| Show m m Vi t t( j 'T 1 00 Friday April 30 1 '’ r ' “ tTr-- J 999 A&E Comedy drama music mystery on tap at Lyric - the fictional Sherlock Holmes were himself suddenly the victim Who would solve the crime? All evening performances begin at 8 pm and the Saturday matinees at 2 pm at the Lyric Theatre 28 W Center Logan OLRC is an advanced summer performance program operated by the theater department at Utah State University It brings in professionals and advanced students from around the country Single tickets are $10 $12 and $14 Season subscriptions are $40 for adults $35 for senior citizens Season samplers (eight anytime coupons exchangeable for tickets) range from $64 to $90 A matinee subscription (one ticket to each Saturday matinee during the final four weeks of the season) is available for $30 Tickets are available at the USU Spectrum ticket office between 9 am and 5:30 pm at the Taggart Student Center information desk between 9 am and 1 pm or at the Lyric Theatre box office after 7 pm on performance evenings Tickets at the theater are for that evening’s production only For more information or to receive a brochure detailing plays and ticket packages call (435) Deana some of her own songs some composed by others basing her selections on her own experiences She won’t sing about heartbreak elation or even unless the subjects have touched her own life w fast-pace- 10-1- Prize-winni- Nai-occupie- 23-2- 7-- From 1 D single and was playing the Superdome in New Orleans” So she started talking to the audience “I just started relating to them joking around making light of the situation” Carter said “1 love being on stage because get to talk to so many people at once Whenever I'm on stage I have to be careful not to talk more than sing "And I actually had to learn not to be so honest about every single thing” she added laughing “There are some things people don't want to know” 1 1 1 The honesty is important In her songs though Carter does not hold back She sings 797-150- r Bruce Hornsby still has the ‘Spirit’ The Old Lyric Company will comedy drama mystery in its four-shosummer theater series The plays will be: “Cash On Delivery” presented June 5 18 19 July 10 16 and 23 matinee on July 10 This is a d British farce about con artist Trie Swann who has swindled welfare authorities for years by claiming benefits for imaginary individuals living at his address “Diary of Anne Frank” 16 17 presented June 2 July 2 15 and 31 matinee on July 31 Based on the book of the same name this 1956 Puliter play tells the story of a gallant teenager and her family as they hide in an attic in d Amsterdam “Two By Two” presented 6 June 30 July 14 22 24 and 28 matinee on July 24 Richard Rodgers wrote the music for this second look at the biblical tale of Noah and the Ark The show has been called hilarious and inspirational “Sherlock’s Last Case” presented July 9 17 21 29 and 30 matinee on July 17 A mystery by Charles Marowitz about what would happen if London's most renowned sleuth LOGAN Standard-Examine- 0 Soul and gospel influences resoundingly apparent in new CD When news spread Bruce Hornsby about to release CD of studio recordings inspired by soul and gospel some people wondered if his extensive travels with the Grateful Dead - and more recently with the d Furthur Tour -might have stunted his growth as a songwriter Would the new album be y padded with endless grooves? Would Hornsby’s gift for vividly evoking small-tow- n life get lost in the mix? “Spirit Trail" quickly dispels those fears The soul and gospel influences arc resoundingly apparent and Hornsby seldom has sounded more inspired aggressive or funky at the piano But the fundamental strength of the album resides in the songwriting and once again much of it reflects Hornsby’s admiration for the Southern literary tradition The most conspicuous example of how writers like Harper Lee have influenced Hornsby’s work is the ballad “Sneaking Up on Boo Radley” with its innocent yet foreboding chorus: Dead-inspire- jam-happ- “I want to be the kind of artist who is around for a long time who tells the truth and helps you know you are normal and not losing your mind I want to make known for his work with Digable Planets and Mary J Blige) and experimenting with drum loops and samples "They say he's crazy They say he’s gone We play our tricks make up funny songs Sneaking around feeling badly sneaking up on Boo Radley " Mostly though Hornsby draws the album’s cast of characters from his own experience or imagination and they are a colorful lot: a snake-handlin- g evangelist (“Preacher in the Ring”) an old Hornsby acquaintance turned prostitute (“Sad Moon”) a loeal despot (“King of the Hill") adolescents struggling to assert their personalities (“Pete & Manny”) One of Hornsby’s most appealing traits as a writer is his flair for creating a social circle and then swiftly establishing how people relate to each other within it The opening line from “Pete and Manny” is typical: "Pete took up Latin dancing The emphasis on electronics though doesn’t obscure Hornsby’s talent as a songwriter and some of the sleek arrangements particularly the one fashioned for “See the Same Way” offer a contemporary perspective on soul music without sounding overly derivative or trendy Spirit Trail Brace Hornsby Trail" is true to the d tone of I lornsby’s previous recordings the second disc finds him collaborating with producer Mike Mangini (best band-oriente- S'lWrMIAIU-I£XAMIINIi- R CLASSIFIEDS Sherry loved his style We loved to laugh as they glided past But he kicked the blues for a h hile ” While the first disc on "Spirit people laugh and help them heal” You can reach reporter Nancy Van Valkenhurg at 625-427- 5 or nvanfflstandardnet “It keeps things honest” she said “In a business that can become so contrived so ‘follow the leader’ so homogenized it really keeps me focused on my work and my life” She hopes that authenticity be her legacy w ill “I hope over a long period of time I can continue to relate to people to make them part of me and make me part of them The artists I admire like James Taylor and Bruce Springsteen are people who can’t be fenced in and who are constantly right on the money with their songs Quartet began teaching but also formed a quartet to perform on the side Initially the group tried to be From ID like the Romeros a Spanish guiof only about a dozen or so guitar quartet lead by Pepe Romero tar quartets as compared with Kanengiser’s mentor the countless hordes of classical Then one day LAGQ members realized they were trying to string and wind quartets For whatever reason guitars build on a heritage that was not were never the classical instrutheir own ment of choice for most compos“It wasn’t until we started doers So little chamber music exing our own thing and reflecting ists for guitars our own backgrounds and tastes Not a problem for LAGQ that we really started to become members adept at adapting classuccessful” Kanengiser said sical works written for other inTheir own thing turned out to struments in "formalizing” guibe something of a hodgepodge tar folk tunes and jn creating “All of us have training in classical guitar but we all have a compositions of their own “It’s a mystery to me exactly deep interest in other kinds of w hy guitar quartets are rare” music Andrew York actually has said “Don’t mind me a degree in studio guitar I came being corny but guitars really from rock ’n’ roll One of us is a strike a chord with people It professional flamenco guitarist seems like the archetypical folk John has played quite a bit of instrument I very culture has country There’s an eclectic mix inhad some kind of pluck-strin- g we bring to it” I here’s strument Then there are the world musomething pleasing about the sound of a sic interests each member has plucked string" picked up during his studies "We play music from Chile rock Forsaking Brazil Japan One of the best The group was founded 19 comments 1 ever got was after I years ago but Kancngiscr’s own played a piece I wrote that imimusical odyssey began at least a tates the sound of Indonesian decade eat her music I play it using plastic disks “When 1 was first in elementaand metal strapped to the strings A woman from Bali came back-stary school my brother had friends who played folk music and I lisand said it reminded her of tened to the Beatles James Tayhome lor and Joni Mitchell" he said “The only thing we don’t have is Egyptian music to go with "Basically all the music I really liked had guitar in it My your igyptian Theater” Kanenmother never sat me down and giser said with a laugh “Maybe forced me to practice for an hour we could form a human pyraa day I played because I loved mid" music I never expected to do this Classical fun ge professionally" But a hopeful Kanengiser headed off to college to search tor a way to make a living from That kind of playful spirit puts LAGQ’s audience at ease “The audience seems to really music cither on stage or behind react to the kind of pieces we are the scenes doing now and our manner on Once at the University of stage" Kanengiser said -Southern California be began to ttc go out without the expecrealize that being the next John ted trappings of classical music I ennon or James laylor was a c try to be warm and friendly common dream Competition and act like ourselves Sc arc sewas fierce and Kanengiser began rious about the music but we try to be regular guys on xtjge We to suspect his skills anJ temperahave a lot of lun so the audience ment were Kjier suited to classidH’s tvo " cal guitar Success after nearly two de“I don’t regret (not doing rKkl” he said ’ I value my hear- cades of givtxl solid work seems ing But really it’s all a mauer of to suit kanengi-e- r “If I’d made it as a rosk musi-oa- n following your true calling I love I don’t I but and risk might luvc been both fapopular jaz mous and forgotten by now" he think I hjJ it in me to do them I’m having a lot of fun doing said wi:h a laugh rwzLa! I m doing I think this is the iou can rsK h reporter Saner w iv it was meant to be" 5 Ion luHcnhiox tn or man tu’hkirj 'wt graduation kanengiser 1 In the end “Spirit Trail” not only ranks as one of Hornsby’s finest albums it’s also clearly his most adventurous Ax 625-427- 4 POOR COPY Mike Joyce Special The Washington Post To Subscribe: 625-44- 00 |
