Album: build a horse Artist: The Tuesdays Label: Independent

build a horse is an excellent album from the Tuesdays - all the more impressive for being recorded over three nights by a band only together for five months. The album showcases a more thoughtful side of the Tuesdays, one that was not as obvious during the up-tempo fun of the Charlottetown country group’s live performances. Slower, mellow songs like “That’s alright,” “Let’s build a horse,” and “Don’t know why,” have a beautiful, intimate feeling to them, while “Tricked you,” one of the stand- out songs of the album, is as devastat- ingly sad as the slow trickle of John Mullins’ lap steel guitar. There is a warmth which emanates from nearly every song on this album; a fullness which comes from Craig Macpherson’s accordion, Dan Currie’s banjo pickin’, and _ Kristina Fourgeron’s backing vocals. Some of the more upbeat tracks, “Moonshine,” and “Battle song,” for example, suffer a little on build a horse, losing some of the energy and enthusiasm which car- ried them so successfully during the

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Tuesdays’ live shows. Dennis Ellsworth will be a surprise for anyone who is only familiar with him as lead singer of The Rude Mechanicals. Ellsworth pulls off nearly everything he tries, but despite his fine perform- ance, it is unfortunate that such a tal- ented group of singers (Steve Balderston, Dan Currie, Pat Deighan) are largely confined to backing vocals, particularly when the group approach to song writing was so successful. One hopes that, despite the departure of “band leader” Dennis Ellsworth, this will not be the last that is heard of the Tuesdays.

-Matthew DORRELL

Showing at

City Cinema

this week

Time Regained and

The Center of the World

Times and Descriptions at www.citycinema.net 368-3669

The Event Tent

wednesday, september 19

thursday, september 20

friday, september 21

saturday, september 22

sunday, september 23 monday, september 2 tuesday, september wednesday, september 26

thursday, september 27

friday, september 28

saturday, september 29

sunday, september 30

bar acts

vacant

Baba’s Lounge: The New Drifts

The Barn: Chris Colepaugh and the Cosmic Crew

Olde Dublin Pub: Boys Next Door

Baba’s Lounge: Port Citizen

The Barn: The Dalai Lamas

Big Momma’s Pub: Paul MacAusland Brennan’s: Rock Ranger

Melon’s: Split Lip

Olde Dublin Pub: Boys Next Door Peake’s Quay: Roger Jones

Baba’s Lounge: Mitch Schurman Band

The Barn: Moses Mayes and the Funk Family Orchestra

Brennan’s: Eyes for Telescopes

Olde Dublin Pub: Boys Next Door

Peake’s Quay: Roger Jones

The Sports Page: Chris Shepard

vacant vacant Baba’s Lounge: Johnny Cocktail vacant

Baba’s Lounge: Barry Mack

The Barn: The Jimmy Swift Band Brennan’s: Chamber Lane

Olde Dublin Pub: Boys in the Kitchen

Baba’s Lounge: Dysfunctional Dads The Barn: The Pocket Dwellers

Big Momma’s Pub: Paul MacAusland Brennan’s: Eyes for Telescopes Melon’s: Split Lip

Olde Dublin Pub: Boys in the Kitchen

Baba’s Lounge: The Blueprints

The Barn: The Jimmy Swift Band Brennan’s: Flying Boat

Olde Dublin Pub: Boys in the Kitchen

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