The G-Man sent me a copy of Neko Case’s performance “Live at Disney Hall” (11-16/2007) hosted on NPR and I must say, I have embraced Case’s Country noir-Indie style of music. Neko Case (real name) hails from Tacoma, Washington and graduated from the Emily Carr Inst of Art and Design in Vancouver, Canada where she collaborated with bands (i.e. The New Pornographers, The Sadies and Carolyn Mark-whom she tours with as the Corn Sisters) before graduating and losing her student visa.
Case moved to Seattle after school, cutting two records (The Virginian and Furnace Room Lullaby-2002) as Neko Case and Her Boyfriends before heading to the Windy City for a more conducive environment for her work. She dropped her boyfriends in Chicago and released Canadian Amp with six covers on the album, including country and folk legends Neil Young and Hank Williams. It was rumored that her next album, Blacklisted was in response to Case having a “wardrobe malfunction” while performing at the Grand Old Opry in 2001 and not being invited back, but evidently, that’s just part of the “mill”.
A few more collaborations, an election win (32% of the vote) as the "Sexiest Babe of Indie Rock" in a Playboy.com Internet poll, a spot on Austin City Limits in 2006 (see video) and now a performance now, “she’s going to Disneyland”. If you dig on Dolly Parton or the slow deep depression of Neil Young’s Harvest Moon, then pull up a chair and put on some headphones, because Neko Case will be your cup of tea, and while you are at it, go pick up her latest album, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006) or get in the holiday spirit with her single, Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis or catch her on tour with The New Pornographers. (Photo courtesy of NekoCase.net)
Case’s performance on Austin City Limits, hosted by RSpaceball on You Tube:
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