- Michael
Becker

music

review

ATLANTIC CANADA'S

_ hegemony on Canuck Celtic
“rock music ended decidedly _
with the success of Spirit of
the West. As that band pro-
gressively plays:down its
Celtic roots on the road to
broadened commercial -
appeal, younger groups are

-picking op where they teft

off.
Unquestionably there is much.

fine energy to be had when tin
whistle, bodhran and fiddle meet

- guitar bass and drum kit. Local:

‘Celtic rockers. The Paperboys :
brought Stomp (frontman Tom
Landa’s term for a giddy mix of
Celtic, bluegrass, folk and Latin)
to the 18th-annual Vancouver Folk =
Music Festival a few weeks ‘ago.
.The band covers pop territory .
and reeling rant‘on its debut disc,
Late ‘As Usual, on Stompy Discs.
The project was produced by
Colin Nairne, who has also. ',
worked with Barney Bentall and

Mae Moore, and Geoffrey Kelly. ; a

Spirit of the West). ie
«More than 2
independent disc have been’
snapped up since it was released
earlier.this year on St. Paddy’s
Day.’ A’ video is in the works and F

the rootsy feel- good party guys are

in, constant demand as a live act.
“Last year’s show at the:

‘Harmony Arts Festival in West

Vancouver packed Dundarave’.

Beach. Growing, popularity in the ©
Seattle area brings the band to the,

Buinbershoot Festival i in
September. ;

Cam Salay plays bass ‘and:
banjo’ for The Paperboys. Here’ S
some of what-he had to’say at the »
Vancouver Folk Music Festival: ;

the Beverly. Hillbillies ind stuff
like that. Once I gota banjo and

What ‘does the concept of

Stomp mean to you?:’
tmeans it’s good fun stomp-

ing music and people love to
-dance.to it and we can incorporate
“anything into it, We try to create a
‘good fun energy that appeals toa
“Jotof people. We have a wide
audience from seven to 70 years
old, We just did a six-week tour
where we played bars on the»,
weckend, Irish pubs'all week, did-

a couple of Kindergartens. We can =

lay anywhere.” “

What attracted you to Celtic”
“music?

“I've ‘always loved it. My :
mom's English Irish so I've heard
a lot of it through here. IUs-a new
- challenge beyond blucgrass: for the,
banjo." ”

Can you talk about any musi-
cal discoveries you ‘ve made at
“this festival? 2° -

* “Every, time you go to a festivi i
none blows, yoiir fice off that °
you ve never heard of At this one

Us Laura’ Love, super funk bass

ayer and then-she starts yodel- ic

000 copies of the :

ing, sings a line and then finishes
of with a yadel She's gota nice
mix of funk and world beat and

“voice could be country.

“We get a lot of compliments
on our band because we're such a
mix. H people are dancing we'll
play dance music. If they want to

sit und tisten we'll put away the
bass and drums and the druminer
will get out the bodhran and V1
play the banjo and play good tradi-
tional stuff”

Is playing at this festival a big
step for the band?

“t's definitely a big step. This

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has been a royal weekend.
Performers are treated like royalty
around here. It's just so orga-
nized.”

Do you see a band like Spirit
of the West.as a carcer path
model? How do you work the

and Celtic?

“{ personally would like to keep
writing new material with a wadi-
tional feel, All of us would like to
do that, But something happens
when you do get successful, you
get into a position where you can

balancing act between pop, rock do whatever you want”

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