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. Vance session the want .SIOWdown' IS Straight . . . . . . . With a depth Oivocal . out ofthis‘ no proglcm, ahead. {00! down! & I I H I. harmony that IS stunning. (AM) reckless driving. They're

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country doesn't work like I the Jam: And Mary Chaln: Reverenoe (blancoy r e s negro) Scarring, definitely

that. (Philip Ogilvie)

I The Billy Bang Quartet:

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This quartet delivered an . g showing their genuflectors I2th FEBRUARY

exhilarating live set in v 21:} l 3 how it‘s really done. GLASGOW BARROWLANDS

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Frank Lowe's dark-toned gucsy appearance on Esscx‘s D-Zonc have in

saxophone, while Sirone and Dennis Charles are an exemplary rhythm section. Bang‘s highly effective setting of his poem about John Coltrane , ‘23rd September' (the saxophonist‘s birthdate), is complemented by their extended version of ‘Lonnie's Lament‘, but

Mercury Rev‘s similarly common? A: Both grab 26th FEBRUARY

languid ‘Car Wash Hair‘. you by the short and e GLASGOW COTTON CW3 (AM) curlies. throw you on to 27th FEBRUARY I The Warolrogs: Lazy the floor and make your e s EDINBURGH MUSIC BOX

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gcmlc grunging with this As regards the record. Amman pencgn Qua mildly hypnotic both tracks have a

proto-metal number. Not superfast piano and heavy

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(Kenny Mathieson) I Dvorak: Symphony No 7

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(Teldec)/Smetana: m llleet McKoy has been around a

(Teldec) Two new hit. Working his way . .‘ recordings show through the 70s, 805 and

conductor Eliahu lnbal‘s 905, he recently worked

grasp of the nationalist with Anglo-Latin

schools of the late 19th percussionist Snowboy 3rd 8: 4th MARCH - GLASGOW, THE RIVERSIDE CLUB century. A spirited and spent last year 5th MARCH - ABERDEEN, ARTS CENTRE rendition of the Dvorak D A working with The James 7'}, MARCH - FORRES' IOWN HALL anorsytfiphong‘s g . TaigwOujrtctthami'y‘» 8th MARCH - PERTH, SALUTA‘I’ION HOTEL

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roots of the movement‘s makinga lot 0f n0iSC thoughtful sense of calm. WITH cross-rhythms. On the about the young London They say talent always

Radio Sinfonie Orchester guitarist Ronny J ordan, shines through it has. T H E U K S U Frankfurt recording of butthis ratherinnocuous (PO) 1 9 9 7

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