The Gazette du lieu suivant : Montreal, Quebec, Canada • 28

a MfWIf" 1 B4 THE GAZETTE. MONTREAL. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1998 lie (Sasettc UN ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR: LUCINDA CHODAN 987-2568 I HIT 1TA jl LI LrsX Double Grammy win for McLachlan Lilith Fair founder captures honours for female pop vocal performance, pop instrumental Associated Press NEW YORK Lilith Fair founder Sarah McLachlan picked up her first pieces of Grammy hardware last night as the American music industry handed out its highest honours. And the Dylan family Bob and son Jakob shared five awards. Bob took album of the year for Time Out of Mind, won best contemporary folk album and best male rock vocal performance.

"We didn't know what we had when we did it," Dylan said in accepting the best album award. "But we did it anyway." His performance of the song Love Sick was interrupted by a shirtless dancer with the words "Soy Bomb" painted on his chest. Bob's only response: quizzically raised eyebrows. Jakob won as best rock song composer for One Headlight, performed by his band, the Wallflowers. The same song was honoured as the best rock vocal performance by a duo or group.

RESOUNDING CHEER Halifax-born, Vancouver-based McLachlan won two of the honours at the 40th annual awards, for best female pop vocal performance for the song Building a Mystery and best pop instrumental for Last Dance, in a ceremony held before the three-hour telecast of the awards gala. McLachlan, who beamed radiantly throughout a rendition of Building a Mystery, followed Lilith Fair tour mates Shawn Colvin and Paula Cole on to the Grammy stage. A resounding cheer filled the theatre when host Kelsey Grammer announced McLachlan, whose all female ours went to American Jimmy Sturr. The Toronto cast of Ragtime also failed to pick up an award in the best musical show album category. Neil Rosenberg, a folklore professor at Memorial University in St.

John's, won a Grammy for best liner notes for his efforts on a series of historic recordings issued by the Smithsonian Institution. The album Love Scenes by Nanaimo, B.C., jazz singer Diana Krall, who was in the running for best jazz vocal performance, lost out to Dear Ella by Dee Dee Bridgewater. Vancouver nominee Long John Baldry's The Original Story of Winnie the Pooh lost the battle of the bears for best album for children to Kuralt's Winnie-the-Poch. Actor-rapper Will Smith, who won his third Grammy award over a decade for Men in Black, dedicated his award to the late rapper Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. PUFF DADDY TRIUMPHS Grammy voters chose Trisha Year-wood's How Do I Live as best female country performance.

Among her competitors was LeAnn Rimes, for her version of the same Diane Warren-penned song. Yearwood also won an award for In Another's Eyes, her duet with Garth Brooks. Puff Daddy was honoured with the best rap album Grammy for No Way Out. His top-selling tribute to the Notorious B.I.G., I'll Be Missing You, won for best rap performance by a duo or group. John Fogerty took home the award for best rock album Blue Moon Swamp.

The late classical conductor. Sir Georg Solti, won his record high 31st Grammy, for best opera recording. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma won two awards. The versatile Alison Krauss, a Grammy favourite, won three for best country instrumental, best bluegrass album and best country performance by a duo or group with Union Station. iMiffliriiii ii iiii.MMiiim i-nniiMiMa imnnnnKii MARK LEHNIHAN, AP Lilith Fair founder Sarah McLachlan (centre), Paula Cole (left) and Shawn Colvin hug after performing together at the Grammy Awards last night in New York.

McLachlan captured a pair of Grammys. long form music video for Jagged Little Pill, Live in the pre-gala ceremony, but Canadian superstars Celine Dion and Brian Adams both nominated for duets with Barbra Streisand lost out Soul singer R. Kelly netted three Grammys for the inspirational ballad I Believe I Can Fly. He received a standing ovation when he performed the song, which won for best male rhythm and blues performance, best rhythm and blues song and best song specifically written fora motion picture. Rapper Puff Daddy, country-blue- grass performer Alison Krauss, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, soul newcomer Erykah Badu and the late newsman Charles Kuralt were also multiple winners.

Paula Cole was named best new artist and veteran Elton John won best male pop vocal performance Grammy for Candle in the Wind 1997, his eulogy to Diana, princess of Wales. It became the best-selling single of all time. Veteran folk-rocker Shawn Colvin's Sunny Came Home won the Grammy for song of the year, the most prestigious songw Titer award. But as she came up to the stage to accept her award, the microphone was hijacked by ODB of the rap group Wu-Tang Clan, who bragged about his group. "I'm confused now," Colvin said.

"It's been a long road and this does matter. I appreciate it." ODB later was escorted from the hall. Canada's polka contingent, consisting of three-time Grammy winner and perennial nominee Walter Ostanek of St. Catharines, and John Gora and Gorale from Burlington, were shut out as best polka album hon traveling music festival drew huge crowds last summer in Canada, Australia and the United States. McLachlan lost in the best pop album category to veteran James Taylor and Shawn Colvin took best record for her song Sunny Came Home.

Alanis Morissette of Ottawa won best Grammy winners. Page B7 Bluesman Barry goes for the gold well, true to the blues while avoiding the overworked formulas that less golden outfits rely on. Singing duties are divided up between Barry, who Stephen Barry is in his kitchen, which is modeled after the Taj Mahal, seated at a palatial table that holds numerous trophies and a pet iguana. Or so he says. Barry may be stretching the truth, but it's impossible to tell, this being a telephone interview.

It's plays bass, and guitarists Andrew Cowan and Michael Browne, who hug the coastline of the blues, from two- late-morning rapidly be i 4 POPARAZZI coming early- TV TONIGHT Julie Snyder interviews Celine Dion Gazette TV columnist Mike Boone picks the best of tonight programs: Literati (Bravo at Ruth Ren-dell. Virtual Obsession (WVNY22 at 8): Cyber thriller MoW Biography at 8): Bill (Bojan-gles) Robinson. S.O.S. Titanic (History TV at 8): 1979 TV movie. Nature of Things (CBMTG at 9): Labrador The Wav of the Mystery (VPTV33 at 9): The Ice House.

Big Ticket (MuchMusir at 9): Inner City Blues: The Music of Marvin Gave 18 Hours (WCAX 3 at 10): Weight loss. Le Polng (CFTM-IOat Julie mm chord Bo Diddley vamps to the raw Delta sty le of Bukka White. While his six string slingers get encyclopaedic on him. Barry's compositions are notably eccentric for someone rooted so firmly in the 12 bar terrain. "Like a lot of bluesmen, I don't feel like a bluesman per se," he says.

His trajectory began as a teenage fan of the Beatles and Stones, which led him to the Paid Butterficld Band, which in turn led him to Montreal's Esquire Show Bar, where the underage bassist from Lachine discovered the likes of 1 low lin' Wolf and Muddy Waters. "Of course, it was all downhill after that." Harry says. His various bunds got their schooling on stage at the Rising Sun and Rainbow Bar Grill, backing legends like Big Mama Thornton. Buddy Guy and John Ie Hooker. They learned how to turn their amps down low and decrease the tempo without sacrificing energy Yi.vesiv POPARAZZI, Pane 08 ERIC anernoon and the dri- IB LIN ving force be- hind the Stephen Barry Band claims to bo wide awake and entirely lucid.

"1 lold on, let me find my glasses." he says. Were you sleeping? "1 as just restinR." I could call back Liter. "No, this Ls as alert as I get." Despite the discombobulnted demeanour. Barry is on top of things. He's held his band together through various reincarnations for "23 beautiful years." making it the city's foremost blues ensemble that Roes beyond the blues.

This weekend, the band launches Its fifth recording. The Gold Record, which takes its name from a Kill band members gave Barry when he turned 50: he is the proud owner of a gold Lime tuxedo. The Stephen Harry Bawl has aged Jht. i Snvder interviews Celine Dion. The DresNer (Showcase at 11): Great acting by Albert Finney and Tom Courtenny I-e Party (Channel at midnight): Pierre FaLmlenii political coiiM-dy.

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