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Music unmarred Lyrics taint ‘Coro’ By Andrea Christensen Staff Reporter “Coro,” the latest release from Charisma Records, is named after the lead vocalist on the album. To give credit where it’s due, the self titled album should have been named after the composers, Zahid and Deborah Tariq. But that probably wouldn’t have been as catchy. The album begins with a lively keyboard solo played by Zahid Tariq. Drums enter softly and the music begins to build when Coro enters with the less than profound lyric, “Where are you tonight my love/ In the arms of another man?/ Where do I belong in your heart/ Could it be that I’m going mad?” The theme introduced by the key board becomes an interesting countermelody and a welcome distraction from Coro’s nasal voice. The pace slows down with “Miss ing You.” A haunting saxophone solo begins and ends the cut. But once again, the lyrics shatter the mood. “I’ve been missing you pretty baby/ I’ve been missing you all night long,” is accompanied by two part “ooh-woo’s” from the backup singers. Needless to say, the effect is less than heart-wrenching. The nexteut, “Promise You My Love,” picks up the pace again. It begins with a lively, syncopated duet between trumpet and keyboard. The song makes good use of dy namics to increase the intensity level toward the end of the track. “No Way Out” is the first cut to use an electric guitar. The intro duction is discordant, producing Coro “Coro" Charisma Records Rating: 31/2 Ratings are 1 (bad) to 5 (excellent). an appropriately eerie mood for a song about obsessive love. “This feeling I have inside for you/ Is taking over me.. . /I just can’t let you go/ Knowing you’ll love an other/ Oh, there’s no way out.” “My Fallen Angel” is the worst cut on the album, primarily be cause Coro sings most of the time. One highlight is the percussion solo at the end of the track. A Final change of pace comes with “We Belong Together.” It begins chaotically, with no trace of a root chord. Sounding like a church organ, the keyboard defines the key with its slow, sustained chords. Rounding out the album are the cuts “Can’t Let You Go,” “You’re Just What I Need,” “I Wanna Hold You” and “Mega Beats.” Anyone who listens to “Coro” will end up wishing the singer would be quiet and stop drowning out the instrumentation. The Tariqs have put together an album with won derful melodies. If they could Find someone else to write and sing the words to their next album, it could be great. Festival focuses on arts By Michael Stock Staff Reporter Lincoln’s arts extravaganza has spun its way into Lincoln. The Artists of the Lied Festival is a two-week long concentration on the arts for all of Nebraska. Robert Chumbley, director of the Lied Center for Performing Arts, origi nated the idea of the festival. Chum bley said that the idea of an annual festival is to provide an intensive concentration on the aits in Lincoln. “We are trying to focus some at tention ... in an intense period of time to make Lincoln an important cul tural center,” Chumbley said. Many of the artists performing in this festival, including the Broyhill Chamber Orchestra, will be returning to Lincoln in the fall. The goal of the festival is to create a core group of artists who will return to Lincoln on an annual basis, Chumbley said. The group of returning artists Chumbley hopes to use includes members of chamber and symphony orchestras, a ballet company and art ists that will bring their artistic contri butions to Lincoln. With annua) appearances of spe cific artists, Chumbley said he hopes that audiences can make a closer contact to the artists than one per formance. Most of the artists that are in cluded in this year’s festival will remain in Nebraska for at least a few days. “We wanted to keep them long enough in festival format to make an impact,” Chumbley said. The Broyhill Chamber Ensemble will be in Nebraska for more than a week. They have a scheduled per formance in Brownville, Neb., and will be giving private lessons on the UNL campus. Also, the Miami City Ballet will remain in Lincoln for three to four days. The Miami ballet company will be working closely with the Lincoln Midwest Ballet Company. The extra time that artists are spend ing in Nebraska costs the Lied Center more than the typical one- or two night appearances, but Chumbley said the extra expense is worth it. One of the major goals of the festival is to involve youth and UNL students, Chumbley said. He said that with the artists re maining on campus for an extended time, he hoped the students would take advantage of their special oppor tunity. “With the groups here so long we hope that (the artists) will be a part of our campus,” Chumbley said. Programming began with last night’s Bach Ensemble at Kimball Hall. This year’s springtime scheduling of the festival is not the way it will be in the future. The scheduling ot next year’s fes tival is purposefully in the fall. Pro gramming fell into an easy, available time to get the acts wanted, Chum bley said. Tickets are still available at the Lied Center Box Office for Opera Omaha’s “The Magic Flute” on Thurs day and the Lincoln Symphony Or chestra with the Canadian Brass for a “Spring Pops Concert” on Friday. The Broyhill Chamber Ensemble will perform at Kimball Hall on April 13 and 20, the Miami City Ballet on April 16 and 17, the Chilingirian String Quartet at Sheldon Art Gallery on April 19 and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra on April 21. Zoo Continued from Page 9 get the most timid listeners out on the dance floor. With the majority of the crowd on its feet for the final song, lead vocalist Kevin Williams taught the audience a chant: “Shit, goddamn, get off your ass and jam,” Williams shouted. The audience followed Williams blindly as the entire crowd swayed and the intensity of the band increased proportionally. Williams took time out after the three-hour show to define and defend his music. “1 just call it dance music, get-up and-dancc, get-off-your-ass music,” Williams said. “The press likes to call it world-beat a lot. I think it’s a cop out sometimes, just because they don’t want to think, but they’ve got to label it something.” Williams said the band concen trates on playing music the members think will appeal to the audience, without copying other groups. “We listen to so many things that if we don’t like to hear it, we don’t play it,” Williams said. “If we don’t enjoy the song, no one else is going to.” Band members look that message to the stage Monday night and it showed in the realistic presentation of the music. “We’re not faking it,” Williams said. “Everybody in the band is really good friends. We all really love each other. It sounds corny, but we really do. It just comes natural, you know. We can’t help but have a ball.” Phi Gamma Delta presents PHI GAM SLAM April 20 & 21 3 v 3 Basketball Tourney & Slam Dunk Contest on 9’ 4" Rims FREE t-shirt with entry Contact Michael Murphy at 475-2828 or Scott Thompson at 435-9461 for more info. ,-s f BUD LAUVLOR’S LIGHT. SPORTING GOODS V-—-' BIG MURF'S CneriU Art rev RIXSTINE I niCAN xTTinmmr^inirmut f SOCIETY ---_ Poets Continued from Page 9 widely anthologized in African American literature. Both poets burst onto the black arts scene of the ’60s, an era that is today often referred to as a renais sance in black arts. Sanchez claims Malcolm X and popular street cul ture among her earliest influences, and Madhubuti echoes some of these same influences with his use of phrase-turning and the incisive wit ui black speech. Both poets have compiled substantial critical ac claim and public acknowledgment for their continuing work. Madhubuti and Sanchez share a common concern with political activism and “sec their poetry as political activism,’’Joyce said. The unified political and artistic effort is an African- American literary tra dition that can be traced back to the slave narrative, Joyce said, and both poets come out of mat tradition. The opportunity to experience Inc dramatic presentations of these poets is not merely unique, but an historical event, Joyce said. Madhubuti and Sanchez know one another and have worked to gether in the past, Joyce said, and their combined reading displays a “mutual relationship of concern” for black culture on all levels, ar tistic, political and personal. The poetry reading will be Fri day from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., and a discussion will be held the follow ing morning from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. The topic of the discussion will be “Under a Soprano Sky: Black Men and Women in the 1990s.” “Under a Soprano Sky” is the title of the latest volume of Sanchez’s poetry; Madhubuli has written a critical study of black relationships titled “Black Men: Obsolete, Dan gerous and Single.” Both sessions will be held in Centennial Ballroom of the Ne braska Union. $3 00 per day for 15 words on individual student and student organization ads $3.75 per day tor 15 words on commercial ads $ 15 each additional word $.75 billing charge. Personal ads must be prepaid Found ads may be submitted free of charge DEADLINE: 2:00 p.m. weekday before publica tion, 3 Bicycles For Sale 1990 Trek 1200.4 month old racing bike $425 obo 477 7854. leave message 2T Raleigh Olympian 12 speed. $150 435 1263 --- 59 cm Torpado. Campy. Columbus 435-2322. ask tor Bob Or 423 9441. 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