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jonmmpar

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7-2-2010 at 16:55

Natalie Merchant - 1st new album in 7 years

Natalie Merchants last album - 'The House Carpenter's Daughter' is so beautiful. She took really old poems and songs, some from the American Civil War and set them to music. Beautiful music. Anyway with over 7 years of work involving 100 musicians her new Double album 'Leave Your Sleep' is coming out soon.
The Concert video linked below got this review:

Monday, February 1, 2010
Scotsman: Four Stars for Natalie Merchant's Celtic Connections Performance; Meets Crowd's "Fervent Anticipation"

Natalie Merchant was in Ireland and Scotland last week to perform songs from her forthcoming Nonesuch debut, Leave Your Sleep. The Scotsman gives four stars to her Glasgow Celtic Connections performance, saying the set "gave full rein to the mercurial potency" of her voice. The Irish Times says that through her set at Whelan's in Dublin, she remained "the apple of everyone’s eye—and rightly so." Chronogram says the new album's "genius is in how Merchant pairs the poems with just the right accompaniment."

Link for the video:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/music/celticconnections/2010/artists/natalie_merchant/
:^)

320 mp3 - http://www.mediafire.com/?umnmo2tgdmi

http://victoryrosemusic.blogspot.com/ http://victoryroselossless.blogspot.com/
http://victoryrosevideo.blogspot.com/

http://www.last.fm/user/jonnyparsnip

relequel

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7-2-2010 at 17:17

^I've never heard of her before but I really liked that BBC performance. I may have to find some more.

Then your friends will all go green for my lasagne...

jonmmpar

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7-2-2010 at 17:42

She was the singer with 10,000 Maniacs!
'Ophelia' & 'House Carpenters Daughter' are her best solo albums. They remain some of my all time favourite albums.

http://victoryrosemusic.blogspot.com/ http://victoryroselossless.blogspot.com/
http://victoryrosevideo.blogspot.com/

http://www.last.fm/user/jonnyparsnip

rwdelos5517

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7-2-2010 at 19:04

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originally posted by jonmmpar
She was the singer with 10,000 Maniacs!
'Ophelia' & 'House Carpenters Daughter' are her best solo albums. They remain some of my all time favourite albums.

i was never a big 10,000 maniacs fan, but their vh1 unplugged gig was one of my favorites of the series. she most definitely has a gorgeous voice (kind of reminds me of doloris o'riordan from the cranberries), so i'll be giving it a shot.

thanks :)

jonmmpar

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7-2-2010 at 19:22

Here is the music from the gig @320mp3

http://www.mediafire.com/?umnmo2tgdmi

http://victoryrosemusic.blogspot.com/ http://victoryroselossless.blogspot.com/
http://victoryrosevideo.blogspot.com/

http://www.last.fm/user/jonnyparsnip

jonmmpar

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7-2-2010 at 19:27

Just found this. You can stream the whole of 'Ophelia' Here

http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.artistalbums&artistid=12892484&ap=0&albumid=8353741

T05, my skin, T08, Thick as thieves I Love, very typical of her solo work
:^)

http://victoryrosemusic.blogspot.com/ http://victoryroselossless.blogspot.com/
http://victoryrosevideo.blogspot.com/

http://www.last.fm/user/jonnyparsnip

themanwithsalthair

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7-2-2010 at 22:15

A wonderful woman.

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jakaben

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9-2-2010 at 05:32

Thanks for this. I used to be a big NM fan and have all of her solo discs. I haven't listened for awhile, but will definately check this new project out.

Ophelia is really great, especially, Break Your Heart, King of May and When They Ring the Golden Bells.

Don't mind me, I'm calxophobic.

themanwithsalthair

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10-2-2010 at 00:16

All true, but very few things are as profound as Owensboro by Natalie Merchant or as uplifting as Stockton Gala Days by 10,000 Maniacs

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