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« Reply #40 on: June 06, 2009, 11:25:00 PM » |
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Just now bought one for me, in Italy
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« Reply #41 on: June 06, 2009, 11:29:57 PM » |
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Now to figure out where to meet Tim and Alistair so that we can all do the signing thing  How about backstage before a gig somewhere?  Fab news. Looking forward to hearing it. Most likely a cafe in a service station somewhere
Bring some to Cropredy Jude, you can mine there!
Hopefully yes 
Just now bought one for me, in Italy
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« Reply #42 on: June 07, 2009, 09:40:27 AM » |
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Not only is another world possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.
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Anna
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That's her, with the fluteystick...
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« Reply #43 on: June 07, 2009, 04:37:56 PM » |
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Just having a listen on MySpace. Was noodling about in Facebook with the music on in the background, and suddenly my ears pricked up - great hook in Harp Song; "I closed my ears for 30 years, then the music called my name". I just HAVE to hear the whole of that song. :-) Suits my current mood perfectly!
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« Reply #44 on: June 07, 2009, 05:50:35 PM » |
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Just having a listen on MySpace. Was noodling about in Facebook with the music on in the background, and suddenly my ears pricked up - great hook in Harp Song; "I closed my ears for 30 years, then the music called my name". I just HAVE to hear the whole of that song. :-) Suits my current mood perfectly!
It's 19 minutes and 19 seconds long, that track  Tim took my original words and polished them into diamonds.. plus Ian plays some wonderful flute and sax on it   |
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Paolo
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« Reply #45 on: June 10, 2009, 01:43:42 PM » |
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Italian appenines foothills are now among waiting for your CD! Looking forward.
Somehow you're helpful and ispiring to me - too long to explain
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« Reply #46 on: June 10, 2009, 01:52:07 PM » |
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Thank you Paolo, you are very kind |
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« Reply #47 on: June 10, 2009, 03:30:32 PM » |
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I preordered your new one from Burning Shed... Looking forward to hearing it!
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"Nothing, like something, happens anywhere." - Philip Larkin
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Nick
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« Reply #48 on: June 21, 2009, 12:47:45 PM » |
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I've been really meaning to post a review of this album. This is my third attempt at getting it online. I wrote the bulk of it ages ago but then thought I'd lost it until a recent disk tidy-up revealed it again just in a different place. I tried to post it again last night but for some reason it vanished when I hit the send button. So, third time lucky...
My reference point for this album is Pink Floyd's Meddle. Not that Jude has gone all prog on us (well, maybe just a bit.) As with Meddle, Talking With Strangers is an album of two parts; a collection of songs that build up to a showpiece, magnum opus which occupies the whole second half of the disk. And like Echoes, Harp Song builds quietly, adds layer on layer, ends grandly and at its heart contains one giant wig-out. Epic stuff.
And also, as Meddle was for Pink Floyd, Talking With Strangers is a grand statement from an artist who has found their place, knows that this is what they're good at and knows that this is where they want to be. Jude has found her sound.
It is a different sound from its predecessors; more pastoral, jazz-hippy, more earthy and natural sounding. The synthesised sounds are played down in favour of wood and strings - dulcimers and harps dominate this time. The flute solo in the middle break of Jazzbirds is the closest reference to Spindle and The Whorl, though its more like a final nod to that era before heading off for pastures new.
It feels that this album was put together specifically by and for Jude. Spindle, The Whorl and Enchanted Garden were lovely slices of Ms Dyble's world but I often felt that the words and music were formed separately from different mindsets; they were brought together but not made together. Strangers is more cohesive, with music that clearly understands the singing.
To hear this new sound taken further, the title track, Talking with Strangers is basically Jude and a piano. This is very new but familiar at the same time. Breathy backing vocals reinforce key phrases but otherwise this sparse arrangement gives acres of space around the words. If Jude were to appear on TV, this would be the song that I'd hope she would play.
There are echoes of Trader Horne here. I think this is Tim's presence, giving Jude someone to harmonise with and allowing songs to become conversations at times. Dreamtime and Never Knowing give me false memories of those days in the early 1970s. Grey October Day is Tim doing what he does best. Dark, brooding and full of restraint and sadness. He and Jude take alternate verses in a song of missed opportunities. This should soundtrack that moment in the film where the lead couple go their separate ways and its dark and they're sad and contemplative and there are images of rainy streets at midnight with headlights glinting in the puddles.
My favourite moments generally involve Jude singing with Julianne Regan harmonising. These two voices go so well together! I hope that this can be developed further, as a full duet between these two would be very fine indeed. As it stands on this album, Julianne's contribution is lovely, understated, and perfectly complementary.
So that will do for now. I could say loads more, particularly about Harp Song but I think I'll leave it for discovery. I'm still finding new layers in that song after more than a dozen listens. I'll just finish by saying the obvious - this is a beautiful album and you should own a copy forthwith.
Cheers
Nick
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« Reply #49 on: June 21, 2009, 01:39:43 PM » |
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Nick! Star Boy! What a great review;pertinent, practical, and personal, but also wide-eared with no blinkers  "Jude has found her sound" |
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...better than I was and not as good as I will be...
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« Reply #50 on: June 21, 2009, 01:42:02 PM » |
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Appetite well-and-truly whetted. Thanks, Nick.
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« Reply #51 on: June 21, 2009, 01:44:29 PM » |
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« Reply #52 on: June 26, 2009, 12:27:51 PM » |
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I'm a little late to the party, but my order is now in!
Cheers /// Tom M.***
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"If you don't know where you're going, you might not get there." (Yogi Berra)
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« Reply #53 on: June 30, 2009, 07:58:23 PM » |
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she may be my buddy but i am not just saying this...
this album is magnificent. " dreamtime " is hair stand on end stuff.. it is the best thing i have ever heard jude do. i had heard a lot of these songs in fledgling form, growing and evolving and bits being added etc. the finished songs are the result of a lot of work ... beautifully produced. jude's voice sounds strong and the harmonies are delicious ( i am a sucker for harmony ) and i think this album represents her more than anything she has done before.
would love to review it further and will asap, but for now please re-read what nick said and then some . it is beautiful.
congrats jude.... truly x
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Not only is another world possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.
Arundhati Roy
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« Reply #54 on: June 30, 2009, 08:02:09 PM » |
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Excellent...I'm very much looking forward to mine when it reaches Denbighshire.
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« Reply #56 on: July 09, 2009, 09:27:18 PM » |
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Pre-order CDs are being packaged and addressed and stamped (gently) and will be posted out on Monday, so they should arrive sometime during next week. I hope you all like after all this hoo-hah Jude course people will like it ! |
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Not only is another world possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.
Arundhati Roy
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« Reply #57 on: July 09, 2009, 10:44:13 PM » |
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Thank you to everyone that has ever been to a FarnsAc gig, and to all our wonderful performers since 2005
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« Reply #58 on: July 09, 2009, 11:23:59 PM » |
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Last night Gideon Coe played NeverKnowing to close his show, an absolutely excellent track, what album is it off I must get it!!!
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« Reply #59 on: July 09, 2009, 11:30:50 PM » |
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Last night Gideon Coe played NeverKnowing to close his show, an absolutely excellent track, what album is it off I must get it!!!
It's from this new album of mine..'Talking With Strangers' released 10th August you can preorder it from here http://www.alturl.com/w7wuThere will be copies available at the Barbican and Cropredy and thankyou!! Just listened, it was the title track he played - TWS |
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