parks on accordion and Hammond, and sometimes stinging electric... ...which wouldn't alarm Eagles fans (Starlight and Static, Passerines) but with lyrics which have... ...(Idaho). Foucault sounds old world (“tea and tobacco, whiskey from a tin cup”) yet... ...broken heart is shining like a new TV”) and – like a young Steve Earle – hooks... ...those name checks, Foucault is his own man. And quite special. Like the sound of this? Then...

Music at Elsewhere: music/4273/best-of-elsewhere-2011-jeffrey-foucault-horse-latitudes-signature/

Jaron's Roast Duck Tacos

...late March the Auckland Craft Beer and Food Festival takes over the Spark Arena in... ...Auckland. With music, food trucks, craft beer and more,... ...publish one of their excellent taco recipes, and this is what he has come back with. It's... ...and you can check out organic, free range... ...20-24 Salt Hoisin Sauce pickled ginger Red and green cabbage carrots bean sprouts fried... ...sunflower oil minced garlic minced ginger rice wine vinegar flour tortillas Method Firstly, chop... ...flour tortillas Method Firstly, chop the head and feet off the duck, then dry brine the duck by... ...heavily inside and all over the skin, including underneath the... ...a rack above a roasting tray to catch the fat, and roast for 3-4 hours at 150 turning once in the... ...cool down a bit before stripping all the meat and skin off the bones. Cut the skin up into... ...pieces with scissors and mix into the duck meat. While duck is cooking... ...sesame oil, sunflower oil, soy sauce and rice wine vinegar, and a couple teaspoons each of minced...

Recipes from Elsewhere: recipes/9750/jarons-roast-duck-tacos/

Dublin, Ireland: Hold your hour and have another

...black and white image of the man on the small television... ...shirt, braces to hold up wide flannel pants and heavy work boots, he shaves timber slats into... ...arranges them carefully and then hammers an iron hoop around them. Against... ...arranges them carefully and then hammers an iron hoop around them. Against the backdrop of a... ...man labours with remarkable physicality, speed and skill. He is Dick Flanagan who was a cooper,... ...working fulltime making casks for Guinness and the storehouse complex contained over quarter... ...a million of them, all made by hand where the craftsman’s eye was the... ...pulls them together so they are airtight and then moves on to making, then hammering down,... ...moves on to making, then hammering down, the iron bands. Then, for the first time using any... ...iron bands. Then, for the first time using any measuring... ...he takes a ruler to size timber for the tops and bottoms which fit snugly. On a day when a... ...to be in any hurry. Flanagan finishes his cask and the film loops to begin again, mirroring...

Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/4072/dublin-ireland-hold-your-hour-and-have-another/

THE WORLD OF DEEP AND SHALLOW FAKES IN MUSIC (2020): From Milli to Mylie

...about fake musicians, lip-synching, classical and pop music frauds and so much more. You can't... ...these "artists" seriously and as you may hear, most of it I didn't. I even... ...sommeliers who couldn't spot the watering of wine, Leon Russell's alter-ego as Hank Wilson,... ...aka Chris Gaines, Autotune, AI creations and so much more in a fast 15 minutes about people... ...Enjoy it as much as I did. At least this band had fun with being other people....

Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/10556/the-world-of-deep-and-shallow-fakes-in-music-2020-from-milli-to-mylie/

Bordeaux, France: Paradise and lunch

...box-hedge to the garden where peacocks ambled, and then on up the orderly rows of grape vines... ...Paradise -- with a cellar of more than 15,000 wines -- were transported to our world then it... ...however because my lobster casserole arrived and we began toasting our day with glistening... ...day with glistening glasses of gently yellowed wine. We were at Les Sources de Caudalie, a... ...at Les Sources de Caudalie, a vineyard-cum-spa and luxury hotel 20 minutes from Bordeaux. The... ...-- where you come to be pampered by day and indulge in exquisite food and wine by night --... ...by day and indulge in exquisite food and wine by night -- notes there is no English... ...youngest daughter of the owners Florence and David Cathiard, offers that it is the unit... ...Cathiard, offers that it is the unit used by wine lovers to measure the aftertaste of a vintage.... ...de Caudalie has an excellent, subtle, warm and lingering taste. The story behind this... ...rooms, no two the same -- is fascinating, and Caudalie's very existence unique in the... ...I had been talking with Thibault Despagne, a wine consultant for various chateaux in the region,... ...consultant for various chateaux in the region, and speculating on how many similar spa-hotels... ...-- but most happy -- coincidence of good wines, an excellent chef and kitchen, a rare... ...coincidence of good wines, an excellent chef and kitchen, a rare sommelier -- and of course the... ...helped himself to another glass of hefty red wine from Les Sources' Smith Haut Lafitte range and... ...from Les Sources' Smith Haut Lafitte range and continued, "But it was not always so, you... ...very beautiful place and it produces wonderful wines." As we went down to dinner from the... ...Source has also won first place in the Great Wine Capitals wine tourism awards, and its spa's... ...featured in Elle. Its restaurants and wines have won plaudits from Wine International....

Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/284/bordeaux-france-paradise-and-lunch/

Tattletale Saints: Tattletale Saints (tattletalesaints.com/Aeroplane)

...home given their country-flavoured folk-rock and storytelling songs – the excellent duo... ...Cy Winstanley and Vanessa McGowan here deliver the second album... ...(also there is an album as Her Make Believe Band and McGowan did a solo album). Recorded in... ...joined by drummer, pedal steel and keyboard player Josh Kaler for most of the... ...you can feel a real step up in their writing and delivery . . . which is really saying... ...finalist in 2013 (up against Lorde so . . .) and they picked up best folk album for their... ...of Paul Simon in his most weary delivery and occasional lyrics (the instantly familiar... ...banker, your momma was a beauty queen”, and Down the Road and Back Again with “I... ...real sting in the guitar work (Sonoma County Wine fairly flies in the solo, the brittle backdrop... ...in the solo, the brittle backdrop of Kathleen) and the stripped down sound – the drumming... ...dextrous on the weed'n'whisky Sonoma County Wine and the lean ballad I Did This To Myself which... ...on the weed'n'whisky Sonoma County Wine and the lean ballad I Did This To Myself which...

Music at Elsewhere: music/7837/tattletale-saints-tattletale-saints-tattletalesaintscom-aeroplane/

Sean Rowe: Magic (Anti)

...of the nature of his burred baritone -- and these profound and emotionally deep songs --... ...the impression of pulse-racing music . . . and this isn't like that at all. Quite the... ...exciting to hear such a mature, provocative and flexible voice -- from almost gospel-blues to... ...and bedroom ballader -- married to lyrics which... ...in the rubble of a Catholic church, I found a wine bottle and a cardboard box that I had to... ...of a Catholic church, I found a wine bottle and a cardboard box that I had to search"),... ...the emotional and spiritual spirit of Jeff Buckley ("She... ...her skin, he falls out of religion and washes his sins . . ."). There is also an... ...and intimate nature to this album which was... ...in Troy, upstate New York, and the lean arrangements keep the lyrics and... ...what you hear is the rather a more sober and the street-poetics sound of early Waits where... ...where the world is full of rust and stale wine, the moon rains down like broken glass and...

Music at Elsewhere: music/4025/sean-rowe-magic-anti/

Dean Martin: Italian Love Songs

...home should have a Dean Martin album or two, and those with a sense of humour will go for one... ...previously, profligate with his gifts and never really felt the need to stretch himself... ...into a studio or onto a movie set, do his bit and then go the golf course. That said, he brought... ...kind of cool loucheness to many of the movies and the warmth of his voice carried even the... ...on home territory with ample orchestration and backing singers to tug the heartstrings even... ...vocals slid around the melody like rich ruby wine in a warm glass. Dino did everything with ease... ...glass. Dino did everything with ease . . . and at his best he sounds like it was all... ...And it was. We mention this album because it is... ...on vinyl and is another to add to your expanding and diverse record collection . . . and... ...one is for Sunday morning or after 11pm. And it is just $25 at JB Hi-Fi stores...

Hi-Fi Vinyl: hifivinyl/8421/dean-martin-italian-love-songs/

Various Artists: The Ideal . . . Dinner Party (Global Journey/Rajon)

...now for something completely different, just... ...can. I spotted this series of CDs with recipes and they are absurdly cheap, so . . . This series... ...for Mexican, Italian, Chinese, French, Indian and Thai evenings. The recipes are alarmingly... ...in the Mexican chilli con carne perhaps -- and I've posted a Thai one at Recipes from... ...up the castanets, but that's the point) and so your whole evening is done for you. All you... ...to do is follow the simple insttructions and pick the right wine or beer match. Impress... ...the simple insttructions and pick the right wine or beer match. Impress your friends with your... ...friends with your porcini mushroom risotto and zabaglione surprise . . . and discreet taste... ...for the first time. The recipes are simple and common (spag bolognese etc), and once they've... ...confident enough to improvise around them. And that's when they head to Recipes from...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/3507/various-artists-the-ideal-dinner-party-global-journey-rajon/

Newcastle, Australia: Walking on sunshine

...you get to Newcastle – which few New Zealand tourists do – that you're impressed by... ...of Sydney – which gave the world coal and steel, Arnott's biscuits and the rock band... ...which closed with a riot in September 79 and was immortalised in the Cold Chisel song... ...I'd always presumed it was in Sydney. And I swear Harry's Cafe de Wheels takeaway in an... ...funny what half an hour in the local museum and a bit of a walk can alert you to. Newcastle... ...350,000 – isn't a tourist destination and I certainly went expecting . . . Well, I... ...know. I went to breeze around, relax and . . . hmmm, that would be about it. I'd been... ...the harbour. At day's end I opened a bottle of wine and watched as cosseted-white pleasure craft,... ...At day's end I opened a bottle of wine and watched as cosseted-white pleasure craft,... ...craft, thuggish tugs and muscularly rust-iron working vessels went by my window. My late-avo... ...tugs and muscularly rust-iron working vessels went by... ...window. My late-avo took a slow pace and, as the sun sank into dusk, the thick water... ...much more profitable and enjoyable. After my wine'n'view in my room at the end of my day I went...

Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/7278/newcastle-australia-walking-on-sunshine/

Dyan's very easy Creamy Mint Potato Salad

...offers this one (and another salad) for the summer months, and also... ...be an obesity expert as i am a legendary eater and a damn fine cook and pastry chef. But I am a... ...that if you make food out of good products, and never lose your innate taste for 'exercise' or... ...'playing outside' (we are all born with it and PE teachers drive it out of successive... ...This seems astonishingly sensible --- and her recipes are terrific. Cheers to you Dyan.... ...METHOD Steam the potatoes, skins on, and allow to cool entirely. Shell peas, chop mint,... ...avacado and add homemade (or if you are not that... ...or whatever is coming off the barbecue. And with a crisp white wine at a... ...off the barbecue. And with a crisp white wine at a...

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Recipes from Elsewhere: recipes/1638/dyans-very-easy-creamy-mint-potato-salad/

Patty Larkin: 25 (Signature)

...of attention-grabbing project. It is typical and a measure of Larkin's generous nature that... ...25 of her favourite self-penned love songs and invites in 25 of her favourite singers and... ...she had admired to accompany her. And in the credits to each song she puts the... ...website. Nice. And some damn fine company she keeps: here are... ...Vega, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Greg Brown and others. And although these may be generically... ...songs", Larkin's writing is rigorous and diverse, so each artist -- even though... ...songs (which are to be honest mostly low-key and acoustic). But these wine-light songs should... ...honest mostly low-key and acoustic). But these wine-light songs should certainly have wide appeal...

Music at Elsewhere: music/3564/patty-larkin-25-signature/

Valedictions: Pieces (valedictions.co.nz)

...No surprise then that this three-piece Auckland band got an early single Hey Lady on The Rock... ...some gigs more recently with the Jordan Luck Band and this debut – following an EP two... ...riffery, piercing but pointed guitar solos and a sterling production by Olly Harmer at The... ...with very few overdubs. It sounds live and vigorous, and they know the value of rock... ...as well as crafting discrete songs which stand on their own. It's not all the sonic crunch... ...rides a very cool pop-rock groove, Black Box and the chugging Pieces could easily cross out... ...The Rock context and Would You at the end unexpectedly explores an... ...Sometimes it sounds a bit workmanlike and wearing borrowed clothes, but at its best you... ...acknowledge a disciplined sound, high energy and a welcome diversity in their palette.... ...Valedictions launch this album at Auckland's Wine Cellar July... ...launch this album at Auckland's Wine Cellar July...

Music at Elsewhere: music/8025/valedictions-pieces-valedictionsconz/

John Prine and Mac Wiseman: Standard Songs for Average People (Oh Boy)

...has never pretended to be fashionable, and this one certainly ain't. Two salty old pals... ...a-sittin' and a-playin' a bunch of tunes from their back... ...The songs are for the most part country standards of the old school, although Kris... ...Other Side of Nowhere is a more recent song and gets a welcome airing here. Leon Payne's I... ...is the clue here: it is a hoary chestnut and dripping in cheap sentiment which these old... ...milk for all its worth -- and they have the Carol Lee Singers to take it... ...that little bit closer to Doris Day and 50s schmaltz. A lot of the songs are... ...weepers (Tom T Hall's Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine, Payne's The Blue Side of... ...T Hall's Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine, Payne's The Blue Side of Lonesome), but there... ...but there is also Pistol Packin' Mama and a couple of others to bring a bit of sandpaper... ...But that said, this is so obvious, unashamed and good-willed that you can't help nod along to...

Music at Elsewhere: music/1179/john-prine-and-mac-wiseman-standard-songs-for-average-people-oh-boy/

Various Artists: So Frenchy So Chic 2010 (Cartell)

...the Alliance Francaise Film Festival -- and a chance for an overview of chic music out of... ...Rachid Taha (in rather restrained fashion) and Vanessa Paradis. There is always a cool and... ...material is that which rises above the wine bar soundtrack: here the brittle On by Java... ...the odd New Wave pop of Lilicub's La Belle Vie and Charlotte etc's Label Societe; the... ...of Emmanuelle Seigner on Le Jour Parfait; and the strong voice of Sophie Hunger (rather... ...on the unworthy Round and Round). But mostly this is Frenchy and chic... ...over acoustic guitars, designed to seduce and charm like those understated domestic comedies...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/2895/various-artists-so-frenchy-so-chic-2010-cartell/

Cesaria Evora: Rogamar (RCA)

...from three weeks on the various Cape Verde Islands off the coast of West Africa. I shall quote... ..."loads of swimming, hiking and taking in the traditional island music . . .... ...grog made from sugercane. most of the islanders make their living thru fishing but all seem... ...conjure it up for us. A blend of woozy palm wine sounds from Africa but with a colouring of... ...songs are emotional, sometimes sentimental, and are born of her fascinating life. She was a... ...to show her solidarity with the downtrodden and poor, and is now a three-times married, cigar... ...whisky chuggin' grandmother. This collection includes lovely soft... ...tracks and some aching ballads where her dark, almost... ...Evora is the biggest star out of Cape Verde and these songs will have you wishing you could...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/1321/cesaria-evora-rogamar-rca/

Townes Van Zandt: Rake (1969)

...of Townes van Zandt's dedicated followers would know that he once... ...later had a reputation as a difficult, morose and poetically gifted singer-songwriter with... ...he was on a bill at Carnegie Hall with a rock band called Mandrake Memorial and comedian Dick... ...Van Zandt had a couple of albums out at the time but... ...going to do a talking blues about Thunderbird wine but changed it to the KKK because . . .... ...than winos". There is an awkward pause and it goes down like a lead wonton with the... ...He did however unveil this particularly lovely and deep song which appeared on a later album --... ...like Dylan, he could command an audience and, just one man and a guitar, silence them with... ...lyrics and intensity. This is taken from the album A... ...Evening with Townes van Zandt, a recording of the concert which didn't... ...until 2002. And there is more about Townes Van Zandt here. For...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4733/townes-van-zandt-rake-1969/

Laibach: Get Back (1988)

...Beatles might have been about "peace and bloody love" as a droll Ringo noted at... ...end of the Anthology DVD series. But in the hands of Laibach out of what we used to call... ...music sounded like it was ready to invade Poland. Laibach -- in a thoroughly post-modern and... ...Laibach -- in a thoroughly post-modern and ironic manner (and don't those words sound like... ...manner (and don't those words sound like cliches of that... ...of that age now?) -- flirted with Nazi and Iron Curtain iconography -- and stentorian martial... ...now?) -- flirted with Nazi and Iron Curtain iconography -- and stentorian... ...music. They brought their jackboot beat and declamatory vocals to bear on the Stones... ...for the Devil) and the Beatles' album Let It Be. Unfortunately... ...torchlight parade of Queen's We Will Rock You, and -- as Melody Maker noted at the time -- the... ...Get Back in their hands (fists?) sounded like the Volga boatmen on... ...by the stadium humour of big, stupid but fun bands like Rammstein who know that both metal music... ...you could only sidestep any notions of faux-irony and enjoy the moment. Cannons, blunderbuss...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3868/laibach-get-back-1988/

Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia: Art in the hills

...ridges, expensively manicured golf courses, and huge steroid-expanded homes running to many... ...This is where tourists, inter-state visitors and Melburnians come to recreate themselves, and... ...to recreate themselves, and sample some fine wines. But there are reasons to come to this... ...in addition to civilised tasting rooms and restaurants. However, in December '03 the... ...devoted to the collection of patrons Eva and Marc Besen, who have acquired a catalogue of... ...in scope -- Sidney Nolan to Brett Whiteley and beyond -- and housed in a building which is an... ...by Allan Powell, the gallery hugs the hillside and its discreetly curved, packed-earth walls... ...the contours of the landscape. The earth-toned building sits within --... ...sits within -- and is a part of -- its environment. Yet its magisterial quality is impressive... ...own right. Buried deep to keep it unobtrusive and with vast storage rooms beneath, the gallery... ...impose itself on the landscape yet, from a distance, it appears as a... ...entry to the museum is through a gently curved and tapered route which allows the full grandeur... ...cool restaurant serving the excellent estate wines is worth the 45-minute trip for that... ...is a marriage of art, architecture and environment with a distinctive Australian flavour. And... ...bottles have a strangely familiar corrugated iron cow on the colourful labels.And sure enough,...

Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/298/yarra-valley-victoria-australia-art-in-the-hills/

Delaney Davidson and Barry Saunders: Word Gets Around (Rough Diamond/Southbound, digital outlets)

...production work on his own albums and most recently for Harry Lyon on his excellent... ...to get some deeper grit, evocative noir and dirty r'n'b into their sound. Barry Saunders... ...when on the Churches tour with Marlon Williams and Tami Neilson (both of whom Davidson has worked... ...collection of nine blues-rock, r'n'b and country-rock songs emerged with the duo... ...everything (and Jol Mulholland on drums). As Elsewhere has previously noted,... ...– in addition to other genres at his command – a real feel for focused Fifties and... ...pop and Out of Our Hands here marries that sensibility to Saunders'... ...Americana. The title track is a real garage-band stomper with Chess r'n'b blues fills on... ...levels between the curse of original sin and the hope of self-determined redemption, and... ...reflective Saunders ballad where the road and travel is the metaphor of a life much lived.... ...album is released April 26 May 3: Auckland's Wine Cellar May 4: Auckland's Wine Cellar (as a...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/8906/delaney-davidson-and-barry-saunders-word-gets-around-rough-diamond-southbound-digital-outlets/

Excellent hot-pot beef with plum and cinnamon

...will also fill the house with rich flavours and smells. And best of all, it is simple.... ...half a kg of diced beef one and a half cups of vegetable stock a glass of... ...cups of vegetable stock a glass of cheap red wine half a dozen peeled and pitted plums (or half... ...red wine half a dozen peeled and pitted plums (or half a can of plum jam) two... ...beef until slightly caramelized then remove and add to the crockpot or large pot on the stove.... ...add all the other ingredients and bring to a slow rolling boil. Then turn down... ...* If you wish you can leave out the potatoes and do a smooth mash to serve the beef on. And... ...plum or spices. Flavour to taste with salt and/or pepper....

Recipes from Elsewhere: recipes/9965/excellent-hot-pot-beef-with-plum-and-cinnamon/

TARRAWARRA GALLERY IN THE YARRA: Art in the landscape

...here in this bleached-brown landscape the wine is fine, and so are the views.... ...here in this bleached-brown landscape the wine is fine, and so are the views. Gazing across... ...ridges, expensively manicured golf courses, and huge steroid-expanded homes running to many... ...This is where tourists, inter-state visitors and Melburnians come to recreate themselves, and... ...to recreate themselves, and sample some fine wines. But there are other reasons to come to this... ...in addition to civilised tasting rooms and restaurants. However, in December 2003 the... ...devoted to the collection of patrons Eva and Marc Besen, who have acquired a catalogue of... ...in scope - Sidney Nolan to Brett Whiteley and beyond - and housed in a building which is an... ...by Allan Powell, the gallery hugs the hillside and its discreetly curved, packed-earth walls... ...the contours of the landscape. The earth-toned building sits within -... ...sits within - and is a part of - its environment. Yet its magisterial quality is impressive... ...own right. Buried deep to keep it unobtrusive and with vast storage rooms beneath, the gallery... ...impose itself on the landscape yet, from a distance, it appears as a... ...cool restaurant serving the excellent estate wines is worth the 45-minute trip for that... ...This is a marriage of art, architecture and environment with a distinctive Australian flavour. And... ...bottles have a strangely familiar corrugated iron cow on the colourful labels. And sure enough,...

Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/1846/tarrawarra-gallery-in-the-yarra-art-in-the-landscape/

Various Artists: The Birth of Surf Guitar Vol 3 (Ace/Border)

...with a weird spaghetti western spin) in bands out of Israel, Spain, Croatia and of course... ...USA and New Zealand. This 26 track collection goes back to origins... ...twang'n'strum instrumentals between '59 and '66 with a few well-known names in the mix... ...Dale, the Riptides, the Surfaris and the Avengers). And it's not all Wipe Out speed... ...Spanish-influenced Christina by the Charades band) or broody downbeat moods (The Marauder by... ...of Wisconsin). Curiously too, a lot of these bands come from places you wouldn't usually... ...with sandy fun-fun-fun-in-sun, like New York. As always... ...excellent liner notes names appear in these bands who would go on to great fame as artists or... ...Boys), Gary Usher (producer of Steppenwolf, Iron Butterfly), Glen Campbell and Bruce Johnson... ...of Steppenwolf, Iron Butterfly), Glen Campbell and Bruce Johnson (session work, Beach Boys),... ...Lloyd, Jimmy Greenspoon and Danny Belsky of the New Dimensions went on to...

Music at Elsewhere: music/7240/various-artists-the-birth-of-surf-guitar-vol-3-ace-border/

Sydney, Australia: The Coastal Track

...about my fitness. I exaggerated enormously and said I exercised “once a week“.... ...guide, about the route he pointed to his map and said, “there’s the killer bit,... ...kilometres uphill on soft sand”. My lie would soon be discovered to my... ...and embarrassment . . . but the killer but... ...Track is the project of Samantha Madsen and our walk (with minimal footprint on the... ...and our walk (with minimal footprint on the environment) would be along the dramatic coastline an... ...the dramatic coastline an hour south of Sydney and take in wild beaches, rolling Banksia heaths,... ...and rock pools, deep coves and dense bush -- and at day’s end we would... ...we would have a massage then enjoy glasses of wine and fine dining at our campsite above... ...a massage then enjoy glasses of wine and fine dining at our campsite above Wattamolla... ...-- started at the small community of Bundeena and made a brief digression around Port Hacking... ...of a stingray, totemic male figure, kangaroo and a whale carved more than 200 years ago. But no... ...horizontally and vertically. The result of iron oxide leaching or seepage from a nearby swamp... ...camp. At the end of a perfect day we drank our wines watching silent satellites move across the... ...for lazy people -- with fine food, wonderful wine, and good company in a very special place....

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Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/3022/sydney-australia-the-coastal-track/

Joan As Police Woman: The Deep Field (Liberator)

...two excellent albums, notably her previous and admittedly dark To Survive in 2008, Joan... ...has more fully immersed herself in slow and slightly funky soul music with reference... ...in classic Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder's more introspective 70s songs.... ...with references to that art music of Antony and the Johnsons with whom she once sang. So here... ...funk-pop and string parts, but also the airy eight minutes... ...this one never quite finds its mood or pace and tracks alternate between the terrific and the... ...lightweight Nervous driven by minimal chords and embellished by sonic burps and squeaks which... ...cover its thinness, and aside from the soulful Action Man and that... ...Arthur bringing the Barry White baritone) and the wine-light ballad Forever And A Year later... ...bringing the Barry White baritone) and the wine-light ballad Forever And A Year later that we... ...album to a close in a coda of faux-soul vocals and kitchen-sink'n'all electronics, guitars and...

Music at Elsewhere: music/3899/joan-as-police-woman-the-deep-field-liberator/

THE ARRIVAL OF THE KIWIJAHZZ LABEL (2021): Notes from the underground

...of Wellington which was enormously prolific and – like the Braille label back in the... ...times in different guises (player, producer) and with other artists as well as under his own... ...Now Auckland-based, Henderson is the prime mover behind the... ...of Henderson, bassist Eamon Edmundsen-Wells and drummer Chris O'Conner, plus various guests.... ...Crystal Choi (keys), Bonnie Stewart (drums) and percussion layer Paul Taylor deploying... ...on here on these live recordings from Auckland's Wine Cellar in September 2020. The 18-minute... ...here on these live recordings from Auckland's Wine Cellar in September 2020. The 18-minute Bra... ...Kilimanjaro which follows comes on as a slow and moody keyboard/electronica piece (Joe might... ...to Off Minor on which at times the sax and electronics seems to evoke bird calls from the... ...is at the heart of this project (extremely and enjoyably successful too, check the... ...busy Rated X) and the collection closes with a gritty and... ...by the second volume also recorded at the Wine Cellar, a month later) with guest guitarists... ...African sound of Mama Divua Diame with palm wine guitars; the Afro-Caribbean languor of Lejania...

Further Outwhere: further/9946/the-arrival-of-the-kiwijahzz-label-2021-notes-from-the-underground/

Arthur's Pass, South Island, New Zealand: The silence of the lands

...strangest thing. We went inside for 20 minutes and when we came out everyone had disappeared.... ...Highway 73 through the centre of the South Island sits a bit more west than the halfway point... ...Christchurch and the West Coast, right there in the Southern... ...highway alongside tourist buses, camper vans and private vehicles. The village – little... ...than a few houses, some cafes and so on – has a permanent population of... ...by about four-to-one. Tourists grabbed food and drinks from the cafes, used the facilities and... ...of the many kea which hopped around tables and rubbish bins. I'd never been that close to a... ...in the wild and, given the size and power of their beaks, will be glad never to be... ...in case . . . We did what everyone was doing and then -- negotiating our way between healthy... ...wire-thin seniors with ruddy cheeks and tour groups with expansive cameras –... ...Waimakariri River just beyond the top of our wine glasses. Some people here embark on serious... ...walks, a fair bit of reading, good food and wine and, most of all, conversations with...

Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/11111/arthurs-pass-south-island-new-zealand-the-silence-of-the-lands/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE SONGWRITERS' QUESTIONNAIRE: Frazey Ford

...a rare one who first came to attention in the band she founded, The Be Good Tanyas who knocked... ...Memphis-styled soul, back into blues and remian in touch with acoustic folk. The good... ...fans is that she plays the Tuning Fork in Auckland on Tuesday Novemeber 21, her first time in the... ...(And brings an exciting openng act, see below) With... ...powerful, soulfilled voice and a back-catalogue of great songs she is one of... ...Elsewhere Songwriters' Questionnaire . . . and she has thoughtfully provided You Tube links... .... . My Dad once brought over a Bob Dylan album and asked me which song I loved when I was in the... ...and it was 'Went to See The Gypsy’. My Mom... ...get into the music at first would be Bon Iver and Frank Ocean. Both of their recent albums I... ...I really loved Bon Iver’s third album and I think Frank Ocean is just brilliant;... ...well crafted are . . . There’s a song by Iron and Wine that I think is absolutely beautiful:... ...are . . . There’s a song by Iron and Wine that I think is absolutely beautiful: Passing...

The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/8178/the-famous-elsewhere-songwriters-questionnaire-frazey-ford/

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2006: Micah P Hinson

...P Hinson and the Opera Circuit (Sketchbook/EMI) Hinson from... ...came to Auckland in August last year for a low-key show at the... ...in August last year for a low-key show at the Wine Bar on K Rd, playing to a capacity audience of... ...30 people. No matter, he was darkly engrossing and his spare songs of loss and pain wouldn't have... ...His album at that time -- Micah P Hinson and the Gospel of Progress -- was gripping and... ...("a classic debut" said Russell Baillie), and it ended up on the newspaper's Best of 2006... ...lovelorn alt-country songs came from deep and considered places, and the sense of emotional... ...was offset by gorgeous tunes and intelligent, ambitious arrangements". That all... ...again sports brooding arrangements of cello, mandolin, banjo, guitars, trombone, old upright... ...and so on. There is a slight country flavour in... ...his tobacco-cured voice, open-wound emotions and genuine feel for a simple yet affecting melody...

Music at Elsewhere: music/962/best-of-elsewhere-2006-micah-p-hinson/

Zedashe: Our Earth and Water (Living Roots)

...not gonna lie to you . . . this is highly demanding if authentic folk from this vocal ensemble... ...Georgian Caucasus. These 26 polyphonic secular and sacred songs -- which date back centuries and... ...minimal instrumental support (drums, lutes and the local bagpipes). So your enjoyment, not to... ...-- or low -- your threshold is for these male and female voices which move from stately chants... ...they were recorded at a local vineyard and the group's name refers to wine buried in... ...local vineyard and the group's name refers to wine buried in earthenware jars and brought out for... ...jars and brought out for ceremonial purposes.... ...the opportunity to provide some background and context so . . . a highly worthwhile project... ...conclude you're glad you didn't live back then and have them rehearsing in the barn next door....

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/7377/zedashe-our-earth-and-water-living-roots/

BOB DYLAN REWRITING HIMSELF (2019): Sometimes he didn't have such a tight connection

...songs. First those by others -- or folk and blues songs whose origins were remote -- which... ...turned into his own. And then increasingly changing lyrics in his own... ...of the same song, one seemingly bitter and the other more loving. Here is the Bob Dylan's... ...from the '83 album Empire Burlesque . . . and we'll follow it with a more caring and... ...under another title. Well, I had to move fast And I couldn't with you around my neck. I said I'd... ...for you and I did What did you expect? My hands are sweating And we haven't even started yet.... ...I've got to do tonight, You go inside and stay warm.Has anybody seen my love, Has... ...seen my love?You want to talk to me, Go ahead and talk. Whatever you got to say to me Won't come... ...they're not showing any lights tonight And there's no moon. There's just a hot-blooded... ...that big.Never could learn to drink that blood And call it wine, Never could learn to hold you,... ...could learn to drink that blood And call it wine, Never could learn to hold you, love, And call... ...could learn to drink that blood and call it wine Never could learn to look at your face and...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/9200/bob-dylan-rewriting-himself-2019-sometimes-he-didnt-have-such-a-tight-connection/

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Jazz at Elsewhere

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Images from Elsewhere

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Windows on Elsewhere

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Recipes from Elsewhere

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Links to Somewhere else

...updated links to other sites in music, travel and the arts of interest to Elsewhere. Readers are... ...about sites they would like to be added here, and shared. MUSIC We surely don't need to tell you... ...site for all things to do with New Zealand popular music of all persuasions, and growing... ...of Wellington music gets its own extensive and growing space here under the auspices of the... ...wider world with video footage, sound samples and much more. Remarkable stuff . . . Post-punk... ...weekly half-hour video show of post-punk bands (late 70s-early 80s). Get your Gang of Four... ...here . . . Looking for posters etc by New Zealand bands down the decades. Then look no futher... ...Tally Ho. Over 500 posters etc and still growing. Strange times, great and... ...Underground Garage is the terrific Steven Van Zandt (Springsteen band, Silvio in The Sopranos)... ...dedicated to the spirit of raw, garageband rock'n'roll. Clips, radio noise, archives,...

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Music at Elsewhere

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Essential Elsewhere

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My Back Pages

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Absolute Elsewhere

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Travel Books by Elsewhere's Graham Reid

...an enhanced sense of location" - New Zealand Herald "His eye for detail allows him to... ...the atmospheres of Japan, America, Samoa, Thailand, Taiwan and Belgium. The pieces range from the... ...and humorous to the matter-of-fact and serious . . . easy to pick up and rather hard... ...these stories at dinner, you'd be entertained and frequently informed" - Listener "His... .... . . you can smell the bayou" - North and South AND . . . . The Idiot Boy Who Flew... ...collection of travel stories by Graham Reid and a follow-up to the award-winning Postcards... ...Elsewhere or Public Address Books. Travels and encounters in odd corners of the USA, Asia and... ...unexpected places discovered and the title story about a journey into southern... ...found as a result of doing a bit of research and exploring off the beaten tourist track . . .... ...accurate snapshots of people and places from elsewhere; pictures in words which...

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Graham Reid

...Claverhouse Reid was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and educated in New Zealand. He is a graduate... ...Auckland University with a catch-all Bachelor of Arts... ...in Chinese Philosophy, Italian (language, film and literature), Art History, English and American... ...and the sciences (Zoology and Botany). In the early Eighties he founded and... ...magazine "Passages ... a magazine of Jazz and Elsewhere" (entered in the Alexander... ...archive), frequently presented national and international radio programmes, and for five... ...late Eighties/early Nineties was the New Zealand correspondent for America's prestigious music... ...a freelance writer -- while teaching English and Art History to scholarship level at Glenfield... ...in Auckland -- he had, after 1997 when he left teaching,... ...articles and short stories published in Metro magazine, and...

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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .

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World Music from Elsewhere

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EPs by Yasmin Brown

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Other Voices, Other Rooms

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The Album Considered

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The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire

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The Bargain Buy

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Blues at Elsewhere

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