RECORD REVIEW

OU’VE LIKELY had

your fill of top 10s of

1993. t respect that, so
here are my top 11 discs of
1993:

Annie Ross and the Low Note

- Quintet; Lori Singer and the

~ Trout Quartet — Short Cuts, The
‘Soundtrack Album, Imago
As is the case «vith the movie,
the soundtrack produced by Hal
Willner oozes dark resignation
and unease.
Jazz vocalist Annie Ross has
some substantial material to work
“with,

_ ing melodrama from Singer on
cello anil her readings of
Stravinsky and Dvctak.

Tom \Waits —- The Black
~ Rider, Iiland Records
It's 2 demented place where
lost-souls bark and wheeze in the

’ wildwood. Waits gives them
voice. .

The Devil’s Rhubato Band, a
teetering, toisterous iffair, come

“at you straight from a carnival in
hell. ue

Saws sing and butlets have
magic as a story.based ona
German folk tale is told by way
of a libretto written by William
Burroughs.

It’s a deliciously creepy night-
mare,

_.. US 3 — Hand On The Torch,
Blue Note

. Classic Blue Nate jazz sam-
~ ples are fused with the work of a

new crop‘of British jazz musi-

‘cians and rappers. :
The exotic hip hop-jazz
hybrid swings and hits hard.
_” - The US 3 collective scores
“with tasty sarnples from Herbie

: Hancock, Thelonious Monk, Art

’ Blakey and mores."
Rheostatics — Whale Music,
Intrepid Records*..
_. Whale Music is.a profound,
oetic and challenging listen —
‘loaded with unexpected turns
and tangents. The Toronto band

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JIMMIE
DALE |
GILMORE®

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COUNTRY GREAT Jimmie Dale Gilmore spins around the sun ICELANDIC RARITY Bjork makes people violently

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Photo submitted

with friends Joe Ely and Lucinda Williams.

tle narrative sketches and is
unafraid to forge.a distinct sound.

Black 47 — Fire Of Freedom,
EME Records

This one-‘connects with the
impact the Pogues made the first
time heard. The twist is that this
Irish music comes from an immi-

rant’s perspective, straight from
the Bronx and the New York trish
bar circuit.

> The set is thick with grand sto-
ries and is energized and colored
by tumultuous history and cultur-
at collision.

Bjork — Debut, Elektra

Gone are the Dada hijiiix of
her Sugarcubes days.

Bjork’s uniquely feral voice is
given full play on Debut. She
uses it intuitively, much like a
natural jazz musician works an
instrument. ;

Soul i! Soul slickster Netlee
Hooper produces, The sound is
an uncomplicated mix of elec-
tronics, strings and harp. |

Wendy James — Now Ain’t
The Time For Your Tears, MCA
Records ;

-. Former front-vixen for
England's Transvision Vamp had
Elvis Costelfo pen 10 tracks for
her.solo debut.

Place his japged words into
her mouth and you get much

The St. Andrew's and Caledonian Society

Jan. 22,.1994-
Hyatt Regency

snarling, caustic spunk, It’s a
nicely nasty piece with a few
poignant bits thrown in.

The Smugglers — In The Hall
Of Fame, PopLiama Products

Sometimes smudgy, always
spirited, thoroughly cantanker-
ous, The Canadian Puritans of
Rock n’ Roll careen through 20
breathtaking tracks.

All hail the Howe Sound
sound,

Jimmie Dale Gilmore —
Spinning Around The Sun,
Elektra

There's pleniy enough lachry-
mosity as he spins his tales, but
it’s OK. The songs are grounded
in an engaging sublimity and sin-
cerity of expression.

The ghost of Hank Williams
Sr. presides.

Frank Black — Frank Black,
4AD

Pixies are fairy dust but Black
Francis has reinvented himself.

Frank toys with sweeping

sonic constructions while never

uite abandoning the turn-on-a-
ime progressions and com-
pelling melodies that are his
strength. ,
john Hiatt — Perfectly Good
“Guitar
The humor, the passion, the
fire of great guitar rock and hon-

presents ;

URNS NIGHT

Reception: 7 p.m.
Dinner: 7:30 p.m.

Immortal memory by renowned performer, Burns |
scholar and. author Jack Whyte.

Dancing to follow
Tickets: $40 / $35 for society members

Tickets available by calling
May Duncan at 531-5841, Angus Jack 272-4035.
or Jessie McCready at 980-7429

"Vancouver's Oldest Scottish Society’!

her supple voice. -

time great golds, including Your Mom's ine Devil.

est sentiment infuse this disc.

_He’s accompanied by ahot'. tar simply cocks. .

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