Laura playing in Dingle, Co. Kerry , Ireland , Dec.9th

[johnfoyle]

In my account of Laura's show in Dublin in September I noted -

' There are tentative plans for more Irish shows in December , dependant on finalising of taking part in the filming of a TV show here. This would be the 'Other Voices' series , a Irish TV production, usually filmed in the 200-year-old St James' Church in Dingle, Co Kerry.

See -
http://www.rte.ie/tv/othervoices/about.html '

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A Damien Rice fan site has this -

http://www.eskimofriends.com/forum/showthread.php?p=240198#post240198


The Fourth Series of Other Voices, Songs from a Room, will be filmed for RTE Television in Dingle, County Kerry from December 9th through the 16th.

Over the last three years over 80 musical acts have gathered in the most westerly point of Europe and performed before an audience of only 70 people in the 200 year old St James' Church in Dingle, County Kerry. In a region steeped in tradition that has long attracted musicians and artists from different disciplines, cutting-edge artists have gathered at the most westerly point of Europe and created an exciting mix of modern sounds and new voices.

Building on the success of the past three years, this December from the 9th until the 16th, we're doing it all again as musicians from various backgrounds and traditions travel to Dingle, County Kerry to celebrate the sounds and styles of Irish music and voices. Presented again this year by John Kelly, the shows will feature performances by The Waterboys, James Blunt, Horslips, and many others.

Other Voices, Songs from a Room will bring together, in one town and in one venue an unmissable opportunity to witness the developing sound of Irish music as it echoes out from the west of Ireland.



We are now ready to take e-mail reservations. There will only be 60 tickets sold per night. Seats will be reserved in the order that I receive e-mail reservations. After receiving your reservation I will e-mail you back with payment instructions. Payment will be by cheque or Paypal (no credit cards). Tickets will be 25 euros each, 45 for 2 nights, 65 for 3 nights, and 20 each for 4 or more nights. There will be a waiting list for tickets and you will be notified by e-mail if you are on the waiting list. Please note that you will be expected to be at all four of the performances for each night and we cannot guarantee to hold your reserved seat or have a seat for you at all if you don't show up on time for each performance. The shows will begin at 8 PM.

Friday 9th December
Laura Cantrell
Vyvienne Long
The Walls
(another act to be announced)

Saturday 10th December
Pinky
Humanzi
José González
The Waterboys

Sunday 11th December
Miriam Ingram
Stephen Fretwell
I am Kloot
Elbow

Monday 12th December
(another act to be announced)
Stars
Horslips
Trashcan Sinatras

Tuesday 13th December
Julie Feeney
Martha Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
James Blunt

Wednesday 14th December
Iarla O'Lionaird
Jape
Alabama 3
(another act to be announced)

Thursday 15th December
Matt Lunson
The Immediate
Hal
Bellx1

Friday 16th December
(another act to be announced)
Delorentos
Dave Couse
(another act to be announced)

Thank you - Steve Coulter

othervoices@eircom.net

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I will not be able to make the Dec.9th gig ; I already have a ticket for the Robert Plant show in Dublin that same night . I don't know if other gigs are being planned - you'll know when I know!
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[Paulw]

I don't think having tickets for Robert Plant would stop me going to see Laura. You're just not devoted enough, John.

[johnfoyle]

The official 'word'

http://www.rte.ie/arts/2005/1128/othervoices.html

( extract)

The series is being recorded over eight nights in Dingle from 9 to 16 December and will debut on RTÉ Two in January.

The confirmed line-up so far is:

Friday 9 December
Laura Cantrell (duo)
Vyvienne Long
The Walls

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I guess that'll be Laura and Mark Spenser , just like the Peel gig in London.

Feck - I wish I was there! Besides the Plant gig in Dublin, I will have been in London from Tues to Thurs , so I'll have work to catch up with etc.

[johnfoyle]

No info. about this has reached me yet. The weekly newspapers from Kerry reach Dublin tomorrow ( if the pony 'n trap can get through the mountain passes) so I'll have a look and let you know if anything appears.

By the way , the Plant gig was shite , barely competent musicians doing abysmal 'Zep covers really.

By the way , here's what the show's site says about Laura -

http://www.rte.ie/tv/othervoices/lauracantrell.html

[Paulw]

By the way , the Plant gig was shite , barely competent musicians doing abysmal 'Zep covers really.



Just like I sat through on Later when I was waiting for The Fall to come on, then.

[johnfoyle]

John Kelly , Other Voices presenter , spoke on his radio show last night about Laura in Kerry. After playing 'Letters' he mentioned how Laura had given up her day job since he had last met her ( May '03 when she played some dates in Ireland and co-presented his show) . He also said that it was kind of a result of his , Kelly's , radio show. Elvis Costello had guested on the show in 2002 , he -Kelly - had given Elvis a copy of Laura's disc ( or maybe it was the other way around - John couldn't remember ) , Elvis invited Laura to open for him on his late '02 U.S. tour and that , ultimately , persuaded Laura to become a full-time musician.

Technically , that is a correct seqence of events. However I reckon Laura was , in her own sweet way , exaggerating things for John's benefit. Other accounts tell of Elvis being introduced to Laura's music by - who else?!?!- John Peel , when they met backstage at the Meltdown Festival in London in the summer of 2001. Elvis namechecked Laura in a interview with a Dublin magazine later that year and so on. That tends to make it more likely that it was Elvis telling Kelly about Laura in '02.

When I spoke to Laura in Kilkenny - and Dublin - in May '03 we spoke about her having packed in the day-job. I had read about it somewhere so it was known at that point. I missed her appearance on Kelly's that time ( put a tape in the machine before the evening show started , went out to a prior engagement and returned to find that I had set the sound level at zero!) so , it seems , it wasn't discussed or Kelly forgot .

Last night's show can be heard again - until tonight's at 8.30PM , Irish time - at


http://www.rte.ie/radio/mysterytrain/

'Letters' and the comments happen about 20 minutes in.

[johnfoyle]

A photo of Laura from this show has appeared -

http://www.rte.ie/tv/othervoices/gallery.html

It's 'Slide 10' in the sequence ; Laura is pictured playing guitar in a bookshop .

[johnfoyle]

In case you haven't checked the 'front page' of Laura's site -

http://www.lauracantrell.com/

LAURA ON IRISH TELEVISION!!
Laura will be appearing on the Irish television programme "Other Voices" with presenter John Kelly on RTE Two, on Wednesday, January 25 @ 11:30 p.m.

After the show airs , clips from should be available for 'net viewing via this -

http://www.rte.ie/tv/othervoices/archive.html

[johnfoyle]

I saw a bit of a trailer for this , including extracts of an interview with Laura , Laura singing in a bookshop and on stage . Can't wait!

[johnfoyle]

I'll let you know all about this later . It was on way too late for 'live' viewing so I'll tell all when I watch the tape this evening after work.

[johnfoyle]

Laura appears in the second segment of the show. John Kelly does an intro. piece ( usual spiel, Nashville via New York, bank etc.) , walking in the streets of Dingle in the rain, finishing as he arrives at An Cafe Liteartha , a cafe/bookshop. The scene changes to the stage in the church and we see Laura and Mark Spencer, playing acoustic guitars, perform California Rose. Both in dark clothes , facing packed , darkened pews . Back to the bookshop and John and Laura talk about giving up the bank job, touring with Elvis Costello etc. Laura then sings , with acoustic guitar accompaniment, The Singing Waterfall ( written by Hank Williams in the 1940's, recorded then by Molly O'Day) , sitting with the bookshelves around her. A bit more chat about her Nashville credentials and then back to the church stage for Two Seconds.

See it here -

http://www.rte.ie/tv/othervoices/archive.html

You can vote to see Laura in the 'best of ' show at the end of the series ( on March 22) -

http://www.rte.ie/tv/othervoices/viewer_vote.html

It was , of course , an excellent performance...but then I would say that! Hopefully it will serve to generate interest etc.

[Letter Bee]

Thanks for the link John - I've just watched it now...

That is the best 12mins I've spent all year! Laura (and Mark) are on superb form in this feature. 'Two Seconds' happens to be one of my favourite songs by Laura, and her version here has to be seen to be believed - truly amazing, it gave me goosebumps watching and listening. She slowed the tempo down slightly which really gave it some extra feeling. Love it!

(And thank you RTE Two too!)

[johnfoyle]

John Kelly , host of the above tv show , now has a new radio show.

http://www.rte.ie/lyricfm/thejkensemble/

The JK Ensemble



Monday-Friday, 2.30-4.30pm

For John Kelly there are no musical boundaries. On The JK Ensemble you'll hear the very best in classical, jazz, world, roots, traditional and contemporary music "From Bach to Eno, from Miles to Morricone" and all points in between.

Today he played a tune by Laura -


http://www.rte.ie/lyricfm/thejkensemble/1110976.html

Played on Tuesday October 17th...

REQUIEM: LACRIMOSA - MOZART - WIENER SINGVEREIN; HERBERT VON KARAJAN; BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA - MOZART: REQUIEM; EXULTATE JUBILATE; LAUDATE DOMINUM - DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON - 439 412 2

AVRIL 14TH - APHEX TWIN - APHEX TWIN - DRUKQS - WARP RECORDS - WARPCD92

NOSTALGHIA - COUTURIER - FRANCOIS COUTURIER - NOSTALGHIA: SONGS FOR TARKOVSKY - ECM RECORDS - 987 7379

I WISH MY LOVE WAS A RED RED ROSE - TRADITIONAL - DAVID HAMMOND - MCGLYNN'S FANCY - EMERALD RECORDS - BERCD 011

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CELLO CONCERTO IN E MINOR: ADAGIO MODERATO (I) - ELGAR - JACQUELINE DU PRE - ELGAR: CELLO CONCERTO AND SEA PICTURES - EMI CLASSICS - 5 56806 2

KHAKI AND CORDUROY - CANTRELL - LAURA CANTRELL - HUMMING BY THE FLOWERED - MATADOR RECORDS - OLE 651 2

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WHOZA MTWANA - IBRAHIM - ABDULLAH IBRAHIM - EKAPA LODUMO - TIP TOE RECORDS - TIP 888 840 2

I'LL NEVER BE THE SAME - MALNECK/SIGNORELLI/KAHN - JIMMY ROWLES/STAN GETZ - THE PEACOCKS - KOCH JAZZ - KOC CD 7867

SUITE BERGAMASQUE: PRELUDE - DEBUSSY - ALEXI WEISSENBERG - KLAVIERWERKE - DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON - 445 547 2

VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D: CANZONETTA (II) - TCHAIKOVSKY - ITZHAK PERLMAN - VIOLIN CONCERTOS - RCA CLASSICS - 82876 59419 2

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I'LL TAKE IT WITH ME - WAITS - TOM WAITS - MULE VARIATIONS - ANTI RECORDS - 6547 2

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WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND - LEGRAND/BERGMAN/BERGMAN - BUD SHANK - BLUE MOVIES: SCORING FOR THE STUDIOS - BLUE NOTE RECORDS - 8 57748 2

IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD - ELLINGTON - JOHN COLTRANE AND DUKE ELLINGTON - STANDARDS ON IMPULSE - IMPULSE - IMPD-231

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[Paulw]

Wow! Laura in between Jacqueline du Pre and Elvis Costello. She's in exalted company.