Dayna Kurtz
Dayna Kurtz is an American singer/songwriter. Her music has been described as a blend of jazz, folk, pop and blues. She was named Female Songwriter of the Year in 1997 by the National Academy of Songwriters.
Norah Jones (who duets on Duke Ellington's "I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good" on Kurtz's 2004 album "Beautiful Yesterday") and Bonnie Raitt have raved about Kurtz in interviews, and she's performed on such high-profile radio shows as World Café, Mountain Stage and NPR's Morning Edition and Tell Me More.
She has toured as a supporting act with Elvis Costello, Richard Thompson, Mavis Staples, Dr. John, and the late B.B. King and Richie Havens, as well as with Rufus Wainwright, Keren Ann, Chris Whitley, and The Blind Boys of Alabama.
Kurtz has recorded two Secret Canon albums, collecting obscure blues and R&B gems originally recorded in the 1940s, '50s and '60s.
Critic James Reed of the Boston Globe wrote in a review of Beautiful Yesterday that "there's no logical reason why singer-songwriter Dayna Kurtz is not a full-blown star".
Holy Holy
"Holy Holy" is a song by David Bowie, originally released as a single in January 1971. It was recorded in November 1970, after the completion of The Man Who Sold the World, in the perceived absence of a clear single from that album. Like Bowie's two previous singles, it sold poorly and failed to chart.
At the time Marc Bolan's Tyrannosaurus Rex was a significant source of inspiration for Bowie. On this track, according to NME editors Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray, "Bolan's influence is so much in the ascendant that it virtually amounts to a case of demonic possession". The single's B-side was another Tyrannosaurus Rex flavoured song called "Black Country Rock". Bowie performed "Holy Holy" on Britain's Granada Television wearing a dress, which he would also wear on the cover of the soon-to-be-released UK edition of The Man Who Sold the World.
A more frantic version of the song was recorded in 1971 for The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. It was dropped from the album, but subsequently appeared as the B-side to "Diamond Dogs" in 1974. This version was also released as a bonus track on the Rykodisc reissue of The Man Who Sold the World in 1990 (despite the sleeve notes referring to it as the original cut), as well as on the Ziggy Stardust – 30th Anniversary Reissue bonus disc in 2002. Bowie himself vetoed the inclusion of the original at a late stage, and the single remained the only official release of the 1970 recording until 2015, when it was included on Re:Call 1, part of the Five Years (1969–1973) compilation.
Holy Holy (band)
Holy Holy is a supergroup which exists to perform the musical works of David Bowie. The group features drummer Woody Woodmansey, formerly of Bowie's backing band The Spiders from Mars and Tony Visconti, Bowie's long time producer and occasional bass player, as well as a number of other notable musicians.
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The group undertook a short tour in the UK in September 2014 and a larger scale one of the UK and Japan in the summer of 2015. In January 2016 they toured the east coast of the United States. Their show consists of a first half during which they perform David Bowie's classic The Man Who Sold the Word and a second half during which early Bowie classics are performed.
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ALBUMS
- Secret Canon Vol. 2 released: 2013
- American Standard released: 2012
- Another Black Feather.... For The Wings Of A Sinner released: 2006
- Postcards From Downtown released: 2002
- Footprints released: 1995
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- Otherwise Luscious Life released:
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SHOWDOWN
by: Dayna Kurtzpulled out the big guns
got my best dress on
shit, i’d forgotten you were charming
– you’re disarming
been playing too hard
this is a hard town
& all my old gang has broken down, somehow
I miss them all
(though not just now)
we say i’m fine, how are you
showdown
it’s you & me
got you pinned up against a stark raving skyline
it’s love, yeah love
just picks me up then lets me down
pulled out the big guns
got my new boots on
i’m gonna wear a groove so deep
in your mind that everyone coming after me
will be moving to my beat
showdown
we got green lights down 9th avenue
we got an ice cold slice of winter moon
we both got torture guards around our hearts
mine usedta break me down too soon