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Neko Case from season 29 in 2003. Photo by Scott Newton
Neko Case - Star Witness
This sounded terrific last night.
I’m kind of just figuring out the themes now of the record, so there’s a lot of — I feel like every word I say is gonna sound super-cliche, but there’s a lot of inner conflict going on.
Neko Case on entering the studio to make her new record. Morning Edition will document the process over the coming months. In the first installment, we listen to a song that’s not quite finished, not quite recorded, not even quite written. (via nprmusic)
NEW RECORD!
Neko Case - Duchess
Covering Scott Walker, which even has some twang to it.
Someone tell me she’s working on a new album.
(Source: Spotify)
Kate Macdonald and Janelle Blanchard cover Neko Case’s “Star Witness”
Mighty fine.
Canadian students Kate Macdonald and Janelle Blanchard recorded a version of Neko Case’s brooding “Star Witness” on a school staircase and the result moved Case to tears. “Wow. That just made me bawl my eyes out,” she tweeted. “What beautiful singers. I’m not worthy… Holy god. They broke the shit out of my heart!!” Mine, too. They accomplish this with a ukelele, angelic voices, a talent for harmony - and a mission to save their school.
The Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School houses an arts-intensive program that draws creative students from the Toronto area. But, in September, the local school board voted to close the school. It is the only school in downtown Peterborough and is described by locals as vital to the life of the community. Kate and Janelle took to the stairwell to record Case’s song to draw attention to the impending closure. That tweet from Case has the video (by Jared Raab) flying around the internet. You don’t want to miss it. This is a tough time for school arts programs and these enormously talented students give the need to support arts in schools faces and achingly clear voices.
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Calexico w/Neko Case - The Ballad of Cable Hogue
SEE WHAT FINE THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU ENTER “neko case” INTO YOU TUMBLR SEARCH ENGINE? this was back in the day of the (sorely-missed) snag tooth. Love you, girl a thousand plus infinity…and then there’s CALEXICO…xoxoxox
Um… why haven’t I seen this before? And why is it so awesome? She sings in French for God’s sake.
AND WHY DOES IT ONLY HAVE 700 VIEWS
Neko Case - Rated “X”
Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You
I see Jon Rauhouse and Kelly Hogan in there too.
Peter Wolf & Neko Case - Green Fields of Summer
Wishful thinking.
Neko Case - I Wish I Was The Moon
Last night I dreamt I’d forgotten my name…
Neko Case - If I’m Gonna Sink (I Might As Well Go Straight To The Bottom)
Neko Case - People Gotta Lotta Nerve
Cool poster. Neko Case.
