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THESE are shiny good
mes for the Canadian
music industry.

The Juno Awards held at
General Motors Place March 22
brought together a colortul assort-

this vear’s bright and beau-
tiful, musically inclined and not.

Vords trom the backstage media
pig-out where big: hair and boas
tickled the ai
@ Lhasa, winner of the Best Global
Album award for her dynamite
debut dise La Llorona: “We're very
happy with the reception we've got
started. [think what's

¢ our album has come
out is that people hear and they
respond to it if thev They don’t
know what to call it, but they like

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Contemporary Jazz Album:

On the reality of} jazz_ radio play
— “Basically we're dealing with nor
very many people in a huge place up
here in Canada. Pr not going to
whine about that.

The type of music that’s on this
CD isn’t what we usually do. This
type of project is actually alot more
radio friendly. There’s s and
there's some ciectric stuff going on
and it’s more car candy for people
who are new to jazz and yet there’s
the improvi
mainstream .
@ Ross Rebagliati, presenter of the
Best Alternative Album awar
On the Nagano hardware —
I've been carrying it around in my
pocket. Here it is.”

On how much second-hand pot
you have to inhale to reach the top
of the Canadian music industry —
“Not very much F guess.”

On how he feels about becom-
ing a poster child for a generation
— “I really like ir. It’s been alot of
fun so far. P’ve been travelling across
Canada and I’ve made a stop in the

zates also, The response every:
where has been totally positive and
there’s been a really good vibe, ”

On the distractions of media
darlinghood — “My ambition has

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been with sports and all of a sudden
Tin 26 years old and I'm getting
questions about whether or nor I
want to appear in movies and do
things that.

“Honestly P haven't really given
it much thought. Bring it on, Pm
ready.”

On what constitutes great snow:
boarding music — “Frank Zappa
has been one of my favorite artists
of all time. Pee got almost every
single album that he ever came out
with. E like the Deathless Horsey, it’s
a guitar solo and fica Reads is
another favorite of ming too. Flisten
to jazz and reggae, all across the
board.”

Ross on grass: “T can’t really
control how people want fo sce me.
. s definitely a lor of talk about
legalization. E think that’s really up
to the politicians. Pm not ready to
take a stand one way or another.”

: importance of musical
mentors — “I was pertorming and
doing an educational master class,
one in particular was in Moscow,
Idaho, which in February has one
of the biggest school band festivals.

“This little girl came up to me
after a class and asked, ‘Can I sing 3
song with you?” Tsaid, ‘What do
you want to sing? This litle girl
with a T-shirt and jeans and these
huge ev Well E want to sing
It's nar exactly Ring

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NEWS photos Michael Becker
VANCOUVER’S Sarah McLachlan picked up four Juno Awards last Sunday. She won Single

of the Year for Building A Mystery; Female Vocalist of the Year; Songwriter of the Year; and
Album of the Year for Surfacing.

METALWOOD members Chris Tarry (left) and the North Shore’s Brad Turner scooped Juno HALL of Fame Juno recipient David Foster with good friend Quincy
awards for Best Contemporary Jazz Album. J

es, who flew in from New York to celebrate Foster.