Talk:Sorta (band)

List of references to be used

• ref regarding the death of Carter Albrecht.

• From the Dallas Morning News, via third part Fox11az.com, a review of “Strange and Sad, but True.”, August 9, 2006

• Interview with Ward Williams, pedal steel player for Sorta, comments on his future, and the future of the band.

• Chris Holt, of Sorta named Dallas Observer Musician-of-the-Year, August 16, 2007.

• Christ Holt, of Sorta, named Dallas Observer Musician-of-the-Year, May 5, 2005.

• Carter Albrecht and Trey Johnson win various awards, April 17, 2003.

• Review of a Sorta concert, by Johanna Widner, December 21, 2006.

• Sorta called a “top-tier act” in an article reporting on a multiple-act concert.

• Article discussing the past and future of Sorta, August 24, 2006

• South by Southwest Band notes, discussing Liz Phair picking a Sorta song for a 2004 compilation, 2005 SbSw.

• Sorta profile on PMG confirming the Liz Phair pick, as well as other things.

• Dallas Morning News article on Albrecht’s death.

• Review of Strange and Sad, but True, by Adam Black for Thisistexasmusic.com, 18 August 2006. Mentions that Danny and Trey founded the band.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Bellwether BC (talk • contribs) 03:49, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Review for accuracy and quality

Hi Bellweather - happy to take a look at this article at your suggestion. There are a few points that I think need to be developed further, and I will try to work with you to see if we can resolve them.

• Article states the band was formed in 2001, current reference does not include that information.
• Ref #4 is apparently a press release that quotes other reviewers - any way to find the original reviews? Some press releases are pretty straight, but I've seen some major "reinterpretations" of reviews in them.
• Any references available for Chris Holt's Musician of the year award in 2006? (Never mind...use reference #6)
• Ermm..and ref #6 says Holt won the award in 2006, and is written in 2006 so obviously does not discuss him winning it again in 2007. Done
• Ref #6 doesn't specify which TV program the song(s) were used for, but Grey's Anatomy is named in the article.

It's my opinion that the section on Albrecht's death is too long; probably a single paragraph would be sufficient here, especially as there is a full-scale article on Albrecht. I think you've worked on that one as well, so any info in this article that isn't in that one should probably be moved over there. You might want to look closely at the refs for this article and pick out anything useful about Albrecht the musician to add to his separate article. Done

So - objectives for article improvement:

• Find more refs specific to the band and the releases, in particular trying to track down the Liz Phair/Jane stuff, and any formal confirmation of which television shows included which songs. The Phair information will increase notability, and naming individual TV programs can sometimes be controversial.
• Find a ref clearly confirming when the band was formed. Done
• References that describe their tours - where did they go, for how long, as main act or support, etc. There's a mention of a planned tour of Europe - did they go? Any reviews of performances? (Bands touring outside their native country are also "more notable.")
• Edit down the Carter Albrecht death section. If you'd like, I will work on that. DoneIs that enough paring?
• Clean up the other points noted above.

I will see if I can dig up some other refs, no guarantees mind you. Thanks for suggesting I take a look here. Risker (talk) 01:59, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

• Hey, Risker! Thanks for the advice. Off the top of my head, I know that CH's 2007 award is dealt with in a ref from the list at the top of this page. I'm pretty busy in RL right now, so any work you want to do on the article is cool with me. I'll check around about the Europe thing. I can ask Danny (the member I know a bit) or their manager Carrie (who I'm in current contact with about additional photographs, and other issues) about it. Thanks again for taking a look! -- Bellwether ^B_C 02:12, 27 January 2008 (UTC)