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dally ncbrcsksn thurtday,may 3,1979 Ms FanfilySmAimisicj ;m tfeiorder, kbep Gowan local By Kent Warncke Sally Cowan Is one of Lincoln's few re cording artists. ... - But Sally Cowan also Is the mother of two children and that is where the conflict arises. "I've got an agent who is pushing recording companies to sign me up on a national label and they all say that I've got to go on tour, Cowan said. MBut I can't Cowan as It Is for any other aspiring re cording artist. But the road is not an easy One, she explains. , , : ' Boxes of music -. "Every, radio station In the . country; even the small ones, get boxes full of al bums" every "day that they; have togo ti UUUUgn WIU UvwIUw WU1UI UI1C UlC U use,' Cowan said. " v "To tti yourself known, you need three things," Cowan said. "You need to have an go on tour because of my kids, for right extremely pushy agent, know somebody now my family is ahead of my music,' she 0n the Inside and be willing to go on tour said. She is currently awaiting the release of her second album. However, although Cowan won't be able to do an extensive tour, she isn't hindered in performing in Lincoln bars and further ing her musical career which began when she was five. "My mother had an album of Jane Powell with her picture on the cover and all the time I'd sit and listen to It and look at it and say that someday I'm going to have my picture on an album," Cowan said. Vocal music major , Cowan has lived in Lincoln since she was 4-years-old and went on to major , in vocal music at UNL "It wasn't so much that I wanted to go out and make it as a big star," Cowan said. "I just liked music so much that t wanted a formal education in it " For the last eight years Cowan has been performing in Lincoln at various sites and has started recording her own music. be willing to go "I've got the first two things, but at the moment, I just can't go on tour for an extended period of time," Cowan said. According to Cowan, she would like to tour in the future and would like to start touring on a limited basis if that is possible and work up to a more extended tour when her children are older. Lincoln a disadvantage , Another factor that may be hurting Cowan's chances for a national label is Lincoln. " . " "I like Lincoln very much, but Lincoln is not a city filled with professional agents " Cowan said. "lve been working for eight years and talked to a total of five agents." "Minneapolis would be an ideal city to live in," Cowan said. "They've had Michael Johnson, Leo Kottke and Emmylou Harris come out of that are a -it's a real music oriented city " But even if she doesn't get a contract with a national rfefinrriihft miunv -iyuu "To be successful locally you have to important is her music itself. nave people wno Know wno you are ana the only way to do that ts to be around constantly. Cowan said . "Of course it also takes a lot of deter- mutation to make it locally or on a national level and you also have to be good salesman " she said. "And thaVs sort of a problem for me because t just can't J I tinging ttisi mellow i? Yankee Lady, Cowan's first album re leased on a local level in 1976, was i mix ture of very mellow, very folk-type of music, a style which she now has changed. "I made money on the first album and so I consider it successful, but since that has happened my taste in music has changed and so consequently that will re flect the music on my second album " Co wan Said. . ' - ' ' " ' , ..--., Mere' Comes The Song is the title of. Cowan's second album; a product of one : and a half years4 work, which should.be re leased in two months. - . Tlfsmore of a progressive album, full of up4empo country type -of music, Cowan said. ""And there's a full band back ing me up instead of the limited one I had on my first album." - ' However, getting her album on a national label Is still a ma:or goal for TaperCW salvage tried By Deb Emery , With an investment of SI 1 and a mailing campaign that has sent out 55 letters so 1ST, a ufiKuucni u uyiiig u save kuug CDS television series from the ax,de rpite the network's - announcement to csnetl the series Tuesday"'-" ;"r " broadcast "I've got a successful following in Lin coln, t love music tremendously and I would miss it terribly if I would have to get it up "Cowan said. . . , J I 4 ,. T.'-i - t.'i- " "'' V . 1 :" ' ' ' " ' " ' , , , J i I! 0 tincoln singer Sally Cowan entertains i local audience with the mellow tunes that made her first album nationally known. rty CsssyMcCabe There can come a terrifying moment in a writer's life when he questions the basic need for his existence. ; this can occur often when you happen to have the title of a music reviewer. The first question then becomes: "Who is any makes music work for the people who en joy it. -a . .. , Too analytical? y Another question that; invariably pops into your head as you salve over a hot typewriter late into the niit is, "Is music that important that people really want to see it so closely analyzed?" Well, with the PocoLeni-Another fine album by Poco, but this one was enough to finally give the group the recognition they've long deserved.. . Dire StraitsDite Stmts-Tht fluke album of the year was also one of the best. For those of us who ire always looking for one person to tell others what is good and ... tere? replacing the television as the hearth classifications, Dire Straits defied class! what is not? V5 mm The record buying public never ceases' to amaze me With its opinions of good and bad. .Album sales and album quality do not . always go hand in hand, and if I've used the - word rdidc" derogjtorily; in t this column before, it is because I felt the initial work of an artist was over-manipulated by the crews of producers and en- gineers who are looking to make a contem ' porary, salable object. Of course this some times works to everyone's advantage. Negative triplications Lesson one, then is to be objective. You read in the paper that Kiss Is the most popular group in America. While discreet ly biting your tongue you admit that the band mnst have its good points, otherwise it couldn't possibly be so popular, could it? The 'title of critic automatically brings up negative implication so it is of ten taaer to review would like or d: times you have to go with a gut feeling if you want to live yourself for the next few weeks. J v - fication, and that is just one of the reasons the album was particularly engaging. Neil YoungComer Time-Ont of the last remaining influences from the 60s who has refused to sell out. Neil's mellowed out. of many young peoples' homes, and with the monetary explosion in the music in dustry, I dont dabble Very long worrying . about its importance. Rut do people really like to analyze music? l ' continually fuid more - and more people who are beyond beins analytical ooui music; 11 oecomes a way 01 me tor, vul "Ul l ulz expense ius music them, A good concert may become tiie main topic of conversation for weeks at a - time, or even a good album, a good single, pg peeves ,' or a good rum or about Rod Stewart. - Mcsl moment Lack of concerts in Lincob-Someone is ' - How. about that magical moment when - scaring the top notch tours from Lincoln - two people discover that they each secretly and up to Omaha. Only the shadow knows, love Nancy Sinatra and have all of her al- Omaha Civic Auditorium! search and sei- bums, tt could be the start of a wonderful rare pclky-Why would anybody want to itlationship. Better yet, have you ever seea Z wnfiscate my aHigator clip? ; " a conversation between two people who 2 "llesrt f Gsss" by Ccndle-If inserting were fedHy into the Grateful Dead? It mewords amlntheass,'to thisairioia almost a religious experience. Realizihg tiut people thrive on music, even Invest eat deals of time, energy and luuucjr . liiiu ii, jvc tnc ccmui sense 01 combination of ABBA and Donna Summer qualifies this song as progressive New Wave, rd rather listen to ABBA. . jot Donna Summer.7'11 " r-," KHAT format chre-Though the station k?JlS?,lT ttcnt,on admitted loved ItTold proStssive coun backtothemattersathand. try forrHat, it felt it had to chance to Ie moyed revieuonfi music. almoH it tL ah -jJsSL -rCVT!L much ;cw the tTf person who - indulgently these last few paragraphs. Ill iiUce certain music, O&er . "close out this semester with some casual observations. " ' Alzx Strautman. a turn or mr'or, hepes to spare Paper Chase, from My roommate can't imdentand how I -the fate nest shows-with poor ratings can possibly like both Tchaikovsky and crt-beLrj canceled. Led Zeppelin, out scmewnere witna that - "Cctthaedcapse 13 -nnt I hope Ie beat able to find what ' pjoyed reviewing muac, almost as Ton 40 i stav hmrvtifiw Th Z w as fve enoyed babblbe self. .V.r" ' . 17' ITl t lovers out in the cold. Bl radio ia jencril-KFMQ's Clock Party Weekends show the trend; the ssae songs by she same elite peifonners, repeated to the point of one continuous dqa vu. -Omaha's Z-92. Is becoming a recognized alternative; . r t , - Album pricts-They don't look Lke they'll get any better. Invest your stock in 314 sndTDX. T - , w,.,; Notable Albums The CmThe Czrr-Thry proved that rock V roll can stm be fun, and successfully found the fine line between rock, pop and 'punk.'" -