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Exciting, charming and moving collection of songs … well recorded and immediate sounding. Jonathan Edwards
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ON MURRAY'S RUN
150 poems and songlyrics of singer-songwriter, Joe Dolce, personally selected, between 2010 -2017, by T.S. Eliot Prize and Queen's Medal for Poetry receipent, Les Murray.
'The Green-eyed Boy of the Rain is magical. Mr Q, Transportation to America and My Soul to Keep, made me all misty with early childhood. The Jimmy Leg is a stroke of genius'. Les Murray
$38.00 (includes postage & gst)
"'Death of Bach' is a masterpiece!" Judy Small
" . . THE WIND CRIES MARY cements Dolce's reputation as one of the country's premier songwriters. His lyrical compositions are delightful to listen to, the words fit together like a perfect puzzle and while their contrast to the music and their rhythmic sense is appealing, it is also the stories behind the songs that are beautiful. . ." Eva Roberts, Rhythms Roots Mazagine
"I once stayed in a hotel in France where on the back of the room door was a sign placed there by the management. The sign said 'Please refrain from cries of pleasure'.I thought of that hotel (way back down the road) as I played this CD. And figured that maybe Joe Dolce would have been wise to attach such a sticker to the jewel case of his CD. . ." Dai Woosnam, Kevin McCarthy's Celtic & Folk Music CD Reviews
TRACK LISTING
1. ST VALENTINE'S DAY (Dolce)
2. LYNETTA (Gentil-Dolce)
3. COCAINE LIL (trad.-Dolce)
4. ROCKS OF BAWN (trad. arranged: Dolce)
5. DRAGON LADY (Motherwell-Dolce)
6. IT WAS ONLY A DREAM (But No Reason to Awake) (Dolce)
7. SMOKIN' (Dolce)
8. HILL OF DEATH (Lawson-Dolce)
9. GIFT (from One Iraqi Child) (Dolce)
10. SEPTEMBER 11th (McKenry-Watson)
11. WIND CRIES MARY (Third Stone from the Sun) (Hendrix)
12. DEATH OF BACH (Dolce)
13. FOR NO ONE (Lennon-McCartney)
Poems
Limited First Edition
In his first collection of stand-alone poetry, Joe Dolce explores the themes of death of parents, loss of childhood and early love, solitude, spiritual enquiry and changing eroticism. Tempered with humourous reflections on blowflies, baldness and Bob Dylan, these fifty poems introduce a major new poetic voice.
JOE DOLCE has had a diverse range of his award-winning songs including Gift from One Iraqi Child, Marching With Martin Luther King Jr, Hill of Death, and My Home Ain’t in the Hall of Fame, recorded by over fifty international artists. Since 1969, he has been interested in the relationship between poetry and music and has transformed more than 100 poems into songs, including works by Sappho, Sylvia Plath, CP Cafavy, Langston Hughes, Judith Wright, Les Murray, Andrew Lansdown, Ali Cobby Eckerman and Dylan Thomas. Published in Meanjin, Canberra Times, Overland, Island, Cordite, Vine Leaves, Eye to the Telescope, Contrappasso, Voltage (USA) and Antipodes (USA), poet/editor Les Murray alone has selected seventy-five of Joe's poems & lyrics for publication in Quadrant.
‘Wry and wicked, Joe Dolce’s Hatbox is a magician’s box of poetic tricks.He can charm like an Italianate C. J. Dennis, then, as in his poem Bogong Moth, poetically “seize fire” yet “continue to swoop.”’ Jen Jewel Brown
CDS
" . . . The effervescent Freelovedays bubbles over with glorious melodies and clever lyrics. While the eclectic collection of musical ideas resists categorisation, the evidence is that Dolce is born of that folk-blues tradition that flourished before John, Paul, George and Ringo changed the rules. Indeed, the title track feels a little like Dylan's My Back Pages, and Jack of Diamonds could easily have slipped off Blood on the Tracks. . . . the highlight is the barely orchestrated tribute to the Greek poetess Sappho - whose legendary work remains only in brief fragments. Dolce sings Fragment 64 accompanied by Miriam Morris's viola in a moment of unlikely beauty, not a million miles from William Orbit's Pieces in a Modern Style. " PETE BEST, THE SUNDAY HERALD ****
"American-born, Australian-based performer, Joe Dolce is a man of many talents. Creator of the multimillion-selling song, Shaddap You Face, member of the Difficult Women performance group, and sensitive, thinking-minded singer-songwriter. Freelovedays is full of tantalising images (love, beliefs, dreams), memorable characters (Mozart, Martin Luther King Jr, Frida Kahlo) and stimulating music (folk, rock, blues, classical, choral.) The wonderful Lin Van Hek provides vocal assistance; with instrumental support including acoustic and electric guitar, synth and piano bass, keyboard and, of course, harmonica. Joe Dolce's Freelovedays is immensely appealing and one of the best albums of the year." Sue Barett RHYTHMS MAGAZINE
"Joe Dolce, as assured guitarist and blues harp player, is also a tireless performer . . . His independent CD Freelovedays is a powerful and diverse work. A highlight is the gospel-blues opener, Marchin' With Martin Luther King Jr, with its rousing vocal harmonies, but the pick of the disc is his quirky 'reinvention' of Michael Jackson's Thriller." MIKE DALY THE MELBOURNE AGE
TRACK LISTING
1. Marchin' With Martin Luther King Jr. (dolce)
2. Freelovedays (dolce)
3. Jack of Diamonds (dolce-motherwell)
4. Flowers (dolce)
5. She's a Writer (dolce)
6. Simpler Life (dolce)
7. Sleep on the Ferryboat (dolce)
8. In the Garden With Monet (dolce)
9. A Girl is Born in Bethlehem (dolce)
10. Sappho: Fragment 64 (sappho-barnard-dolce)
PLUS 2 bonus tracks!
11. Thriller (r.temperton-morrison-arr. dolce)
'Thriller' came about as a dare. I was given the Musical Challenge' by Triple M radio's Andrew Denton. They pick a song. I have two days to come up with an arrangement. What you hear is 50% improvised and 100% live-to-air. What occurred was unpredictable (you can hear naughty Andrew and Amanda Keller cacking up in the background) and I'm fond of this recording so I thought you might like it, too.
12. Crop Circles in My Marijuana (dolce)
(enhanced CD-Rom videoclip - mac & pc - existing only as this wacky videoclip made for the first show of NuCountry television in Melbourne. Here it is in all its hillbilly splendour.)
Flower
19 tracks. The best of recordings of Joe Dolce & Lin Van Hek. Beautiful harmony singing, includes the complete out-of-print LIN VAN HEK CD, 'River of Life' EP, plus 'Father', 'Take Back the Night', all the duet songs, including 5 brand new studio tracks, and some early recordings.
'Best of 2001'. Rhythms Magazine
Track Listing
1. The Moon, the Darkness & You (tait)
2. She's a Writer (dolce)
3. River of Life (tait)
4. Mr Bastard (tait)
5. Un Homme Jaloux (lennon-dolce-garland)
6. Steel-Hearted Annie (tait)
7. Marching with MLK, Jr. (dolce)
8. Sleep on the Ferryboat (dolce)
9. Flowers (dolce)
10. Slavewoman (dolce)
11. In the Garden With Monet (dolce)
12. Take Back The Night (fink-grippo)
13. A Que Ver Sale (dolce)
14. Jack of Diamonds (dolce-motherwell)
15. Tonight I am Not Your Child (dolce)
16. I'm A Kite (gillespie)
17. Lullabye for a Battered Child (dolce)
18. Women of the Chain (dolce)
19. Nothing Was Revealed (dolce-motherwell)
20. Father (dolce)
Memoirs of a Mouth Organ
Songs & Creative Blues Harmonica
"This CD documents twenty years of fascinating musical variety. . . Dolce's chromatic feedback approach to the harmonica (Hendrix meets Adler where the harmonica feeds back through an amplifier!) is used to wild effect in 'Armonika Fahnta-C in B-minor'. . . Edge of a Miracle is a beautiful gospel track featuring Lin Van Hek . . . string quartets, 12-tone composition, poetry, oratorios, psychedelia and R&B are mixed into a heady brew . . ." Niche Guide to Music
'JOE DOLCE's musicianship and song writing are better than ever. One of his newest songs, (FATHER) about forgiving his father's violence, has lyrics that an eminent poet would be proud to have written. DOLCE's setting of another poet's work, called 'MILES' DELIGHT' is a show-stopping highlight!' Chris Boyd, THE HERALD-SUN
The Tracks
1. Pundulumura Dreaming (dolce-waitarie)
2. Lickity Split (dolce-motherwell)
3. I Don't Live Today (hendrix arr. dolce)
4. 'Armonica Fahntah-C in B-minor (dolce)
5. Edge of a Miracle (dolce)
6. Ode to Diana (dolce)
7. Overture from The Black Telephone (dolce)
8. Stillborn (dolce- sylvia plath)
9. Vive L'Inspecteur Clouseau (dolce)
10. The House is Burning (lowndes)
11. Un Homme Jaloux (Jealous Guy) (john lennon-dolce-garland)
12. Nuclear Junkman (dolce)
13. Vafanculo Polka - blues harp instrumental (dolce)
14. Father (dolce)
15. Miles' Delight - 1997 (joans)
16. Remembering the Headstone Circus - 1969 (dolce) . . closing excerpt of the awesome extended acoustic improvisational blues harp solo played by Joe.
17. La Flamme Renaissante (dolce) From: THE JOAN ON FIRE ORATORIO - The Melbourne Chamber Orchestra conducted by Spiros Rantos, and Chorelation choir, directed by Faye Dumont. Recorded in 1995, live, from the balcony of the Melbourne Baptist Church.
Limited Edition Compilation Double-CD
For a limited time, a special autographed edition double-CD compilation, created especially for the Countdown Spectacular Tour, including the ORIGINAL 80s version of Shaddap You Face, plus Vafanculo Polka, Pizza Pizza, and the 12 Days of Christmas - Italian Style, and the acoustic and previously out-of-print Joe Dolce solo blues cassette album, STEAL AWAY HOME, all on one disc.
BONUS DISC - PLUS a second choice of one of the above of Joe's three great serious folk-blues albums: MEMOIRS OF A MOUTH ORGAN, or FREELOVEDAYS, or the most recent and acclaimed THE WIND CRIED MARY. This unusual double collection will only be available while the limited tour stock lasts. Please make sure to indicate which of the three folk-blues albums you want for your second CD.
Track List for Bonus Disc
1. Shaddap You Face (dolce) original version
2. Pizza Pizza (dolce)
3. Vafanculo Polka (dolce-colossimo)
4. 12 Days of Christmas -Italian Style (dolce-trad.)
5. Feeling Weary (dolce-motherwell)
6. Lickity Split (dolce-motherwell)
7. Morning Star (dolce-motherwell)
8. Nothing Was Revealed (dolce-motherwell)
9. Give (dolce-motherwell)
10. Black Jack Blues (dolce-motherwell)
11. Jack of Diamonds (dolce-motherwell)
12. Dragon Lady (dolce-motherwell)
13. Who Goes There (dolce-motherwell)
T-SHIRTS
SHADDAP YOU FACE T-SHIRT
190 gsm compacted cotton
The last remaining stock from the Countdown Spectacular Tour.
Colours & Sizes remaining:
Moss (khaki), Ice Blue
Medium, Small and Women's 12 sizes only.
$A 25.00 (plus postage)
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