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      6
      April
      1999
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ARTS
      AND
      ENTERTAINMENT
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      A
      Bunch
      Of
     
     
      Reviews...
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Arrogant
      Worms:
      Live
      Bait
      —
      Ever
      listen
      to
      the
      Arrogant
      Worms?
      If
     
     
      not,
      go
      buy
      a
      copy
      (I
      know
      it’s
      a
      bit
      blunt)
      of
      “Live
      Bait”.
      Known
      as
     
     
      the
      Canadian
      clown
      princes
      of
      comedy,
      this
      is
      their
      first
      live
      album,
     
     
      and
      it
      features
      12
      tracks,
      including
      6
      that
      were
      never
      released
      before
      on
     
     
      their
      previous
      albums.
      With
      Worms’
      classics
      such
      as
      “The
      Last
      Sas-
     
     
      katchewan
      Pirate”,
      “Carfull
      Of
      Pain”,
      and
      “Carrot
      Juice
      Is
      Murder”
      —
     
     
      as
      well
      as
      such
      great
      new
      tunes
      as
      “Mounted
      Animal
      Nature
      Trail”
      and
     
     
      “Canada’s
      Really
      Big”,
      this
      album
      is
      a
      sure
      thing.
      If
      you
      have
      a
      sense
     
     
      of
      humour
      you’re
      bound
      to
      like
      the
      Worms.
      www.cyberus.ca/~jefimay/
     
     
      worms/worms.htm
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Los
      Gusanos
      (Subversion
      Records)
      —
      This
      is
      the
      first
      release
      from
      CJ
     
     
      Ward’s
      band
      (you
      may
      know
      him
      as
      CJ
      Ramone).
      Featuring
      their
      unique
     
     
      brand
      of
      “motorcycle
      rock”,
      this
      is
      a
      good
      album.
      All
      12
      tracks
      feature
     
     
      CJ’s
      vocals,
      so
      if
      you
      liked
      his
      songs
      with
      the
      Ramones
      you're
      bound
     
     
      to
      like
      this
      album.
      Top
      tracks
      include
      “Bad
      Day”,
      “Blue
      Sky”,
      “On
      My
     
     
      Way”
      and
      “Carve
      Your
      Name”.
      www.losgusanos.com/
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Natalie
      MacMaster:
      My
      Roots
      Are
      Showing
      (Warner)
      —
      Natalie
      is
     
     
      well
      known
      to
      be
      a
      fiddling
      phenomenon,
      and
      this
      is
      her
      latest
      release.
     
     
      Ending
      the
      album
      is
      a
      live
      cut,
      “A
      Glencoe
      Dance
      Set”,
      with
      the
      rest
     
     
      being
      recorded
      in
      the
      studio.
      Another
      in
      a
      long
      line
      of
      great
      releases
     
     
      from
      her,
      it
      won
      her
      a
      Juno
      award
      recently
      for
      best
      instrumental
      album.
     
     
      www.nataliemacmaster.com/welcome.html
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dervish:
      Live
      In
      Palma
      (Kells
      Music)
      —
      Dervish
      is
      an
      Irish
      traditional
     
     
      group,
      much
      in
      the
      same
      spirit
      of
      the
      Chieftains.
      This
      particular
      re-
     
     
      lease
      is
      a
      double
      cd,
      featuring
      22
      tracks,
      every
      one
      of
      them
      a
      keeper.
     
     
      Some
      of
      the
      songs
      on
      this
      album
      feature
      vocals
      (most
      of
      which
      are
      in
     
     
      Gaelic),
      although
      the
      majority
      are
      instrumentals.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Jack
      Williams:
      Across
      The
      Winterline
      (Wind
      River)
      —
      This
      is
      a
      re-
     
     
      lease
      from
      the
      newly
      created
      sublabel
      of
      Folk
      Era.
      Featured
      on
      this
     
     
      album
      is
      fine
      songwriting
      and
      relaxing
      folk
      music
      that
      crosses
      the
      line
     
     
      into
      country,
      rock,
      jazz
      and
      the
      blues.
      www.
      folkera.com/windriver
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sheila
      Noonan:
      Radio
      Sweethearts
      (Kells)
      —
      This
      album
      features
      a
     
     
      beautiful
      voice
      and
      a
      number
      of
      songs
      that
      are
      familiar
      to
      the
      people
      of
     
     
      the
      East
      Coast.
      Included
      are
      two
      JP
      Cormier
      (of
      Cape
      Breton)
      ¥
     
     
      “The
      Island”
      and
      “Another
      Morning”,
      as
      well
      as
      “The
      Ballad
      of
      St.
     
     
      Anne’s
      Reel”
      —a
      Prince
      Edward
      Island
      song.
      A
      couple
      of
      other
      great
     
     
      tracks
      include
      “Music
      Of
      Healing”
      by
      Tommy
      Sands
      and
      “Emigrant
     
     
      Eyes”,
      a
      song
      that
      fans
      of
      John
      Allan
      Cameron
      are
      bound
      to
      know
      (it
     
     
      can
      be
      found
      on
      his
      “Glencoe
      Station”
      album
      also).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Seven
      Nations:
      Big
      Dog
      —
      This
      is
      a
      release
      from
      one
      of
      the
      premier
     
     
      Celtic
      rock
      bands
      from
      the
      United
      States.
      There
      are
      a
      few
      instrumentals
     
    
   
   
    
     
      here,
      emphasizing
      the
      highland
      bagpipes,
      as
      well
      as
      some
      fine
      vocal
     
     
      tracks,
      including
      “Crooked
      Jack”.
      www.sevennations.com
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ce
     
    
   
   
    
     
      with
      David
      MacDonald
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Woman
      in
      the
      Dunes
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      recently
      warm
      temperatures
      noe
      inspire
      thoughts
      of
     
     
      summer
      days
      walking
      on
      sandy
      Prince
      Island
      beaches,
      sand
     
     
      clinging
      to
      your
      heels.
      Sure,
      sometimes
      those
      dunes
      may
      be
      hard
      to
     
     
      climb
      over,
      but
      you
      don’t
      mind.
      You'd
      frolic
      in
      the
      al