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8.4.2003
Weekly Report from Boulder
It’s hard to believe it’s already two weeks ago now that Afro Celts were here. That was awesome to have them in and they loved our record library, so Neil, our webmaster, got some fun shots of us in there.
Japan was awesome! I flew on July 23 to San Francisco and met Bert and Paul of the California Guitar Trio for the trip across the Pacific. We were met by Jon, the translator, at Narita then driven over to Naeba Ski Resort for the festival. We stayed in the part of the hotel nearest the festival site with the other artists so it was fun to run into people like Michael Franti and Ben Harper as we got our fish on rice and miso soup for breakfast. I ran into Michael Franti every day, him being the first musician we saw as we had on our debut walk to check out the festival site, the last one we saw as we wrapped up on Sunday, and finally me standing with the Japanese hotel staff as we waved goodbye as his tour bus pulled off. Before his show on Saturday we ran into him in the elevator and Paul said he was looking forward to the show that afternoon and that he hoped the rain would stop. Franti just smiled and said "Or not, it’s cool" and sure enough didn’t let the rain slow down his show.
Bert and I spent a lot of time walking around and enjoying the beauty of the area and catching what music we could. I wanted to see Spearhead, he wanted to see Goldfrapp, as their violinist has attended Guitar Craft training led by Bert. Our favorite Japanese band was Mad Capsule Markets. We also caught some music from Evanescence, Oooioo, Yo La Tengo, Bjork, IMO, Ima Robot, and Ben Harper. Some music we just heard from the hotel so it was fun to hear strains of Watching the Detectives or Passenger back in a dry space.
California Guitar Trio stayed busy doing four performances during the week, from opening up the big stage on Saturday morning to an appearance on Japanese radio InterFM Sunday afternoon right before their best show at the solar powered Avalon Stage. Different stages had different appeals, that stage having wonderful organic coffee, the Field of Heaven offering hemp beer.
Monday it was back to Tokyo for a few days, which included time for CGT to do an interview at Universal Records Japan. Then we were treated to a wonderful Korean Barbecue thanks to Tami and Masa. This was our first night of sake drinking! Who knew there were so many varieties of sake in Japan. Wednesday was one of those strange days of wandering around Tokyo all morning, leaving the hotel at 2p for a 6p flight and being in San Francisco that morning at 11am, when I thought I was wandering around Tokyo.
Elaine C. Erb
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ARTIST |
CD TITLE |
LABEL |
| OVERALL TOP 30 |
| 1 |
Michael Franti & Spearhead |
Everyone Deserves Music |
Artist Direct |
| 2 |
Various Artists |
Survive And Advance Vol 3 |
Merge |
| 3 |
Him |
Many High Places Are Not Well |
Bubble Core |
| 4 |
Cinematic Orchestra |
Man With A Movie Camera |
Ninja Tune |
| 5 |
William Parker Violin Trio |
Scrapbook |
Thirsty Ear Communication |
| 6 |
Tim O' Brien |
Traveler |
Sugar Hill Records |
| 7 |
African Head Charge |
Shrunken Head |
On U Sound |
| 8 |
Yo La Tengo |
Summer Sun |
Matador |
| 9 |
Various Artists |
Mali Lolo! Stars Of Mali |
Smithsonian Folkways |
| 10 |
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys |
It's Time |
Yep Roc Records |
| 11 |
Nicola Conte |
Jet Sounds Revisited |
Eighteenth Street Lounge Music |
| 12 |
Four Tet |
Rounds |
Domino |
| 13 |
Dj Cheb I Sabbah |
As Far As… A Dj Mix |
Six Degrees |
| 14 |
Various Artists |
Cash From Chaos |
Invisible |
| 15 |
Kraftwerk |
Tour De France 03 |
Astralwerks |
| 16 |
Les Nubians |
One Step Forward |
Omtown |
| 17 |
Tony Allen |
Home Cooking |
Shakti |
| 18 |
Willie Nelson |
The Essential Willie Nelson |
Legacy |
| 19 |
Dj Spooky |
Adbusters: Live Without Dead Time |
Self Produced |
| 20 |
Senor Coconut |
Fiesta Songs |
Emperor Norton |
| 21 |
Devotchka |
Una Volta |
Self Produced |
| 22 |
Carla Kihlstedt |
2 Foot Yard |
Tzadik |
| 23 |
Mamani Keita & Marc Minelli |
Electro Bamako |
Palm Pictures |
| 24 |
Lesley Dill/Thomas Edward Morgan |
I Heard A Voice |
New Art Recordings |
| 25 |
Eels |
Shootenany! |
Dreamworks |
| 26 |
Pole |
Pole |
Mute Corp |
| 27 |
Various Artists |
Richard Dorfmeister: A Different Drummer Selection |
Different Drummer |
| 28 |
Otis Taylor |
Truth Is Not Fiction |
Telarc Blues |
| 29 |
Cafe Tacuba |
Cuatro Caminos |
Mca Records |
| 30 |
Bonobo |
Dial |
Ninja Tune |
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YoYo Ma |
Obrigado Brazil |
Sony Classical |
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Crooked Jades |
The Unfortunate Rake, Vol 2 |
Copper Creek |
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Blue Series Continuum |
Good and Evil Sessions |
Thirsty Ear |
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| New World Chart (international) back to top |
| 1 |
Various Artists |
Mali Lolo! Stars Of Mali |
Smithsonian Folkways |
| 2 |
Tony Allen |
Home Cooking |
Shakti |
| 3 |
Mamani Keita & Marc Minelli |
Electro Bamako |
Palm Pictures |
| 4 |
Various Artists |
African Groove |
Putumayo |
| 5 |
Natacha Atlas |
Something Dangerous |
Mantra |
| 6 |
Maria De Barros |
Nha Mundo |
Narada |
| 7 |
Cibelle |
Cd |
Six Degrees |
| 8 |
Solomon & Socalled |
Hiphopkhasene |
Piranha |
| 9 |
Oliver Mtukudzi |
The Oliver Mtukudzi Collection |
Putumayo |
| 10 |
Various Artists |
Rough Guide To Thailand |
World Music Network |
| Jazz Chart back to top |
| 1 |
William Parker Violin Trio |
Scrapbook |
Thirsty Ear Communication |
| 2 |
Toufic Farroukh |
Drab : Zeen |
Le Chant Du Monde |
| 3 |
Ahmad Jamal |
In Search Of Momentum (1-10) |
Dreyfus |
| 4 |
Erik Friedlander |
Quake |
Cryptogramaphone |
| 5 |
Cyro Baptista |
Beat The Donkey |
Tzadik |
| 6 |
Omar Sosa |
Ayaguna |
Ota |
| 7 |
Bill Frisell |
The Intercontinentals |
Nonesuch Records |
| 8 |
Fred Pallem & Friendz |
Le Sacre Du Tympan |
Le Chant Du Monde |
| 9 |
Russell Gunn |
Ethnomusicology |
Justin Time Records |
| 10 |
Mal Waldron |
Soul Eyes |
Prestige Records |
| Beatbox (Hiphop,R&B) back to top |
| 1 |
Michael Franti & Spearhead |
Everyone Deserves Music |
Artist Direct |
| 2 |
Les Nubians |
One Step Forward |
Omtown |
| 3 |
Ugly Duckling |
Taste The Secret |
Emperor Norton |
| 4 |
Pig In A Can |
You Can't Poison A Pig |
Fedora |
| 5 |
Tricky |
Vulnerable |
Sanctuary |
| 6 |
Yerba Buena |
President Alien |
Razor & Tie |
| 7 |
Various Artists |
J. Boogies Dubtronic Science |
Om |
| 8 |
The Detroit Experiment |
Cd |
Ropeadope |
| 9 |
Push Button Objects |
GhettoBlaster |
Chocolate Industries |
| 10 |
The Black Eyed Peas |
Elephunk |
A / M Records |
| RPM Report (techno,dance) back to top |
| 1 |
African Head Charge |
Shrunken Head |
On U Sound |
| 2 |
Four Tet |
Rounds |
Domino |
| 3 |
Nicola Conte |
Jet Sounds Revisited |
Eighteenth Street Lounge Music |
| 4 |
Dj Cheb I Sabbah |
As Far As… A Dj Mix |
Six Degrees |
| 5 |
Kraftwerk |
Tour De France 03 |
Astralwerks |
| 6 |
Bonobo |
Dial |
Ninja Tune |
| 7 |
London Elektricity |
Billion Dollar Gravy |
Breakbeat Science |
| 8 |
Electronicat |
21st Century |
Diskob |
| 9 |
Nicolas Matar |
Journeys By Dj- Sun Dance |
Self Produced |
| 10 |
Aubergine 3 |
In All Things Modulation |
Self Produced |
| Americana back to top |
| 1 |
Tim O' Brien |
Traveler |
Sugar Hill Records |
| 2 |
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys |
It's Time |
Yep Roc Records |
| 3 |
Willie Nelson |
The Essential Willie Nelson |
Legacy |
| 4 |
Otis Taylor |
Truth Is Not Fiction |
Telarc Blues |
| 5 |
Various Artists |
Flowers In The Wildwood |
Trikont |
| 6 |
Lucky Peterson |
Black Midnight Sun |
Dreyfus |
| 7 |
David Grisman |
Life Of Sorrow |
Acoustic Disc |
| 8 |
Gillian Welch |
Soul Journey |
Acony |
| 9 |
Earl Scruggs/Doc Watson/Ricky Skaggs |
The Three Pickers |
Rounder |
| 10 |
Bryan Sutton |
Bluegrass Guitar |
Sugar Hill Records |
| Ñ Alternative Latin Charts (Hiphop,R&B) back to top |
| 1 |
Cafe Tacuba |
Cuatro Caminos |
Mca Records |
| 2 |
Cibelle |
Cd |
Six Degrees |
| 3 |
Ibrahim Ferrer |
Buenos Hermanos |
World Circuit/Nonesuch |
| 4 |
Juana Molina |
Segundo |
Domino |
| 5 |
Sidestepper |
3am (In Beats We Trust) |
Palm Pictures |
| 6 |
Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban |
Mambo Sinuendo |
Nonesuch Records |
| 7 |
Yerba Buena |
President Alien |
Razor & Tie |
| 8 |
Celso Fonseca |
Natural |
Six Degrees |
| 9 |
Tribalistas |
Tribalistas |
Metro Blue |
| 10 |
Los Lonely Boys |
Real Emotions |
Or Music |
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