HiUSIC
review

Storman Norman’s CFOX
Sunday Blues Live, 1996
West Vaticcuver’s super
enthusiastic blues champ,
who happens to blow a mean
harp if I ray say so myself,
"has one. large heart,
-Storman «takes some
prime ‘live. studio perfor-
mances collected: over the
syears from his cadio show
and ‘packages them for a CD
0 benefit. B. C.'s Childrens
Hospital. :
: Among ‘the tracks. to, dig
with’ mucho gusto: Colin
ames -teamed: with Colin
Linden for a.smokiag cover
ee “2, Johnson’s
‘Traveling Riverside. Blues;
Buddy Guy with Storman
doing : the: business on the
ohnson classic Sweet Home
Chicago; Elbor. James and

The New Hipshakers* tasty
take of Bring It On Home.
They all share spontaneous,
tagged-edged energy.

if blues be your bag,
Mack, grab this limited
telease while it’s stil! on the
racks.

Jane Siberry — Maria,
1995 Reprise Records
Jazz pollen shakes from

the ever-unfolding, always .

interesting Jane.

Maria is unhurried sensu-
al gambol, sweet poetry and
life-affirming musing.
Outstanding musicianship
from pianist Tim Ray on
piano boisters a fine cast of
players including Toronto
Tabla Ensemble’s artistic
director Ritesh Das on tabla
and the group’s multi-instru-
mentalist George Koller on
sitar.’

Siberry © appears this
weekend at the Vancouver
Folk Music Festival.

Toronto Tabta Eusemble,
1996

: Artistic director Ritesh
Das leads the tabla drum into
new territory.

What traditionally was a
vehicle of :solo. percussive

"atcompaniment to song and
dance, here. becomes the

iorman has the bi

main event with multiple
drummers weaving the more
intricate patterns only 4
group is able to manifest.
East meets west in the guise
of George Koller on funky
bass.

Beethoven fans will hear
a most unusual performance
of Ode To Joy in the ensem-
ble’s adaptation, which they
call Joyfully 7.

The Toronto Tabla
Ensemble is at the
Vancouver Folk Music
Festival.

Sloan — One Chord. To
Another, MCA 199%

East Coast geniuses
Sloan kave got the Beatles
trip nailed tight.

The disc trips through
enough Fab Four references
and textures to keep original
Beatles and Sloan fans
blissed for the summer and
hungry for more to carry
them through the crue}

* weather ahead.

One Chord cannot be dis-
missed as a copycat rip-off.
It’s a hybrid balance count-
less lesser bands — oiten
attempt and lose their identi-
ties upon.

Sloan manages to work
the borrowed past into some-

. thing that sounds fegirimate-

(Mature) Nightly at 7:00 & 9: O0pm:
Matinees Sat & Sun at 1:35pm

(Mature) Matinees |
Sat & Sun
at 1:40pm

“ (14) Nightly at
7:10 & 9:20pm

ly of the present.

It's largely duc to the fact
that all of the members took
a creative (urn at contribut-

ing songs to the disc.

The result: 12 strong col-

tracks from
band that

laborative
Canadian

at

Het ‘Sales’

RUMBA CALZADA

ues

fast on the rise.

Prediction: Liverpudfians
will be eating out of their
hands soon enough.

Sunday, July 21, 1996, 2 pm to 4 pm.
Experience the sizzling sounds of Latin jazz, salsa at a free concert
at the Quay, Rumba Calzada will pump your adrenaline level and '

heat up the harbour deck this Sunday. |

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