. 90 - North Shore News — Friday, December 8, 2000

_ Harmer weaves Sy itil

- Jan-Christian Sorens

“News Reporter
: forensen@nsnews.com

IT was the best of CDs,
” it was the worst of,
CDs. wy

“Whatever your musical
taste, there was more than
“enough fodder on music
store shelves to keep you
aurally satisfied in 2000. :
2. Here’s ten of the top:
offerings of the last year that
shouid find a home in your .

‘Weve Here (Universal).

‘The former frontwoman’
for Weeping Tile weaves an’
eclectic, harmonic symphony -
of sound that’s a sheer plea-
sure to hear. She straddles.

several musical styles on the a

album); zaking listeners on a

whirlwind tour of her envi

able range both in terms of
ging and songwriting: :
An album full of gems is

"budding crescende that caps”

off “Lodestar”, the Maritime-
style anthem “Uniform Grey”
and the love-gone-wrong har-
mony of “Coffee Stain”.

2) Tegan and Sara — This.

~ Business of Art (Universal)

These two Calgary-born

. twin sisters stormed onto the

music scene with their first
major studio album earlier

this summer. An ambitious |

offering that defics catego-
tization, This Business of Art
displays two young songwrit-
ers with a surfeit of talenc and
style. Winners on a near-tlaw-

tess album include the rapid-

fire pace of “Frozen” and

- “Superstar”.

'3) The Skydiggers — There

and Back (live) (Maple
Music)

. This live collection of
some of the "Diggers best
gives those who haven't yet
witnessed frontman Andy

’ Maize in concert a brief

glimpse of the bespectacled,
brillo-pad hairdoed brilliance
of the vocalist’s frenetic, ~
improv onstage delivery.
Highlights include “Siow

. - Burnin’ Fire”, “Just Over .
This Mountain” and new -:

tracks “Biloxi” and “Will You

"Ride Wide Open”.

4) Emmylou Harris — — Red
’ Dirt Girl (Warner). :

-After five long years since
her last studio album —

Wrecking Bail — the original °.
., country and folk diva returns;

with a gem and calls in a raft:
of accomplished musicians

such as Bruce Springsteen
and Patti Scialfa, Patty ©.’

Griffin, Kate McGarrigle and

Dave Matthews to lend

The strongest cuts include
the sweeping scope of ©
“Michaelangelo”, the sinall
town feel of the title track

_ and the ambitious opening

cut, “The Pearl”.

5) Steve Earle —-
Transcendental Blues (E-
squared)

Ever since his release from
jail a few years back, Earle has
entered something of a musi-
cal renaissance, crafting a dif-
ferent musical persona with
each new release. He’s tried
traditional, rav country

. (Train a Comin), folk (El.

Corazon) and bluegrass (The
Mountain), but returns to his
rockabilly roots on ;
Transcendental Blues, hitting
high notes with the jolting
tile track, the Celtic-inspired
“The Galway | Girl” and the. -
brooding “Lonelier Than.”

”- This”. ; ; :

.. 6¥ John Hiatt - _ Crossing
’ Misddy Waters (Vanguard) —
Hiatr’s bourbon-soaked ||

+ caterwaul hits the mark on
“his first CD for new record

- company Vanguard. ‘The

“ songwriter-cum-rocker teams
with old friends bassist Davey
Faragher and mandolin mae--
stro Dave Immergluck for a

rare. and and raw acoustic

sampling of the trio’s unique
musical synergy.

Check out the bumpy ride
of “Lincoln Town”, the ebb
and flow of the title track and
the stripped-down and gritty

“Gone”.

7) Tracy Chapman —

Telling Stories (Elektra)
Chapman pens a solid

musical narrative on her latest

release, running the emotion-
al gamut from dark and -
brooding to compassionate
on a mainly-acoustic 11-song
offering that has a message
but never preaches.

‘Program your CD player. .
for repeat stops on the intro-"
spective “Less Than
Strangers”, the pulsing back-. :
beat of “Ir’s OR” and the
reflective. yet never schmaltzy.
“Wedding Song”.

8) Chet Baker — Chet”
Baker in Paris: a selection

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