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Messenlah is one ol the most popular<br />
bands on the Canadian club circuit,<br />
taking its infectiously sunny music from<br />
the CarribEan direct to dancers and listeners.<br />
But therE's an edge to Messenjah's<br />
music - sure you can dance, but<br />
lhere's plenty lo think about loo.<br />
Marla Muldaur began her career as<br />
the fiddle player wilh the Even Dozen<br />
Jug Band - and her contributions to<br />
music since have included hll records<br />
(is there anyone who doesn't remem'<br />
ber Midnight at the Oasis?l and aiazzinflscted<br />
live performance unit that<br />
swings in a decidedly posilive way.<br />
She has mads numerous records in a<br />
variety of idioms, and one of her best<br />
was a powerful gospel album recorded<br />
with the Chambers Brothers. Expect<br />
fireworks at <strong>Mariposa</strong> from Muldaur -<br />
this is her first appearance at the festival,<br />
and she'll raise some eyebrows.<br />
Her music today is a reminder that the<br />
jazz, gospel, and folk worlds are indeed<br />
connested.<br />
San Murata and Terry Jones<br />
will present a concert of what<br />
Jones calls "sentimental songs<br />
from the '30s and'40s". Jones is a<br />
onetime member of Perth CountY<br />
Conspiracy; Murata is one of Canada's<br />
leading graphic artists and has<br />
been responsible for the design<br />
and execution of the MariPosa Poster<br />
this year. He's also a fine fiddler.<br />
Erlc Nagler shuns the label of "children's<br />
entertainer". lnstead, he calls<br />
himself a "family singef - and that's<br />
just about the most accurate descrip<br />
tion anyone cpuld comE up with. He's a<br />
banjo and liddle player who also rips<br />
olf cheerful solos on the sewerphone<br />
(a miraculous contraption of his own<br />
devising) and a dozen olher instruments.<br />
He's popular with kids of all<br />
ages as the result of his solo @ncerts<br />
and his numerous appearances on The<br />
Elephant Showwith his friends Sharon,<br />
Lois & Bram.<br />
Nazka is a group that specializes in the<br />
music of Soulh America's Andean regions,<br />
and was formed in Toronlo two<br />
years ago. Two of the group's members,<br />
Miguel Vasquez and Jos6 Sanhueza,<br />
had performed in a group with<br />
the same name in Chile, while the other<br />
members (Rodrigo Chavez, StEve<br />
Wingfield, Edgardo Moreno and Jayne<br />
Browne) had all played in other bands<br />
specializing in South p-rris31 61gsic.<br />
New Grass Revlval is one of the very<br />
best Nashville bands around -four<br />
first-rank bluegrass players who believe<br />
it isnt sacrilege to rock out, play Marvin<br />
Gaye hits, and add a new-PennY shine<br />
and unbeatable energy to the bluegrass<br />
tradition. The band has been recording<br />
since 1972, with lounders Sam Bush<br />
(mandolin) and John Cowan (bass and<br />
lead vocals) ioined by Bela Fleck (banjo)<br />
and Pat Flynn (guitar). ln their early<br />
days, NGR used to bs the suPPort acl<br />
for Leon Russell, but now they're earning<br />
headline status on their own. And<br />
on the rare occasions when thoy're not<br />
on ihe road, Bush and Fleck, in particular,<br />
have flourishing careers as Nashville<br />
session players.<br />
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