ARTS Monday, November 11, 1985 The Michigan Daily Page 5 Windham Hill warms Ann Arbor By Craig Varterian WINDHAM HILL brought Ann Arbor home Saturday night at the Power Center, with their warmth, humor, and tremendous musical talent. The concert, featuring a triple bill of the Windham labels finest, was sure to please from the opening note. Liz Story started the evenings celebration, with her soft, subtle form of contemporary piano. Reminiscent of another now famous Windham ar- tist, George Winston, Story brought the audience out of the rain, sat them down and warmed them up with her emotionally charged music. Unknown until William Ackerman, the Windham labels founding father, discovered Story in 1982. She typifies the label's emphasis in front of an audience or recorded any material until the debut of her first album Solid Colors. Michael Hedges, the second per- former of the evening, provided a sharp contrast to Liz Story's flowing, lyrical piano style. Hedges, a guitarist, set out to get the audience pumped up with his technical wizar- dry. The more physical style of Hedges is characterized by guitar slams,ithat often madethe guitar sound like a set of bongos, hammer-' ons and hammer-offs. Hedges lit up the stage and had the audience on their feet at one point with the song "Sudden Anticipation." The guitar he was playing seemed to be five instruments in one as he tap- ped, touched and twanged his way through the song. This number, which Hedges said originated at Interlochen for a modern dance piece, brought to mind images of a free form dance troop, at once gliding along the floor, but with sudden bursts into a frenzied tromp. Hedges, like Story, had been a virtual unknown until he came to Windham Hill. He was discovered while playing at a local bar around Stanford in 1981. He never really in- tended to become a professional musician, and was studying computer science at the time. On his current album, Hedges debuts his vocal talen- ts, which under the direction of vocal coach Bob McFerrin, has added yet another dimension to his percussive style of music. Darol Anger and Mike Marshall, with their group, were the last act up for the evening. Unlike Story and Hedges, Anger and Marshall were already established musicians before they came to Windham Hill. Their eclectic style of music is best charac- terized by what Marshall terms as "getting music from old weird in- struments." Anger played a variety of violins, while Marshall, as Anger told the audience, "is a virtuoso of fretted instruments." During the performan- ce Marshall played the mandolin, 3/4 guitar, a dobro, and others. The sound of the band, like the Win- dham label itself, refuses to be classified. They start off with a bluegrass like number and by the close of their set, have progressed to sounds of synthesized guitar and the more modern feel brought about with this type of instrument. The highlight of the show came with the last encore, as all the musicians from the evening combined their talent into a remake of the Beatles' "Come Together," with Hedges slamming and strumming his guitar, Story gracefully playing, Anger and Marshall experimenting with their in- struments, all trying to see what they could come up with next. The song symbolized the unity of the Windham label and yet showed the freedom in which the record company allowed the individual musicians to exercise. Windham Hill clearly showed Satur- day night's Power Center audience that musicians don't have to sub- scribe to mainstream top 40 to win a dedicated pop audience for them- selves. Williamson soothes Ark crowd By Peter Ephross A N ANXIOUS anticipation con- trolled the audience during Tret Fure's opening set at the Ark Wed- nesday night. Cris Williamson ac- companied Fure during her set, but was content to remain subdued and speechless. Williamson's silent presence allowed Fure to demon- strate her mediocre electric talents. In the second set, Williamson came out of hibernation and satisfied the crowd's earlier expectations. She gradually took control of the stage with competent, if not stunning, ren- ditions of "Burn Baby Fire" and "Whatever Happened to the Heart to Heart." Exhuding professionalism, Williamson brought the excitement at the Ark to an increasingly higher level. Williamson had an already established rapport with the audience. When she told the audience that most of her songs "come from dreams...daydreams, the kind that are more clear than dreams at night," the audience responded well, its laughter underscoring the escapism that Williamson was describing. Williamson also impressed her audience with her versatility. She exhibited her skill at piano: "A Little Passage of Time," keyboards: "Colorado Dustbowl Day," and guitar: "Hurts Like the Devil." "Waterfall" was definitely the highlight of the evening. On this song, Williamson was able to escape Fure's rock influence and delivered an emotional rendition of this classic that made much of the audience shiver. Too often, however, the music suc- cumbed to Fure's annoying metallic influence, and obscured the natural beauty of Williamson's voice. The show Wednesday night was a celebration of women's achievement. Williamson and Fure were even in- troduced by a woman, meaning that Dave Siglin didn't make his customary introduction. The achievement did seem to lack a little pep at times; perhaps two shows a night are beginning to take their toll on Williamson. But, as Williamson stated before "Ship of Fools," "If we have to row in a ship of fools, it helps to have a cheer- ful rower." ednesday. Greeks sport trendy clothes at their annual By JILL RINGEL black stirrup pa *About 300 people gathered in the shirts, sweaters, a Union yesterday for the Panhellenic ding to Koester. Association's annual fashion show. For men, wide The show featured clothing for the oversized sweater classroom, job interviews, and for- trend. mals. The word for s "The purpose of the fashion show traditional with ne was to promote interraction between lace ties for worm the sororities and fraternities," said for the men, Koest Carolyn Koester, a senior in com- The 35 models in munications and the coordinator of ted 19 sororities an the fashion show. Amanda Appleg Trends in women's wear include Kasparov wins world RABB class chess title "JEWISI MOSCOW (AP) - Garri Kasparov, at 22 the new king of the chess world, Rabbi Law praised dethroned champion Anatoly creative thin Karpol yesterday as an "outstan- much sough ding" opponent who often talks combi 0, demoralized him during Karpov'ssicRab grueling bid to retain his crown. sidic Rabbi Kasparov swept fellow Soviet Kar- "masters" pov off the board Saturday night with author of H a disply of attacking chess that made Renewal, T1 him the youngest World Chess Cham- pion ever. Pulling off a stunning victory with the black pieces to take the chess title 7:3 13 points to 11, Kasparov captured the title he said he was cheated out of in 51/2 months of marathon play halted in February. On Saturday, the 24th and final game of the match, the 34-year-old Karpov resigned after Kasparov's 42nd move. fashion ants and oversized and a m4 and jackets, accor- said mo experien -legged pants and The sf s will become the ticipatinj Bagpipes uits this season is Works, L ew touches such as Fashion en and suspenders Steeplec er said. Makeu the show represen- Natural d 16 fraternities. 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