looks like i owe someone who would never ever read this blog a big apology in the way of a retraction/correction to my coachella review. having only ever seen neko case on one other occasion, from very very far away — opening for, hmm, maybe willie nelson, maybe belle and sebastian? — and thinking then, ‘wow, she’s a great singer’, i wrongly assumed it was her on stage with the new pornographers at coachella. i do remember thinking at the time how young she looked for someone who’d made such a name for herself.

apparently my wonderment was not unfounded, as i’ve since read that the lady parts were in fact done by kathryn calder for the coachella show, another sometimes-member of the NP’s and niece to ac newman, nonetheless. anyway, the praise remains: i must have told jessica about 5 times over their hour set how great a voice that girl had, whether she’s the more famous contributor or not. sorry for the mistake, but keep up the great work and hope you’ve got plenty of parts on the new album, kathryn.