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...Radcliffe Pitches. Although they followed an impressive set by the Kroks at the Why Not Jam, the Pitches displayed a strong line-up of soloists and even brought Archie Epps on stage to sing an elegant "Somewhere Over the Rainbow...
Hundreds of spectators gathered around a portable stage with an enormous rainbow-colored balloon to watch jugglers, comedians, musicians and mimes. A truck parked near the show offered ice cream and frozen yogurt, while PBHA members peddled Ben and Jerry's t-shirts...
...most interesting songs in the whole album is "To The Drink The Rainbow," which stands out because of the unusual pitch in which Tikaram sings and its unexpected, almost pop-like melody. The song itself is an outcome of a remark that a friend of Tikaram's made to her after both of them had finished watching the Disney movie Fantasia. Tikaram's friend mentioned that it would be great to write a song about drinking the rainbow. The imagery appealed to Tikaram, who already had considered an idea for song about someone who wanted something passionately and was willing...
Tikaram's uncharacteristically high pitch in "To Drink The Rainbow" is indicative of her maturation and growth as a vocalist. Paradoxically, even though it marks a departure for the singer, the song is characteristic of Tikaram--her willingness to explore, to take risks and test herself as a performer, instead of just sticking to a standard success formula as artists like Tracy Chapman and Debbie Gibson have done. Perhaps this willingness to experiment explains why she continues to work with Mark Isham, with whom she collaborated on the song" Men And Women...
...Michigan voters have almost nothing in common with this walking Experiment in Living, the antinuclear former seminarian who has washed lepers with Mother Teresa in India and studied Zen with Buddhists in Japan is showing surprising appeal. As the campaign enters mid-stretch, rank-and-file union members, independents, rainbow-coalition minorities and educated, maverick Democrats are giving the former two-term California Governor a chance to build on his victories in Colorado and Nevada and a virtual tie in Maine...