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

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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-

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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-

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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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