Jonatha Brooke and The Story

[David Jacobsen <hifidelity@earthlink.net>]

> 
> Hi Lovehounds...
> 
> Two quick notes:
> 
> 1 - Post from a different mailing list commented that one of the
> speakers at the Hong Kong ceremonies looked "... amazingly like Kate
> Bush!" somewhere around the time Brian Blessed spoke.
> 
> 2 - Is Jhonna still posting on this list? (are you here?) E-mail
> returned undeliverable, so if you got it, I'd appreciate it (the
> E-mail address)
> 
> 3 - You didn't expect me to count correctly did you?  I write for a
> living!
> 
> 4 - Has anyone heard/heard of a group titled 'the Corrs'?  I picked
> it up on a whim, like it a whole bunch, and while it doesn't sound
> like Kate (blasphemy!) does anyone here have an opinion on the group?
> 
> 5 - (Last one I promise!) On the same thought process as the last
> note, how about 'The Story' or 'Johnatha Brook and The Story'?  Great
> stuff, IMNSHO, but I'd like some validation/humiliation there as
> well...
> 
> enough for now...
> 
> chris
> the disjointed-and-stopped-making-sense one

Jonatha Brooke and the Story's "Plumb" was one of my favorite albums of 
95/96.  As a fan of Canadian music, the immediate comparisons to Sarah 
MacLachlan were inevitable, but soon went away.  One of the compelling 
things about the album is that it is, as far as I know, the first "pop" album 
released by GRP (American jazz label).  The arrangements and song structure 
are superb!