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Sunday, May 3, 2009
Katell Keineg
May 1, 2009
The Living Room, New York City
After a little heming and hawing about whether I was up for the trip (it was Friday and it had been a long week), I decided at the last minute to go down to NYC to catch the rare gig by Katell Keineg and am sure glad I did. I dunno why I was even going back and forth about going -- music is all and Katell is nothing if not music.
Track 5 is new, I think, and she didn't mention the title. So rather than guessing, just leaving the name (and the tag on the flac) blank. If anyone happens to know, please fill us in.
Enjoy!
( setlist and source info )
download flacs via bittorrent on dime or mp3s on mediafire.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Y Gwyneb Iau/Trouble is being sold on Amazon MP3 (in MP3 Format 256 kbps) for $3.96 or each song for $0.99.
The EP has four songs and I like it, it's nothing like what I expected and I should have expected that. Jet was nothing like O Seasons and High July was nothing like the aforementioned.
1. Y Gwyneb Iau
2. Trouble
3. On Yer Way (Part Two)
4. You've Got a Tune Na-Na
Also, Katell puts the CD packaging together by hand (there's even a red string that you can use to hang it).
The actual CD (packaging and all) is IN STOCK at CDBaby.com for $10.00 plus shipping. They're fast - that's where I bought mine from.
Linky:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/katellkeineg
Current music: Katell Keineg - Trouble
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Folks, we have another 4-track EP coming out. All I know is - that it has “On Yer Way” (the re-recorded Live version used on the soundtrack of Deborah Kampmeier’s indie film “Virgin”) and a Welsh-language cover of the Super Furry Animals song “Y Gwyneb Iau”. Maybe “Calenture” is the third song since it seems to be quite popular at her gigs.
The following is taken from the Official Katell Keineg Mailing List:
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Katell Keineg will be playing 3 dates in November at the Living Room in NYC:
Friday, November 7, 14 and 21, all shows at 9pm.
Tickets available via Ticketweb. For more info, visit www.livingroomny.com
Katell will be launching her new 4-track EP on November 7; it will be available for purchase at the NYC shows as well as iTunes. Stay tuned for more info!
www.katellkeineg.com
myspace.com/katellkeineg
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Current music: Jo Stafford - Midnight Sun
Thursday, September 4, 2008
The Wonder Stuff’s Miles Hunt presents “Shared”, an evening of acoustic performances by some of the UK’s finest artists. The first “Shared” event will be held at Birmingham's Town Hall on January 30th. Tickets are priced at £19.50 each (plus booking fees and other charges where appropriate). Tickets are available from August 25th via the Birmingham Town Hall's own website at www.thsh.co.uk. A number of special offers and deals on local accommodation are also available from the Town Hall website. Other ticket outlets will also have these tickets available.
Katell is one of the acts listed on the website:
http://www.thewonderstuff.co.uk/shared.htm
Also taken from the webiste above:
Keineg releases a 4-song E.P. this autumn that includes the re-recorded “On Yer Way” and a Welsh language cover of the Super Furry Animals song “Y Gwyneb Iau”. She is currently recording her fourth album.
Also...the website also has a NEW promo photo of Katell. Which is the same photo they have up on the site - just a lot bigger:
http://www.thewonderstuff.co.uk/downloads/katell.tif
-Victor
Current music: Ann Gilbert - Two Sleepy People
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Hello all,
after the recent newsletter about Katell's upcoming gigs I googled a bit and found this very exciting information on http://thelaugharneweekend.com/ :
5.00 KATELL KEINEG
Katell Keineg is from both Wales and Brittany. Her first two albums were on Elektra and subsequent releases have been on Brooklyn micro-label Field Recording Co. She has played a lot of gigs mostly in North America and in Ireland where she lived for a long time. She will release an E.P. in late spring and her fourth album later on in the year. Katell has recently returned to live in Wales.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
just got this in the mail Hi all,
Katell Keineg will be playing three shows at the Living Room in NYC in May!
Thursday, May 1 - 9pm
Friday May 2 - 10pm
Saturday May 3 - 9pm
Tickets are available at Ticketweb.
For more info, visit The Living Room
Hope to see you there!
myspace.com/katellkeineg
www.katellkeineg.com fingers crossed that i can get to at least one of these. three nights in a row commuting to nyc might be a bit rough, even for me.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Taken from myspace.com/katellkeineg:
Upcoming Shows
26 Mar 2008
The Porter Cellar Bar, Bath, England
27 Mar 2008
Meze Lounge, Newport, Wales
30 Mar 2008
Millenium Hall, Laugharne, Wales
I think Ann Scott is touring with Katell, as before. I can't go to these, enjoy, all those that can.
Jon
Blogged with Flock
Monday, January 14, 2008
Katell is performing in Italy to promote the Across the Universe project.
Location: Teatro Comunale Ferrara
Date: Thursday 31 January 2008, h. 20.30
“Across the Universe of Languages”
Katia Labèque, piano / rhodes
Viktoria Mullova, violin
Giovanni Sollima, cello
David Chalmin, electric guitar
Massimo Pupillo, bass
Marque Gilmore, percussions
Nicola Tescari, keyboards / elettronics
Katell Keineg, voice
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Hi and Happy New Year.
Next week (Jan. 7-11) - I'll be reposting the media files I posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2007:
http://community.livejournal.com/katell_keineg/130956.html
Remember - these files will only be online for seven (7) days.
Furthermore - I will NOT be reposting them any time soon. Don't ask me to repost them again next month or the month after that because I'm not going to do it. I'm on a 56K connection and the Vin Scelsa's Idiot's Delight show alone is going to take me close to two hours to upload.
Cheers.
Victor
Monday, December 17, 2007
Hi all,
Katell is showing up on the KML Recordings label website under "KML ARTISTS" - I don't know if this is because she worked on their "B FOR BANG - Across the Universe of Languages" CD or because they are her new Label.
You can check it out for yourselves:
http://www.kmlrecordings.com/artists/katellkeineg.html
Cheers and Happy Holidays,
Victor
EDITED TO ADD:
I contacted KML recordings and they said the following:
"KML is not her new label and unfortunately, I have no further info
regarding her future release."
Sorry folks.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Hi All,
Katell appeared on 'Other Voices - Songs From A Room' two years or so ago (Episode 7 which also featured Jerry Fish). Katell performed three songs and I posted the audio online earlier today:
http://community.livejournal.com/katell_keineg/130956.html
I just found the video online but I haven't watched it yet since it wants me to update Realplayer and I can't upload a 12MB file right now.
Here's a link to the website:
http://www.rte.ie/tv/othervoices/20070517otherv.html
For those of you out there with downloading software - here's a direct link to the file:
rtsp://streaming2.rte.ie/2007/0517/othervoices7-150072-228.rm
Enjoy!
Victor
Current music: Jaye P. Morgan - Just You, Just Me.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
These files will be available for 7 Days or 100 downloads. Enjoy.
1) Her Lonely Voice, Katell’s interview with Darcy Frey in the July 2nd issue of New York Times Magazine (in PDF format):
http://download.yousendit.com/F5FFD5714B1698C1
2) Katell and Ann Scott performing "Y Gwyneb Lau," written by Super Furry Animals (low audio...you'll probably need to raise your volume).
http://download.yousendit.com/48D76F09242DB9C8
3) Calenture (Rough Mix/Demo) taken on from July 6th, on Vin Scelsa's show "Sirius Disorder" on Sirius satellite radio.
This isn't the version that I used to have up here - where Katell can be heard spelling out "Calenture" and talks about the meaning of the word before singing but for those of you who want to know - Calenture is a Hallucination that sea men commonly had at sea when they spent too much time on the waves - they mistook the waves for green rolling hills and tried to get off the boat.
http://download.yousendit.com/90465A2E018DAA84
4) Katell’s video for Partisan (320 x 240 @ 316Kbps).
http://download.yousendit.com/30A06EA705B6A0B1
5) Summer Lovin Song, There You Go and Brother Of The Brush, from Katell's appearance on July 6th, on Vin Scelsa's show "Sirius Disorder" on Sirius satellite radio.
http://download.yousendit.com/82C508C929258AB0
6) ***THIS FILE WAS NEVER POSTED BEFORE***
Katell appeared on 'Other Voices - Songs From A Room' (Episode 7 which also featured Jerry Fish). Katell was presented by Glen Hansard (the Frames), and she performed three songs - I have included the audio below. Too bad this series isn't on DVD - i'd buy it just to have the Katell session on DVD and to learn about artists as well.
http://download.yousendit.com/D80889883012D78C
7) Katell Keineg and her band on Vin Scelsa's Idiot's Delight on Saturday, August 12, 2006 (Playlist a little further below):
http://download.yousendit.com/CF1B2BAD3868492D
***This file took me an hour and fourty-seven minutes to upload on my 56k modem - I will not be uploading it again any time soon.
PLAYLIST (97% accurate - I think I missed mentioning a Station break somewhere)
Veni, Vidi, Vici (from JET)
Vin and Katell have a chat.
Katell performs "One Hell Of A Life" Live with her band.
Vin and Katell have a chat.
A Station Break
Vin and Katell have a chat.
Katell performs "Calenture" Live with her band.
Vin and Katell have a chat.
Katell performs "Shaking The Disease" Live with her band.
Vin and Katell have a chat.
John Lennon’s Gimme Some Truth (from Imagine)
What’s the Only Thing Worse Than The End of Time (from High July or the EP).
Vin and Katell have a chat.
Katell performs "There You Go" Live with her band.
Vin and Katell have a chat.
Katell performs an awesome live cover of "Silver Dagger" without the band.
A Station Break
Partisan (from ô seasons ô castles)
Vin and Katell have a chat.
Katell performs "Dear Ashley" Live with her band.
Current music: Helen O'Connell - Green Eyes
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Hi all,
Someone running a database about Jacques Brel's song "Ne me quitte pas (If you go away)" contacted me and asked if anyone here could possibly provide a "picture of this original CD cover (jpeg 500x500 pixels or more is fine)" for their database.
It is the CD single for Hestia, Elektra 66268-2 (1993), which includes the following tracks:
- Hestia (SOL version)
- Destiny's Darling ( live at Andrews Lane Theatre, Dublin)
- Ne Me Quitte Pas (live at Andrews Lane)
I assume they want the front and back (which shows the tracklisting and information and dates).
If anyone has that CD single (I don't) - would you mind sending a photo of the front and back of it to me via email as an attachment? My email address is on the community user info page.
Thanks.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Just got this from the Ann Scott mailing list:
I'll be teaming up with Katell Keineg (she's
brill) for a five date tour around Ireland in September. We're going to
bring heavy amps, loaded pipes and rattle snakes so if you're afraid of
the dark, make sure and bring a friend.
Cork - Cyprus Avenue Sunday September 16th
Dublin - Crawdaddy, Wednesday September 19th
Galway - The Crane Bar, Thursday September 20th
Mullingar - The Stables Friday September 21st
Limerick - Dolans, Thursday September 27th
Will try and go to Dublin.
Jon
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
"Ann Scott (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards) and Katell Keineg (vocals, guitar, percussion, keyboards) awarded €4,500 towards a 5-concert collaborative tour featuring reworkings and re-interpretations of repertoire from both artists. Tour is to include dates in Clonakilty, Limerick, Galway, Longford, and Dublin in September 2007."
Info taken from here:
http://www.musicnetwork.ie/prel2007pandtwin2.php
Current music: Rosemary Clooney - Corazon de Melon (Watermelon Heart)
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Hi all,
Wow. It feels like forever but information has been scarce (more than usual).
Katell will be appearing on B for Bang - Across The Universe of Languages(KML1115) and a special edition DVD (KML1116) will soon follow (I don't know if Katell is on the DVD. I just emailed KML to find out). The CD should be out on October 4th 2007. Sadly, Katell only appears on track 6:
Track 6.
I Want You (4:02)
(Lennon/McCartney)
Arranged by Nicola Tescari
Vocals Katell Keineg
For more info and to listen to Katell's track - please visit the following website:
http://www.virb.com/bforbang
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B for Bang - Across The Universe of Languages
KML 1115
B for Bang is :
Katia Labèque : piano, Fender Rhodes, David Chalmin : guitars, vocals, Nicola Tescari : Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, electronics, piano, Giovanni Sollima : cello, Massimo Pupillo : bass, Marque Gilmore : drums
Guests
Voices Patti Smith, Daniel Day-Lewis
Singers Katell Keineg, Meg, Nadeah
Violin Viktoria Mullova
All woodwinds played by Mario Arcari
Produced by Katia Labèque, David Chalmin & Nicola Tescari
Sound design & additional electronics by Fabio Recchia aka Reeks
Info taken from:
http://www.labeque.com/records/view.asp?ID=10
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Cheers,
Victor
Current music: Katell Keineg - I Want You
Monday, June 11, 2007
Hi Everyone,
It seems Katell will be part of Le Festival de Radio France et Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon.
URL: www.festivalradiofrancemontpellier.com
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Thursday 26, July > 20h Opéra Comédie
Ouverture
Being for The Benefit of Mr Kite
Interlude 1
Helter Skelter
Golden Slumbers
Iwant you
Reminiscence
Happiness is a warm gun
Julia
Interlude 2
Between Those rocks
Interlude 3
Blackbird
Come Together
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Notes to the Future
The last man on earth
One more song
Katia Labèque, piano
Giovanni Sollima, violoncelle
David Chalmin, guitare
Massimo Pupillo, basse
Marque Gilmore, percussion
Nicola Tescari, claviers
Katell Keineg, vocal
Arrangements Nicola Tescari, Giovanni Sollima, David Chalmin
Direction, Fabio Massimo Iaquone
With the support of FDI Groupe-Crédit Immobilier de France Sud
The reinterpretation of the universe and songs of the Beatles, combining classical and pop instrumentation with a visual performance. This premiere is a showpiece in the approach of the Katia and Marielle Labèque Foundation for opening up Classical music to a new public.
URL:
http://www.festivalradiofrancemontpellier.com/2007/eng/26-beatles.php
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Wednesday, March 7, 2007
The following was taken from an email I received through the Official Katell Keineg e-newsletter.
Cheers,
Victor -----------------------------
Katell's recent shows at The Living Room in NYC were recorded for XM Satellite Radio's "From the Living Room to the Loft." Check out Channel 50 (The Loft) to listen.
If you don't have XM, you can visit xmradio.com and sign up for a free 3 day trial.
The show will air on:
Thursday March 8th @ 3am EST (Midnight in LA)
Sunday March 11th @ 6pm EST
Tuesday March 13th @ 11pm EST
Thursday March 15th @ 3am EST (Midnight in LA)
Also: Ed Pastorini, who plays piano with Katell, will perform with his band 101 Crustaceans, at Tonic in NYC, 9pm on March 19th. Go to tonicnyc.com for more info.
best,
info@katellkeineg.com
www.katellkeineg.com
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Thursday, February 22, 2007
Katell appears on the song, "Mountain" by Ann Scott. However, I don't know what role Katell plays in the song (vocals, guitar or percussion?).
According to The Irish Times (September 15, 2006 Friday):
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ANN SCOTT
Mountain
Raghouse Records
Rating: ***
The Irish singer shares many influences with her mate, Gemma Hayes, but here she carves out her own style, with help from star sidekicks David Kitt, Katell Keineg and Mark Geary.
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Friday, February 16, 2007
Katell gets mentioned on The Brian Lehrer Show when Mike Albo talks about his contribution to The Show I'll Never Forget with an essay about Katell Keineg and his first day in New York. A snippet of Katell's "The Gulf of Araby" gets played as well.
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The Brian Lehrer Show
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/episodes/2007/02/13
Hear it Live!
Sean Manning, the editor of The Show I'll Never Forget: 50 Writers Relive Their Most Memorable Concertgoing Experience (Da Capo Press, 2007) joins us with four of his contributors to talk about their essays:
Sigrid Nunez, author of the novel The Last of Her Kind, just out in paperback, was at Woodstock; David Gates, author of the novel Jernigan, saw James Brown at Boston Garden in 1968; Marc Nesbitt, author of the short story collection Gigantic, remembers seeing Public Enemy open for The Beastie Boys; Mike Albo, writer and performer of comic monologues, co-author of the novel The Underminer, remembers seeing Katell Keineg on his first day in New York.
There's also a link on the website that allows you to buy The Show I'll Never Forget via Amazon.com.
Listen:
http://www.wnyc.org/stream/ram?file=/bl/bl021307cpod.mp3
Download MP3:
http://audio.wnyc.org/bl/bl021307cpod.mp3
If you don't want to listen to the entire show and only want to get to the part where Katell is mentioned, it starts off at 26:51 and continues onward.
P.S.
I have no news concerning Katell's new album. If anyone goes to any of her Living Room gigs this month - would you mind asking her and relaying the information back to the community?
Cheers,
Victor
Current music: Ramalama (Bang Bang) by Roisin Murphy
Friday, January 12, 2007
The following was taken from the Official Katell Keineg newsletter.
Enjoy,
Victor
----------------------------- Dear all,
For any Katell fans in Spain, Katell will be playing on January 20 at Zanzibar in Madrid with Ann Scott, 11:30pm. For more info visit zanzibarmadrid.com
Other recent news:
- Katell is the current featured artist on NPR's Shadow Classics - visit to read Tom Moon's piece, stream music and browse user comments.
- Writer Mike Albo has an essay about Katell in the new book, "The Show I'll Never Forget"
Hope to see all you New Yorkers at The Living Room in February!
all best,
www.katellkeineg.com
myspace.com/katellkeineg
Tom Moon (NPR's Shadow Classics) recently did a piece on Katell and includes full-length clips of "Cut", "Hestia" and "The Gulf of Araby".
There's no mention of her new record but I hope this article brings her some new fans and exposure.
Cheers,
Victor
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Shadow Classics
By Tom Moon
A Long Career on the Brink of Fame
NPR.org, January 10, 2007
When The New York Times Magazine did a feature story on Katell Keineg in July, it looked as though the singer-songwriter with the fervent cult following was finally getting a long-deserved break. The article quoted several well-known artists, including Natalie Merchant, as they talked about Keineg's talent. It documented her years of struggle after a short tenure on a major label. It told of the struggles faced by artists who don't catch on instantly, and who are often discarded by a business that can no longer afford to build careers one step at a time.
Those rooting for Keineg might have finished the article sure that this major exposure would change her situation — or, at the least, open some doors — but it hasn't happened yet. The Irish-born singer with the husky voice remains virtually unknown, and her three albums are hard to find. Spend a moment with Keineg's 1994 album O Seasons O Castles, and it's hard not to be puzzled by its failure to reach a large audience: Here are wildly inspired songs filled with literate and mystical images, songs that aspire to the sprawl and sweep of epic novels. These turn on unusual chord progressions ("Cut") and plaintive melodies ("Hestia"), as well as languid "what if" daydreams (the hypnotic "The Gulf of Araby," an extended meditation on the distance between "what is and what can never be.")
Though she can come across as overwrought at times, Keineg has a way of bringing listeners inside whatever emotional tableaux she's describing. The song could be a purely fictional account of a relationship in free-fall, but she never seems professionally detached from it: As Keineg alternates between gentle weeping whispers and enraged shouts, the pain sounds like her own — like it matters. Though it's messy and unresolved, it contains wisdom worth sharing.
URL:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6773077&ft=1&f=1039
Sunday, January 7, 2007
The following was taken from the Official Katell Keineg newsletter (email).
Enjoy,
Victor -----------------------------
Hi all,
Katell Keineg will be playing four Fridays in a row at The Living Room in NYC:
Feb. 9, 16, 23 and March 2nd at 9pm. Tickets are $12.
Ann Scott, who Katell has been playing with in the UK and Ireland, plays her first US gig at The Living Room on March 2nd at 8pm, accompanied by Katell.
Katell's most recent album, High July, is now available on iTunes. For any fans in Germany, Katell is interviewed in the April issue of Geo magazine in the special feature about Ireland.
info@katellkeineg.com
www.katellkeineg.com
myspace.com/katellkeineg
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Monday, October 30, 2006
Hi all,
This is a 32Kbps Windows Media Audio file of the Welsh song Katell performed (with an unidentified woman helping out on guitar and backing vocals) on Wedi 7. I think it's a cover of a Welsh song called "Y Gwyneb Lau," written by Super Furry Animals. According to the New York Times Magazine article (Her Lonely Voice), this song might make it on Katell's upcoming album.
KatellKeineg_Wedi 7
The file will be up online for the next Seven Days.
Enjoy,
Victor
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
This is Welsh-Language article...oddly enough I understood a small fraction of it. I figured some of you folks who speak/understand Welsh would like to read it or point out anything that's new and important.
Enjoy,
Victor
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Copyright 2006
The Liverpool Daily Post & Echo Ltd
All Rights Reserved
Daily Post (Liverpool)
October 4, 2006, Wednesday
North Wales Edition
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 4
LENGTH: 897 words
HEADLINE: Nid arian caled yw popeth i artist sy'n byw ei chaneuon;
Bydd y gantores fyd enwog, Katell Keineg yn canu yng ngogledd Cymru yr wythnos nesaf, ac mae ganddi atgofion hapus am y lle, fel yr eglurodd wrth Tudur Huws Jones
BYLINE: Tudur Huws Jones
BODY:
CAFODD ei geni yn Llydaw, ei magu yng Nghymru, ac mae hi'n byw yn Nulyn ers blynyddoedd. Bu'n aelod o gast Pobl y Cwm am gyfnod, ond ei record hir gyntaf ddaeth ‰ hi i amlygrwydd byd-eang rai blynyddoedd yn ™l.
Caf odd yr albym "ï Seasons, ï Castles" - sy'n cynnwys fersiwn iasol o'r emyn "O Iesu Mawr" - dderbyniad da yn rhyngwladol, ac roedd darogan gyrfa lwyddiannus iawn i'r gantores-gyfansoddwraig.
Ond yn ™l rhai, nid yw wedi gwireddu'r potensial hwnnw - yn yr ystyr nad yw hi'n gwerthu miliynau o recordiau nac yn ennill ff ortiwn o'i gwaith. Ond nid arian yw llinyn mesur llwyddiant i Katell Keineg.
Mae ei pherff ormiadau byw yn chwedlonol bron - a hynny am ddau reswm. Mae'n gallu bod yn chwit chwat gyda'i pharatoadau ambell waith. Fel yr adeg pan gamodd i'r llwyfan o flaen 50,000 o bobl mewn cyngerdd U2, i ganfod nad oedd swn yn dod o'i gitar, am fod y batri wedi darfod. Dro arall, yn ™l pob s™n, bu'n rhaid iddi ofyn i aelod o'r gynulleidfa diwnio ei gitar.
Ond dydi cynulleidfaoedd ddim yn hir yn maddau iddi ar ™l clywed ei llais, a phrofi'r emosiwn a'r teimlad sy'n dod drwodd yn ei chanu. Mae hi'n byw ei chaneuon, ac yn byw i'w perfformio o flaen cynulleidfa.
Mae'n teithio'n rheolaidd yn America, ac Ewrop, a'r wythnos nesaf bydd yn dod drosodd i ogledd Cymru am daith fer, tair noson.
Roedd hi ar ei ffordd adref i Ddulyn ar ™l gig yn Cork pan gawsom sgwrs.
Dim ond unwaith o'r blaen y mae hi wedi perfformio yn y gogledd, meddai, a hynny yng Ngholeg Harlech flynyddoedd yn ™l, pan oedd un o'i ffrindiau hi yno.
Ond, fel plentyn yn Llydaw, byddai'n dod draw i Gymru bob haf, ac mae'n edrych ymlaen at ddod yn ™l yma.
"Yn blentyn bach, pan roeddwn i'n byw yn Llydaw, roedd fy nheulu i yn aros gyda ffrindiau Mam bob haf, llawer ohonyn nhw yn y gogledd, gan ei bod hi wedi mynd i'r coleg ym Mangor.
"Bydd y gogledd wastad yn wlad haf fy mhlentyndod i mi, a chyn gynted ag y byddaf yn dod oddi ar y llong yn Nghaergybi 'wy'n teimlo'n hapus!" meddai.
Symudodd Katell i Gymru i fyw pan oedd yn naw oed, ar ™l i'w mam a'i thad wahanu, a byddai'n treulio'r hafau yn Llydaw o hynny 'mlaen.
Roedd erthygl yng nghylchgrawn y New York Times yn gynharach eleni, yn awgrymu fod Katell yn byw o'r llaw i'r genau, ac nad yw wedi gwireddu'r potensial cynnar yr oedd pawb yn ddarogan ar ei chyfer.
Ond dywed y ferch a fagwyd ym Mhen-pedair-heol yn y Cymoedd, ac a aeth i ysgolion Cymraeg, nad yw'r erthygl yn rhoi darlun cywir ohoni.
"Yn sicr celf ac nid arian yw fy mhrif ddiddordeb mewn bywyd ond doedd yr erthygl NY Times ddim yn hollol gywir. Wnes i ennill lot o arian gan labeli Elektra a Warner/Chappell oedd yn berchen fy nghaneuon i ar un adeg, heb fyth werthu lot o recordiau. Dyna sut mae pethau'n gweithio yn aml. Maen nhw'n rhoi contracts mawr i bobl, ac wedyn yn anghofio amdanyn nhw. Ar yr un llaw, 'wy'n dal yn byw ar yr arian yna, a f uaswn i ddim yn gallu ennill bywoliaeth jyst yn chwarae'n fyw a gwerthu CD's fy nun.
"Ar y llaw all, mae'n system sydd yn lladd diwylliant pop go iawn, hynny yw cerddoriaeth o'r bobol ac nid ymarfer sinigaidd i ddilyn fformiwla er mwyn ennill y mwyaf o arian ag sy'n bosibl. Mae popeth yng nghanol newid o achos y rhyngrwyd, ac mi fydd yn ddiddorol gweld ble fydd pethau'n mynd."
Er iddi ennill gradd yn y gyfraith o'r London School of Economics, dychwelyd i Gaerdydd wnaeth Katell, a bron yn syth, fe ddechreuodd ennill sylw y tu allan i Gymru gyda'i chaneuon.
Ond am chwe mis bu'n rhan o gast yr opera sebon - Pobl y Cwm.
"Roeddwn i newydd adael y coleg ar y pryd. Doeddwn i ddim yn actores - jest cwympo i mewn iddo fe wnes i mewn gwirionedd. Ro'n i'n chwarae rhan Mrs Lloyd, Llydawes yn dysgu Cymraeg - a chadw geifr! Roedd o'n lot o hwyl."
Recordiwyd ei dwy albym gyntaf - "ï Seasons, ï Castles" a "Jet" - ar label Elektra, ac ar ™l trafodaethau maith, a blynyddoedd lle na recordiodd unrhyw beth, llwyddodd i ryddhau ei hun o'i chytundeb gyda hwy.
Roedd y ddwy albym yn gynyrchiadau llawn, ond ar gyfer ei thrydedd, "High July" penderfynodd fynd am swn ychydig yn fwy cynnil, ac mae ei phedwaredd record hir, a fydd allan cyn y Nadolig, yn parhau yn yr un modd.
"Rwyf wedi bod yn recordio yn stiwdio o'r enw The Maid's Room yn Efrog Newydd. Stiwdio ffrind ar y Lower East Side, lle mae lot o hen offer recordio. Dyna lle wnaeth Rufus Wainwright recordio rhan o "Want One" a "Want Two". 'Wy ddim wedi gorffen eto. Mae rhai o'r caneuon gyda band a rhai gyda jest gitar neu piano."
Chafodd hi ddim hyfforddiant cerddorol ffurfiol, ond mae cerddoriaeth wastad wedi bod yn rhan annatod o'i bywyd. Byddai'n canu mewn eisteddfodau ac mewn corau, ac roedd cerddoriaeth - yn enwedig canu gwerin Llydaw a Chymru - yn rhan fawr o fywydau ei rhieni, a oedd ill dau yn weithgar yn wleidyddol. Roedd ei thad, Paol - sy'n fardd adnabyddus - yn aelod o blaid yr Undeb Ddemocrataidd Lydewig, ac yng Nghymru roedd ei mam, Judith, yn weithgar gyda Phlaid Cymru.
Ond mae 'na ddylanwadau byd-eang ar ei cherddoriaeth hefyd.
"Mae'n anodd disgrifio eich cerddoriaeth eich hun. 'Wy'n trio dyfeisio rhywbeth newydd o fewn ffiniau cerddoriaeth "pop" sydd ddim yn Avant Garde. Does dim lot o ddiddordeb 'da fi mewn ffasiynau cerddorol na "scenes".
Bydd y gantores Wyddelig, Ann Scott, yn perfformio gyda Katell yn y lleoliadau canlynol:
Galeri, Caernarfon, nos Fercher, Hydref 11' Y Fic, Porthaethwy, nos Iau, Hydref 12
Gwesty George III, Penmaenpool, Dolgellau Hydref 1 3
GRAPHIC: Mae perfformiadau byw Katell Keineg yn llawn teimlad ac emosiwn Lluniau: Deirdre Mc Gown
Monday, September 25, 2006
The following information was taken from the Katell Keineg mailing List: Hi there,
Katell has some upcoming shows in Ireland and Wales:
September 27, The Savoy, Cork, Ireland, 8pm. www.savoycork.com
October 11, Galeri, Caernarfon, North Wales , 8pm Tickets 01286 685 222
October 12,Victoria HotelPorthaethwy / Menai Bridge, North Wales, 8pm
October 13, George III, Penmaenpool, Nr Dolgellau, North Wales, 8pm
info@katellkeineg.com
www.katellkeineg.com
www.myspace.com/katellkeineg
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
If you check out the news section of the Road Recovery - Music Without Drugs website, you’ll see a few photos of Katell and a short story on her recent participation in Road Recovery’s Master Class with Crazy James.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2006 :: Shaking The Disease with Katell Keineg
While in the midst of a East/West Coast United States tour including a recent performance at New York’s Bowery Ballroom and a New York Times Magazine (July 2, 2006) feature profile, songstress Katell Keineg, graciously participated in Road Recovery’s Master Class Series with Crazy James, whose members number more than a dozen ranging in age from 16-24 years old.
Katell freely shared with the young group of artists her personal journey that led her into a life of music sparked by a mono-record player and a stack of Beatles records. Though she never formally studied music or voice, Katell credits “Busking” - ‘street performing’ in Dublin as her teacher in determining her ability to attract an audience and maintain their attention against the backdrop of a bustling metropolis!
Sharing her intimate approach to songwriting, citing her relationship between the lyrics, melody and the evolution of her songs, Katell revealed one of her secrets – how eavesdropping on conversations, especially on the subway, is a means to finding lyrical gems! Katell admits that she is not a prolific songwriter, churning out a small amount of songs each year, but stressed the realization within herself the need to express life as she experiences it through songs makes her feel whole, even with the instability that comes with a life of music.
Together Katell and Crazy James shared their music together and discussed the process that led to the final outcome… Katell left everyone in awe, mouths wide open as she performed “There You Go”, “One Hell Of A Life”, “Hitler Was A Mamas Boy”, “Franklin” and others…Fired up by her artistry and presence, Crazy James ripped into versions of “Disease”, “I’ll Drink To That”, “Erica’s Song”, and “I Can’t Tell Time” which evoked the radical in Katell who replied with yells, hoots and body shaking grooving.
"I support anything that liberates people from oppression, that’s what Road Recovery continues to provide all of us - young and old."– Katell Keineg, Artist
Be on the lookout for possible Katell Keineg + Crazy James billing at a lower eastside New York venue in the near future!
http://www.roadrecovery.com/news.html Sugarfoot Music is releasing a CD to benefit New Orleans musicians. 100% of proceeds will go to Habitat For Humanity's New Orleans Musicians Village project. Katell is on their list of artists who have donated songs to the record. Sugarfoot Music will be launching the CD in Minneapolis & in New York in November. Here’s a full but growing list of artists who have songs appearing on the benefit CD:
Natalie Merchant, The Hopefuls, Katell Keineg, Dan Wilson, Gary Louris, Prudence Johnson, Gary Rue, Marshall Crenshaw, Sloan Wainwright, Ethel String Quartet, Susan McKeown, Brandon Ross, Larry John McNally, Timothy Hill, Frank Tedesso, Cantus, Electropolis, Jason Crigler, Desdamona & Carnage, Harriet Tubman,
Sugarfoot Artists :
Jelloslave, Justine Sasanfar, Sandy Hinding/Jangletown, Never Was (C Cuningham)
http://www.sugarfootmusic.com/news.html
http://www.sugarfootmusic.com/benefit.html
http://www.sugarfootmusic.com/noslide/benefitslide.html
Download Info in a PDF iBook
http://www.sugarfootmusic.com/pdf/SugarfootMusicNewOrleansBenefit.pdf
Monday, September 4, 2006
Hi again,
This is Katell’s video for Partisan (320 x 240 @ 316Kbps). I got the file from the SingingFool website (Posted Here) but I mean no harm in putting up online – I just want everyone to enjoy it because not everyone has the bandwidth to make the file play smoothly (I’m on a 56k modem).
It’ll remain online for the next SEVEN days. I encourage all of you to visit the Singingfool website. They have a lot of videos and don't forget to ask them to include more of Katell’s videos - its a very nice site and they respond quickly.
I don't want to get into any trouble - so please don’t mention that I took their video file and posted it here.
Katell_Partisan.asf
Enjoy!
Victor
Sunday, September 3, 2006
Hi all,
I’ve gotten a few requests for these expired files – they’ll be online for the next SIX days. Email me if you need them reposted after that.
Enjoy!
Victor
Katell Keineg and her band on Vin Scelsa's Idiot's Delight on Saturday, August 12, 2006 (Playlist):
Katell_19MB.wma
Her Lonely Voice, Katell’s interview with Darcy Frey in the July 2nd issue of New York Times Magazine (PDF):
katelltimesmagazine.pdf
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
These are up on both the official site and on myspace.com...
Most exciting.
- September 7th, Cafe Largo, 432 N.Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, U.S.A., 9pm. www.largo-la.com.
- September 27th, The Savoy, Cork, Ireland, 8pm. www.savoycork.com
- October 11, Galeri, Caernarfon, North Wales , 8pm Tickets 01286 685 222
- October 12,Victoria HotelPorthaethwy / Menai Bridge, North Wales, 8pm
- October 13, George III, Penmaenpool, Nr Dolgellau, North Wales, 8pm
Me and ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) dinosaurcostume are hoping to go to the Penmaenpool one.
Monday, August 21, 2006
Someone emailed me about a week ago and asked if I could identify a song performed by Katell at the 1999 Breast Cancer Benefit concert (with Natalie Merchant and Susan McKeown). I don't know the song and figured some of you folks might have an idea.
For those of you with a great memory or the concert on CD - it's the song just after Susan McKeown's "God Woman".
Here are some of lyrics and i've seen a few websites label the song as "Captain" but it's not the "Captain" found on High July:
"Can I get a witness"
"I'm not ready"
"Consoling thoughts they won't console me when time is gone"
"A thousand years is not enough"
Thanks,
Victor
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
The following is taken from the official Katell Keineg mailing list.
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Subject : Katell Keineg live in NYC and on the radio
Hi all,
We wanted to remind you that Katell Keineg will be performing in NYC this Friday, August 18. Doors at 8pm, $15. For tickets and more info, visit www.boweryballroom.com. Hope to see you there - bring your friends!
Katell and her band recently performed live on Vin Scelsa's "Idiot's Delight" on WFUV. Click to listen!
Don't forget to join Katell's MySpace: http://myspace.com/katellkeineg
best,
info@katellkeineg.com
www.katellkeineg.com
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