It's always interesting to see the nuances of someone's life when you've only heard the outlines. Like hearing she died "a lonely junkie's death" in liner notes and shorter articles, and then seeing her eating a sandwich at a family wedding or reading about a walk with a friend she took shortly before her death. Different sides of a life that don't fit with the cliches.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 00:43 (three years ago) link
Wow, what a great article. But also incredibly sad. I always hear her music as very affirmative and hopeful, but next time I listen it may have more of a bittersweet tinge.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 19:11 (three years ago) link
i'll definitely watch the documentary.
definitely a major "this person should have been huge" artist, perhaps the best example of this i can think of. although seems unlikely it might have saved her.
the kiss is an all-timer for me
― himpathy with the devil (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 17 March 2021 19:27 (three years ago) link
This is all I want to listen to atm
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Sunday, 3 October 2021 03:39 (two years ago) link
I'm lookin' so hard for a place to land,I almost forgot how to fly
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Sunday, 3 October 2021 03:42 (two years ago) link
It's all so great but here are my very favourites based on having the two albums on rotation these last two days? Anything essential I'm missing?
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Sunday, 3 October 2021 11:01 (two years ago) link
Dreams Come True is very good. Not better than the two proper albums, but I still highly recommend it if you need more Judee.
― Cow_Art, Sunday, 3 October 2021 14:37 (two years ago) link
co-sign dreams come true. "i'm over" is maybe my favorite song she did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx1BGIz92xQ
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Sunday, 3 October 2021 15:34 (two years ago) link
I found Dreams Come True a bit of a letdown, years passed and I forgotten I'd ever heard it but I should give it another spin.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 3 October 2021 18:21 (two years ago) link
The disc of demos/home recordings on Dreams Come True is wonderful
― J. Sam, Sunday, 3 October 2021 18:29 (two years ago) link
"Emerald River Dance" tears my heart in half every time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzs_QXTisyA
― Soundslike, Sunday, 3 October 2021 23:50 (two years ago) link
Apart from Dreams Come True, there's demos, alternates, and live tracks found on the CD reissues. It can all be found on Abracadabra, The Asylum Years. There's one outtake, "The Desperado," from Heart Food. Vinyl nerds can find these tracks on the Songs of Rapture and Redemption 2lp set. I'm glad I have these different versions but I never find myself reaching for them.
Live In London: The BBC Recordings is pretty good.
Chariot Of Astral Light by Tommy Peltier features Judee on some songs and while it's not bad, it does feel like the bottom of the barrel. There's a nice interview with Tommy where he talks about his relationship with Judee. I should give it another chance.
― Cow_Art, Monday, 4 October 2021 04:25 (two years ago) link
That judee sill documentary I helped out on (as music supervisor) is nearly done https://t.co/onbJqaaoD4— Pat Thomas (@PatThomas1964) July 2, 2022
― dow, Sunday, 3 July 2022 03:40 (one year ago) link
Guardian article on the new Judee Sill documentary, including a teaser trailer
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Thursday, 24 November 2022 13:37 (one year ago) link
Is it easy to see this doc?
― Because the Nighttoad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 30 April 2023 04:30 (ten months ago) link
Just saw a young charming singer who grew up a block away from where I live who did a Judee Sill cover- while wearing a picture of Dolly Parton hanging around her neck, who she also covered- and it was great! Actually did two Judee Sill covers along with two Roches covers. Can’t now recall what the first Judee Sill tune she did was, the second was “Enchanted Sky Machines.”
― Because the Nighttoad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 30 April 2023 04:37 (ten months ago) link
That’s my kinda show
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 30 April 2023 13:26 (ten months ago) link
I wish it had been recorded.
― Because the Nighttoad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 30 April 2023 14:20 (ten months ago) link
One of The Roches covers was “The Hammond Song.”
― Because the Nighttoad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 30 April 2023 14:21 (ten months ago) link
I had been hoping a Martha Wainwright song would be played but added “or a song by someone related to her” and The Roches sort of count, do u see?
― Because the Nighttoad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 30 April 2023 14:22 (ten months ago) link
I didn’t even tell you about the sing-a-long encores of “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man” and the Tapestry version of “You’ve Got A Friend.”
― Because the Nighttoad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 30 April 2023 17:09 (ten months ago) link
What's her name?
― dow, Sunday, 30 April 2023 17:21 (ten months ago) link
Ali Dineen. Think she has maybe one album and a few other things out now. They seem pretty good but the live experience was really something extra.
― Because the Nighttoad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 30 April 2023 17:43 (ten months ago) link
3) The artist behind this song is the phenomenally talented Ali Dineen. I was her 7th grade English teacher. So imagínate how proud I am.— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) February 8, 2017
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 30 April 2023 18:58 (ten months ago) link
Yes, apparently she went to Hunter, I guess.
― Because the Nighttoad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 30 April 2023 19:06 (ten months ago) link
I’m kind of equally if not more impressed that she has the likes of Richie Barshay playing gigs with her.
― Because the Nighttoad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 30 April 2023 19:13 (ten months ago) link
Also, there's some kind of folksy scene at a place called Jalopy House in Brooklyn that I never heard of that she seems to be associated with, some other people from that place made the journey last night from their borough to ours.
― Because the Nighttoad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 30 April 2023 19:24 (ten months ago) link
This may give you an idea about the vibe:https://www.instagram.com/p/CVWjK25jcdu/
― Because the Nighttoad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 May 2023 17:51 (ten months ago) link
― Because the Nighttoad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, April 30, 2023 2:24 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Jalopy Theater? A lot of their programming seems a little like folk music cosplay to me, like people who exactly replicate the Sun country sound or do 60s western swing or spot on piedmont blues or stuff like that. Curious to check her out though.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 1 May 2023 18:59 (ten months ago) link
It seems like that, and maybe is like that, but what I have briefly experienced seemed to be at higher level.
― Because the Nighttoad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 May 2023 19:26 (ten months ago) link