[sbulack]

It certainly has been long enough since "Love In The Time Of Science" that there has been no new solo album from our beloved Emiliana. Not that I've tired of LITTOS or actually NEED new music from her, but I've looked forward to it and hoped for it for at least a few years now. I just read on her "Official Website" that her new solo album is planned for release late in January, 2005. The title of the album is reported in one place as "The Fisherman's Woman", and in another as "The Fisherman's Wife". I am looking forward to this album with great expectancy.

Another album from Emiliana!!! Woo-HoOOoo!!!

 

[sbulack]

Emiliana's album, "The Fisherman's Woman", did (after a seeming eternity of waiting) arrive. Emiliana's endearing persona comes through vividly against a series of sparse, still and tranquil instrumental (with a few atmospheric sound effects) settings, each of which serves as the backdrop for the revelation of another facet of Emiliana's youthful-but-maturing, ever-hopeful-and-growing-wise persona. The concept of the album is well-formed, the songs well-performed, and the development of the album in the song order unfolds really nicely.

The sparse, tranquil, instrumental flavor of the musical vignettes in "Fisherman's Woman" are quite a difference from the more dynamic, electronic, almost orchestral flavor of the musical backgrounds used in Emiliana's first album, "Love In The Time Of Science". Emiliana portrays a very similar persona, although a little more mature and settled in "Fisherman's Woman". For me, one of the big enjoyments of listening to either album is the sense that I have of spending quality time with someone that I find tremendously likeable, and with whose finding-joys-in-the-midst-of-growing-pains hopeful outlook on life I relate to on a fundamental level.

"Love In The Time Of Science" has been consistently high on my play rotation for the last several years. "Fisherman's Woman" is consistently high on my play rotation since it came out, and I forsee no reason why that would change. I highly recommend them both.

 

[Asphodyne]

I also ordered Emiliana's new album. sbulack, do you have any other recommendations about relatively "undiscovered" artists--I'm also into great female vocalists.

 

[wakeride74]

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Originally Posted by Asphodyne I also ordered Emiliana's new album. sbulack, do you have any other recommendations about relatively "undiscovered" artists--I'm also into great female vocalists.

Esthero is pretty kewl and also have a new album due for release late June. You can check out clips of their previous stuff on Amazon or listen to the first new single on this website http://www.esthero.net/

Melissa Kaplan (who I have posted previous threads about) is my personal favorite and she now has a band calle Universal Hall Pass, CD: Mercury which I really dig. You can herck her sound out at http://www.universalhallpass.com/sounds.html
Note: she also used to sing for Splashdown which was a very popular underground band who is no longer but you can still download free stuff (which they support) at http://www.sadena.com/music/splashdown/

Jem is also pretty kewl and you can also check out clips of her stuff on Amazon

 

[sbulack]

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Originally Posted by Asphodyne I also ordered Emiliana's new album. sbulack, do you have any other recommendations about relatively "undiscovered" artists--I'm also into great female vocalists.

A few other female vocalists that I have recently come across, and with whom I consistently enter into a "deep communication space" when I listen to them are:
(hardly "undiscovered" but)
Patti Smith - on the tracks "china bird", "strange messengers", "gung ho" from her "Gung Ho" album, Patti's singing and delivery literally sends shivers up and down my spine for the entire length of the song.
Emmylou Harris - the first five tracks of her "Wrecking Ball" album
This is one of the three Country albums I own. I don't particularly enjoy Emmylou Harris' performances for the most part. Her vocal expressions in the early tracks of this album completely stand out to me as glimpses of the world that I can deeply relate to and am enriched when I take them to heart.

(along less-discovered lines)
Feist - (Leslie Feist) her "Let It Die" album
It amazes me how deep her deliveries of essentially Pop songs can go.
The usual lo-fi 30 second samples (and a few videos) are available at:
http://www.listentofeist.com
under Albums Let It Die - Tracks
Valeria Jokisch - the lead vocalist for ellipsis - their "take what you will" album
Free streaming of the songs from "take what you will" is available at:
http://www.omissionmusic.com/media.asp
Erika Amato - the lead vocalist for Velvet Chain
Free .mp3 download samples of the music of Velvet Chain are available at:
http://www.lamusic.com/velvetchain/freemp3page.htm
On that page, "Come To Me", "Fall Away", "I Don't Care" are great examples of the experiences that Erika can induce with her voice.
Paula Frazer - the track "That You Know" from her "Indoor Universe" album
this track, and a few others, are available as free, legal .mp3 downloads
from: http://www.epitonic.com/artists/paulafrazer.html

These women, with their singing and delivery of their songs, provide me with some very rich artist/audience mind-melding shared creative experiences. I highly recommend them. BTW, I followed the link provided by Wakeride74 last week to check out the vocal expressions of Melissa Kaplan. She is definitely worth the time and effort to listen to her.