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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Fw: Martha and the Muffins Reunite |
| Date | Thu, 03 Feb 2005 09:01:29 -0500 |
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>Members of Martha and the Muffins will be returning to their Queen St. W.
>roots when Martha Johnson and Mark Gane perform "reinterpretations" of the
>MatM songbook as a duo in The Underground at Toronto's Drake Hotel on
>Saturday, February 19th. This will mark the first time in 17 years they
>have performed a full set of MatM songs since the band played its last show
>in Toronto in 1987 at The Diamond Club.
>
>
>"We'll be doing a mix of songs from various periods, many of which we
>haven't done in more than twenty years", says Martha. "The idea is to
>eventually record the best versions of the selected old songs as a duo with
>some new material as well and release that on CD and doing this show is a
>great starting point."
>
>
>
>Admission is $15 and doors are at 8:00 PM. The opening will be the Blue
>Raincoats.The Drake Hotel is located at 1150 Queen St. West in Toronto.
>
>More News:
>
>THIS IS THE ICE AGE will be reissued on CD in spring 2005. Originally
>released in 1981, this was the first of three ground-breaking albums that
>MatM recorded with Daniel Lanois. In addition to the original track
>listing, two bonus cuts from the same recording sessions will be included:
>TWENTY-TWO IN CINCINATTI and I'M NO GOOD AT CONVERSATION , both originally
>released on vinyl as B-sides.
>
>This year is the 25th anniversary of Echo Beach being an international hit
>and winning a Juno Award for Single of The Year.
>
>German hip-hop outfit Die Fantastischen Vier (The Fantastic Four) had a Top
>Ten hit in the Fall of 2004 with the song Troy, which sampled heavily from
>the Martha and the Muffins song Indecision.
>
>
>
>www.marthaandthemuffins.com
>
>Contact: Nanci Malek - 416-516-4496
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
"Not Suing Our Customers Since 1985!!"
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/
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