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[Jamie]

Triptych 06: Odetta/James Blood Ulmer/Grant Campbell
Saturday 29 April
The Lemon Tree
Tickets £16 + £1.50 b/fee

6.30pm: doors
7 - 7.30pm: GRANT CAMPBELL
7.45 - 8.45pm: James Blood Ulmer
9 - 10pm: ODETTA
10PM CURFEW


Odetta
The irrefutable Queen of American Folk, African-American legend Odetta is one of the most influential - and critical - artists of our time.

"Discovered" by singer, actor and social activist Harry Belafonte, Odetta's sublime guitar structures and baritone splendour inspired a legion of sonic monarchs; including Janis Joplin, (whom, it is said, "found" her voice when she heard Odetta); and Bob Dylan, (whom she famously inspired to pick up an acoustic guitar). Indeed, Odetta's exquisite and singular star was recently re-kindled thanks to her breathtaking, vintage footage in Martin Scorcese's Dylan grand slam, No Direction Home

A prominent figure in the Civil Rights movement who walked arm-in-arm with
Martin Luther King, Odetta's atomic blues, folk, work and protest songs have long aroused political ardour and broken vital ground for black female artists.

Now 75, the exalted folk, jazz, and blues crusader remains one of American music's greatest treasures. Check out some great footage of Odetta on the Johnny Cash show here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU4wQ...&search=odetta

James Blood Ulmer
An extraordinary American guitar pioneer and rightfully lionised free-jazz iconoclast, James Blood Ulmer's stellar career has seen him evolve from avant-garde visionary to elder statesman of the blues.

Long regarded as one of his generation's most inventive musicians, multiple-Grammy nominee Ulmer's groundbreaking art has challenged funk, free jazz, blues and African-American idioms for five decades.

As accomplished and mesmerising as he is experimental, Ulmer's advanced jazz, abstract blues, raga meditations and harmolodic aphorisms were informed and championed by saxophone marvel Ornette Coleman, with whom Ulmer resided, studied and recorded in the early 1970s.

Also saluted for his aural alliances with deviating luminaries including blues guru Ry Cooder, bebop jazz star Art Blakey and improv maestro Derek Bailey, Ulmer's all-consuming, remarkable art is uniquely unparalleled - and truly un-missable.

Grant Campbell
Evoking Micah P Hinson and Bruce Springsteen, gravelly Clydebank troubadour Grant Campbell is an inner-city cowboy, a brambly folk Romeo: a quiet delight to behold. His enchanting 2005 debut album, Postcards from Nowhere, was recorded at home in Glasgow. It's a gentle, exquisite exposition of amber ranch canticles and scorched alt-folk lullabies: it is unadorned, potent, gruff - and wonderful.

http://www.lemontree.org/Music/event...42&tempmonth=4

[Andy Mulhern]

Ive been listening to Grant Campbell on his myspace recently - hes very good.
He is also playing Go North too - I think?!

http://www.myspace.com/grantcampbellmusic

[Jamie]

Will you still up in Shetland while this on Andy?

[Andy Mulhern]

Originally Posted by Jamie

Will you still up in Shetland while this on Andy?

Aye, shame Shet Folky and Triptych is same weekend but cant miss the floky ... its a helluva spree!

[Jamie]

Aye - I've heard it's a wild one. One of the former staff here does a lot of the promo for the festy, and one of our techies is off up there for it.

[Dave]

Got my ticket today. Gonna be a busy Saturday. Glasgow-Pittodrie-Lemon Tree-Exodus.

I've been listening to loads of Odetta this week, she's a unique performer. Big thumbs up to the Tree for getting such a legend to perform there.

[Jamie]

Glad you're looking forward to it. What's on in Glasgow and Exodus?

We can't really take the credit for the Odetta gig though as that's Triptych's programming.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Jamie

Glad you're looking forward to it. What's on in Glasgow and Exodus?

We can't really take the credit for the Odetta gig though as that's Triptych's programming.

I'm DJing the Barfly on Friday, and hopefully catching the Silver Jews at the Tramway beforehand as well, and DJing Exodus on Saturday. Hectic schedule, but well worth it.

[Dave]

I actually made it to the gig, surprisingly. I hit the bar pretty heavily in Glasgow and was in no fit state to travel until afternoon. Missed the Dons, but that disappointment was soon quenched by this;

One of the greatest gigs I've ever been to. A life-affirming experience. Every song she played was a long-time favourite of mine. I was singing. I wish it could have gone on forever.

I had an idea during the gig. If we could get Odetta to return, she could be the Master of Ceremonies at a day long concert celebrating the folk canon from times ancient and modern, featuring artists steeped in the tradition from Aberdeen and elsewhere. Our own little Newport-esque festival.