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If you're a dtrctcc of "progress musk" and know
anything shost Pallor and his dogs, mectka the cm
lUc ClilkU and the word "Gcniusr wf3 explore ia
your rskd tie Use release of thousands of bsTocns.
A glance at the liner notes reinforces Ofdlkld's Vua
derkind status. Defies cornposhig all the mudc on this
album, he alio plays harp, electric guitar, acoustk bass,
electric bass, acoustk guitar, 12-strkg guitar, rlaf
guitar, masdoEa, bodthraa, bazouki, banjo, spinet, grand
piano, electric organs, synthesizers, gkekeaspid and as
sorted percussoa.
. Gesias?Time win tel. (KifkU deCnlteiy Is taking
mask onto mtravekd paths. This album deserves listen
ing because it is fresh and different. It's cot rock-it really
caa't be classified ia aay category. It's aa attempt at
gulp, serious music that transcends rank-and-file popular
music.-
lie reEeS heavily oa the technique he has used since his
first album, Tubular Bells." layer by layer, he adds new
instruments to the texture, giving more depth to the
theme until he sweeps into a climax.
At the base, there's usually a droning ostinato, usually
L: odled by vocal parts. This intrudes at times, hampering
the nuances of the melody, making it all seem simply
repetitious. -
But there's one nugget here that, even if the rest of the
album were pure trash, would male it all worthwhile. Oa
Side One, O'ifkld breaks into a Fled Piper-type section,
using just acoustic piano and flutes. If musk like this hap
pens ia the name of innovation, let's hope nothing ever
stands ia Kike OMfleld's way.
Gary Wr&AlTheDrtan R'eerer?arcer Bros.
Gary Wright should arouse from the slumber depicted
oa this fey album cover wfrca word of this release spreads.
The former Spooky Tooth keyboard player has produced
a collection of nine commendable tunes, with no flat-out
turkey to sour the bunch.
The Ener cotes state, "This is aa aSum of keyboard
muse." On this level, the album succeeds. Wrht and his
other keyboard players, David Foster and Bobby Lyb, use
almost all of the conveniences Arp and Moog brought to
the nfTk dstry.
Trt also emerges as a credible vocalist. Hs sings the
bal!ad3 well, as ia "Dream 7caver" and "Fed for i!e."
Bat he aha gets gritty, as ia "Gait Find the Judge,"
where he sings about dcsnlatkn and privation without
sounding as though he just learned about th concepts ia
a psychology class.
TOca brings s to the title cut, "Dream Weaver" a
marvelous song. If KFUQ-FIS radio doesa't wear the very
grooves out of the tune as they are wont to do with aay
piece that shows some merit it wO remaia fresh for some
time.
Fiecbe Szs&l$econ3 G2hoodfGobusm:
Phoebe Snow's much awaited second album reveals a
jazz interpreter of verve and fcnsgiaatioa. What she does
with -No Regrets," "Gcla Dowa for the Third Time"
and "There's a Boat That's Leavia Soca for New York"
is to breathe new life relevancy, if yosi wO-mto good
songs that hare bcea rchrgated to cear-cbscurity. flow's
flexible voice first gutsy, then ethereal-twists arnuad
melodic lines, weaving something that comes just short cf
being inaaicaL
' Too bad the magic dila't spread to the album's sevea
other cuts, all Show crinalx. Viewed ia toto, the batch
suffers from melodic lines that do the same tricks too
cfl en, horns and strings used to camouflage vacuos music
substituting sfxkncss for emotion and lyrics cot dis
. tiactive enoaght to mme tf&g mrec ..
This musk coull be the soundtrack for one of those
intimate bars where couples -huddle ia candlelit corners
and gaze soulfully into each other's eyes. That is the most
disappointing aspect of most of the album it caa easily
be ignored. -Deb Gray
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Female comedy team visits Sunday
America's only professional female comedv team wO
perform Sunday eight ia the Nebraska Uaioa Ballroom.
Harrison and Tyler's performance, sponsored by the
Nebraska Union Program Council, the Tomen's Resource
Center and the Ubiversity Vomen's Action Group, is
scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
The comedy tcarn wss bora eke years zgo. Falti Ilirri
soa w model ia New York Qty and Robia Tyler was a
struggling young producer, playwright, singer and comedi
enne. During one of Tyler's performances, audience mem
ber Harrison started heckling her. Tyler invited the un
known heckler to join her on stage.
Their act started as traditional staad-cp comedy, but it
quickly took oa feminist overtones. Success wfth this
approach, abng with their interest ia the wemea's move
ment, inspried the act's increasmgfy radical antf outrage
ous satire oa serual stereotypes.
Appearances oa the Naiktnal Broadcasting Cb.s
Tomorrow and Not for Wornm Only kd to a contract
with American Broadcasting Co. where Ilaniaoa and Tykr
have just completed a prime time variety show pilot.
Folk singer Diedre KleCalla will provide a short opening
act for Harrison and Tyler's performance. Rfrfjga, who
has performed in New York, Chicago and several local
clubs, aha shared the stage with Ilarnaoa ?sd Tyler at
last fall's national National Organizatiaa for rccsea con
ference in Philadelphia.
Concert "frssbiQ FridiOiyo'!' WeSterd
A free puhc coacert by the Sheldon Trio Frkliv st
8 paa. ia Neihardt Residence Center's Raymond TV
Lounge wiS! be the first program of the new "Lhisscia the
Dorms" sems.
Te hope to have two or three concerts this semester
of chamber musk of various kinds," saM Naboa'Fotter,
FJJJL associate professor of phikKSophy asd organizer of
the series.
After each coacert, Fatter sail, refreshments will be
served ia aa adjoining room and the f?iff wi3 be able
to discuss the coacert with the performsfs.
Ifclf the money to support the "tZask ia the Dorms"
program, about S2C0, wO corns from the Iiacohi
iTasccms Ub&ia, Dstter sail. The cnioa has a fund "to
promote the cause of Eve musk ia Iiacohi" he 9s$.
Hatching funds wO come from the Cntt Educatka
Program, Iatemstional Hause, and other resfdeace haTs, :
Potter said.
Friday's concert wO be of musk by Amarkaa compos
ers, mcfadirrg "String Quartet," by Eanjassi FraniHa.
Jack Sailer, IRiL band director; wO jaia SlalSaa'Tiio
members Arnold Schatz, Cary Lewis and Dorothy Lewis
fOT the FraskEa piece. '
Planned for April is a csgoert by tha Fsrrvl X-rwm
Quartet, a pnaengvinamg group of UNL undergraduates,
and Skmx Qpsza, writtea by two farmer XML students,
EI3 WaHis and Dick Hoore.
H&rpsichoird dedicQm festival fa
mmafat
Three concerts wO conclude the Keyboard Festival
this weekend ia Iiacohi. Highlights include the dedicatka
of a new harpsichord at the UNL School of l&sk, and a
concert by Virgil Fox, world famous organist.
A recital by Eugenia Earls Saturday at 8 pxiiaKtm
baH Recital IIa3 wO honor the ML School of ihisk's
cewry acquired two keyboard RU.W. Beca harpachcrd.
iKxets tor tns dedicatory recital by the New York Qty
harpdehcrdi cost $130 for students and $2.50 for the
The harpsichord, modeled after late ISth century Eng
llh mstrusasnts, has inlaid burl walnut panels, keys of
ebony ad ivcry, ard ??il myrtle burl and satinwoodia
tee feywea and jackrails.
iLe cstninBct is aa cxarnpia of TOrsi vsual ea
tonal beauty," sail Joha Idoraa, School of Iask directcr.
"The unifsrsity is fortunate to owa a harpsichord of
exquse quality. -
The school was abb to buy the $SV5G0 instrument vjith
a bequest ficm the estate of Rosanaa Carson. Carson, who
died ia 1955, was k ksgtime Iincola resMest and
member of the NU class of 1901. She is perhaps best
knowa for her restoration of the histork Carsoa home ia
ErowavSs.
Eai!evd!!yfecI
Eugenia Earb is a widely reapscted scholar, tsacher and
performer of baroque music. Oa her recital program are
works by ISth century composers Jaaa-Fhflppe Rarneaa,
George Frederick ibndel and others.
Earb alio will give a lecture and demonrstka on
"Jdslodic Ornamantatka ia Baroque lask" FrMay at 3
pja. ia the WestbrooJk Musk Cdg.s Cfegia Studk.
Fox, critically acckimcd as America's greatest ciaa
virtcQSJ, vi3 perfona at First-Flymauth Ccrgxegstknal
Qiurch, 2Cth and D streets, at 8 pxa. Friiay.
He studied at the Feahody Conservatory ta Bincrs
and with h!arcsi Dsprs ia Paris aid was ccsstfer listr
York City's Riirarsida Church for 19 years. SIzce 19SS,ha
has become one of tha crdy organists to dsvota all of his
tma to ccscert woik.
Fox has performed as salsti vdth th3 lxt York Fh3-
hamssie, the Istoa &jzzS& tzd raazy ctlr raajar
thodox, gMng concerts ia places Eke the Fillmore, a rock
musk auditorium, with Eght shows and intuitive interpre
tatkns of composers' music
lissastk cciesass featuradL -,
- Friday's concert will be music of the Romantic com- -posers.
Tickets are zvafable at Brandeis Dept. Store,
Ilaspe's I2r. Ifusic, l!H!ar & Fame Dept. Store, IQmha!l
Recital IlaH and the First-Fiymcuth Church.
"Aa tnmrant's Tribute to the KcentemuaT is the
title of the free piano recital by Audum Ravnaa, UJJL
professor of piano, on Sunday at 8 pan. ia Kimfssff
Recital 113. .
Ravnaa, who cams to the Uaited States ficra lanniy
ia 1947, said he usually performs musk by Beethoven and
Brahms. He sail he selected Sunday's program of music
by living Amerkaa composers to honor the country cot
of his birth, but cf his choice.
Oa the program is the world premiere of "I!usic for
Audum Ravnaa," written in 1975 by Randall Snyder,
TJTIL asftant professor of theory and compositka.
Ravnaa called it "a virtuosk piece it uses almost every
trick ia the bag."
dson on Sunday's program are five ballads bv Roy
Harris, "Piano Yariatkns, by Aaron Ccpeknd, "Five
usees isr iiano, oy ucorge ennno, ana iiano Ssonata
li. 4, by Eramra Lees.
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