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"It's a pop record in the truest
sense," says Sting of his latest
A&M release
"Ten Summoner's Tales."
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make it, just as I had to make the
last one. Yet I felt it was important
that it not be a confessional, autobiographical
or therapeutic," he said.
"If 'Soul Cages' was therapeutic,
then the therapy worked. Being on
the rebound from that very dark
record, this time I wanted to make
one for the fun of it, the craft of it to
engage the band musically.
There's a clash of styles and motifs
that's quite deliberate."
Produced by Sting and Hugh
Padgham, "Ten Summoner's Tales"
revives the aural majesty of last
year's "The Soul Cages," but then
explodes into a sweep of styles and
tonal colors: straight-ahead rhvih
mic numbers surge into pastiches of
tempo and mood, songs formed of
the musical hybrids that accord
Sting's music such rich distinction.
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Hank Williams, Jr. is an
American original.
The son of country music's
first superstar, he has turned the
twin legacies of genius and tragedy
into personal and artistic triumph,
becoming in the process one of
contemporary music's most commanding
figures.
Williams takes his music to the
people with style and on a grand
scale. Hank's "Bocephus '93" tour
lives nn fr> his fans' hioh pynertn
tions, incorporating state-of-the-art
lighting, sound and staging into a
multi-million dollar extravaganza.
Rounding off the concert picture is
Hank's irreproachable Bama Band.
All elements combined add up to
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"I like to throw curves into the
arrangements," he said, explaining
that the strategy of unexpectedly
fusing genres helps ensure that the
music lives.
Recorded in a brisk eioht weeks
"Ten Summoner's Tales" opens
with a song whose power derives
exactly from its account of furious
evolution, but it's an evolution
grounded in a passionate adherence
to love: "If I ever lost my faith in
you/There'd be nothing left for me
to do." With Sting's bass foregrounded,
the piece lifts into a swirl
of ascending notes as its key lyric
points, then returns to its driving
rhythm. The tension between chorus
and verse, like the one that
elcomes "Bo
HANK WILLIAMS, JR.,
with special guests
RESTLESS HEART
Sunday, May 16
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cert attractions.
This year, Hank's tour comes
on the heels of the 63rd album of
his career, "Out of Left Field."
Upon listening to this latest project,
connoisseurs of Hank's past musical
efforts might be tempted to
speculate that the title is not only
the appellation of one of the
album's songs, but also a statement
of a much different musical direc
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lose the tension in my work. n
Without tension, there's no spring."
Together with his compositions h
for The Police, Sting has garnered b
eight Grammy awards; and have h
helped manifest his aesthetic range, v
Work in a dozen films, from
"Quadrophenia"(1979) to "The P
Adventures of Baron a
Munchausen"(1989) as well as his t<
croaaway roie in tjrecnt/weui s t1
"Three Penny Opera"(1989) also f]
helped cast him as "Renaissance 0
Man" who provoked such adjec- ^
tives from admirers as
"promethean" and "indomitable."
Confronted today with the
hype, Sting laughs.
"I never understand what they
mean, I'm just doing what I like to
do," he said.
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most enduring icons.
The legend's son has forged
his own legend, and while he is
proudly wearing the Williams name
and extending the Williams legacy,
he continues to stretch die boundaries
and change the face of contemporary
music.
Garnering seven No. 1 records,
three gold albums, the Acadamy of
Country Music's Vocal Group of
The Year 1990, along with four
Grammy and seven Country Music
Association award nominations,
RCA's Restless Heart, a leading
force in contemporary country rock
will be opening for Williams at the
Carowinds Paladium Amphitheatre.
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When Bryan
^dams sings those
vords on his latest
ilbum "Waking Up
Neighbours," he might as wel
alking about his own incred
areer. Because if there's one tl
Iryan has refused to do, it's to :
vhat he started when he burst
if Canada and onto the internal
1 rock scene in the early Eighi
le began as a classic, no-nonst
ocker - and that's what h
emained, despite enough wo
/ide success to cause a iess c<
litted artist to pull up and rest.
"Waking Up the Neighbc
as been three years in the mal
>ut one listen lets you know \
is legion of fans will find the \
/orthwhile.
The notoriously meticul
tdams has carefully crafted
lbum that sizzles from beginn
3 end. It's a solid collection of
ype of guitar rockers Bryar
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eous balled, including the Nc
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album "Cuts Like
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United States and
spawned several
hit singles includthe
ing the Top 10 "Straight From the
1 be Heart." The 1984 album "Reckless"
ible went to No. 1 "Heaven" the Top 10
ling favorites "Run to You" and
stop "Summer of '69" and the Top 20
out duet with Tina Turner, "It's Only
ion- Love." His last album was the
ties. multi-Platinum "Into the Fire."
:nse In retrospect, Bryan has been
e"s ambitious and adventurous enough
rid- to take his music to just about any^m
where he's desired. The man never
stops; neither does the demand for
)rs his special talents. While preparing
:ing the music that would eventually
vhy materialize as "Waking Up the
vait Neighbors," Bryan managed a
mind-boggling schedule of internaous
tional touring and session work.
an Any way you cut it, Bryan
,jno Adams is a refreshing phenomenon
in modern music. One listen to
j js "Waking Up the Neighbors" will
demonstrate that he's still in the
'or* trenches - with no intention of
K "stopping this thing he started."
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turday, July 31
RAVIS TRITT
nday, August 8
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