Re: Corinne West with Kelly Joe Phelps

[Ayler]

Passer de frontman à sideman va peut etre lui permettre de se poser

Partenaire me semble un terme plus judicieux que sideman, un peu restrictif en l'espèce non ?

[jipes]

Passer de frontman à sideman va peut etre lui permettre de se poser

Partenaire me semble un terme plus judicieux que sideman, un peu restrictif en l'espèce non ?

Tu as probablement raison partenaire est probablement une meilleure définition

[Ayler]

Jusqu'à quel point, ça, nous ne le savons pas encore !

[kjp]

[jipes]

Jolie chanson ils sonnent bien ensemble mais bon je reste quand même sur ma faim

[kjp]

Toujours aussi "lambda". Ce n'est pas avec ce duo que j'aurais apprecié Kelly Joe. Manque la force et la poigne, bref l'émotion et/ou la profondeur des prestations solos.

[kjp]

Climate Theater in San Francisco, California le 19 Mai 2010 :

"MOTHER TO CHILD"

[kjp]

Climate Theater in San Francisco, California le 19 Mai 2010 :

"ANGEL"

[kjp]

Rhythm & Roots in 't Keerpunt in Spijkerboor Holland, le 06 Juin 2010

[kjp]

Corinne West et Kelly Joe Phelps s'engagent avec "Tin Angel Records" : un label anglais.

Source : http://www.tinangelrecords.co.uk/kjp/index.html

[kjp]

Une interview (faite par mail) de Corinne West :

http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20100709%2FNEWS0107%2F307099998%2F1103

Folk duo plays Sisters
Corinne West and Kelly Joe Phelps plan show at Angeline's Bakery
By Ben Salmon / The Bulletin
Last modified: July 09. 2010 11:07AM PST


Separately, Kelly Joe Phelps and Corinne West have established themselves in the world of folk music, both in Central Oregon and beyond.

Phelps is a jaw-droppingly skilled folk-blues singer, songwriter and guitarist with eight well-received albums under his belt. He's also a versatile performer — the BBC called him a “proven talent” with “a foot in both the traditional and the avant garde” — who wowed audiences at last year's Sisters Folk Festival.

West's most recent visit to the region was for an intimate concert at an old church in the ghost town of Richmond, northeast of Prineville, in 2008. She's not exactly over the hill, but has already clocked many hours on the road; she's been playing her strikingly honest and heartening folk-rock 'n' soul songs since she left home at age 15.

Over the past year, however, Phelps and West have merged their talents into a duo, recording an EP (“Magnetic Skyline”) and, now, touring together. They'll visit Angeline's Bakery in Sisters on Thursday (see “If you go”).

West was kind enough to agree to an e-mail interview, so we sent her a few questions. Here are her answers, slightly edited:




GO!: Was working together something you (and Phelps) wanted to do for a long time, or is it an idea that came up recently? How did the idea come about?

Corinne West: We've known each other for a number of years, and have always admired the artistic output of each other, but pursuing separate solo careers had us crossing paths until this past November, when the timing managed to perfect itself so we could finally play some music together. Kelly Joe was looking for work, and I had CD-release shows for “The Promise” that I needed a side person for. At the end of those gigs, we both decided at the same time to set out together. And we've never looked back.

GO!: What was it about those shows — or what is it about your individual styles — that made you and Kelly Joe think this could be a fruitful musical partnership?

CW: We didn't know quite what to expect other than that we were going to have a great time, which we did. However, we found a mutual bond on many musical levels that took the music places neither of us had been artistically. Very magical. It was an easy decision in the end to continue forward, as the music seemed to form its own life around us, and we both thought it was extremely beautiful. Heartfelt and strong. So many things.

GO!: What happened between those 2009 shows and the recording of “Magnetic Skyline”? Did you guys shut down for a while, huddle in one place and work out songs? Did you send ideas back and forth from separate locations?

CW: We did huddle down, yes, for most of the winter. We dug a little shelter in Kelly Joe's basement studio and started working. Eight or 10 hours a day, experimenting, exploring this new sound. We found it as though we'd started playing a new instrument, the sound of our playing and singing together.

Each day we felt tapped into something bigger than we'd expected to find in there so, again, we've never looked back. The main thing for us is that we've discovered a sound and feel as a duo that makes a very particular musical experience take place for us as artists, and consequently for any listener. We can't see any other way than to move forward with it, helping it grow, watching it grow.

GO!: Now that “Magnetic Skyline” has been recorded and released, are you able to take a step back and identify ways in which you and Kelly Joe complement each other?

CW: It has much more to do with what we find in common, I think. Even if it's never shown up in our performing careers. We've found a common passion for improvisation, which is unusual in folk-based music, yet we both adore and apply (it).

We've been amazed by the sound of our voices together — something neither one of us ever expected to find in terms of a true sympathetic companion vocally. Not emotionally, necessarily (even though that does apply as well) but tonally. We're still amazed by that. And we've found a commonality in things like phrasing, vocal or guitar, where we'll be in the middle of some flight of musical fancy and find ourselves phrasing vocally or guitaristically in the exact same way at the exact same moment. Out of seemingly nowhere. It's really turning into quite a journey.

GO!: When you work as a solo artist, you're essentially in control of what you do: songs, production, when and where to tour, etc. Both of you have been autonomous for so long, what's the appeal in working as a duo?

CW: This decision to focus on (the) duo is completely about the music. There are no other issues. Maybe that applies to the last question as well: What we bring to each other (is) an unyielding response to the needs of the music and very little else. We live and breathe this life as musicians. In service to the arts, you see. Everything else comes after that. We enjoy each other's company immensely I will say, though. Definitely true. That makes this all the sweeter for us both.

GO!: What are your hopes or plans for the duo? Are you looking to stick with it for a while? Want to do a full-length? Have a finish line in mind?

CW: All the plans you would imagine are all there. We're setting aside time at the end of the year for a full-length, new recording, we're heading over to Europe for five weeks in the early fall, we're writing and dreaming and imagining everything we can about this sound and experience that has us so captivated. It's so joyful, you know. And that, in the music industry, is all too rare and hard to come by. So we're holding on to that with all 12 fingers.

[kjp]

Rhythm & Roots in 't Keerpunt in Spijkerboor Holland, le 06 Juin 2010

[Ornette]

J'ai écouté quelques unes de ces vidéos : c'est très bien exécuté, mais cette musique est nettement moins originale que celle que Kelly Joe Phelps a pu nous proposer dans le passé. En d'autres termes, tout cela me semble très convenu. Après ses expérimentations instrumentales, cela donne vraiment l'impression que KJP s'est perdu dans son parcours, qu'il se cherche sans vraiment savoir où aller désormais. De plus sa voix me semble sous utilisée, étant limitée à assurer des harmonies. Qu'est-ce qui différencie ce duo de centaines d'autres dans ce style (qui au demeurant n'est pas vraiment celui que je préfère) ?

[kjp]

Oui c'est exact Ornette. Bien exécuté mais c'est tout. Sur l'EP officiel c'est le même topo. Deux titres sortent du lot sur les six proposés. Mais ainsi va le parcours de Kelly Joe. Espérons que cette aventure amènera vers d'autres idées, vers d'autres inspirations...

[jipes]

Ca ne me passione pas non plus des masses mais si ca permet à Kelly Joe de rester à flots et de passer la crise qu'il traverse tant mieux C'est vrai que ce n'est pas ultra original mais après tout c'est le cas de tellement de musiques de nos jours donc pas de quoi s'offusquer, mais pas non plus de quoi se précipiter chez le marchand de CD

[kjp]

[kjp]

Nouvelle vidéo :

Night Falls Away Singing

[Garbage Man]

Très beau duo, les voix se complètent à merveille !

[kjp]

Corinne West et Kelly Joe Phelps le 11 Mai en France, dans le Nord près de Valenciennes : Médiathèque de Bouchain.

http://www.culture.bouchain.fr/

A suivre pour la région parisienne

[Ornette]

Corinne West et Kelly Joe Phelps le 11 Mai en France, dans le Nord près de Valenciennes : Médiathèque de Bouchain.

http://www.culture.bouchain.fr/

A suivre pour la région parisienne

Ca fait rêver !

[aguataca]

Corinne West et Kelly Joe Phelps le 11 Mai en France, dans le Nord près de Valenciennes : Médiathèque de Bouchain.

http://www.culture.bouchain.fr/

A suivre pour la région parisienne

Pourquoi A suivre dans la région parisienne Nous sommes à moins de 2 heures de Paris avec un accès autoroute direct.
Pour ma part j'adore ce duo qui sonne bien.
Je suis impatient de les entendre dans un tout nouveau complexe mais surtout avec une seule date en france

[kjp]

Simplement parce que j'habite la région parisienne et que c'est plus pratique pour moi en semaine. Toutefois, si cette date devait être la seule en France, il n'est pas impossible que je passe par Bouchain.

[Ornette]

Simplement parce que j'habite la région parisienne et que c'est plus pratique pour moi en semaine. Toutefois, si cette date devait être la seule en France, il n'est pas impossible que je passe par Bouchain.

C'est sûr que 4 heures de route au total un mercredi soir n'est pas l'idéal quand on est de surcroît sans voiture... L'exclusivité, c'est peut-être bien pour les organisateurs. Pour les spectateurs, c'est un peu différent. Pour ma part, je regrette vraiment de ne plus avoir revu K.J.P., seul ou en groupe, depuis plusieurs années maintenant.

[kjp]

Pour fêter le premier anniversaire de leur premier show Corinne West et Kelly Joe Phelps sont retournés au "Schoenberg Guitars". Voici un extrait, un nouveau titre :

"Audrey Turn the Moon"

[jipes]

Bon ben malheureusement mon avis ne change pas vraiment c'est sympa mais sans plus pas de quoi faire un gros déplacement pour un concert du duo

[kjp]

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