> heard a good one last night...we go to a regular series here that brings > in some as-good-as-it- gets-but-not-a-household-name talent...last night > was jimmy lafave & eliza gilkinson who both blew the roof off...jimmy > (who does dylan better than dylan, imo) said that he likes to look at it > this way- he travels around the country doing shows & selling maybe a > dozen cds at each to a highly discriminating audience... > >
Although I don't get to watch music acts the way you guys do, I own an Eliza Gilkyson and Sara Isaksson albums. Both are songwriters of the highest order and their songs not only touch Joni-Land but their singing are just as emotive. I recently got to listen to Susanne Abbuehl's APRIL album. What a voice! She reminds me of Patricia Barber's atmospheric approach to singing and she can deconstruct a song as skillfully as Holly Cole, Rickie Lee Jones and Ute Lemper. She did a very very sad version of Monk's `Round Midnight' with only a harmonium. Her version seems to locate the melancholic nature of the song. Joseph in Manila np: Dawn Upshaw "I Wish It So"
