(I would have emailed this privately, but i've lost the letter) To the person who was looking for some slow country music: Terri Binion is an option, and she's playing at the Bottom Line in NYC. I've attached a show preview below, from an article by a friend of mine for the upcoming issue of 'Time Out NY.' You might also want to try Tarnation for something a little bit less mature and more Kitty Wells. Incidentally, The Nashville independent record store owned by the wife of the guy from Lambchop just went out of business last month. It also doubled as a club. She never carried any Belle and Sebastian, so it's just as well. <g> Rumor had it that she wasn't much into music anyway! ----------------- "Terri Binion/Bottom Line; Thursday, March 26 According to recent trend articles, hipsters can now guiltlessly enjoy Americana/roots music through its resurgence as Alterna-Country and other such nouveau genres that repackage the same sounds in snarling lyrics. It�s hard to say whether Florida-based Terri Binion would be enraged or amused by this information. Nearing 40, Binion has been kicking up her beautiful dust bowl dramas live for 20 years. Think of the feathery and unabashedly pretty vocals of Alison Krauss joined with the winking road-weary charm of Nanci Griffith. Binion�s recent 9-song debut CD Leavin� This Town (Daemon) is more country- flavored than folky, but the songwriter�s thoughtful tales of wee-hour wheel clutching and pickup truck Romeos will likely entice fans of both. Filled with a pervading melancholy, the release was produced by drummer Liberty DeVitto of Billy Joel band notoriety. Binion�s quaint acoustics are lightly accented by accordion, pedal steel, and mandolin, leaving chuckle-worthy musings such as, "I did a little rain dance in the hopes of true romance," on the pure country of "Abilene" to work their simple elegance unencumbered. If you are predisposed toward this type of stuff Binion will turn you into a silly mess; if you aren�t, it may remedy your obstinacy. Since Binion�s power is in her drawling, honest prose, Bottom Line should provide the perfect acoustic backdrop for her CD�s unadorned tales�that is unless that small-but-ubiquitous beer crowd arrives to swill in its usual blaring manner.�Karen Iris Tucker ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Listen, this is pish, I think I'll leave -----------------------------------------------------------------------