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Blackacres.net is a fan site. The official site of Elysian Fields is elysianmusic.com. On myspace.com there are official sites for Elysian Fields, Oren Bloedow, and La Mar Enfortuna.
» 2006.12.30 Jennifer Charles will be ringing in the New Year as a guest vocalist for Steven Bernstein's Millenial Territory Orchestra. They take the stage at Tonic at 10:45 PM on New Year's Eve, 31 Dec 2006. According to Steven Bernstein's site, the performance will be broadcast live on WBGO. The station has a live stream, so even if you can't make the gig or find the radio station, you can listen to it online. » 2006.12.20 Elysian Fields will be playing at Joe's Pub in New York on Friday, 22 December 2006, at 11:30 PM. The band will consist of Jennifer Charles, Oren Bloedow, Glenn Patscha, Matt Johnson, Byron Isaacs. Happy holidays! » 2006.12.10 Elysian Fields will be appearing at a special evening sponsored by Tonic at the Abrons Art Center in New York on Saturday, December 16. (Chocolate Genius, in which Oren plays, will also be on the bill.) EF will also be playing December 22nd 2006 in New York at Joe's Pub. Amber contributed a tab for the song "Black Acres." Thanks! » 2006.10.18 So the "Elysian Fields" gig at New York's The Stone on October 26 is actually a special event:
Jennifer Charles does Pastorini Jennifer Charles sings Ed Pastorini. Special World Premier!!! Jennifer Charles (the velvet-throated poet behind Elysian Fields) teams up with underground genius Ed Pastorini (of 101 Crustaceans un-fame, incidentally Charles' favorite living song composer). Charles will sing many of her favorite Pastorini songs, accompanied by the man himself on piano and guitar. Should be an unbelievable night of rusty lugers and velvet bullets. Jennifer was invited to The Stone this month by special guest curator Mike Patton. » 2006.09.29 Elysian Fields will be playing in New York at the Stone on October 26, 2006. Oren Bloedow will be playing a number of gigs in the coming months. They don't seem to be listed on his MySpace page, so here you go: 2006.09.30 Capp St. Community Center, San Francisco (opening for Larry Gallagher) For updates about Meshell Ndegeocello, check freemyheart.com. Oren is supposed to have a solo album coming out. Be sure to support him and go see his gigs, if you can! P.S. Emilien has some beautiful photos of Elysian Fields' gig at the Festival Kill Your Pop in May 2006 at his site. » 2006.09.15 Reminder: Go see La Mar Enfortuna in Chicago this weekend. (See the band's MySpace for info.) I saw them in New York this week and they were amazing. Meanwhile, Elysian Fields will be playing at Tonic in New York on 21 Sept 2006. The band will include Jennifer Charles, Oren Bloedow, Thomas Bartlett, James Genus, and Matt Johnson. » 2006.09.12 The French web site Blogothèque has posted two amazing videos of Elysian Fields recorded by Vincent Moon. The first features Jennifer Charles, Oren Bloedow, and Thomas Bartlett playing "Jezebel" in Jennifer and Oren's Brooklyn apartment. The second shows Jennifer and Oren playing "We're in Love" on their roof overlooking Manhattan. (You can play the videos using the embedded Flash player on the page. You can also download high quality QuickTime versions of the videos at the bottom of the page. Scroll down to where it says "Télécharger en grand format" and click on the song titles to download a zip archive of the QuickTime movie. Note that you'll need QuickTime installed to view them.) For those who don't read French, here's a quick English translation of the lead: "Doveman [Thomas Bartlett] has said that to understand Elysian Fields, you have to see them in their apartment. Thus Vincent Moon went to film Jennifer Charles at home. She sang in French in her "salon surchargé" [basically "living room full of stuff"] and whispered words of love on the rooftops of Brooklyn." Reminder: La Mar Enfortuna (Oren Bloedow, Jennifer Charles, Robert DePietro, Brahim Fribgane, Ted Reichman, and Doug Weiselman) will be playing tonight in New York at the Merkin Concert Hall. » 2006.09.09 On Sept 11, Oren Bloedow and Jennifer Charles will be joining a benefit for their friend Tom Terrell (who has life-threatening cancer) at Canal Room in New York. More information is available at giantstep.net. On Sept 12, La Mar Enfortuna will be playing at Merkin Concert Hall in New York. Information about the upcoming gig, which promises that Oren and Jennifer will be playing "Sephardic, Ladino and Hebrew torch songs," is available at oyhoo.com. Note that Mar Enfortuna performances are rare, so this is really one to catch! You can buy tickets here. On Sept 21, Elysian Fields will be playing at Tonic in New York. On Sept 28 Oren will "play a song" at the CBGB Gallery in New York to commemorate the closing of the important music club. On Sept 30 Oren will be opening for Larry Gallagher at the Capp St. Community Music Center in San Francisco. P.S. If you go to a MySpace site for a "Jennifer Charles," please note that this young lady may be fetching but she's not our Jennifer Charles. » 2006.08.11 La Mar Enfortuna will be playing in New York at Merkin Concert Hall on 12 Sept 2006. They will also be playing in Chicago on 16 & 17 September 2006. Watch for details on the La Mar Enfortuna myspace page. Elysian Fields will be playing in New York on 21 Sept 2006 at Tonic. And hopefully more news soon.... » 2006.07.17 Reminder: Elysian Fields will be playing this Saturday, 22 July 2006, at 9:30 PM at Joe's Pub in New York. » 2006.06.12 Oren has sent out a notice encouraging everyone to check out Noche Flamenco, a flamenco group from Madrid. Here's what he has to say: "Please do yourselves a huge favor and buy tickets to Noche Flamenca, the fantastic flamenco dance and music troupe from Madrid, who are playing all this month and the next at Theater 80 St. Marks. I have been four times already and have never been less than profoundly moved, shedding tears of joy on each occasion." "The singing, guitar playing, and dancing are all of the finest caliber imaginable, but even more than that, there is simply such incredible intimacy in their shows, and such an abundance of human spirit on the stage. They love to play Theater 80 where is no amplification, the guitars and voices penetrate acoustically, sometimes amidst a storm of clapping and deadly accurate rapid fire stamping of boots, and you can see every drop of sweat flying off in the spotlights." "I know you all get a lot of mail, and I wouldn't bother you with this if i didn't think this was a life-changing experience." You can read more about Noche Flamenco at their official site. There was also an article about them in the New York Times. You can also buy tickets to their New York appearance at Theater 80. » 2006.05.11 Here's a roundup of pictures from the recent European gigs. Manu took pictures in Valence. The Silver Club in Switzerland posted photos on its site. And Mélanie sent some photos to blackacres.net to post. Some of those pictures are amazing. Thanks, everybody! » 2006.05.09 Just a heads-up that I've been updating setlists and pictures on the Gigography for the current tour. (Check out the 28 April setlist with "Fright Night" — not a song you hear very often, if ever.) If you have any additional information to contribute, please send it to chris @ the very obvious address (hint: it's the title of an EF song). » 2006.04.20 Elysian Fields will be playing a free duo gig this Saturday, 22 April, at De Kreun in Bissegem, Belgium. » 2006.04.18 Elysian Fields kicks off its European tour tomorrow in Clermont-Ferrand. Note that on April 21 Jennifer is also DJing at a club in Paris. See the Gigography for details. I couldn't personally make the last EF show in NY. Anybody have a setlist? » 2006.03.25 La Mar Enfortuna now has an official site on myspace.com. Elysian Fields' "Sephardic side project" will be playing a live gig in Granada in June, and will begin recording a new disk around the same time. Elysian Fields will be playing one more gig in New York — on Easter Sunday — and then heading to Europe for a tour that includes France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Italy. See the Gigography for details. » 2006.03.17 Elysian Fields guitarist Oren Bloedow now has his own MySpace page where you can hear three new songs from his upcoming solo album. The new songs are "Hawking" (about the physicist), "I'm Your Creation" (which EF has played live a few times), and "Your Childish Dreams." The songs are really cool, not EF-ish exactly but somehow sure to appeal to fans of the band. Definitely check them out, and watch for a CD from Oren soon! And don't forget that Elysian Fields will be playing tonight in New York at Tonic. The band will consist of Oren, Jennifer Charles, and Thomas Bartlett. And if you can't make that gig, Oren will be playing at Pete's Candy Store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on 21 March. » 2006.03.02 Oren Bloedow of Elysian Fields is going to be playing a lot of gigs in the next few months. He will be playing tonight, March 2nd, at the Living Room in New York. On Saturday, 4 March, Oren and Jennifer Charles will be participating in a Kurt Weill birthday tribute at Makor in New York. On Wednesday, 8 March, Oren and possibly Jennifer will be participating in a George Javori musical tribute at Sine in New York. (George was a drummer who worked with Oren and Jennifer on the Mar Enfortuna disk.) On Friday, 17 March, Elysian Fields will be playing at Tonic in New York. On Sunday, 19 March, Doveman (aka Thomas Bartlett, Elysian Fields' keyboardist) will be opening for Glenn Hansard of The Frames at Pianos. (It's unclear to me whether Oren will be playing along with Doveman that night?) On Tuesday, 21 March, Oren will be playing at Pete's Candy Store in New York. On Thursday, 23 March, Oren will be playing with Chocolate Genius at Tonic in New York. On Friday, 31 March, Oren will be playing with Chocolate Genius in Amiens, France. And in April, Elysian Fields will be playing a number of dates in Europe. See the Gigography for further information. » 2006.02.25 I've put up the setlist for the Valentine's Day jazz gig and moved my review of it to the Gigography. Elysian Fields will be playing St Patrick's Day, 17 March, at Tonic in New York. And a bunch of dates for France and Switzerland are coming up in April and May. See the Gigography for details. » 2006.02.06 Elysian Fields will be playing a special jazz show on Valentine's Day, 14 Feb 2006, at Mo Pitkins on Avenue A in New York. Here's the calendar at Mo Pitkins, and here's a blurb about the gig. » 2006.02.05 Elysian Fields played a wonderful gig last night at The Stone. See the Gigography for a setlist and details. (Thanks for playing "Parachute" guys!) Michaelangelo and Anna from photoblu.com sent in a few photos of the gig: one, two, three. (Thank you!) The band also mentioned last night that they'll be playing a jazz show on Valentine's Day at Mo Pitkins in New York. Jazz! Also, it looks like Elysian Fields will be touring Europe again this spring. Dates are scheduled for 24 April at Luxembourg, 27 April at Hyères (France), and 3 May at Paris. See the Gigography for more info. (Thanks to Samuel and to Jean-Paul for the info!) » 2006.01.27 If you want to see the Lovage videos that feature Jennifer Charles from Elysian Fields, you can now find them on YouTube.com. And don't forget about next week's gig in New York at The Stone! » 2006.01.06 Elysian Fields will be playing in New York at The Stone on Saturday, 4 February 2006, at 10:PM. Later in the spring they'll be playing in Paris on 3 May 2006 at Café de la Danse. (Merci to Samuel for the heads-up on the Paris gig.) » 2006.01.01 Happy New Year, Elysian Fields and fans! Looking back over the last year, it's been a really exciting time to be a fan of Elysian Fields. The band released an incredible new album, Bum Raps and Love Taps. They played a number of gigs in Europe to support the CD, and they also surprised us with a Mar Enfortuna gig in October. What's next on the agenda? Obviously the band will be looking to release Bum Raps and Love Taps in America. Hopefully they'll also make an official release of the lyrics for the album. (C'mon, Jennifer and Oren! Why don't you post those lyrics on your site?) And if they find an American distributor for Bum Raps and Love Taps, maybe they'll even tour a bit here in the States? I know there are fans in far-flung areas like Austin and Portland who are clamoring to see the band live. (And rightly so. Elysian Fields is amazing live. I wish they'd consider releasing a live CD or, failing that, an "unofficial" soundboard recording via their web site.) What else can we expect this year? Until the band releases Bum Raps and Love Taps here, it would probably be too much to expect another new album. On the other hand, they have been playing a number of new songs in concert — Jezebel, Someone, I'm Your Creation, and another song or two. Those may well be the seeds of some amazing new disk to come at some point in the future. At any rate, keep an eye on blackacres.net and on Elysian Fields' MySpace site for the latest news. Happy new year! |
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