20 - North Shore News -— Friday, April 7, 2000 Paperboys Michael Becker News Editor mbecker@nsnews.com THE Paperboys are set to deliver a rollicking North Shore performance Thursday at Capilano College. A restless, high-output bunch, the band has spent many day on the read in recent vears. They've been spending much of the ume developing their audi- ences south of the border. The Paperbovs have toured North Amenca 10 times and have plaved mere than 450) shows over the last two years. Apni 13 sees the group at the Capilano College Performing Arts Theatre for an 8 p.m. show with special guest artist Elyra. of the West flute play- ey Kelly, of North Thursday's show. The Paperbouys are set to heads south,=—s again —stto Washington State for an April 21 performance at The World Famous Up & Up Tavern in Bellingham; April 28-29 at the Tractor Tavern in Seattle; May 29 at che 7th Annual Juan de Fuca Festival of Arts in Port Angeles. Says Landa of the U.S. bias, “There's only so many times you can do a cross-Canada tour so we started plaving in the U.S. We've been playing in the U.S. pretty steady for the last three years. We're building some audiences down there. Certain areas are going really well. Sonora, Modesto, that whole area is going real- ly well. San Francisco is a tough nut to crack. New York state and Massachusetts have some good spots.” There is a direct payback to be realized from all of this activity. Road-tested chemistry bubbles forth on the band’s frequendy vibrant 1997 release Afolinos. The band mixes Celtic, bluegrass, folk and pop influences on the album. Molinos won a 1998 Juno Award for Best Roots/Traditional Group. The years also saw the band take the 1998 West Coast Music Award for Best Roots Recording. Their first independently released album, Late as Usnal, brought the Paperboys a Juno nomination and fired their popularity with the campus crowd. These days the Paperboys are Tom Landa on lead vocals, gui tars, bouzouki and mandolin; Cam Salay on banjo and bass; Paul Lawton on drums, percussion and vocals; Shona Le Mottee on fiddles and vocals; Hanz Araki on flute, low whistles, whisde, shakuhachi and vocals; and Shannon Saunders on accordion, bass, fiddle and viola. Landa formed the band in 1992 after he moved to Vancouver from Mexico City. The Paperboys have energized audiences trom the main stages at the Winnipeg and Vancouver folk festivals, Bumbershoot in Seattle, the Milwaukee Irish Fest, Wintergrass, and Harbourfront in Toronto. Look fora new CD — Postcards — out sometime in June. Says Landa, “We're almost done recording everything.” A part of it was recorded at Mushroom Studios. The disc was produced by Danny Greenspoon, who has worked with Great Big Sea and Spirit of the West. Postcards will be released on a yet to be deter- mined American label in the U.S, and on Stony Plain Records in Canada. ’ The new disc will explore Latin and Celtic musical influences and instrumentation. Says Landa, “I was raised in Mexico and we hinted ata little (Latin) with Molinos. This time around there will be three songs in Spanish. We have some flamenco influences and a lot of Latin percussion on it. “I would hope to say it’s a growth musically from the jast record, The playing has gotten better. The songwriting is stronger and it’s slightly more acoustic. It’s more stripped down thanks to Danny. That was his approach to production.” Guests on the recording include Vancouver-based Brazilian virtuoso guitarist Celso Machado, percussionist Sal Ferreras and some of the mem- bers of ¢ flamenco troupe that performs every week at Kino Cafe. Apri U2: = : Is , iP \ _ “Midas Welbee. - BatchJor- "> April 28-29 . «April. 14-15: “135: Penybertor a Photo submitted THE Paperboys bring their blend of Celtic bluegrass stompin’ pop to Capilano College on Thursday, April 13. For tickets, call the box office at 990-7810. : Sile Starts Leiba h Pi, 7th - Shop Early’ For Best Selection’ : 3109, Granville. St. Undiveexin Vath & isin ac Parking: ul Patch att Meri . "New Phonte:--732- 6373. 3. N. Van gets new music evenis Jan-Christian Sorensen Contributing Writer THE NewMusicWest 2000 festival is head- ing north. To the North Shore, that is. Some of the expected 200 performers that will descend on Vancouver for the ninth annual music conference and concert series this May will also cross the narrows to play several North Vancouver gigs. Last year the festival drew over 15,000 people to 17 Vancouver venues to take part in music workshops, jam sessions and live concerts with headliners such as RUN DMC, The Watchmen, Colin James, Tom Wilson of Junkhouse and Nickelback. With added locations and attractions this time around, event organizers expect even greater numbers of people to turn out. Already slated to play the four-day festival this year are Third Eye Blind, Rollins Band and alt-rock fan favourite Pearl Jam. North Vancouver City council voted Monday night to help fund this year's event, which will rake place May 10- 13. 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