"I get to use the word 'beguiling' in a quote! That's what these three women are. The Be Good Tanyas, and in particular the tune 'Littlest Birds' totally insinuated themselves into the World Cafe listeners' minds. If there is room for something truly beautiful on your playlist - play this." - David Dye, World Cafe
"The Be Good Tanyas have been a breath of fresh air on KGSR. Poppy but rugged, with beautiful harmonies offset by a down home rootsieness. Love 'em!" - Jody Denberg, KGSR/Austin
"Be Good Tanyas was perhaps the most interesting debut of last year! Don't try to peg 'em....they'll change your mind on each track" - Rob Reinheart, Acoustic Cafe
"BGT - we love 'em! We've been playing 'Littlest Birds' for 8 weeks now and it sounds great on the air--hooky, quirky and cool. This is roots music with an edge" - Rita Houston, WFUV/NY
"BGT are much more than a typical vocal, rootsy trio - their songs are extremely well crafted and have a real edge to them, kinda like the BEST roots songs do" - Dan Reed, WFPK/Louisville
"...the deep high lonesome singers we've only heard about before... the voices of angels, grounded in the tradition of the common man - unique and joyously poignant." - Bill Bourne, singer/songwriter
About the "Human Thing" video:
The Be Good Tanyas are proud to announce the completion of an animated music video for the song "Human Thing" from their new album Hello Love. The creation of the "Human Thing" video has been a rewarding collaboration between Kate Brown (an talented animator from New Mexico) and Frazey Ford of The Be Good Tanyas. Together the two of them came up with ideas and concepts for this charming story and Frazey took her first step into the world of rotoscoping (Rotoscoping is animation that's based on live-action photography). Kate spend countless hours creating the thousands of animated drawings by hand and all of us are keen for you to view the video, which you can watch above.
Kate Brown discovered animation after 40 years as a potter. In 2001, she enrolled as an undergraduate at Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA and discovered her passion to study animation. URSA DREAM is her first film, each frame drawn or painted using techniques developed in her work with clay. The Be Good Tanyas's "Human Thing" music video another first for Kate. Kate Brown is also an acclaimed potter. Kate's pottery can be found on view at www.katebrownpottery.com.
Their music has been described as beguiling, haunting, rustic, ambient, hobo-erotica, and goth-folk. They are Frazey Ford, Trish Klein, and Samantha Parton.
They first met in the mountains of BC, at tree-planting camps and open-stages. After traveling separately they met again one particularly dark rainy, dismal winter in Vancouver. At Trish's Chinatown house they would get together to share songs and stories over red-wine and Chinese tea. Here they were joined by fellow-traveler, singer/fiddler, Texas-born minstrel Jolie Holland. Jolie introduced them to the songs of another mad traveler Obo Martin from whose song Be Good Tanya their name was culled. Bonded by their passion for old-tyme music and their love of vintage clothes they soon began performing everywhere they could from thrift stores,cafes, galleries and bars to the streets of East Vancouver, front porches and house parties.
In the spring of 2000 they set out on the road to tour across America in Sam's 1977 Dodge Van. Braving fires, ice storms, bad road food, and laundry they gigged their way through the heartland of the south and down to New Orleans. When they made it back alive they hunkered down to record their debut album Blue Horse in the small studio/shack of their friend Futcher. Around this time Jolie left to return to San Francisco, but not before recording on a number of tracks most notably her stirring vocals on Lakes of Ponchartrain and her vocals on the Littlest Birds which she co-wrote with Sam Parton.
After the release of Blue Horse, they continued to tour constantly around North America, over to the UK and once around Australia. They have graced the stages of numerous festivals and also played in many a stinky dive, but everywhere they have been received with enthusiasm and genuine approval. Throughout all this madness they managed to find time to record their second album; Chinatown. It's a good bunch of songs, old-tymey and new-tymey, lush harmonies, and raw soul delivery. Trumpet chops provided by the legendary Olu Dara.
luna city express (moon harbour I berlin) jürgen von krebs (monkey's club I düsseldorf) roland van den toorn (yellow tail I bonn) david hasert (like I e. love) red jones (like love)
Gästelistenplätze gibt es hier: www.wergehthin.de/Koeln/Subway/electronic-love--1129
luna city express (moon harbour I berlin) jürgen von krebs (monkey's club I düsseldorf) roland van den toorn (yellow tail I bonn) david hasert (like I e. love) red jones (like love)
Gästelistenplätze gibt es hier: www.wergehthin.de/Koeln/Subway/electronic-love--1129
Howdy friend...thanks to the worldwide success of my single Saddle Up Shawty I am proud to announce the release of my NEW single off my new cd the Country Rap King vol 2, Whiskey Drinkin S.O.B. Look for the for the new single and dance hitting a dance floor near you this winter, and all next year!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP & SUPPORT, ITS MUCH APPREICATED. WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE, STOP BY MY SITE AND GIVE A LISTEN TO MY NEW CD ( BACK TO MY ROOTS ) THE RAIN & ROCKBOTTOM ARE DEDICATED TO VICTIMS OF THE FLOODS & FAILING ECONOMY LEAVE A COMMENT OF YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT YOU HEARD. PEACE, LOVE & HOPE’N FOR A BETTER ECONOMY, MICHAEL
Michael Brunnock's in depth interview with journalist Suzanne Connolly is uploaded and available to watch. It can be seen either on Michael's front page www.myspace.com/michaelbrunnock or on Fairplay Collective's video page http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=64241695
Hi, thanks for being our friends, a very warm welcome.. FRIEND VOTE Indie Top 100 is the best MySpace place to showcase your songs. To join in, all you need to do is ask your friends to vote for one of your songs, if you get enough votes you appear in the chart, if you appear in the chart you will get more friends, if you get to No.1 your page views and song plays will increase significantly! All the best, hope to see you in the chart soon. Keith@FV UK + Julie@FV US http://www.myspace.com/indietop100 http://www.twitter.com/indietop100
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Coucou! Butterfly Jack sera à Paris sur la Peniche BOER II le samedi 21 Novembre à partir de 21h, avec, en 1ère partie, le duo Folk Pristine Grey... Let it Fly est toujours disponible sur iTunes, Amazon, Fnac, Virgin, Napster... http://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/let-it-fly/id321450267
Howdy friend...thanks to the worldwide success of my single Saddle Up Shawty I am proud to announce the release of my NEW single off my new cd the Country Rap King vol 2, Whiskey Drinkin S.O.B. Look for the for the new single and dance hitting a dance floor near you this winter, and all next year!
CHRISTMAS Fiodor Dream Dog's album "i lose things" is virtually but truly OUT NOW ! You can find it HERE ! or HERE: fnac.com, virgin, i-tunes store, amazon, napster.... Alleluïa. NOËL L'album de Fiodor Dream Dog "i lose things" est disponible virtuellement mais pour de vrai MAINTENANT ! Dénichez-le ICI ! ou bien ICI: fnac.com, virgin, i-tunes store, amazon, napster.... Alleluïa.
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001
Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works scent the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements.
The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls; Historic buildings are a gauge Of the respect for heritage.
Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields; Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens.
Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.
Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum; Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry.
And, with moulding-works out that way, It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?