Maria McKee - Dublin 2017

Temple Bar Trad Fest 
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Dublin, Ireland
Jan. 27, 2017

solo performance on guitar & piano
with guests Denis Roche & Jude
   
audience recording (sound quality: VG+; there's the expected reverb from the cathedral's natural acoustics; that said, it sounds excellent)

Maria plays TradFest in Dublin, 2017
above photo by retiredmartin, below by V. Lennon 

  
00 intro
01 Shelter from the Storm
02 Am I the Only One?
03 talk
04 A Good Heart
05 talk
06 You Are the Light
07 talk
08 If Love Is a Red Dress Hang Me In Rags 
09 talk
10 High Dive
11 Wheels
12 Breathe
13 talk
14 Has He Got a Friend for Me?
15 talk
16 Show Me Heaven
17 talk
18 In Your Constellation
19 Absolutely Barking Stars
20 encore applause
21 talk
22 Life Is Sweet

ROB SEZ: There aren't many recent MM solo shows available, so I thought I'd share this one with you. In his review, Paul McGee called McKee's performance a "tour de force ... with a disarming charm that [kept] everybody completely present in the moment." For a 50-something vocalist, McKee's tone and vocal technique are stunning. Trusting the taper did his level best with the available acoustics, I found the results too trebly. So I eq’d the tracks in Audacity to improve what sounded to me like an overly shrill top end. I think it’s easier on the ears now ... at least my ears! Enjoy.
  
BIG WHOPPIN’ THANKS to jonnyfox for sharing

FLAC

MP3@320

Maria McKee - Hamburg 1989 + Washington 1998 (FM)

Club Logo
Hamburg, Germany
Nov. 11, 1989

FM recording (sound quality: VG+)

01 To Miss Someone

02 Shelter

03 Hickory Wind

04 Hold Me

05 Wheels

06 Drinkin' In My Sunday Dress 

07 Don't Toss Us Away

08 Breathe

09 Panic Beach

10 This Property Is Condemned

9:30 Club

Washington, D.C.

Dec. 11, 1998

  

FM broadcast (sound quality: VG+)

01 intro
02 Life Is Sweet
03 The Promised Land
04 Panic Beach
05 Love Doesn't Love
06 I'm Not Listening
07 Wheels
08 From Our TV Teens to the Tomb
09 This Perfect Dress
10 Be My Joy
11 Something Similar
12 Am I the Only One?
13 Absolutely Barking Stars
14 Worry Birds
15 Shelter
16 Breathe
  

Extra thanks to Don for sharing

MP3@320

ASH Tuesday post #85

Maria McKee - Live in Sweden 1993 (pre-FM) + bonus

Karen
Goteborg, Sweden 
Nov. 6, 1993

preFM recording (sound quality: Ex-)


SAMPLE: "My Girlhood Among the Outlaws" (live 1993)

    

   

      

ROB SEZ: Bottom line: this is one of the best-sounding, best-performed Maria McKee boots in existence (yup, I have listened to most of 'em). There's another version of this show — a shorter FM capture, but this one has incredible sound quality. Extra big thanks to BK, araslim & Edwin for sharing this with the fans. The shorter live set from Germany is also pretty spiffy. Expect more from the Little Diva here in the coming days. [Psssst ... the mystery bonus share is not to be missed. Just poke around; you'll find it.]
   
Musicians: (Dusseldorf show; see comment below for Goteborg line-up)
Maria McKee - guitar, vocals | Bruce Brody - keyboards
Marvin Etzioni - violin, mandolin | Don Heffington - drums
Susan Otten - perc. + backing vocals | Tammy Rogers - guitar, fiddle
Ben Fisher - bass
  
Dusseldorf, Germany
July 17, 1993

FM recording (sound quality VG++) 

01 I Can’t Make It Alone
02 My Lonely Sad Eyes
03 Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
04 Breathe
05 Nobody’s Child
06 The Way Young Lovers Do
07 I’m Gonna Soothe You
08 Why Wasn’t I More Grateful
09 New Pony
10 Sister Anne - You Gotta Sin 
     to Get Saved
   
FLAC
   
MP3@320

Maria hasn't released any albums of her own music in quite a while. But she's featured prominently in the soundtracks to husband Jim Akin's independent films. So if you want to hear recent "Maria McKee" music, check out the soundtracks for After the Triumph of Your Birth and The Ocean of Helena Lee. Most tracks are instrumentals, but a few longer MM songs with vocals are sprinkled in...

Learn more about Maria McKee's music 

at her web site, FB page or AllMusic