Wednesday, October 28, 1992 - North Shore News - 33 Every Road sweet music for Ulrich fans ELL-HUGGED dolls, gnaried Lego blocks and a “twas under the illusion that bright plastic tricycle offer children a veritable tpere were ne Suited in Canada, playland and pose a high-risk obstacle course for a eee ee ee ree and adult who dares negotiate the Ulrich living steed.” ikes to ioke any acu 5 NEgoila e Ulricn living room. homestead,” she likes to joke of But the payotis involved in crossing the Fisher-Price tine field are well worth the dangers. I've come to Shari Ulrich’s Kit- silano townhouse to talk about her career and am not suprised when the youthful-iooking former West Vancouver singer-songwriter is eager to extol the virtues of her flight north of the border. As a child she naturally gravi- tated towards the violin (‘All my little girlfriends and ! picked the same instrument so we could be together in class’), and when she was four, or so the story goes, she ~. stuck a wet finger in a light socket as her mother played As Time motherhood. BH Goes By on the piano which “Motherhood has been great,” Evelyn Jacob “imprinted music in me.” Ulrich muses, pulling out from Her — —eemamaemvennemannawimremase neces Arriving in Vancouver during the pocket a plastic doll that has SPOTLIGHT FEATURE counter-culture days, she hit the somehow managed to escape from Fourth Avenue scene and began two-year-old Julie’s toy empire. playing at the Naam Restaurant. “t couldn’t recommend it “tao smooth and glossy for But her professional career really more. Of course, I’m completely someone who at heart is a folk ar- took off when she met Rick Scott prejudiced and think she's dif- tist.”” and Joe Mock and formed the Pied ferent and more special than any The reviewers said similar things © Pumkin Trio. other child,” Ulrich laughs, about her last few records for the The three played together for sweeping back Jong strands of A&M and MCA labels, and Ulrich three years until Ulrich joined streaked golden hair. agrees: they were overstated, another folk artist, Valdy, and his Becoming a parent for the first over-produced and too slick. back-up group The Hometown time has added a whole new “In those days if you were a Band. dimension to Ulrich’s life. female artist you were supposed to She quickly went on to national These days diapers and babysit- be tough and rocky, so there was acclaim as a vocalist and a fiddle ters take precedence over other a lot of push for me to be that player who pulled heart strings worldly matters but, contrary to way,” she says. with her bow. outward appearances, Ulrich has “1 would be asked by inter- Then aiter three solo albums, not had her music career viewers, how about this image, four Juno nominations and a move swaliowed up by domesticity. this style change, and I'd be fairly to L.A., her career went into a “~~ Today at the age of 40, the defensive and say, well, this is me, tailspin when her deal with MCA multi-instrumentalist is planning I'm growing up. tell through. her fifth solo album. And a second “Now when t look back on it } The labe! dropped Ulrich and recording with UHF, the folksy trio see that it wasn’t me at all. The several other acts as a result of made up of Ulrich and buddies people who were my true fans just corporate upheaval just as her Bill Henderson and Roy Forbes, grit their teeth and waited forthat — third album, Talk Around Town, ca will follow fast on its heels. phase to ke over.” was about to be released in the EWS photo Cindy Goodm Ulrich says her new work will be For 20 years thase true fans have U.S. LIKE THOUSANDS of Canadian women, Shari Ulrich is combining softer with more acoustic sound — stuck by her. Ulrizh floated onto it forced her to step back and her career with motherhood. “I couldn't recommend it more,” more of her and tess production. the Bc. music scene in the early take stock of her care. i at comes as sweet music to ‘70s after running away from the “Twas at the point after m Ulrich says upon becoming a parent for the first time. those who criticized her last San Francisco Bay Area and the third album when | really had to album, Every Road, for being Vietnam War. See Ulrich page 38 having ‘control of FIVE movie screens right in your — home. You'll have frontrow § PREVIEW tickets to the hottest 2 ae sd ; movies shortly after their MOVIES Re ; 3 release in the theatres. ‘at just 399°. a mi a -. it’s about the. same price as a video rental and much less than going to a theatre. Simply " ~ call 468-5588 and a And tor only $6.00 a Home Theatre operator § month’, not only does — will assist you. You willbe omar your movie cox give you billed monthly and ONLY 3 Seefor yourself. Checkthe HOME THEATRE ...!T for what YOU DECIDED tv listings or watch the ~~ ALSOGIVES YOUcontrol. TO WATCH. Home Theatre Preview ang access to all other j Channel... your24hour pRemiuM SERVICES i “