Word: chapman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...oriented grace. On the title track, Davis coasts into a relaxed jazz-jam mode. And then on Turtle, her voice arches above the chorus, R.-and-B. diva-like, aching with emotion. Davis will no doubt draw comparisons to acts from various genres--you can hear Joni Mitchell, Tracy Chapman and even Stevie Wonder churning inside her songs. But like most true talents, she eludes direct matches. The gentle waves of her music beat against the shore, recede and then wash back again...
...Kedar Entertainment/Universal) and is a headliner on this summer's neo-soul Smokin' Grooves Tour. And Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan has masterminded the summer's most talked-about musical event: Lilith Fair, a traveling show featuring a rotating lineup of 61 female singer-songwriters, including Cassandra Wilson, Tracy Chapman, Fiona Apple, Paula Cole, Jewel and McLachlan herself. There's a different melody in the air: macho is out; empathy is in. "People want to be given hope," says Atlantic Records senior vice president Ron Shapiro, "and these female artists are giving young people a life preserver...
...many ways; it's a kind of crust we have to break through." In the title song on Pieces of You, Jewel attacks religious and sexual intolerance, her voice breaking as she sings, "You say he's a faggot. Are you afraid you're just the same?"; one of Chapman's newest songs is titled The Rape of the World...
...most exciting musical events is the Lilith Fair. Started by singer Sarah McLachlan, it features only female performers. Last year Lilith had what McLachlan calls "a test run"--four dates. Starting July 5, it will include more than 35 shows, with such acts as Jewel, Paula Cole and Tracy Chapman, all of whom have agreed to play as many dates as their schedules permit. McLachlan hopes Lilith will become an annual event...
Wayne Allard, R-Colo. (District 4) Anthony C. Beilenson, D-Calif. (24) Tom Bevill, D-Ala. (4) Bill Brewster, D-Okla. (3) Glen Browder, D-Ala. (3) Sam Brownback, R-Kans. (2) John Bryant, D-Texas (5) Jim Chapman, D-Texas (1) William F. Clinger, R-Pa. (5) Ronald D. Coleman, D-Texas (16) Barbara-Rose Collins, D-Mich. (15)* Cardiss Collins, D-Ill. (7) Wes Cooley R-Ore. (2) Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill. (20) E. ("Kika") de la Garza, D-Texas (15) Cleo Fields D-La. (4) Jack Fields, R-Texas (8) Harold E. Ford, D-Tenn...