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Digital Archiving Completed by the Ethnography Lab, A University of Toronto Anthropology Initiative<br />

and Produced in Collaboration with David Perlman/Wholenote Media Inc between July-December 2015.<br />

Kensington Market DRUM ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT <strong>May</strong> 21, <strong>1992</strong> I Page Fifteen<br />

JANE SIBERRY<br />

& BOB WISEMAN<br />

AT THE BOHEMIAN<br />

EMBASSY<br />

It may seem a bit strange to<br />

review a concert more than a<br />

month after it has taken place.<br />

However, a show by two of<br />

Toronto ' s premier artists<br />

deserves a mention even if it is<br />

late. This review will also give<br />

the Drum a chance to finally say<br />

something negative · about a<br />

performance.<br />

Wiseman and Siberry together<br />

'could have been a dream bill.<br />

These are undoubtedly two of the<br />

most talented performers around<br />

today, and the prospect of the<br />

two of them on the same stage<br />

packed the Bohemian Embassy.<br />

It was an evening of impro­<br />

V!Smg. Generally, Wiseman<br />

played and sang backup while<br />

Siberry warbled. And warbled is_<br />

the correct word. There were<br />

very few words sung during 'the<br />

whole evening. At one point,<br />

after a song that may have been<br />

entitled "On the Psychiatric<br />

Ward", Siberry stated, "I always<br />

wanted to sound this way." Well,<br />

not everyone would agree. Jane's<br />

greatest strength is her fine<br />

songwriting and clever lyrics,<br />

elements that were, by dint of<br />

the improvisational nature of the<br />

concert, not present.<br />

The audience evaluation of<br />

the show seemed to range from<br />

"interesting" to "different", a<br />

term Siberry herself used to<br />

desc,ri_be the evening. It's an<br />

admirable thing for Siberry to go<br />

public with something that is<br />

Mariposa returns<br />

to Ontario Place<br />

by DRUM Staff<br />

Mariposa Festival '92 will be<br />

back at Ontario Place again this<br />

year, this time on the Solstice<br />

weekend, June 19, 20, and 21.<br />

So far, the Festival has booked<br />

over 100 acts, making it by far<br />

the best ticket buy in town.<br />

Space constraints make it<br />

impossible· to list the full lineup<br />

but a few of the headliners are:<br />

Ferron, The Roches, Meryn<br />

Cadell, Taj Mahal, Amos Garrett<br />

and the Eh! Team, Peggy<br />

Seeger, The Texas Tornados<br />

(featuring Flaco Jiminez, Freddie<br />

Fender and Doug Sahm!),<br />

the Fairfield Four - the group<br />

that stole the show from Los<br />

Lobos last year - Tom Paxton,<br />

Shirley Eikhard, Ani DiFranco<br />

and Maura O'Connell.<br />

All the above listed performers<br />

will be appearing at<br />

Forum concerts as well as appearing<br />

at workshops throughout<br />

the weekend. A workshop, a<br />

format Mariposa pioneered, is a<br />

sort of intimate mix and match<br />

performance that puts diverse<br />

artists together on a stage with a<br />

unifying theme. For example<br />

Sunday afternoon will feature a<br />

workshop ~ntitled "Suggestions<br />

For Brian" which will allow<br />

Shingoose, Ron Doug Parks<br />

(hey, he's played at the<br />

OF NOTE<br />

by Colin Puffer<br />

such a radical departure from<br />

what she usually does (Wiseman<br />

is always doing "different"<br />

things), but it certainly isn't what<br />

she does best. Please, Jane, sing<br />

us some songs. And where's the<br />

new album?<br />

THE DUKE AMORS<br />

AT THE GREEKS<br />

Where does one begi-n? Tjle<br />

Duke-Amors are a band that is<br />

"trying to combine astrophysics<br />

and rock and roll". They said it,<br />

not me. The .Duke-Amors are<br />

comprised of Ted Rusk, the<br />

world's tallest free-standing<br />

guitar player, Tony T. on bass,<br />

and Steve Keeping on drums.<br />

These guys regularly pack the<br />

Greeks on Friday evenings with<br />

their raucous brand of rock<br />

which is a combination of covers<br />

and original tunes. Covers range<br />

'from Johnny Cash and Trini<br />

Lopez to Carlos Santana tunes.<br />

Ted hope that this eclectic selection<br />

will help to convey to the<br />

world his feelings about "the<br />

awesomeness of the universe."<br />

Tony claims that though he's<br />

played in trios all his life that<br />

this is the best ever. And Steve<br />

enigmatically states, "I am the<br />

·walrus, goo goo ga joob."<br />

If you want clarification<br />

yo.u're going to have to wander<br />

down to 197 112 Baldwin somC"<br />

Friday evening.<br />

Greeks!), Tam -Kearney and<br />

Beverly Bratty to make what<br />

they deem to be appropriate<br />

musical suggestions to our<br />

beloved P.M. <strong>May</strong>be Ron will<br />

even do his "I Love Cow Shit"<br />

song.<br />

_ Happening, as it does, on the<br />

Solstice it seems appropriate that<br />

for the first time Mariposa will<br />

be have a solar powered stage.<br />

Sponsored by the Summer Solstice<br />

Society, a committee of the<br />

Energy Action Council of<br />

Toronto, the solar stage will<br />

feature a number of Toronto's<br />

best bands.<br />

Other highlights of the festival<br />

will be: the Folkplay area -­<br />

a section of the Festival set aside<br />

for kids to participate in folk arts<br />

and hear some fine children's<br />

performers; a dance area which<br />

will feature such performers as<br />

Memo Acevedo and Jackie<br />

Washington, Ken Whiteley and<br />

Mose Scarlett; a host of Native<br />

performers; and an extensive<br />

crafts area with over fifty artisans<br />

demonstrating and displaying<br />

their crafts.<br />

For ticket information and a<br />

more complete lineup contact<br />

·The Mariposa Folk Foundation<br />

at 778-9063.<br />

THE MATRIPIDLES<br />

ATHMV<br />

At HMV? Is there a worse venue<br />

in Toronto for anyone other than<br />

a new age keyboard tinkler?<br />

Well, it was a cassette release<br />

show. But th,e bright lights and<br />

mediocre sound system hardly<br />

did the band justice. Far better<br />

was the Queer Culture show the<br />

band did with Chicken Milk and<br />

Fifth Column at Lees Palace.<br />

The new cassette "Mom<br />

Sequitor" is a live radio recording<br />

done at CKMS in Waterloo,<br />

on February 15, <strong>1992</strong>. After<br />

listening to the tapes of the show<br />

the- matriphiles like it so much<br />

they decided to release the tape<br />

commercially. And it ain't just a<br />

tape you get. The cassette is<br />

accompanied by a 26 page matrizine<br />

with lyrics and beautiful<br />

photos of the fab four and far out<br />

psychedelic graphics!<br />

The re~ording still falls short<br />

of recreating the power ofa live<br />

matriphiles show but is a decided<br />

' improvement on their first<br />

release, "Momolith". To get a<br />

copy of the cassette write the<br />

matriphiles: 130 Baldwin St.,<br />

Toronto, ON M5T 1L6, or<br />

better yet catch the matriphiles<br />

live.<br />

..<br />

•••••••••••••••••<br />

.,/':-.~ .<br />

Music Notes<br />

The Nancy Sinatr.;t

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