• Kelly McMichael -- Waves

    From David Dalton@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 29 23:29:35 2021
    XPost: alt.music.canada, alt.music.alternative.female, alt.music.independent XPost: alt.music, alt.rock-n-roll

    Tonight I listened to the only CD I got for Christmas, the album
    Waves by Kelly McMichael. All ten tracks are strong but my
    current top four favourites are (3) Stepping Stone, (2) Out the
    Window, (7) I Won't Stop, and (8) Montreal. I'll write a longer
    review after a few more listens. Check her out on her bandcamp
    page at https://kellymcmichael.bandcamp.com/album/waves
    where you can stream the tracks. Merchandise is also available,
    including a digital album for C$10, a CD for C$15, an LP for
    C$30, two cool t-shirts that are each C$20, and a tote bag
    that is C$15. All of those last six physical items include the
    digital album for free. (And note that C$1 is currently US$0.78.)

    --
    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) “‘Oh, love is new/I'm face and eyes into you/Oh, love is here/
    I'll be face and eyes into you/For years and years" (Colleen Power)

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  • From ryqui@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 31 14:50:27 2021
    XPost: alt.music.canada, alt.music.alternative.female, alt.music.independent XPost: alt.music, alt.rock-n-roll

    Giving this one a listen, very different than what I was expecting
    given the album art.
    always trying to keep up with new releases in canada. Thanks for
    posting!


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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to ryqui on Fri Dec 31 21:42:07 2021
    XPost: alt.music.canada, alt.music.alternative.female, alt.music.independent XPost: alt.music, alt.rock-n-roll

    On Dec 31, 2021, ryqui wrote
    (in article <sqo1fk$3iv$1@dont-email.me>):

    Giving this one a listen, very different than what I was expecting
    given the album art.
    always trying to keep up with new releases in canada. Thanks for
    posting!

    Yes, it certainly isn’t country as the picture of Kelly on
    the horse might indicate to some, but to me it indicates
    a virile confident woman in the same way that Vladimir
    Putin likes to be pictured bare-chested on a horse.

    Also the horses/waves t-shirt might be referring to
    some analogy of horses to waves in Celtic mythology,
    though the CD isn’t Celtic music either.

    Some may know Kelly from her previous work in
    the band Renders, or from her brief stint as part
    of Sarah Harmer’s touring band before the pandemic
    ended the tour, or for her recent tour opening for
    and also playing with The Burning Hell.

    Anyway, I’m glad you like it; thanks for the feedback!

    And Happy New Year to all readers!

    --
    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) “‘Then you saw me from the cathedral/Well I'm an ancient heart/Yes, you
    saw me from the cathedral/And here we are just falling apart" (T. Tikaram)

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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 2 01:36:16 2022
    XPost: alt.music.canada, alt.music.alternative.female, alt.music.independent XPost: alt.music, alt.rock-n-roll

    On Dec 29, 2021, David Dalton wrote
    (in article<0001HW.277D58170242352A70000A3BC38F@news.eternal-september.org>):

    Tonight I listened to the only CD I got for Christmas, the album
    Waves by Kelly McMichael. All ten tracks are strong but my
    current top four favourites are (3) Stepping Stone, (2) Out the
    Window, (7) I Won't Stop, and (8) Montreal. I'll write a longer
    review after a few more listens. Check her out on her bandcamp
    page at https://kellymcmichael.bandcamp.com/album/waves
    where you can stream the tracks. Merchandise is also available,
    including a digital album for C$10, a CD for C$15, an LP for
    C$30, two cool t-shirts that are each C$20, and a tote bag
    that is C$15. All of those last six physical items include the
    digital album for free. (And note that C$1 is currently US$0.78.)

    The East Magazine recently posted their top 100 songs of 2021
    from The Atlantic Provinces of Canada, and Out the Window
    is number 7 and Stepping Stone is number 1. You can read
    their short reviews of those two songs at https://www.theeastmag.com/2021/12/30/the-best-music-of-2021/4/

    --
    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) “‘Then you saw me from the cathedral/Well I'm an ancient heart/Yes, you
    saw me from the cathedral/And here we are just falling apart" (T. Tikaram)

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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 23 00:32:58 2022
    XPost: alt.music.canada, alt.music.alternative.female, alt.music.independent XPost: alt.music, alt.rock-n-roll

    She won some Music NL awards (for Newfoundland and Labrador)
    and later some East Coast Music Awards (for the four Atlantic
    provinces) and I don't know if she is eligible for the
    Junos (for Canada) next year. And she recently found out
    that her album has been shortlisted for the prestigious
    Polaris Prize, a critic jury selection of the best album
    of the year in Canada.

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    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) “Mary walks down to the water’s edge and there she hangs Her head to
    find herself faded a shadow of what she once was" (Sarah McLachlan)

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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 1 15:12:52 2022
    XPost: alt.music.canada, alt.music.alternative.female, alt.music.independent XPost: alt.music, alt.rock-n-roll

    There was a feature article on Kelly McMichael in todays
    The Telegram, an article plus her answering 20 Questions,
    and it is available at

    https://tinyurl.com/2p8rbkp6

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    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) “Mary walks down to the water’s edge and there she hangs Her head to
    find herself faded a shadow of what she once was" (Sarah McLachlan)

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