{"id":28245,"date":"2018-04-21T14:26:44","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T18:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=28245"},"modified":"2018-04-21T14:26:49","modified_gmt":"2018-04-21T18:26:49","slug":"on-stage-beyond-the-morning-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=28245","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Beyond ‘The Morning After’"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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Maureen McGovern<\/p><\/div>\n

This weekend, two very talented and very different female artists are performing shows in the area \u2013 Maureen McGovern and Danielle Miraglia.<\/p>\n

Even though they represent different genres and different ages, both are crowd-pleasers with universal appeal.<\/p>\n

On April 21, the Rrazz Room (6426 Lower York Road, New Hope, 888-596-1027, www.TheRrazzRoom.com<\/a>) will host a concert by McGovern.<\/p>\n

McGovern is celebrating the 45th Anniversary of her theme song, \u201cThe Morning After,\u201d which won the Oscar for Best Song of the Year in 1973 and became an international Gold Record and garnered her a Grammy Nomination for Best New Artist.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up in Youngstown, Ohio,\u201d said McGovern, during a recent phone interview from her current home in Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 1971, I set out on the road with my husband and a drummer. We had a trio and played clubs in the Midwest. My manager sent my tapes to record companies. Everyone turned me down \u2013 except 20th<\/sup>Century.<\/p>\n

\u201cRuss Regan, who was the head of 20th<\/sup> Century, liked what he heard. He was looking for someone to sing \u2018The Morning After\u2019 from the movie \u2018The Poseidon Adventure.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt looked like \u2018The Poseidon Adventure\u2019 would be a huge movie. The film took off \u2013 but my song did nothing. Then, the film was nominated for an Academy Award \u2013 and it won. After that happened, the record company re-released the single.\u201d<\/p>\n

The rest is history.<\/p>\n

After \u201cThe Morning After\u201d won an Oscar for Best Original Song, it scored well on the popular music charts, reaching #1 during 1973. The song sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc<\/a> by the R.I.A.A.<\/a> in August 1973. Following the success of \u201cThe Morning After,\u201d McGovern received a Grammy Award<\/a> nomination in 1974 for \u201cBest New Artist.\u201d<\/p>\n

McGovern\u2019s third single \u201cNice to Be Around\u2019 was an Oscar-nominated tune. In 1974, lightning struck again with McGovern\u2019s single \u201cWe May Never Love Like This Again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe May Never Love Like This Again\u201d was a song written by Al Kasha<\/a> and Joel Hirschhorn<\/a> for the 1974 film<\/a>, \u201cThe Towering Inferno<\/a>.\u201d It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song<\/a> in 1974, and was performed by Maureen McGovern<\/a> both for the film score and, briefly, in the film itself with McGovern portraying a singer.<\/p>\n

It seemed like a pattern was developing \u2013 a connection between McGovern and big-production disaster movies.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got to be known as the \u2018Disaster Scene Queen,\u2019\u201d said McGovern. \u201cI also did a song for \u2018Gold,\u2019 a movie about a South African mining disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n

The song was \u201cWherever Love Takes Me.\u201d Staying true to the established pattern, it received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song.<\/p>\n

McGovern\u2019s career as a singer came naturally from her background.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a child, I sang in the grade school choir,\u201d said McGovern. \u201cI also played guitar. My dad sang in a barbershop quartet. By third grade, I knew that I was going to be a singer.\u201d<\/p>\n

The list of other hits by McGovern includes \u201cCan You Read My Mind\u201d from \u201cSuperman,\u201d \u201cDifferent Worlds\u201d from the TV series \u201cAngie,\u201d \u201cWe Could Have It All,\u201d and \u201cHalfway Home.\u201d In addition to hearing her music in films and television, McGovern played the role of \u201cSr. Angelina\u201d in the iconic comedy films \u201cAirplane!\u201d and \u201cAirplane II: The Sequel\u201d and the role of \u201cRachel\u201d in \u201cJoseph: King of Dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n

McGovern made her Broadway debut in 1981 as \u201cMabel\u201d in \u201cThe Pirates of Penzance,\u201d and went on to star as \u201cLuisa\u201d in \u201cNine\u201d and \u201cPolly Peachum\u201d in \u201c3 Penny Opera.\u201d In 2005, she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for her role as \u201cMarmee\u201d in \u201cLittle Women, The Musical.\u201d<\/p>\n

McGovern\u2019s new album \u201cYou Raise Me Up \u2013 A Spiritual Journey,\u201d is an intimate, uplifting and powerful recording. It features a new \u201c45th<\/sup> Anniversary\u201d version of \u201cThe Morning After\u201d and a refreshing new take on \u201cAmazing Grace.\u201d<\/p>\n

For now, McGovern is focused on celebrating the landmark anniversary of her classic hit.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy show will be a 45th anniversary Poseidon Adventure party,\u201d said McGovern. \u201cI\u2019m inviting people to come in their jammies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a two-hour show that is a celebration of great movie songs \u2013 music by such greats as Rodgers and Hammerstein, Gershwin, and Rodgers and Hart. There also contemporary songs and songs from Disney movies. All the songs in the sow were in movies.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, if you\u2019re heading out to the Rrazz Room tonight, make sure you bring popcorn and pajamas.<\/p>\n

Video link for Maureen McGovern \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/D2FtZTz85as<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at the Rrazz Room will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $40.<\/p>\n

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Danielle Miraglia<\/p><\/div>\n

On April 21, Burlap and Bean Coffeehouse (204 South Newtown Street Road, Newtown Square, 484-427-4547,\u00a0www.burlapandbean.com<\/a>) will present a concert featuring Danielle Miraglia as the headline act.<\/p>\n

Ironically, Miraglia released a song called \u201cThe Morning After\u201d on Bandcamp on November 18, 2016. It was a song inspired by a different disaster \u2013 a real one. It deals with a woman having to deal with a man forcing himself on her.<\/p>\n

According to Miraglia, \u201cThis is a little homegrown GarageBand recording of a new song about what it personally felt like as a woman waking up on November 9 (2016). With the latest news, I know this is just one of many concerns, but this is the perspective I can speak from. All proceeds will go to ACLU.org<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since then, Miraglia has put out a new album \u201cAll My Heroes Are Ghosts, which was released with her band Danielle M and The Glory Junkies. It touches on topics such as the loss of many of rock\u2019s musical heroes, the chaos of \u201cfake news,\u201d the general sense that the world is on fire and the death of a complicated loved one.<\/p>\n

The music reflects the influence of some of Miraglia\u2019s own musical heroes — The Rolling Stones, Prince, Janis Joplin — along with her lyrical ability to explore human nature at its best and worst.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe album came out in December,\u201d said Miraglia, during a phone interview Thursday from her home in Somerville, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded it over the course of last year with engineer Dave Westner at Wooly Mammoth Studio in Waltham, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe went in two times. Most of it was recorded live in the studio. It was my first album put out as a band with the same guys throughout the album. I also went back to the studio a few times for overdubs.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy previous album was \u2018Glory Junkies\u2019 in 2015. This was my shortest time between records. Most of the songs were written between the albums \u2013except \u2018Rock Stars.\u2019 That was an old one.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything was written in a year. This is the same band I used on both albums. They\u2019ve been my friends for a long time. There are a few songs on the new album that I wrote myself, but most were written with the band. When I was writing, I had the other instruments in mind. It\u2019s cool to do that \u2013 to think differently when I\u2019m writing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miraglia has been playing her blues-influenced original rock songs in her home area Boston and around the Northeast for more than a decade-and-a-half. Along the way, she has released four albums and played a number of gigs in the Philadelphia area \u2013 including the Eagleview Summer Concerts on the Square in Exton.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started playing guitar when I was 13,\u201d said Miraglia, who was nominated for a 2015 Boston Music Award for Singer-Songwriter of the Year. \u201cNo singing — just guitar. Then, I went to Emerson College and got a degree in creative writing. After that, I started writing songs and playing open mikes around Boston. I started working at a law firm after I graduated.<\/p>\n

\u201cLuckily, I got laid off and that allowed me to focus on my music. I was gigging anywhere I could. I started doing a lot of bar gigs. It was great at the time. I was just excited to be able to play music. And, with bar gigs, you deal with every situation possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a while, Miraglia realized it was time to take her music career to another level.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found a good manager and that started changing things,\u201d said Miraglia, who grew up in Revere, a Boston suburb. \u201cI was in the folk scene already, but he started getting me better gigs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since then, the gigs have continued to get better and her fan base has steadily grown.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like having a band with me but I can\u2019t always take them on the road with me,\u201d said Miraglia. \u201cI\u2019ll be playing solo at Burlap and Bean and Katie Barbato will be doing some backup vocals with me.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are one or two songs from the new album that are served better with the band. Ideally, you want every song to sound good with or without a band. Most of the new ones are transferrable. I\u2019m also playing some older songs that have transcended the test of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Danielle Miraglia \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/G_ejEWP7HfI<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Video for Miraglia\u2019s \u201cThe Morning After\u201d — https:\/\/youtu.be\/WIaju-5ZXZU<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Burlap and Bean, which has Robinson Treacher as the opener, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15.<\/p>\n

On April 21, another show will sound like a disaster about to happen \u2013 a show by Buried Above Ground. A band described as \u201cdelivering savage and unrelenting new music.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Buried Above the Ground<\/p><\/div>\n

Buried Above the Ground — DJ Gunnarson, Guitars; Eric McMahon, Vocals; Sam “Digg” Flach, Drums; Coz, Bass — will play Saturday night at Reverb (1402 North Ninth Street, Reading, 610-743-3069, www.reverbconcerts.com<\/a>) as part of the \u201cChaos & Carnage Tour,\u201d which has Carnifex as the headliner.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is our first national tour,\u201d said Gunnarson, during a recent phone interview from his home in Minneapolis, Minnesota.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd, it\u2019s our first opportunity to play the songs from the new album on stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new album is \u201cThe Crown,\u201d a six-song EP that was just released on April 10.<\/p>\n

\u201cI spent the last year or so writing songs,\u201d said Gunnarson. \u201cI wrote 22 for the album and then kept the best ones. We\u2019d just jam in the studio. We\u2019ve been working on it most of last year. We recorded it at Winterland Studio in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n

Buried Above Ground\u2019s music is intense sonically and lyrically.<\/p>\n

According to Gunnarson, \u201cOur lives over the last year have been anything but easy to overcome. After some time to focus and recoup, this has turned out to be our heaviest output to date, as well as most polished material.\u00a0 We are not a band just looking to get a foot in the door, or just stand in the corner. We want to break down the door and tear down the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you get an opportunity to catch us live, you will see that we leave everything we have out on that stage, and each and every single night, we leave what little pieces we have left of ourselves with whoever is in the building. Our shows are extremely heavy both physically, and emotionally, and anyone who comes out early to check us out, will feel how dark and angry we feel, and be able to let it all out and leave it all at the show. Playing live is definitely therapeutic for us and we hope that it can be for our fans and the audience as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buried Above Ground is not a band that has a fear of speaking out.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the songs are just about life really,\u201d said Gunnarson. \u201cSome stuff we\u2019re still not comfortable talking about yet. When you give all you have to your music, you leave people in your life out of your loop.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe four of us have bene really focused with our music and that means we\u2019ve missed other things in our lives. But, if you want to be the best, it leaves little time for sleep \u2013 or your family.<\/p>\n

\u201cNegative things were surrounding us. We\u2019ve been using this album as a coping mechanism. It brought a new focus to the band. At the end of the day, things came out better.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe songs are definitely cathartic. When we put this together, it was therapeutic. When it was done, we felt like a weight had been lifted from our shoulders.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buried Above Ground\u2019s fans don\u2019t need a trip to a psychiatrist \u2013 just tickets to one of the band\u2019s concerts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to convey that our music should be an emotional attitude that lets you connect with bad feelings,\u201d said Gunnarson. \u201cFor us, playing the songs live \u2013 it reminds you that you\u2019re in a better place that you were when you wrote it.<\/p>\n

\u201cConnecting with the audience and having that feeling of togetherness is what it\u2019s all about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Buried Above the Ground \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/fKXyDtDdAaE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Reverb, which also features Carnifex, Oceano, Winds of Plague, Archspire, Spite, Shadow of Intent, Nights Of Malice, Black Lotus, Skeletal 69, Dark Entity, and Design the Void, will start at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25.<\/p>\n

Another act playing the area this weekend is an act that is finally recovering from a disaster.<\/p>\n

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Matt and Kim<\/p><\/div>\n

Matt and Kim, who play the Electric Factory (421 North Seventh Street, Philadelphia, 215-627-1332, www.electricfactory.info<\/a>) on April 22, suffered a major setback last year.<\/p>\n

The duo was performing\u00a0last March at the Vaiven Festival in Mexico when drummer Kim Schifino suffered a traumatic leg injury onstage. Schifino jumped from the stage platform and saw she was about to jump on someone. When she landed, the top half of her leg went in one direction and the bottom half headed in another direction.<\/p>\n

\u201cKim had a serious injury \u2013 a torn ACL and meniscus,\u201d said Matt Johnson during a phone interview Friday afternoon from a tour stop in Columbus, Ohio. \u201cWe got onstage and it happened in the first 10 minutes of the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat pretty much took us out for an entire year. Before that, we were either recording or else on the road non-stop. I think that up to that point, the longest we were ever off the road was four months.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are just now starting to tour again. That was such a long time off. I felt like I had retired.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thought we\u2019d use the time to work on music. But, the first few months, we were focusing on recovery \u2013 surgery and learning to walk again. We thought we could use the time, but we had to split the focus.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith my brain, I can only focus on one thing. Songwriting has to be the main focus if I want to write songs. Maybe three of four months after Kim\u2019s surgery, we started to put our heads down and write some songs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe live in New York, but we were in L.A. at the time. We don\u2019t have a car in New York. We ride the subway and New York can be a tough city to deal with if you have a disability.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, Matt and Kim are troopers and they kept pushing ahead.<\/p>\n

\u201c2017 was a tough year for all of us,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cWe\u2019ve been lucky as a band to have had a good life. In the past, we hadn\u2019t written songs to get things off our chest. Last year, writing had to be therapeutic \u2013 making lemonade out of lemons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matt and Kim\u2019s trademark upbeat music didn\u2019t suffer from the setback. Instead, the duo created a tasty and lively new album called \u201cAlmost Everyday,\u201d which will come out May 4 on the Fader label.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith songwriting, a lot of times, I\u2019ll start the idea and then Kim will crack the whip and make it faster,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cThat\u2019s her drummer mentality. She comes from a place with no rules. We also write lyrics together. Even though I sing the songs, a lot comes from Kim\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe made the album as we went along. We\u2019d record at home and then bring the tracks to the studio. We cut it mostly at a studio in North Hollywood.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of it was done in the second half of 2017. We had 30 songs when we started — 15 got finished and 10 went on the album. I only ever want to make 10-song albums. I want people to listen through without stopping.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we finished the album, we realized it had a theme \u2013 appreciating what you got before it\u2019s gone. We saw what it would be like if we didn\u2019t do this anymore. It\u2019s a good theme. It felt like an album from beginning to end.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Matt and Kim \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/JyVzPx4ecHA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at the Electric Factory, which has Tokyo Police Club as the opener, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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