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Filling up and Spilling Over with Beautiful Music Baltimore's Got Porfolio April 18. 1977 Retriever Page 7 Filling Up And Spilling Over with Beautiful Music Through collective efforts by m~ mbers of Ol ivia Records, Will iamson's music was produced. By Elias Lieberman "The Changer and the Changed" - Cris Williamson (Olivia Records) It is quite likely that you have never even heard of Cris Williamson much less heard her album in spite of the fact that it's already two years old. So much the pity, for Ms. Williamson is one of the more talented members of a group of women musicians who have shunned the traditionally male-dominated ' world of professional music in search of a true women's consciousness in music. Their dedication has given rise to a fledgling women's record industry. Olivia Records is a national women's recording company completely run and staffed by women, for women. One of its first fruits is this very fine album, "The Changer and the Changed". Cris Williamson the listening experience which will sensibilities as an individual and as a suffer. It was with a great deal of relief woman without running the risk of and growing delight that I listened to alienating a male listener. Cris Williamson's songs, for their simple "Waterfall" leads off her album, Williamson and Berson beauty successfully transcends sexual introducing Ms. Williamson's intensely politics without sacrificing any meaning emotional voice. The song moves from a I must admit to having had along the way. Be it written for a straight mournful pace to an exuberant chorus trepidations when first confronted with or a gay lover, a love song is a love song rich with harmony. It speaks of a simple an album of "worrien's music," and a good love song will be sufficiently philosophy; open yourself to all that expecting the songs and their contents to ambiguous to strike a respondent chord surrounds you and you'll be filled with be too sectarian for a male to appreciate. no matter what your sexual preference its beauty and your spirit will spill over I firmly believe that good music cannot may be. It is this skill which Cris William . with a waterfall's grace. "Hurts Like the be restricted by ideology or political son has mastered above all others, the Devil" is a lover's lament in the guise of content for in the end it is the music and ability to expre~s her deeply felt 'a lively, almost-blugrass tune. It is Ms. Williamson's attempt to weld a painful lyric to a "light musical setting to create a particular tension." It is the album's least successful tune, however, as it is a bit too contrived. "Wild Things" is a haunting song, a reaction to those persons, feelings or spirits which threaten to overwhelm us from time to time and must be rejected, for the "wild things can turn on you, and you got to set them free. " The mood for the song is set by a sound of wind conjured forth from a synthesizer. "Sweet Woman" was written upon Ms. Williamson's return from the first National Women's Music Williamson In Her Element Festival. It is a strong and beautiful hymn to Sisterhood in the form of a It is rich with imagery of ' 'fire ,-, , lovesong. "flame" and' 'sweet lov,e heat". "One , 'Song of the Soul" is a prayer for of the Light" is a moving solo piece, a enlightenment as Ms. Williamson sings spiritual quest which is the recurring " Open my eyes, illumine me, spirit theme in many of her songs. Ms_ divine." Its waltz beat and massed Williamson's voice builds to exquisite chorus make it one of the album's more dynamic crescendoes on a single note_ delightful tunes. Ms. Williamson de­ Indeed, it is the warmth of her voice and scribes " Dream Child" as a " celebra­ the emotion which is its underpinning Judy Dlugacz, Cris Williamson and Joan Lowe tion of sensuality". a paean to the body. which make her songs coine alive. "Having Been Touched (Tender Lady)" . is the only tune on the album which wasn't written by Cris Williamson. It Baltimore's Got What AIWoman Needs was penned by a musical compatriot, Margie Adam, and it's a beautiful tune. service relays messages and calls It is an invocation to Music to provide the By Sarah Mitchell are 539-3588 or preferably write to them at returned at the earliest possible time. 1110 St. Paul Street. solace whieh the singer is incapable of Many' people complain that Baltimore There are several groups who offer Women who are interested in various providing a friend in need. The album is a dead town. This depends on one's social opportunities to meet new women. aspects of the Women's Movement and closes with "Sister", originally written perspective and what one hopes to find. Bread and Roses is the name of a would like to do independent study or for a musical about a woman evangelist. If you are a woman looking for. coffeehouse found on 31st Street near research have two places available to Out of the context of the show it is a professional advice or social activity, Greenmount Avenue. Although Bread them. The Women's Studies Library, strong tribute to the strengths of Baltimore is a good place to be and Roses is not specifically a woman's now called The Women's Resource Sisterhood. Once again, a strong chorus somebody. coffeehouse, women's groups hold .Center, and the 31st Street Shop, a of womens' voices lends a stirring air to several functions there throughout the bookstore. The Women's Resource the tune. Women seeking medical advice can year including such things as women's Center, located in the fifty-two hundred All of the arrangements of songs on find help at the People's Free Medical theater groups, movies and dinners. block of York Road, is newly re-opened the album were done by Ms. Williamson · Clinic located on Greenmount Avenue. The Women's Growth Center at St. and contains a variety of books of and the complement of talented women The clinic has been in existence for Paul and Chase Streets is probably the interest to women and has the' facilities musicians with whom she worked. Ms. seven years and offers all types of strongest force in Baltimore for social, to help students with research papers on Williamson's cohorts include the likes of medical help including abortion and: contacts among women. The woe offers women. The Resource Center also has . Meg Christian and Holly Near, two birth control counseling. Tuesday nights a chance for personal growth through a information on events for women in well-respected singer-songwriters in are designated to specifically deal 'with wide variety of workshops and interest Baltimore. their own rights. More than anything women's problems, with self-help clinics groups. These workshops range from The 31st Street Shop, on 31st Street else this album reflects the joy of conducted on these nights. The clinic self-awareness to yoga and astrology, ' near Greenmount Avenue, is a well-es­ collaboration among the .women in­ accepts Medicare and Blue Cross and with a special rap session meeting "n' tablished bookstore with a wide variety volved. It stands as a testament to the Blue Shield as well as donations froin Thursday nights for lesbians. The. of books and journals from cookbooks to will and drive of women who refuse to those who are able to pay. They alllO Growth Center also offers individual and radical feminist and lesbian/feminist see themselves in traditional roles. refer clients to specialists and other group counseling, but there is currently' literature. The bookshop also contains a Music afficianados should consider medical resources. a four-to-six-month ' waiting period for ' large section of children's books, themselves lucky to have as talented a Legal advice can be obtained from the these services dur to the enormous political books, and some records. Ms. woman as Cris Williamson make such a Women's Law Center, located on demand. For information concerning the Betsy Millemann, owner of the strong case for women's music because, Charles Street. Because of the volume of Center or any of its workshops and bookshop, sees it as a "clearinghouse" in the final and all-important analysis, calls, The Law Center's answering affiliated groups give them a call at for women's information. hers is beautiful music. .
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