[SPAM] [Hidden-tech] Shout-out to local talent

[Giannina Granata Silverman]

Now that I live In Seattle, (having recently moved from Northampton) I 
have to say it's emails like this that make me proud!!
And, admittedly just a little bit sad...I get misty-eyed when I see 
Sonya Kitchell's name printed in the Seattle Weekly...

...ok, where'd that Kleenex go???



Mitch Anthony wrote:

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> Dearest Hidden-Techers -
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> This week the self-employed, creative community of Western Mass. is 
> being ably represented at one of the country's most august gatherings 
> of the music and arts scene: South By Southwest 
> <http://2006.sxsw.com/%20>.  Now in its 20th year, this annual 
> gathering in Austin, TX celebrates what's new and great in music, film 
> and interactive media.
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> Please put your hands together for the ambassadors from our incredible 
> valley:
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> Kris Delmhorst <http://2006.sxsw.com/music/showcases/band/1583.html>, 
> from my home of many years, Greenfield
> "Kris Delmhorst’s songs roam from downtown edge to back-road roots, 
> and she sings them from where it counts. She’s quietly built a devoted 
> fan base that packs houses throughout the USA & UK. The fourth record, 
> a collection of songs inspired by well-known poems, is due out on 
> Signature Sounds June 2006. “The ambient beauty of Margo Timmins, the 
> country honesty of Lucinda Williams, and the airy lightness of Emmylou 
> Harris” (Boston Globe)"
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> Winterpills <http://2006.sxsw.com/music/showcases/band/3768.html%0A>, 
> from Northampton, the town that makes the rest of us hip
> "Based in Northampton, Massachusetts, Winterpills play haunting, 
> delicate, room-hushingly beautiful music with aching melodies and acid 
> lyrics. Think Elliott Smith,X,Iron & Wine, and the Innocence Mission 
> all get drunk and fall asleep in Joni Mitchell's backyard. "Achingly 
> beautiful...," says The Washington Post about their self-titled debut."
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> BTW, Kris Delmhorst and Winterpills are both on the Signature Sounds 
> <http://www.signaturesounds.com/%0A> label, another one of the 
> valley's great talents. Discover this world-class label 
> at http://www.signaturesounds.com/
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> Thurston Moore <http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=724>, 
> from Northampton
> Thurston represents a new standard.  Major indie cred (when was the 
> last time you passed a magazine stand that didn't feature Thurston or 
> Kim?), a house one block from the new Smith art museum (with a kitchen 
> table that seats 20), a SoHo studio, a doted-on tweener daughter, and 
> friends who really know and love him.  Move over, Ward. There's 
> another tall guy in town.
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> *Sonya Kitchel 
> <http://2006.sxsw.com/music/showcases/band/8120.html>l*, from Ashfield
> I remember Sonya singing "God Bless the Child" in my kitchen at the 
> age of 8.  She went on to be the first local ever to play the Iron 
> Horse and the second to be signed to the new Starbucks' "Hear" label.  
> This week her new single was the #1 most added single on AAA radio. 
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> Last summer she was playing some new songs in a friend's living room.  
> I couldn't recognize the chords she was playing.  "Sonya, where'd you 
> learn those chords?"  Sonya: "I made them up".
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> It could be a Western Mass. motto:  "Reality?  That's easy.  I make it 
> up."
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> Cheers to those who help make Western Mass. the paradise it really is.
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> Mitch Anthony
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Giannina Granata Silverman
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