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It's That Girl Again

2008-05-02T22:15:00.004-04:00

Information about the album! The title will be It's That Girl Again and the label/release stuff is getting locked up. Here's what we can say for the time being.

Track listing (subject to change, of course!):

1. If Not Now Then When
2. Someone for Everyone
3. Everybody's On The Move
4. Tear in My Eye
5. Love Lies Bleeding
6. Blame It On The Summer
7. It's That Girl Again
8. I Must
9. Two Islands
10. Winners
11. They Know Nothing About Us
12. Clear Horizon
13. Amelki Smiech ["Amelka's Laughter"]

To connect the dots with previous posts: "If Not Now Then When" was co-written with Kevin Robinson. "Someone for Everyone" has Mark Reilly on backing vocals, "Clear Horizon" is a new version of the song from the Best of comp ten years ago (in a much more natural Basia style) and "Winners" has a Carnaval feel. "Amelki" is in Polish (apologies to Polish speakers, the accent-S would not reproduce here) and Danny's description of it as "Come To Heaven" meets "Rachel's Wedding" makes sense, actually!

More information as it develops.

Danny plays in London next week at Pizza Express

2008-04-21T11:18:00.003-04:00

It's time again for Danny to sit in with his bro Peter White and saxophonist Jaared at Pizza Express in Soho, London. It's been about three years since they started doing these shows, and reports always rave about them. I think anyone who has seen Danny play live-- especially during the 2005 tour-- would say that it's something you should definitely check out. More info here.

The album is done.

2008-03-09T17:56:00.002-04:00

Yes.

Danny says:

"We finally finished mixing on friday-13 songs,the 13th
having a Polish lyric (musically its somewhere between
"Come to heaven' and 'Rachel's wedding' if you can
imagine that!)

"When Basia was in Poland recently she recorded her
friends & family singing along which we included in
the song giving it a Polish singalong party vibe. The
song is a celebration of the arrival of her nephew's
newborn baby daughter.

"It's a nice feeling for the record to be finished-the
next thing is to master it and then work on the sleeve.
Release/record companywise we're still working on but
as soon as there's some definite news I'll let you
know."

My heart's all pitter patter, I don't know about you reading this right now.

Also, for those lucky ducks across the pond:

"Peter was over recently and I'll be playing with him
at the end of April." Go see him please and better yet, cam the performance for those of us not so lucky!

Music section up

2008-03-06T21:47:00.006-05:00

Music, lyrics and random bits of info can now be had on our Music section. The main releases have been covered and the others will be following behind. There's also a handy roundup of all the known new album info (no, there's nothing new since the last time except that Peter White mentions on his site that he just got back from working on it).

Surely something went awry in the course of putting this together so do let me know either in comments or via email what that something is. I also would love to know more trivia, Polish punctuation (and missing Polish lyrics-- I lost my copy of TSI when moving :( ), lyrics to "Springtime Laughter" from some published source (like sheetmusic-- something official, not fan generated) and how to get the main menu there to look more like the main menu here. You know, the basics. ;)

"Best Friends" live

2008-01-07T00:20:00.000-05:00

I'm willing to bet this is on Letterman in 1990. Thanks Krysia for the alert!

EDIT: fan Phil has a VHS of this labeled 1989-- wowza, remember tapes? ;) Thanks Phil.

And as a postscript to the "Astrud" clip, Peter White chimes in the forum there:
"That certainly is Richard Elliot on baritone sax- he was brought in just for the Carson show and I think that I may have even recommended him. By the way, did anyone notice Marc Antoine on guitar? He did that tour with Basia(1987 or 1988?) as I was on tour with Al Stewart at that time."

That's pretty sweet, I had no idea that was Richard Elliot!

Moving along

2007-12-28T23:10:00.001-05:00

The album is back in the mix this week, and there are exciting things happening on the label and release front-- gotta be hush-hush for now while details are being worked out, but hopefully in a few weeks there will be some proper info to share.

Downloads section is back

2007-12-04T00:23:00.001-05:00

The former Files section is now called Downloads and again contains the one extant Bronze demo, Danny solo and Danny singing in a lost Blue Rondo demo, original Time and Tide demos, the last Matt Bianco track which evolved into a Basia one, Basia singing a Ronnie Ross composition, and Danny and Andy Ross just being ridiculous.

Treasures all! So download away.

Instructional Video

2007-12-02T19:46:00.000-05:00

Back in 1996, when faced with the task of putting together a mini-segment on Basia on Broadway, CNN came to one conclusion: Basia's name is hard!

(Thanks Marcus!)

Nothing really going on: hence, videos

2007-11-28T13:36:00.000-05:00

Let's occupy ourselves with this roundup of the latest uploads to YouTube-- thanks to Mark, Marcin and the others for the alerts!

All the interview segments from A New Day in one easy clip. Anyone know where this was filmed?
The Euro/UK "Promises" video, by itself this time.
The clip for "Time and Tide" is back up.
The "Run For Cover" video!

and, um WOW! THIS! (Hey, I never saw this before today, so you can't blame me for being a little excited!)

Please comment!

Happy birthday, Basia!

2007-09-30T00:03:00.000-04:00

Everyone's favorite Libran, Basia Trzetrzelewska, celebrates a birthday today! We couldn't send enough good wishes but let's give it a shot in the Comments for this post. Have a fantastic day, Basia!

----> (that's her on the left. ;) )

Danny guests on Mark Reilly solo project

2007-09-24T14:20:00.001-04:00

We first heard about Mark Reilly's upcoming solo project (he being the male singer in Matt Bianco) a couple years ago and were really glad to see some of the new tracks on his MySpace. The one entitled "This Moment" has Danny playing a bit. It's nice stuff all around especially if you enjoy Spanish guitar, so do check it out.

Live video from a 2005 show

2007-09-24T14:02:00.000-04:00

Bev Okin-Larkin shot these short but sweet gems live in San Antonio when Matt Bianco stopped there in 2005. New Day for You, Half A Minute. So cool, thanks Bev!

Prime Time TV clip

2007-09-24T02:39:00.000-04:00

Way, way, wayy too cute a video from 1988-- I'd love to see the oversized suit come back. And Kevin looks the same as now, which is crazy. What is this show, anyway? The set reminds me of old Arsenio but the audience is way too large. Another show from Europe, maybe?

Awesome 1990 interview posted

2007-08-30T22:28:00.000-04:00

Within the London Warsaw New York tour program was a fantastic, highly insightful interview with Basia. It remains one of the best interviews ever conducted with her, so I was thrilled when the author, Ron Fell, granted permission to reproduce it on BasiaWeb. We present it here for the first time in seventeen years.

Ron says: "While owner/publisher/editor of The Gavin Report, I was the writer who did the centerpiece interview of Basia for the tour program of the 1990 London Warsaw New York world tour...It was a fairly extensive Q&A for its time in her career and I remain a huge fan of hers. The interview was conducted in the Spring of ’90 the same weekend she was in New York for her VH1 documentary which became the multi-track video she made at that time.

Thanks again for your gracious permission, Ron!

Happy Birthday, Danny!

2007-08-26T04:09:00.000-04:00

Today is August 26 and that would be Danny White's birthday.
Hope you have a good one Danny!

Positivity

2007-08-23T17:16:00.000-04:00

The thirteen new songs will be with Dave Bascombe (master mixer of The Sweetest Illusion, Depeche Mode, and maaaany others) this November for final mixing. While things can and do change, for now a spring 2008 release and a tour over summer and fall look more likely than ever. There's some strong contenders on the label front; keep tuned here toward the end of the year for solid specifics on where and when, but wheels are definitely in motion.

This is all good news and brings us ever closer to that elusive new work!

Matt Bianco performance footage, '84-'85

2007-07-21T18:12:00.000-04:00

Some great vintage clips of MB miming on what looks like European TV. Quite a crowd reaction on the "More Than I Can Bear" clip, and another performance of "Whose Side Are You On" where Danny is quite literally elevated with his white grand piano. Good stuff, catch it while you can.

Contacting (almost) everyone

2007-07-13T19:39:00.000-04:00

Ever wonder how to get hold of admin for this site? How about connecting with other fans, or are you looking for a way to contact management, perhaps? Now you can get all of the above at our revamped Contact page.

While you are at it, do check out the resurrected Library section which is in progress.

Fan interviews Danny, gets great answers

2007-06-25T22:44:00.000-04:00

Speaking of fan submissions from the backlog, here's a treasure: longtime fan Gloria Cunningham was fortunate enough to get to speak with Danny after the October set of shows he did with Peter at Pizza Express. It's not everyday one gets to sit down with the man himself, so check out this interview with Danny White, and enjoy!

Award Tour

2007-06-25T22:17:00.001-04:00

Now here's a pretty great piece of Basia memorabilia. According to its lucky owner, Canadian fan Joe Townsend, "...the glass is "etched" with a stylized map of the world with London, Warsaw, New York and Paris highlighted. The gold CD has 'a Alan Seifert Disque d'or certife par le SNEP Decembre 90" printed on it. Measures 20" X 16"." Niiiice!

Upward!

2007-05-24T19:30:00.000-04:00

Good stuff going on in London. Song eleven is wrapping up, it's got a Brazilian Carnaval feel with the working title of "Winners." Things are looking good, and the mood is very up. As Danny says, "Its starting to sound like a record now and there is
light at the end of the tunnel-so please hang on in there!"

Welcome to BasiaWeb 3.0

2007-05-17T18:25:00.000-04:00

As you can see, there have been some changes! Now that the main portion of the site runs through Blogger, we have some new features. Comments can be left about posts and while they will be moderated (gotta keep the spammers in check), there will be that degree of interactivity that the site has been lacking. Posts are labeled now too, so you can see all posts on any one topic at once. I posted some of the most useful label links at right for you to hit right away, but there are many others hiding about the old posts, too. There are some other features I'd like to implement as time goes on, but we'll deal with those later!

As I said before most of the old pages on the old site will return at a later time in a new, better-organized form-- those are the links grayed out at right. And inevitably there will be the occasional glitch or unattended detail in our first days-- do let me know what you encounter and we can make things better, together. (Aww!) Finally, thanks to you the fans for your patience as I dealt with family loss and personal life upheaval which required me to put fandom on the back burner for a while.

Now, back to supporting Basia and Danny!

Everything Must Go!

2007-05-17T00:52:00.000-04:00

The last of the Matt Bianco '04-'05 merchandise is on markdown. Get the hookup while it lasts!

SITE OUTAGES, as we prepare for our new site relaunch!

2007-05-15T18:22:00.000-04:00

Large portions of BasiaWeb will be going offline (or are already off) as I'm putting the last touches on the first phase of the site relaunch. Many of the missing parts of the site will resurface in a different form, so don't be too upset if your contributions are missing-- particularly the 'gig reports' sections which will be reborn in a more comprehensive Live page on the new site at some point in the future.

I'm also going to be working through the backlog of submissions-- so if you have submitted anything in the past year and not seen it, you will very soon after the change-over.

New features and such will be detailed in the following days!

Matt Bianco clips

2007-05-04T00:38:00.000-04:00

Here's Matt Bianco on Top of the Pops. ~~Here's Matt Bianco miming with gusto on a European show~~. And here's Matt Bianco's electronic press kit from 2004. Consider your world rocked. Thanks to Bev for finding these gems.

EDIT: OK, I am just GUTTED that one is gone! :(