Shout It Out! Adrianne Rocks!

I almost missed
Girlyman when they came through this fall. I'm glad I didn't, or I would have also missed out on discovering a new favorite artist! The concert was on a Monday night, an hour and a half away, and I kind of spaced on getting a ticket till that actual day. I think it was partly that I was waiting for their street team coordinator to get back to me, the last time they came through I put up posters and such in exchange for a ticket, but it never happened this time around. All of a sudden at work I thought "Hey wasn't the concert today?" Luckily when I called CSPS they still had tickets.

I got stuck wrapping up end of day stuff at work, so I arrived at CSPS a little late, and the opening act had already started. I could hear her from over the divider, and as I whispered to the door man that I had a ticket held for me I thought "Who is THAT?!"

Scurrying to an empty seat on the edge (every seat is good at CSPS) I settled in and looked up to see a girl with cool tattoos, spiky hair and a guitar finishing a song with Nate from Girlyman. Her name was Adrianne and her set proved her to be everything I love in a musician - powerful, intelligent, confident, insightful, vulnerable, humorous and talented! One particularly memorable moment of the evening was when a train came through town just as Adrianne was about to start a song. Every time she tried to start, the train would blast its horn, probably 7 or 8 times. It was really to the point of ridiculousness, but she handled it gracefully, joking about how she now understood why their hotel for the night offered complimentary earplugs.

I knew before her set was over that I'd be going home with two CD's that night, the new Girlyman one, and an Adrianne one. I ended up choosing her album Down To This, which is a collection of live acoustic recordings, because I figured it would be the closest to what I'd seen that night that I liked so much. Don't let the word "acoustic" fool you, Adrianne's music runs the full range from soft & sweet to full out rockin' it! The high energy Shout It Out (her self proclaimed "Avril moment") really got me through several days at work. The song is so fun and infectious, it was all I could do not to "shout it out" along with her. :)

Adrianne's press info includes an impressive roster of people she's shared the stage with, including many of my personal favorites:

"Adrianne has been playing, writing and performing for over ten years, by way of Miami, Boston, Toronto, London and now Los Angeles. She has shared the stage with artists like Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Michelle Malone, Melissa Ferrick, Emm Gryner, Tegan and Sara, Girlyman, Kay Hanley, Peter Mulvey, Lori McKenna, The Weepies, Kristen Hall, Matt Nathanson, Tracy Bohnam, Ember Swift and Michelle Lewis, Jonatha Brooke, Ian Moore, Colin Hay and Jeff Buckley and Julie Wolf…"

If the company she keeps gives you any indication of what caliber to expect, the bar is set pretty high! With her song 10,000 Stones on Men in Trees on Friday December 7th, and a new album due out in February 2008, I think we can look forward to a lot more from Adrianne!

Bio, tour updates, album listings, music, vids and more:
Adrianne's Website
Adrianne's MySpace
Adrianne's YouTube Channel


Buy Down to This:
CD Baby
DRM Free Download on Amazon
Download on iTunes

Photo by Jeff Fasano

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Absolutely Inspired By Ani DiFranco's Canon

When I went to the Ani DiFranco concert on her Handful of Dates Tour in Iowa City last month, I was completely BLOWN AWAY! I know, I know - as a female folkie I'm supposed to have Ani's entire collection already or something, but I think I just wasn't ready till now to really dig in. And it actually seems like a good time to get to know Ani - she just released Canon, which is a career retrospective, so it's got a little something from every album she's done, and it was all handpicked by her, so in a way it's an interesting, layered self-portrait.

I had a pretty good seat, about 10 rows back on the left side, and close to the center aisle. Similar to to the phenomenon I noticed at my first Dar Williams concert, the thing that struck me as soon as Ani stepped on stage was how she is physically tiny but energetically POWERFUL. I think maybe that power is why I shied away from her music for so long. I knew she was powerful, I'd heard mostly about her angry reputation and anger has historically scared me half to death, even when it's not directed at me. I've heard from friends who have been long-time Ani fans that having a baby has really softened her.

Seeing her on-stage I quickly found that Ani is not scary angry - the angry stuff was more of a righteous anger that sees what is wrong and gets things done about it. (Yeah, I get the whole Righteous Babe thing now!) And a lot of the songs were incredibly vulnerable, or just plain beautiful. I was really impressed with her high energy, her stage presence, the confidence and joy she exuded while performing. While her lyrics show that she definitely experiences moments or areas of insecurity, she's brave enough to throw it all out there, which I think is often the fastest (though not necessarily the most pleasant) way to process through something.

For example, one of my favorite songs of the night was a new one called Present/Infant, aka "that one about mirrors". In it, Ani talks about a moment of self criticism, and how the innocence of her baby jolted her into remembering her true beauty. She just performed it for AOL, and it's so new I think this and the podcast might be the only way to hear it outside of a concert at the moment:

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During the concert, I was so inspired that I started ticking off as many parallels or similarities between me and Ani as possible, hoping that it might mean something. I was excited that we were both wearing cargo pants (although I've since noticed they seem to be a staple for her), and one particular line that stuck out for me was: "you've gotta crawl through the desert between when you hear it and when you can play it with your hands" from the song Lag Time because that's something that totally applies to me - I'm always getting frustrated by the things I can conceptualize but not yet express/do - in music and all of life really.

The creative energy in the theater was so electric, at one point some new song lyrics of my own started coming to me! I had to grab my journal out of my purse and scribble some notes by the spill-off of the stage lights. So far it's definitely more driving and intense than stuff I've written before, we'll see how it turns out. It's also one that so far I can hear a lot better than I can play with my hands. ;-) It's kind of exciting though, like maybe I've just opened up a whole new area of song themes for the future.

In the Spinner interview podcast (where she performed the Present/Infant song) Ani talked about learning to play the guitar out of a book of Beatles songs and I grinned myself silly because that's totally how I taught myself to play. (I don't know which book she used, but this is the one that helped me .) She said something else about "that great thing music does so well" in connecting people and making them feel like they are not alone. It resonated big time for me, because that is what draws me to music so strongly - the way that some person I don't know can say the unformed words in my heart, and make me breathe easier for it. That's powerful. That's amazing. That's what I would love to give back to the world, to even one person. Because I know how sometimes one song can get you through a day at work, or get you out of bed every morning for a month, or bring a smile to your face each and every time you hear it.

I'm not quite sure what it is about certain artists that radiates from them so strongly, but Ani has been inspiring me hardcore for over a month now and I think it's just the beginning. It's kind of like discovering an awesome TV serious on DVD after it's been going for a couple seasons. You get to gobble down hours and hours of a great story without having to wait a week for the next episode, at least until you catch up.

Obviously the best place to get Canon is on Ani's website. Her website and live shows are the only place to get her official bootlegs. But here's a quick link to it on iTunes if that's your preferred method.

You can also preview some songs on her MySpace page. The page is not run by Ani herself, but by her trusty intern Amanda, who does a great job with info and contests, etc.

Ok, one last thing. Because it's so good, and because it's something I really need to remember, here are the lyrics to Present/Infant (at least how they sound to me based on the podcast):

Present/Infant ~ Ani DiFranco

lately I've been glaring into mirrors, picking myself apart
you'd think at my age I'd have thought of something better to do
than make insecurity into a full time job
make insecurity into an art
yes and I fear my life will be over
and I will have never lived it unfettered
always glaring into mirrors, mad I don't look better

but now here is this tiny baby
and they say she looks just like me
and she is smiling at me
with that present infant glee
and I would defend to the ends of the earth
her perfect right to be

so I'm beginning to see some problems
with the ongoing work of my mind
and I've got myself a new mantra
it says "don't forget to have a good time"
don't let the sellers of stuff
power enough to rob you of your grace

love is all over the place
there's nothing wrong with your face

love is all over the place
there's nothing wrong with your face

lately I've been glaring into mirrors, picking myself apart

Amazing right? There's something really healing about hearing someone tell you there's nothing wrong with your face over and over...

I think I'm going to listen to it again. :-) As Ani says - Don't forget to have a good time!


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10 Questions with Leslie Berry

I'm very pleased to present you with the first of what I hope to be many Lyrical Venus interviews! I met Leslie Berry when she performed at Cafe Paradiso a few years ago with Lauren Lapointe. Both talented ladies were also very sweet and gracious after the show, and when I shyly told them that I had written a few songs myself, they immediately encouraged me to befriend them on MySpace. I've always remembered that kindness of spirit, so I'm excited to get to know Leslie a little better, and introduce her to you!

Without further ado, here are the 10 questions with Leslie:
1) When did you know you wanted to be a songwriter?
Well, I knew I wanted to be a musician when I started taking piano lessons at age 7 but I didn't really start writing songs until I was out of college. I majored in piano performance in college and then I taught piano for three years. It was during that time that I began writing songs and recording them. My husband, David, was in a rock band for years and was a prolific songwriter and songwriting was a craft I had always wanted to learn. My first ventures into songwriting were mostly collaborations with him and then I felt confident enough to venture out on my own.

2) Which typically comes first for you - music or lyrics?
I always write the lyrics first. I don't always have all of the lyrics completed first but I at least have a chorus or a verse and then I often rework them as I begin putting the words to music. Sometimes, I hear a melody and then I will rewrite the lyrics to make the lyrics fit the melody line I am hearing.

3) Do you revise or rework your songs a lot?
I will work on the lyrics for some time until I am satisfied and then once I begin putting them to music the process goes rather quickly. On the last CD, Was It Blue, I spent months getting the lyrics together and then I believe I wrote all of the music in about a week. It takes me much longer to record and create arrangements but as for just getting the basic chords and melodies down that goes quickly.

David, on the other hand, will rework the songs many times. He produced my first two CDs and I believe we have about 10 recorded versions of the song "I Can Try" at different tempos with completely different vocal harmonies and they all sounded great to me but he kept reworking the arrangement until it was just as he wanted it. And, I really do admire that... listening to it now I am really proud of the end result.

4) What do you wish you knew starting out that you know now?
Oh, I wish I had been a little less afraid to forge a new path with my music. I think I spent a little too much time in the beginning trying to fit in with some of the other folk artists I was hearing perform at the coffeehouses and acoustic venues where I usually performed when I should have been out there just doing my own thing. My background was different because I had a heavy background in classical piano and also had taken some classes in electronic music and spent some time creating electronic orchestrations of classical pieces before getting into writing pop music. If I could do anything over, I would really focus on the electronic music and just not be afraid to be a little adventurous.

5) Where is your favorite place to sing?
Hmmm... that is a good question because I have had so many favorite venues over the years. I performed every summer for years in my hometown, Marietta, GA, at an outdoor concert series in Grover Park and I always had so much fun because all of my old friends, schoolteachers, family, my first piano teacher... they would all come and it was like a reunion.

I really think it's the audience that makes or breaks a performance for me and not the venue.

I do love arts and crafts festivals because I can combine performing with shopping. :)

6) What's the hardest thing about performing?
For me, the hardest thing is creating my own positive energy on stage and not drawing my energy from the audience. Sometimes there is just a great energy in the room and those are my best shows. But, there are those days when the performer has to generate that energy and try to lift the spirits of the audience or engage them. That's the hardest thing for me.

What's the best thing?
I just truly enjoy singing and playing the piano and I enjoy seeing people smile and sing along at shows. I love it when people come up to me after a show and say how much a certain song meant to them or tell me how much they enjoyed the show. It tells me that I reached someone with my music and that's what it's all about for me.

7) Who/where do you get support to do your craft?
I've definitely gotten support from my family, my husband, parents, sister... and also my musician friends. They have supported me by coming out to shows time and time again and giving me advice and making creative suggestions.

8) Name 3 artists you are listening to a lot these days.
Imogen Heap
Sarah McLachlan
Annie Lennox

9) Where can people listen to samples of your songs?
I have songs on my MySpace page at www.MySpace.com/LeslieBerry and also at www.LeslieBerry.com and on iTunes and Rhapsody, and about 30 other download services online.

10) Any current or upcoming projects (musical or non)?
Definitely. I am currently working on some new songs that will be on my next solo CD. I plan to release this CD in 2008. I also play keyboards and sing harmonies with the newgrass band, Candlewyck, and we just released a live CD a few weeks ago. I am working on a Professional Certificate in Electronic Music Production and Sound Design through Berklee School of Music Online and am enrolled in a sampling class this semester. I'm having so much fun with that. I want to do some remixes of some of my own songs and maybe a cover song or two. I completed an electronica remix of "Strange Brew" by Cream for one of my Berklee classes. I also have plans for a Christmas CD and have begun working on a Christmas song or two.

I'm working on a certificate in Graphic Design with a specialty in web design through Sessions School of Design online. I have a degree in computer science and math as well and enjoy playing around with web design and thought this would be something I would enjoy doing on the side. I always seem to have a lot of different projects I'm working on. It's hard to focus on one or two sometimes. : ) Right now I'm creating a Jimi Hendrix robot for my Adobe Illustrator class using only shapes and lines... challenging!


Bonus questions!

1) What's your favorite sandwich?
Hmmm... well, I usually get the low carb thickburger at Hardee's but it's so messy! Does a taco count as a sandwich? : )

2) What's your favorite hot drink?
Oh, Chai Latte, definitely.

3) Do you have pets or a favorite animal? I have a golden retriever named Honey and she's a sweetie. But, generally, I love big dogs... don't care much for cats.

4) Anything else you want to let people know!
Hmmmm... check out Indiegrrl.com to hear some great female songwriters and musicians.



Big thanks to Leslie for taking the time to answer all those questions! I know I learned a lot about the artistic process and had fun too!

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Wendy Waldman, Wonder Woman!

Finally, the first of last month's promised concert reviews!

Wendy Waldman is one of those musicians I didn't know I knew. She's totally amazing, and has been to Cafe Paradiso twice now!

If you've heard Fishing in the Dark (most recently recorded by Garth Brooks, originally made famous by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), or the Grammy nominated Save The Best for Last sung by Vanessa Williams (pre-Ugly Betty), then you've heard the work of Wendy.

From her bio:

"Her songs have also been recorded by Maria Muldaur, Robert Smith of the Cure, Linda Ronstadt, Kim Carnes, CeCe Winans, NewGrass Revival, Randy Travis, Randy Meisner, Edgar Winter, Jesse Colin Young, Percy Sledge, Kenny Rogers, Judy Collins, Melissa Manchester, Rita Coolidge and Bette Midler to name just a few."

Not only can Wendy write killer tunes, she has all these amazing stories from her life in the music business as a producer, peformer and songwriter that she sprinkles into her set list, like the time she went to the Grammy's with Vanessa, or her recent travels to Poland. I kept track of her set list, because I had the feeling I'd like to research some of the songs later.

Wendy Waldman Set List, Friday, September 14, 2007
(links are to her songs available on iTunes)
1) My Time In The Desert
2) Fishing In The Dark
3) Charles River Song

(She did the next two on the piano)
4) Mad Mad Me
5) Back By Fall (I really liked this one, she said it was about the question "What can an artist do to help the world?")

6) New Mexico Cadillac
7) When I Rode Next To You
8) Save the Best For Last
9) Forever Ride


You can listen to some of her songs on MySpace.

Wendy also has all her albums (from 1973-2007) that are in print available on her website, and she'll even sign them for you!

If you ever get the chance to see Wendy live, I highly recommend it! Between the stories and the songs it was quite a delightful evening. She also seems to be someone very confident and comfortable with herself and with performing. Both times I've seen her I've been really inspired by what a range of things there are to do and be in the music world. Definitely a role model for anyone who is a musician, a woman or both! Not to mention her music itself is fabulous. :)

(You can also find several of Wendy's albums on Amazon.)

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Dar Williams: One of the Most Inspiring Singers I Know

I can probably credit much of the beginning of my love of singer songwriter music to Dar Williams. I think the other portion of credit goes to a whole bunch of fabulous ladies at Lilith Fair in Atlanta, including Sarah McLachlan, but that's a whole other entry!

I was first introduced to Dar's music by this boy I had a crush on in college. He was from the East coast and had heard her out there. He could play guitar, which was probably a big factor in my initial attraction to him. Dar's song Iowa was of course a big hit at our little college in the cornfields and we often requested that he play it (although he once changed the words from "I've never found a way to say I love you" to "I've never found a way to say I like you" in subtle hint that I was not quite his type - ouch. He really did try to let me down gently, and I have him to thank for several song inspirations and the Dar introduction, so it's all good).

College was also where I started learning to play guitar myself. darwilliams.net had a super nice tab/chords page and much of Dar's music was simple enough for me to play. Some of her less easy stuff was the big motivating factor to finally learn some B minor chords.

After college I had a brief stint of living in Boulder, Co. While I was in Robb's Music Store I saw a black and white poster printed on blue paper for a Dar concert at the Boulder Theater. I was broke, my roomies didn't want to go and I had beg one of my co-workers to at least come in a little early since no one would swap shifts with me at the juice bar. I got there just in time and ended up sitting in the very, very back of the theater. It was totally worth it. I soaked up every minute, every note, I was in pure bliss, including the opening set by Catie Curtis.

When the show was over the theater emptied out pretty fast, but a few people were hanging out in the lobby looking like they expected her to come out, so I bought a CD and my very first guitar case sticker that said "We Find Magic Everywhere" (line from The Christians and the Pagans) and then patiently bummed around, even after several people gave up. Sure enough, Dar eventually came out. I was shocked at how small she was physically, compared to how much she radiated on stage. When I got to her at the table, all I could do was put my hand over my heart and say "Thank you!" and pray that she understood even one fraction of the gratitude I was feeling. I can still remember how she signed the lyric booklet of Out There Live on the white space of the picture of her arm.

This the email I sent to one of my friends after that first concert:

Wed, 17 Oct 2001. I just got back from a Dar Williams concert and it was AWESOME!!!! I love getting to see these powerful women perform, it's so inspiring. Any good performance reminds me that I want to offer something to the world too, and hearing someone with similar experiences, issues, desires or feelings makes me feel that my voice is valid, and could actually inspire as well. Woosh! Too many things rushing through me right now.

The desire to create and connect, the frustration of knowing I don't have the technical skills to communicate what's on the inside to the fullest extent, the pure happy high of being in the presence of an amazing artist...

Sigh!

I'm still working on those technical skills, but in the meantime this blog lets me, in my little way, contribute to the sharing of some pretty inspiring voices with the world.

The thing that got me thinking about Dar Williams in particular tonight was this contest they are running right now for people to host pre-screenings of her new live concert DVD. People who host screenings and then put up photos/reviews of the event are entered to win a guitar signed by Dar. OH. MY. SHEESH. How exciting would that be? (I'd probably write an entry about it on par with Ingrid Michealson's excitement at being featured on Zach Braff's MySpace page.)

I already sent in my questionnaire. Fingers crossed. If nothing else I am very looking forward to when the DVD is available for purchase. Dar is very fun to watch live - she tells the most amazing stories, and it's fabulous to see how her imagination works!

If you are new to Dar, I definitely recommend you check her out:
Official Site
Fan Site
MySpace
Dar on iTunes
Dar on Amazon


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Natalia Zuckerman Is In the Studio!

Natalia Zuckerman, folk-blues-country-jazzy-soul, singer-songwriter, slide guitarist extraordinaire is in the studio recording a new album!

Looks like she's going to be posting updates on her MySpace blog. It's always fun to get a little behind-the-scenes peek at things.

I love Natalia's range of styles, and she's an AWESOME guitarist! She played a solo concert at Cafe Paradiso last year. It was really amazing to watch her get sound out of her instruments with such ease and grace. I have her album "Only One", with just her voice and a guitar or dobro (which is how I saw her live), so it'll be interesting to hear what she sounds like with more people, although I suppose you could do that already, since she has 2 other previous albums!

Listen to songs on her website
and MySpace

Or watch her performing one of my favorites, Haunted House, at Bluesfest in Ottawa 2006:



Wishing Natalia smooth and speedy days in the studio, I can't wait for the new album! Especially because at the concert she played some new songs that hadn't been recorded yet, and I've been wanting to hear them again.

Ana Egge Wins Songwriting Contest!

I got to see Ana Egge open for Dar Williams in NYC back when Dar was releasing The Beauty of the Rain (2003). Since then I keep hearing good stuff about her through other musician's blogs, and now her MySpace page.

She just won the Mountain Stage New Song Songwriting Competition in NYC so she will advance to the International Phase on Sept 22 as a part of NYC's River To River Festival. Congrats Ana!

You can listen to song samples and buy tracks at her online music store - all the proceeds go directly to Ana, which is so great for an independent musician.

PS - I just checked out the service she uses for her music store: indieKazoo. Seems like a super cool way to sell your mp3's. Tracks play on any device, and the artist gets to keep all the proceeds! Very nice!

Celebrate Spiritual Diversity & Get Free Downloads!

But first a little background on how I found out about this.

I got to see singer-songwriter/actress Celia Perform at Cafe Paradiso in March 2006. I signed up for her email list and have enjoyed being in the loop on her doings since then.

One thing I have really admired is how she has been helping promote awareness of spiritual diversity by championing Sgt. Patrick Stewart, a fallen soldier who also happened to be Pagan. His wife wanted to put the Pentacle symbol on his grave marker because none of the other symbols available represented his beliefs. It seems obvious that if you died in service of your country the least they could do is honor the wishes of what should go on your grave marker, but apparently they really had to fight for it. Celia wrote a song to help raise public awareness for the cause.



The campaign was successful (after 10 years!), and now Celia is part of a project to celebrate spiritual diversity called 1000 Symbols. They have started a petition to establish June as National Spiritual Diversity Month, and as thanks for signing the petition, several artists of all different religions are offering free downloads of their art and music! The free downloads are only available for the month of June, so if you are interested go check it out now! www.1000symbols.com I think it's a beautiful idea because the more we learn to tolerate and celebrate each others religions, the less conflict there will be in the world.

All this highlights the serious side of Celia, but she also has a wonderfully wacky side that is an absolute joy to watch at her shows. She has a few characters that she transforms into right in front of your eyes, and I think they get to express things she might not otherwise say or sing. Honestly, this description from her website speaks to her range of talent better than I can:

Celia is a cross between an Earthy Enya, Tori Amos, and Gilda Radner. A Red-headed Renaissance Woman, Celia is a singer/songwriter, actress, and storyteller who dishes up the most delicious concoction of the silly and the sacred. She is an amazing multi-faceted artist from powerful heart-felt vocals to wacky comedic improvisations-you honestly never know what will happen with Celia on stage.

Look for Celia's tour schedule on her website and see if she's coming to a town near you so you can go check her out!

A Peek at the Process - From Practice to Performance

I love this sweet little video of Ani DiFranco performing Overlap with Erin McKeown and Julie Wolf. It starts out with the girls practicing unplugged, probably in a hotel room, and then melts into them performing the song on-stage. The camera work is obviously by someone close to them because that person got to be at the rehearsal and had a really good balcony seat at the concert.

I have to admit I never got into Ani the way people seem to expect me to. I have a few of her songs from iTunes but not one whole album! Most of my early exposure to her was more through friends doing covers in dorms and such. I'm feeling like I should explore her stuff a little bit more though, because I certainly like what I have, and what I've heard from my friends. T gave me a little overview of "the history" of Ani in college once. She had almost every album and highlighted the changes and growth from the first one to the most recent. It was pretty encouraging actually to realize that even someone as famous as Ani DiFranco started with what she knew and could do and then evolved from there. That's the process for pretty much everyone I guess, but it's easy to see someone really talented and say "I'm not as good as that, and I don't know if I ever will be, so I should just give up now." Some of her simple first songs (like Both Hands) are still my favorites!

Back to the video though, what is really neat to me about it is the collaboration of the three artists, especially because I've seen both Erin and Julie live. T actually introduced me to Erin McKeown a few years ago, I think she had seen Erin open for an Ani concert. (now I'm wondering if it was for this same tour featured on the video?) I really fell in love with Born to Hum off Erin's 2003 album Grand. Got on her mailing list and then got to see her live when she came through Iowa City about a year ago with Melissa Ferrick. Very awesome, fairly small but packed concert at The Mill, but that's probably a story for another post. I've seen Julie Wolf a couple times playing with Dar Williams. It must be so neat to get to play with so many different artists the way Julie does. Getting this little sneak peak at the rehearsal process and then seeing how it translates to full-on, fun and funky performance is a real treat! Enjoy!