WHY I HATE THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, PART 492

This from the Oregonian:

A disabled single mother from Beaverton has filed a federal lawsuit against the Recording Industry Association of America, claiming that she is the victim of abusive legal tactics, threats and illegal spying as part of an overzealous campaign to crack down on music pirating.

The recording industry sued Tanya J. Andersen, 44, in 2005, accusing her of violating copyright laws by illegally downloading music onto her computer. Andersen claims in a suit she filed last week in U.S. District Court in Oregon that the recording industry refused to drop its case after its own expert supported her claims of innocence.

Instead, industry officials threatened to interrogate Andersen's 10-year-old daughter, Kylee, if she didn't pay thousands of dollars. The intimidation included attempts to contact Kylee directly. A woman claiming to be Kylee's grandmother called the girl's former elementary school inquiring about her attendance, according to Andersen's suit.

If that doesn't disgust you enough, read the whole article HERE.

SANTA FE BANDSTAND

The Santa Fe Bandstand folks have a good lineup of free concerts on the Plaza this summer. Lots of great local musicians (including the lovely and talented Handsome Family from Albuquerque on August 14), and national acts like John Trudell, Shannon McNally, Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble and Lubbock steel guitar great Lloyd Maines backing singer Terri Hendrix.

More info HERE

2007 Santa Fe Bandstand Schedule

AFTERNOONS: Tuesdays and Thursdays Noon—1:30
EVENINGS: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 6---8:30 pm

Thurs July 5 Noontime
Kumusha Women's marimba ensemble

6 pm
Opening Night
Elephant Revival, Funky gypsy soul folk
The Soul Deacons, Classic soul

Mon. July 9, 6 pm
Bill Hearne’s Roadhouse Revue Living legend acoustic country folk artist
South by Southwest Premier southwestern swing and country band

Tues. July 10 Noontime
Watermelon Mountain Jug Band, Eclectic mix of country and bluegrass

6 pm
Kev Lee and the Uprising, Smooth cool funky reggae
The Clan Tynker Family Circus, Juggling and magic
Robert Mirabal Band, Native roots and Americana, full-on tribal rockers

Wed July 11, 6 pm
Los Primos, Latino/Mexicano
Cheverendongo With Nacha Mendez ,Santa Fe’s Salsa Band… finally!

Thurs. July 12 Noontime
Fiddlin' Doc Gonzalez, Classic country swing

6 pm
International Folk Art Market Night
Matthew Andrae, Original groove music
Kaissa Putumayo Recording Artists-Cameroon afro-beat reggae jam band

Mon. July 16, 6 pm
Georgie Angel Blues Band, Feel good blues
Elana James and the Continental Two, Hot jazz/western swing trio

Tues. July 17 Noontime
El Musicano /Chris Abeyta & friends, Northern NM traditional and modern music

6 pm
Sugar Lips Six, piece all female blues & R&B band
The Clan Tynker Family Circus, Juggling and magic
The Jimmy Stadler Band, High energy rock

Wed. July 18 6 pm
Mariachi Buenaventura, Santa Fe’s first all female mariachi band
Radio La Chusma Rasta, Mexica/Chicano reggae

Thurs July 19 Noontime
Daniel Weston, Spanish classical guitar
Sol y Luna, Classical guitar duo with a Latin touch

6 pm
The 2bers w/ One Foundation, Live hip-hop and a twist of funk & reggae
Brother E & The Blue Rhythm Kings, Smokin' Soul and R&B Band

Mon July 23 6 pm
El Farol Blues Jam ,Santa Fe’s finest blues artists from the weekly Canyon Rd. jam

Tues July 24 Noontime
Holy Water & Whiskey, Traditional, folk, bluegrass, gospel

6 pm
Alphacats, Stylish, sassy, soulful, swingin’, jumpin’ jazz
Ron Helman Jazz Ensemble, Jazz music of the 50’s and 60’s

Wed July 25 6 pm
Spanish Market Night
Santa Fe Suzuki Institute, Young students playing strings and flute
Quemozo, Latin soul musica

Thurs July 26 Noontime
Laurianne Fiorentino, Powerful original acoustic music

6 pm
Trio Jalapeño de Antonia Apodaca, Keeping the spirit of Northern NM music alive
Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble, Spicy zydeco from Southwest Louisiana

Mon. July 30 6 pm
Cristen Grey and the Moving Dunes ,Peace love and rock & roll
Jono Manson, Santa Fe Legend with his rootsy rock 'n roll

Tues. July 31 Noontime
Chico & the Cherokee Gals ,Best of the southwest in three part harmony

6 pm
Sean Helean Band, Western rock
Busy McCarroll and the Ambassadors of Pleasure, Power jazz pop noir

Weds. Aug. 1 6 pm
Sol Fire, Pop rock with a Latin edge
Manzanares, Nuevo Flamenco meets Latin rock

Thurs. Aug. 2 Noontime
Chris Laterzo and Buffalo Road, Original Americana folk rock

6 pm
Boris McCutcheon & the Salt Licks, Psychedelic desert rat music
Hundred Year Flood, Rockin' Americana

Mon. Aug. 6 6 pm
Ryan McGarvey Band, Scorching blues guitar and classic rock
Hillary Smith & the Groove Tribe, Love blues and making it funky

Tues. Aug. 7 Noontime
Zach Maloof and Zoe Evans, Cutting edge multi-cultural acoustic

6 pm
Big Bad & The Wolf , Eclectic original rock
The HooDoos, Bluzrok

Wed. Aug. 8 6 pm
Ruben Romero Tribute :
Antonio Mendoza, Jocelyn Celaya, Wayne Wesley Johnson & Miguel Desoto, Daniel Jaramillo

Thurs. Aug. 9 Noontime
Carlos Aguirre, Spanish and English variety

6 pm
D Numbers, Instrumental electronic rock
Samba Fe, The beat of Santa Fe
Wagogo, World beat—Memphis to Mozambique to Mexico

Mon. Aug. 13 6 pm
Handsome Family, Haunting, primal and strangely heroic songs
Santa Fe All-Stars, Country and bluegrass with a rock n roll twist

Tues. Aug. 14 Noontime
Jed & Kelley, Soulful country duo

6 pm
Terri Hendrix & Lloyd Maines, Folk, roots-pop, country and scat jazz
Julie Stewart & The Motor Kings , High energy rockin' blues

Wed. Aug. 15 6 pm
Ballet Folklorico, Traditional Mexican Folk Dance under the auspices of Aspen Ballet
Buena Suerte, Cumbias, polkas, country, rock and oldies

Thurs. Aug. 16 Noontime
DL Raven, Native flute
Indige Femme, Tash & Elena- Navajo/Maori folk duo

6 pm
Indian Market Night
Tamara Podemski, Native American songstress (Aboriginal Music Award winner)
John Trudell & Bad Dog, Acclaimed Native spoken word artist rocks out!

Mon. Aug.20 6pm
Santa Fe Traditional & Bluegrass Music Festival Night
Albert & Gage, Austin’s Christine Albert & Chris Gage--High energy country-folk
Raising Cane, Original Bluegrass

Tues. Aug. 21 Noontime
The Santa Fakers, It’s only Rock & Roll but you’ll like them!

6 pm
The Pleasure Pilots, Rhythm 'n blues, jump and swing
Shannon McNally, New Orleans' soulful singer and entrancing songwriter

Wed. Aug. 22 6pm
Los Tropicales, Romantic Latin jazz
Los Wise Guys, Variety of golden oldies and Beatle covers

Thurs Aug. 23 Noontime
Miguel y Telma/The Love Buzzards, Classic Mexicana and traditional American roots

6pm
Y. Que, Latino rock world fusion
The Alex Maryol Band, Original rock 'n roll and blues

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, June 24, 2007
KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell

email me during the show! terrell@ksfr.org

OPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Wooly Bully en Espanol by Rudy "Tutti" Grayzelle & Los A-Bones
Rag & Bone by The White Stripes
Some Other Guy by The Hentchmen with Jack White
Brown Paper Sack by The Reigning Sound
Stronger Than Yesterday by The Vicious Beatniks
Everybody's Doing It by The Black Lips
Parchment Farm by Blue Cheer
Nobody Spoil My Fun by The Seeds

Hip Priest by The Fall
Grinderman by Grinderman
Shockadelica by Prince
When the Lights Go Out by The Black Keys
Tuff Baby by Iggy Pop
This House is a Circus by The Arctic Monkeys

This Town by Frank Sinatra
Grease Paint and Monkey Brains by White Zombie
Crazy by Gnarls Barkley
What If I Knew by Dinosaur Jr.
All the Girls by J. Mascis & The Fog
Stay Free by The Clash
Volunteers by The Jefferson Airplane
Those Fabulous Sixties by Christopher Guest
Magical Misery Tour by Tony Hendra

Oriental Hora by A Hawk & a Hacksaw with Hun Hangar Ensemble
Tu Veux Ou Veux Pas by Brigitte Bardot
Waveform Disturbance by Rumble Trio
Liberty Calls! by Mike Watt
Mohammed's Radio by Warren Zevon
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST

Friday, June 22, 2007
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell

email me during the show! terrell@ksfr.org


OPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens & The Buckaroos
Cranky Mulatto by The Gourds
Rattlesnake by Ramsay Midwood
Loretta by Ray Campi
When Will I See You Again by The Watzloves
Come Back to Old Santa Fe by Bill Hearne
Story Behind the Photograph by Johnny Paycheck
The Hell That I've Been Through by Patty Booker
My Mangled, Blown-Up Head by Angry Johnny & The Killbillies

Bowling Alley Bar by The Handsome Family
On the Rise by The Meat Puppets
Highways and Cigarettes by Son Volt with Shannon McNally
Black Road by Richmond Fontaine
Peggy Legg by Terry Allen with Jo Carol Pierce
Catfish by Bob Dylan
Gun Blue by Goshen
Rancho Grande by Carolina Cotton

Motorcade by ThaMuseMeant
Help Wanted by Nathan Moore
My Idaho Home by Carolyn Mark
I Like 'em Fat Like That by Cornell Hurd
Waxahachie Drag Race by Ronnie Dawson
Born in Louisiana by Dale Hawkins
There's a Tear in My Beer by The The
Watch Who You're Hurtin' by Mike Montiel

Kid from Spavinaw by Tom Russell
Every 24 Hours by Peter Case
O Mary Don't You Weep by Bruce Springsteen
The Streets of Laredo (Cowboy's Lament) by Webb Wilder
Study War No More by Michelle Shocked
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets

Steve Terrell is proud to report to the monthly Freeform American Roots Radio list

TERRELL'S TUNEUP: FOR YOUR THAMUSEMEANT

A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican
June 22, 2007


ThaMuseMeant fled Santa Fe for the Pacific Northwest a few years ago, but their fans here still think of them as local (just as we did a few years before that, when they fled Santa Fe for Austin, Texas).

They’ve been together in various configurations for nearly 15 years. Original members Nathan Moore, Aimee Curl, and David Tiller are still there. I do miss drummer Jeff Sussman, who made the band rock in the early days. But Enion Pelta, who has been in the group for the last four or five years, is a strong addition. Her gypsy-style violin plays off Tiller’s mandolin to give ThaMuseMeant its special flavor.

The group’s latest album, Never Settle For Less, shows that Moore is still writing some well-crafted and occasionally hilarious songs.

The one that nearly made me wreck my car last week is “Unprotected,” which begins with Moore, sounding more like Dean Martin than he ever has in his life, crooning, “I’ve had unprotected sex tons of times.” The lyrics go on to praise psychedelic drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, and all sorts of vices. This is terribly irresponsible and sends a terrible message to the children. I think it’s my favorite track on the album.

Curl’s strongest moment comes in “Nowhere From Here to Go,” a slow, lonesome folksy/country tune suited perfectly to her backwoods warble.

If you want more of Moore, he’s got a new solo album, In His Own Worlds, featuring various Frogville Records regulars and other local music luminaries.
“Understand Under” is a Dylan-ish, bluesy rocker about scrambled ambitions. “I want to be fluent in every language/ I want to be a painter, the next Abbie Hoffman/I want to be the mayor of my hometown in the Blue Ridge Mountains/I got to get there more often.”

All the songs here are originals, save “Wandering Aengus,” an adaptation of a William Butler Yeats poem. The late Dave Van Ronk did a version of this, but Moore’s is far more upbeat. There’s a short but head-turning violin solo by Pelta.

The dual CD release party for ThaMuseMeant and Nathan Moore is at 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 27, at Santa Fe Brewing Company. The cover charge is $10.00 at the door. Also playing is Tiller and Pelta’s group Taarka. It’s the first (and probably will be the only) performance by ThaMuseMeant in New Mexico this year. For information, call 424-3333.

Also recommended:

*Lioness by Goshen. Like ThaMuseMeant, Goshen is one of the founding Frogville Records bands. Basically, Goshen is singer/songwriter/guitarist Grant Hayunga plus the fabulous Palmer brothers from Hundred Year Flood (Bill on keyboards, Jim on drums).

During Goshen’s intense late-night performance at last year’s Thirsty Ear Festival, I had the revelation that this music is what people who condemn the blues hear right before they die and go to Hell. Lioness only reinforces that.

For the rest of us, Goshen can be heavenly. Hayunga’s crazy slide guitar and his voice, gliding between inspired mumble and sweet croon, are irresistible.

This album seems to be more sonically diverse than past Goshen efforts. There are still the frantic, sweaty rockers I love so well (“Hate to Say Goodnight,” “Jackrabbit,” “They Grew Wild For You”), but there are plenty of mid-tempo and slower numbers, too. And Hayunga seems to be paying more attention to his vocals here. Some of the songs sound downright pretty.

One of my favorites is “Gun Blue,” an easy-paced tune where the slide guitar slithers like a snake. You expect it to turn around and pounce any minute.

Then there’s “To Begin Again,” which starts off as a 90 mph joyride to doom then slows to a screeching halt, with Bill Palmer playing organ like Lurch on The Addams Family. It goes through this cycle at least a couple of times and before you know it, the song melts into the next track, the slow, foreboding, organ-heavy “Son of a Gun,” a psychedelic masterpiece lost in time.

*Heartaches & Honky-Tonks by Bill Hearne’s Roadhouse Revue. The Frogville factory apparently has been cranking around the clock in recent weeks. Hearne is a longtime Santa Fe favorite, and hard-core honky-tonk is his specialty. As the title implies, he’s in his element here.

He’s got a hot little band behind him — Augé Hays on steel, Bob Goldstein on guitar, Cathy Faber on bass, and rotating drummers who include Pete Amahl, Chris Carpenter, and Mark Clark. Plus, there’s a bevy of guest musicians including fiddle great Johnny Gimble. Hearne’s wife and longtime musical partner Bonnie shows up for a duet with Bill on “Somewhere Between,” a Merle Haggard/Bonnie Owens song.

And as the name of the group suggests, this is a review. Bill Hearne steps back and lets Faber sing lead on a couple of tunes, which is a real treat. My favorite Faber track here is “Wishful Thinking,” an old Wynn Stewart two-stepper.

Some of the songs might seem overly familiar — “Close Up the Honky-Tonks,” Sing Me Back Home,” “Wine Me Up.” But Hearne loves this music so much and he puts so much of himself into the material that he gives these standards a freshness that lesser performers could never reach.
For more information on ThaMuseMeant, Goshen, and Bill Hearne’s Roadhouse Revue, see The Frogville site.

*Lucky 13 by Mike Montiel. Here’s an artist who grew up in Santa Fe and has played guitar in bars around here probably longer than he’d like to admit. I think the first time I saw him was in the ’70s in the Turf Club, when he was with The Ozone Express.

On his first solo album, which he co-produced with Española singer Steve Chavez, Montiel presents 13 original tunes in various styles.

There are blues rockers like the opening song “You Can’t Trust a Woman” and “Watch Who You’re Hurtin’”; acoustic blues like “Been Gone So Long”; country tunes like “I Thought You Were Somebody Else” and “You Don’t Care,” which sounds like a long-lost Mavericks track; outright rockers like “Redemption” (where he lets loose the wah-wah); and Spanish-flavored songs like the instrumental “After the Gunfight.”

Several cuts here are instrumentals, spotlighting Montiel on electric as well as acoustic guitars.

My favorite is a breezy blues ballad called “Love Me Again.” Montiel “cries” some of the lines. It’s pretty and tough at the same time.

For more information e-mail Montiel.