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At the Vancouver
East Cultural Centre
Runs to March 21

JONES

 

hen, not if, this
Wess double bill
comes back to

Vancouver, you are damn well
going to see it. No, I don't care
if your, spléen is hanging out,
just slide it into a baggy, tell
Aunt Rita you can’t make the
Beef Stroganoff party, offer the
obligatory bribes to the

babysitter, and get yourself a
healthy dose of Play.

Did I mention that this was
a double bill? Oh, goodness me,
I did. Well, nevertheless, what
a convenient segue this is to
swoop into a rousing revela-
tion: both scripts were written
by that wacky local guy, George
F. Walker. And both perform-
ances, although content, char-
acters, and feel are entirely dif-
ferent, are set in the same less
than pleasant flea-bag motel
room ( which was constructed

Cheiftains review

The Chieftains
Tears of Stone
MG

Volume: 9
JASON KURYLO

 

rom Brothers McMullen to
Fe of the Dance, green

beer to Ewan McGregor,
the Celts have gone
mainstream. I've heard some
people whine about the
proliferation of Celtic music all
over the place.

As Chief Chieftain Paddy
Maloney says, “I've gone off
this word Celtic. It’s drivin’ me
mad... Irish, Scots, Caistians,
all have Celtic roots.” Well it
seems there’s a wee country
called Canada that has some
Celtic roots of its own; just ask
any member of Spirit of the
West.

On the heels of what head
Chieftain Paddy Maloney calls
“The Canadian Album,” Fire In
The Kitchen, The Chieftains

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have released a charming mas-
terpiece to rival their leg-
endary The Long Black Veil.
Tears of Stone is a marvelous
record, full of soulfull perform-
ances by talented women of all
walks of music. From Bonnie
Raitt to Sinead O’Connor, Mary -
Chapin Carpenter to Japanese
chanteuse Akiko Yano, The
Chieftains have collaborated
with some wickedly gifted
women on this disc.

A highlight here is Joni
Mitchell's heartrending tale of
the women cast out of society
for their “improprieties,” a
masterfully written Mitchell
song called ‘The Magdalene
Laundries’ Her decades of
smoking are taking a toll on
that precious throat of hers,
but wowsers can she ever spin
a yarn. Outstanding in its
charm is ‘I Know My Love, fea-
turing three members of The
Corrs. Traditional Irish songs

 

so authentically that it brought
back far more tawdry memories
than I cared to see, smell, or
scratch).

Play number one, entitled
Adult Entertainment, starts off
with some fairly predictable lip
wrestling/costume shedding,
swings into some interruptus
and argumentus, then debates
its way right into an evening of
shaky rationalisations gone
snaky in a cop car.

Directed by The Playhouse’s
Glynis Leyshon, the opening

are the Chieftains’ strong suit,
and this fits their equation
beautifully.

Sadly, the only track to fall
short of the mark is the one
featuring the west coast’s own
Diana Krall. Her rendition of
‘Danny Boy’ is decidedly aver-
age, with her jazz stylings just
not fitting into the Irish tem-
plate. It’s unfortunate to end
the disc with this less than
stellar track, after such an
impressive, diverse album.

might be a bit rough, with
dangerous hints of pedantic
lecturing, but that all gets
merrily shot to hell in this
Good Cop-Bad Cop, Nookie
Cop-Nutbar Cop, Defense
Lawyer-Defensive Lawyer, etc.
etc., adventure in the cock-
roach domain. Andrew Rhodes,
as detective Max Malone,
stands out, alternately smug
enough to smack, and pragmat-
ically sensible enough to root
for in a morally pretzeled situ-
ation, and the rest of the four

member cast is strong in their
respective positions of general
naughtiness.

Guns, babes, laughs and the
legal system, all washed down
with a fistful of vodka sam-
plers. What more do you need?

Play number two, entitled
Problem Child, to be reviewed
by the fabulous Gleaner mon-
key, Tanya.

Miles Hunt review

Miles Hunt

By The Time I Got
To Jersey

GIG Records
Volume: 7.5

eople on this side of the
Pass don’t seem to

understand; Miles Hunt
was huge in Europe as

headman for The Wonder Stuff,
his acerbic wit and intelligent

pop songs putting him in the
love-‘im-or-hate-'im file.

Jersey is a great introduc-
tion to his work, while fans
will enjoy the acoustic setting.

Hunt's March 31 date at the
Starfish Room represents his
first Vancouver gig in almost
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