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I know that this might seem

in watermelon sugar — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:03:22 -0500

I know that this might seem very perfectionist, and don't take it the wrong way... but I just wanted to say that she's not Canadian :)
Ms. Case is American. She was born in Virginia, grew up in Tacoma, went to college in Canada, and currently lives in Chicago.

And she's amazing, everyone should check out her music... so amazing. :)

Gonna Check Her Out

JennaHatfield — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:44:58 -0500

Thanks for the tip, Paige-o. Sounds right up my alley.

Family Living; Hatfield Style
Jenna

Fox Confessor Blows My Mind

Pam — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 11:26:55 -0500

I loaded it on my iPod but didn't really listen to it until about a month ago. It is freakin' amazing. What a voice.

Nerd's Eye View

Love her!

Denise — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 11:22:55 -0500

Here's something quirky - if my iRiver freezers, and I press the reset, the first song that comes on (It's always on random play) is Neko Case "Widow's Toast". Really weird but cool.

Alt country, really good description of her.

~Denise
Daily Dose of Denise and Fast Times @ Homeschool High

Beautiful Pain Profiles Neko Case

Paige Maguire — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 11:06:48 -0500

Beautiful Pain is a music blog maintained by five women who all share a passion for music created and performed by other women. Their blog fuses mp3s, thorough artist profiles, album reviews and feature articles to comprise a really fantastic collection of information.

Recently, Sleepy wrote an artist feature for Neko Case, the Canadian singer/songwriter who recently released a new album, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood.

I first heard about Neko Case in the October 2004 issue of ChartAttack Magazine when there was a small mention of the CD release, Hard-Headed Woman: A Celebration Of Wanda Jackson, in which Neko performed Wanda Jackson's Brown Eyed Handsome Man. I haven't heard the song, unfortunately, so I can't tell you if it is good or not. But another page of the Oct '04 issue was an advertisement for Neko Case's album, The Tiger's Have Spoken. I wondered to myself if this was her debut album, and with a little research, I found that she had three previous recordings PLUS she is a member of the 'indie rock' group, The New Pornographers.

Sleepy goes on to give the reader a sense of Case's musical past and creative evolution through her solo albums. She focuses on the new album, elegantly describing its impact on her:

The lyrical wonder that echoed through my room, quenched my thirst for good country. I haven't liked country prior to listening to Case, but her version of alt country is to my tastes. I had been deprived of such excellence as I had soaked in the short album of The Tigers Have Spoken. Sorry for going off track, but I have been satisfied like a musical prostitute who can't get enough.

Read her entire feature here, and bookmark Beautiful Pain to stay up to date on women in music. They're profiling a wide variety of artists and genres, and doing a really fine job of it.