XENE TRADES | studs
for spurs; Wall's call is
cool; Luba tells all;
Roches rally with electric
revamp.
Exene Cervenka — Old Wive's
Tales, Rhino Records 1989

The female who fronted the
once glorious L.A. punk vand X,
has remade herself. Dise .-d the
raucous, replace it with a sweetly
ironic vision and color it country.

This down-home project runs
the gamut from the mosi X-like
He’s Gor A She to the conspira-
torial Beat-rap of Gravel.

Wendy Wall — $BK Records 1989

A rewarding Giebut from an artist
whose dusky voice reminds a bit
of Dusty Springtield. The New
Yorker made an aborted :un for
label favor during the dark days of
disco.

But a decade of enlightment is
upon us. The stars of lyricists who
weave words of consequence are
rising. Time spent absorving Joni
Mitchell, Richie Havens and Harry
Belafonte, and a period spent
tightening up ensemble ticks at
New York’s Bitter End, have paid
off.

Thirteen uncluttered cuts cap-
tivate with a cool and
sophisticated uptown flair.

Luba — All Or Nothing, Capitol
Records 1989
Small woman — huge voice.

Brigadoon

comes to
NV, laddie

THE HAUNTING strains of the
prologue to Brigadoon conjure up
a picture of misty glens. craggy
hills and lang-horned |! tighland
cattle...a picture that carries cast
and audience into the tand of
“once upon a time’’ where we
willingly suspend disbelief and
allow this legend of a_ magical
Scottish village to work its charms.

On Feb. 1 the Greater Van-
couver Operatic Society brings a
remount of Alan Jay Lerner’s and"
Frederick Loewe’s musical to Cen-
tennial Theatre. Directed by Keith
Simpson, Brigadoon runs Feb. 1,
2, 3,8, 9 and 10.

First performed at the Ziegfield
Theatre in New York in 1947, the
musical features colorful 18th cen-
tury costumes and music by
Loewe. The story is based on the
book by Lerner.

North Vancouver's Norman
Leggatt, whose works have in-
cluded the original productions of
My Fair Lady, Oliver and Fiddler
On the Roof, is the show's
choreographer. North Vancouver
actor Don fabour plays Archie
Beaton.

Tickets are available at Tick-
etmaster or from Centennial
Theatre’s box office. Phone 987-
7529.

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EXENE CERVENKA LEAVES L.A. SOUND

MICHAEL &
BECKER

record review

Luba shakes off some of the slick
hi-tech fixtures that turned Be-
tween the Earth And Sky into a big
seller for the Montrealer. Luba,
who is starting to sound like
Canada’s fernale answer to John
Cougar Mellencamp, lets her gutsy
voice do more of the talking.
Luba’s at her best on numbers like

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Bringing it All Back Home, where
she does it up simply and with
sentimental directness.

Strip away the rock ‘n’ roll bells
and whistles and you find melody.
The Roches — Speak, MCA Re-
cords 1989

The association that began “in
the back seat of our parents’ car’
has evolved. The Roches bolt on
some new hardware to the family
car stereo system, roll dawn the
windows and ease into an electric
glide. Their seventh release
kisses-off homey guitars and piano
and buys into the programmed
world of synthesized music mak-
ing. The microchip aural wash
complements the trio’s crisp vocal
synergy. The oddball heart-under-

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ed up with a deadpan ironic twist.

looking glass observations remain
pithy and therapeutic.

And just to prove Terre, Suzzy
and Maggie haven't totally re-

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