Wimmipeg free press review

here

La Foule at The Knox...

video here..... you might see yourself in the crowd if you were there......

update to martha's blog...

... on her website... you know where to find it by now I am sure!

pic from the concert at Salle Andre Mathieu

here

couple more articles nabbed from Martha's facebook page

here we go:

Uptown Magazine

and

www.voir.ca (A French One)

and

Montreal Mirror

article from Macleans.ca

here

new date in Italy on the Wednesday 21st July

here is a link to the Facebook Page- it is also on the live page of her website.... and looks like there is no belgium gig on the 22nd July.... ok, as quite often- gotta dash! (i did a quick search for more info- but none found!)

More Canadian interviews.....

Article from The Calgary Sun or the exact same one in The Toronto Sun so basically whichever one takes your fancy!!!

and no Stockholm date, but Malmo instead! (8th July)

on my space

only just noticed as an alert came up, but as well as it being updated some of the new pics are used for the events... like this one

and while I am at it here is a review from a blog about the concert at the Knox

A bit more on A Walk With Martha Wainwright

Link to the site where Daniel Baylis writes about it too here: Tourisme- Montreal

article from 'The Globe and Mail'

Here

and now a video of 'i am a diamond'

from the Meltdown here - this was so fantastic!

Martha singing Southern Boys with Rufus the other night in Buffalo

Not looked at it yet, as listening to a bit of the CBC programme but just in case I forget, the link is here: Southern Boys oh and with him on Hallelujah

ok i have watched them now....

Listen Again (or first time) to Martha on Q on CBC from Friday 18th June

With this link here: CBC

Article in French

Here my school French means I can not understand it really, except for a few bits which I can work out a bit because of articles in English! Looks good thoough!

and you might catch this on CBC radio

http://www.cbc.ca/entertainment/ Radio One, 10pm tonight.... hopefully it might be on some watch again thing.... (on: Q)

Another video....

Taken from her new website! Here singing La Foule on a show

I am a bit late for sure with this...

and it is already on the forum... so hmmm I really am thinking about my role here and if there is one or not, but anyway I am still here for now.... very late notice from here, but if any of you are in the area you might like to check out Martha tonight with Rufus and the National and others here: Buffalo

Cool!

Just found this (prob not the first person too.... but I just got home!)

A Walk with Martha Wainwright

A video on you tube!

Video of Anna, Rufus and Martha accepting Mojo award

MOJO

dashing again I am afraid.... but there it is (above), the link to the acceptance of the ROOTs award Kate and Anna McGarrigle. Emmylou Harris presents the award.

Ottawa Express

Ottawa Express - Afraid I am dashing in and out today and so I did not read this the whole way through, but it seems to be at least slightly different from the other two I posted.

and from Ottawa Citizen

Ottawa Citizen

Piaf Album out in Canada!

Have not got much time this second to go through all the related articles, but on first glance this one looks like it is worth a read:

CBC: Tribute Album carries voice of singer's late mother Kate McGarrigle

Review from 'The Independent'

The Independent

If I read it correctly it seems to say that Rufus wrote The Walking Song at the end, but apart from that it is a very positive review. Another five stars...

The Guardian Review!

Five Stars of course again from the newspaper that really counts! (In my opinion that is...) Here

i'm still going on about it!!!

but why not...

other maybe obvious but secondary thoughts that just sort of came into my mind about why it was so good. (And I am not even trying to think about why it is so good, I am just watching again on vimeo/you tube and the songs are anyway going around in my head naturally....)

....the concert had the right mix of songs (in every way e.g. fast/slow/solos/duets/family's role) and artists (family/friends/new). There was such sensitivity, honesty, generosity in the performances... something I really admire about the performers... I know it is a small thing, but it is even things, which I have seen before, like how the performers make space for each others and ensure everyone is seen. I know this was a particularly supportive performance, but I think it is true all the same.... and I like to see that in life!

Ok.... now to get on with life here!!! Really want to hear a good recording of it though!!!

oh and another review here from the Evening Standard

first review come through

from the financial times... excellent

and you have to watch this too....

they keep coming..... Mother Mother, Nick Cave, Martha, Anna and Lily

you've got to watch some of these...

posted on vimeo - I Eat Dinner and this will lead you to more.... (p.s. this one is not Martha)

and...

... just had to mention Joel Zifkin's amazing accompaniment and the lovely harmonies of Lily and Sylvan! as I said thoughts as they come.... now as I cook and listen....

Seeing as this in a way can become even more of a personal blog...

..... now that the official site is up, I will just add my musings as they come and seeing as the concert is still so present. I can tell it is one of those when I will have the music going around in my head for a very long time. I will try though not to make the blog too personal as I know I can easily get carried away and have my own one for that! Ok, enough- I think I basically wanted to say that in a sense my overall liking of it so much was created by the fact that the music had the McGarrigle sound I love being truly retained, but yet the individuality of the performers shone through in such a lovely pure and simple way..... It is hard in life when writing things like this to not write in cliche's and I guess it is the job of real reviewers to manage to escape them... so I can get away with it I guess.... I also don't ever pay much specific thought to the production of something, but knowing the McGarrigle's first two albums a bit and having been to a couple of the Nick Drake Tributes as well as the Royal Albert Hall show, I could tell that Joe Boyd's production was essential (obviously) to the sound of the show. I commented on a bit on it to someone working there, and he was saying that it was sounding great too in his impression and much better than the night before's performance- that the they were getting a great sound out of the hall....

I don't always feel like trying to go into detail in trying to express my thoughts about concerts... but the fact that I feel like doing so with this one, means something too I think. Anyway it was nice to see that someone has already shared their impressions in a comment here.... Please feel free to add yours too as I love reading about what other people experienced!

Bye for now and maybe more later....

set list

pics taken from a set list a woman had....

pic

not mine but the first in video wise : Proserpina and Kiss and Say Goodbye (I actually don't have any.)

Celebration of Kate McGarrigle

Forgot to add some pics.... not great, but they are what I have and so I shall share them.....

Fantastic

Moving with amazing singing, irony, tears, mix of old and new talent and a sense of community and what is right in life despite the sorrow. So pleased to have been there. Felt like a privilege. Sure news will follow with videos from people. Extremely brave performance from martha and all. Martha sung I am a diamond, Proserpina, matapedia among others. Words really can not express what an amazingly well produced and fitting show it was. Sure Kate would have been proud.

Ok home now.... the above does sum it up really and I guess that it should do seeing as it was my first impression and in my experience first impressions are usually right. A lot of very brave performances. The sound that was coming from the band was great- the vibe it created and how it supported the singing and the flow of the evening. Songs that stood out apart from the ones that Martha sung mentioned above, was her singing with Nick Cave: 'Mother Mother' , Rufus singing 'Southern Boys' and Lisa Hannigan singing 'Tell My Sister', Emmylou and Rufus singing 'I eat Dinner'. It was an element I had not fully expected to work as well as it did- that of having the 'new' talent alongside the well known and 'old' family and friends- bit of bringing in the new in. I loved the irony of the evening too- as it was gentle but important to have I think. Linda and Richard Thompson singing 'Go Leave'. Teddy sung very tenderly. Krystle Warren, Neil Tennant, Entre La Jeunesse, Dink's Song..... could go on more.... It all seemed to be finished so quickly.... and already watching videos to try and relive it. The audience was greatly appreciative. I could not sit still, really hard to not be stirred by such music. I love how even with all the technology (which I love as much as I know I should not) and whatever, and all the stuff going on around us, music and particularly live music is still one of my favourite things....

(edited version....)

myspace page has changed too

here

postumous MOJO award for Kate and Anna McGarrigle

Martha and Rufus attended.... to find out more read the article here: Metro

edit and Anna was there too from twitter:

:

: neil_mccormick

Tears on stage. Anna McGarrigle, Rufus &Martha Wainwright accepting award for the late Kate

just to let you know

i have updated the dates on the right hand side, as well as i can.... not sure if there will be a need for me soon with the new website i shall see.....

new date spotted

on first glance at the new website.... no more time now to go through properly, but this one is 6th August Ridgefield, CT here

oh and while I am at it 21st August Berkeley, CA (no link there directly)

the new website!!!!!!

I say that, but I literally just clicked on this link from where the logo was on the message board and was sent here

This news and thread from 'Maple Music' writing on the forum

Here

Hi everyone,

We just wanted to pass along a quick note that Martha's Piaf record (Sans Fusils, Ni Souliers, A Paris: Martha Wainwright's Piaf Record) will be released in Canada both digitally and physically on June 15th, 2010. The physical version will be packaged with a DVD that includes footage of four songs from Martha's live performance at the Dixon Place Theatre in New York City in the summer of 2009.

In addition to this, Martha will be touring on the following dates:

(i removed them taking up too much space....)

Finally, we would like to announce that Martha's website will be completely re-vamped within the next two weeks! (Anytime between June 10th and 15th). The forum will definitely remain, and on that note, a big thank you to RighteousBoy for continuing to serve as the forum's administrator and to everyone else who contributes and makes this community as strong as it is!

Great news!

Great Dynasties of the World:Tthe Wainwrights

From The Guardian

and another one from the Guardian about this weeks live music

and from the Huffington Post about the Oxfam Campaign and Martha's own experience.

Another date with brother Rufus!

The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA on the 20th August 2010

High Violet Annex

remember this link and video? Here is 'Far Away'

well i needed to search for it as my labels didn't work for this one!

anyway I just found this one which has been up a little while: 'This Life' from the same event

A Message from Martha!!

Here:

here i am folding sheets, living out the last days of my domestic bliss. we are taking out the luggage and starting to go through lists of things to do before leaving. gearing up for the transatlantic flight to the meltdown festival in london. hopefully there will be no meltdowns on the plane with the little one, just a smooth flight to start us on our next chapter; an almost full three months of touring in some new places along with family members and a repertoire of piaf songs. last night i sang la vie en rose acapella at the closing party of marina abramovich's "the artist is here" and it reminded me of my favorite thing to do; SING.... and so I hope to see as many of you as possible on tour,
can hardly wait!

MW

Apparently Martha's new website should be up and running very soon indeed, so check it out and of course I will let you know here if I see it- but I am sure a lot of you will be quicker than me to spot it!

Looking forward to catching what I can of the tour!

i might be getting mixed up...

but there now seem to be Malmo and Stockholm dates for the same evening- 8th July... anyway, I shall wait and hear from a Swedish friend about that one, as the info is in Swedish!

I also added the link to the Copenhagen Jazz Festival on the 9th July, right....