tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post7177927425396558548..comments2021-10-05T19:44:46.905+02:00Comments on BerlinBites: Folked UpJon Lebkowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16248713335392018033noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-14082548658114445812007-10-26T15:08:00.000+02:002007-10-26T15:08:00.000+02:00Well, now, C.C., it happens that not only have I r...Well, now, C.C., it happens that not only have I read Joe's book, I've read it twice, in preparation for inteviewing him publicly at SXSW this year. Being involved with the Newport Festival is hardly "getting out of Cambridge," as Newport is a resort with summer houses for wealthy Bostonians, and the folk festival was as much an adjunct of the Harvard Square/Club 47 scene as anything. It's not only where Dylan went electric, it's where Bob Gibson introduced Joan Baez to the folk world. <BR/><BR/>Joe's comments on New York misrepresent it, in my opinion, which is only natural, given his background. You might just as easily booked Elijah Wald, whose work on the autobiography Dave van Ronk left unfinished at his death produced what is still the best book on the New York folk scene. Or John Cohen, who could have talked about the New York folkies who went south in search of some of the voices they'd heard on old 78s and uncovered not only musicians who'd recorded back then, but ones who'd never recorded and whose contributions very much broadened young Americans' understanding of folk music. John is not only a master photographer, but he's still a working musician, working with Peter Stampfel, among others, at the moment. <BR/><BR/>As for your dig at me re Dylan: I was too young to go to Newport (although I had an invitation), but my parents did let me go to Forest Hills a few weeks later, where the electric band was different and people threw tennis balls at him, and I've been following his career ever since. In fact I currently have two friends playing in his band. <BR/><BR/>I look forward to seeing the exhibition.Ed Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805932361842578943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-8957722949021568622007-10-26T14:49:00.000+02:002007-10-26T14:49:00.000+02:00Just to correct two out of the vast amount of mist...Just to correct two out of the vast amount of mistakes:<BR/>We spoke to Maria Muldaur lengthy prior to booking her. She was absolutely delighted to do an evening dedicated to the so-called great american songbook. So she prepared an repertoire of Duke Ellington, Fats Waller and so on.<BR/>And of course we knew that Joe Boyd originally belonged to the Cambridge scene. But as you would knew if you would have read his book and/ or paid attention at his reading: He got out of Cambridge! He was even involved in the Newport Folk Festival where not only Cambridge-artists performed. He was present during the first electric show of that (in your view of the world most likely "completely talentless")artist you probably have heard of called Bob Dylan. That artist belonged to the Village scene. So what's wrong to have in our Greenwich Village series a famous record producer reading about the Cambridge vs. New York conflict and Bob Dylan? Only because at certain points of his life he was in Cambridge, England and whereever?<BR/>Your Clueless CuratorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-66129811438628672772007-10-25T22:06:00.000+02:002007-10-25T22:06:00.000+02:00yes, Ed I realize that it wasn't a single bill & t...yes, Ed I realize that it wasn't a single bill & tho' i've yet to stretch a visit to encompass 3 weekends just catching some of those acts for the first time since the 70's might just be the encouragement to do so. hell even catching one act during a visit would be memorable...<BR/><BR/>some berlin friends had spoken to me several weeks about a "stadtplanner messe" related to nyc but I didn't realize that it was part of this larger gig - "new york"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-43177065409416991332007-10-25T16:54:00.000+02:002007-10-25T16:54:00.000+02:00Um, you do realize, don't you, that it's not a sin...Um, you do realize, don't you, that it's not a single concert, but a series which extends over three weekends.Ed Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805932361842578943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-88921810296680415642007-10-25T16:45:00.000+02:002007-10-25T16:45:00.000+02:00geez...eric andersen, bobby nuewirth, david peel. ...geez...eric andersen, bobby nuewirth, david peel. damn, i should pay more attention to berlin schedules so i could've arranged my visit to coincide with the concert as i've not seen a line up like that in yearsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-63096234758492677652007-10-24T16:36:00.000+02:002007-10-24T16:36:00.000+02:00Thanks for the freebie. "The pavement always staye...Thanks for the freebie. "The pavement always stayed beneath my teeth before" has entered my repertoire.Arabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976792737020577126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-5609114486847989102007-10-23T14:03:00.000+02:002007-10-23T14:03:00.000+02:00Masha Quella isn't particuarly gloomy - nothing wr...Masha Quella isn't particuarly gloomy - nothing wrong with some slight melancholy - perhaps you confuse the two?<BR/><BR/>Though I wasn't at the concert in question, I have enjoyed a good few Mina and Contriva concerts - though admittedly, both bands are basically instrumental.Karl-Marx-Straßehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10156583472078730461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-479974076841789802007-10-22T09:56:00.000+02:002007-10-22T09:56:00.000+02:00Now, to be fair, neither English nor sensuality is...Now, to be fair, neither English nor sensuality is the language of choice around here.Ed Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805932361842578943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-3334433794164571912007-10-22T07:59:00.000+02:002007-10-22T07:59:00.000+02:00Don't leave out Maria M's memorable rendition of F...Don't leave out Maria M's memorable rendition of Fever. But what I'm most unlikely to forget is that we appeared to be the only ones in her audience who had the vaguest inkling of what Some Cats Know was all about. I was feeling it for sure, but I craned my head around to see if I could spot a single person who was NOT sitting there giving his/her best imitation of a limp vegetable. Negative on that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com