Diana `n Parky

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 7:44 pm

Diana did Love Me like A Man and Narrow Daylight. The first was with Erskine/McBride/Wilson and the show`s Big Band ; the latter was a Diana `n trio performance. She was not interviewed. She looked great , no rings
on her fingers , dark clothes with a reddy/blue neck scarf and a great big smile at finish of the songs.

John · Post by **John** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 4:27 am

I think johnfoyle is smitten.
Is there a good lady close to Mr Foyle that needs to be made aware of these developments?

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 5:10 am

Alas , modern technology just has not reach that level of excellence yet.

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 5:12 am

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFrien ... 43,00.html

The Sunday Times
April 11, 2004

DIANA KRALL
The Girl in the Other Room
Verve 9862063

DIANA KRALL’s bank manager — and an awful lot of her
fans — would be happy to see her continue to turn out
string-laden ballad albums. It’s to the Canadian
singer-pianist’s credit that she is striking out in a
new direction, with a little help from new husband,
Elvis Costello. Krall has often talked about how she
spent part of her youth listening to Peter Frampton:
this is not a rock album by any means, but the sultry
covers of Joni Mitchell’s Black Crow and Tom Waits’s
Temptation are a sign that she is eager to spread her
wings. Her version of Costello’s Almost Blue is a
beauty too, although the half of the disc devoted to
new material co-written with him is a little too
self-consciously hip. If this is the first instalment
of a new career, however, the next step should be even
more intriguing. Two stars CLIVE DAVIS

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 7:30 pm

Damn, have spent the weekend misssing stuff on TV! Would have liked to have seen this, especially to have a look at Pete ('brushwork on North so ethereal it almost doesn't exist') Erskine.

sweetest punch · Post by **sweetest punch** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 3:43 am

Otis Westinghouse wrote:Damn, have spent the weekend misssing stuff on TV! Would have liked to have seen this, especially to have a look at Pete ('brushwork on North so ethereal it almost doesn't exist') Erskine.

I have seen it, and yes, Pete Erskine was great. Although I'm not a musician (or drummer), I could see that he was fantastic!

And yes, Diana was great also. She is a fine singer and pianist.

RedShoes · Post by **RedShoes** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 8:08 am

I find it pretty funny that the top three threads in the Elvis Discussion right now are about his wife.

Post by **BlueChair** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 10:02 am

No kidding.

Maybe this is better suited to the Annex folks?

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 10:12 am

Ordinarily The Annex would be the place for Ms Krall`s stuff . However the fact that her new album is half composed/edited by Elvis means that anything to do with it is deserving of our attention. The fact that the album is so good helps also .

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 10:12 am

Seems legit to me to be focussing on someone he's been collaborating with (on various levels). Her new LP is of interest to us, n'est ce pas?

John · Post by **John** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 1:36 pm

I see Diana's new CD is no. 1 on the Amazon.co.uk chart on it's first day of release over here. Look's like a good financial decision by Elvis to join forces with Diana.

Think I'm going to have to buy it. The clips I've heard sound rather good.

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 1:16 am

a big split in the pro-DK and anti DK camps is developing - I'm on the fence right now