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Crowd was delighted with singer Gord Lightfoot at Massey Hall last night, but writer Margaret Daly says his delivery was flat and uninspired and he generally failed to offer any vocal interpretation or emotion to even his most beautiful lyrics
Crowd was delighted with singer Gord Lightfoot at Massey Hall last night, but writer Margaret Daly says his delivery was flat and uninspired and he generally failed to offer any vocal interpretation or emotion to even his most beautiful lyrics

Crowd was delighted with singer Gord Lightfoot at Massey Hall last night, but writer Margaret Daly says his delivery was flat and uninspired and he generally failed to offer any vocal interpretation or emotion to even his most beautiful lyrics

Date3/22/1976
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Another night with Lightfoot: Gordon Lightfoot's fans were out in force at Massey Hall last night for his 18th annual concert there, Reviewer Craig Maclnnis was surprised to find that the singer seems to be sharpening his delivery and his craft
Another night with Lightfoot: Gordon Lightfoot's fans were out in force at Massey Hall last night for his 18th annual concert there, Reviewer Craig Maclnnis was surprised to find that the singer seems to be sharpening his delivery and his craft
3/12/1987
Parachute club: Their second album gets top marks for clever lyrics, catchy melodies and strong vocals
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11/3/1984
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Paul Anka can't defend the lyrics to She's a Lady and he loves his romantic Don Juan image, but he still insists he's all for the women's liberation movement . . . and with five daughters maybe he is
8/3/1979
Good and ready: At age 49, Smokey Robinson still knows how to plumb a lyric's emotional depth without seeming to work up a sweat, even on a hot day in mid-July
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7/16/1989
A musician's musician, Sneezy Waters this week is offering charm and style at the Groaning Board, says Star staff writer Margaret Daly. His word-of-mo(...)
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The Sparrow (Calypso singer) performed with enthusiasm at Massey Hall last njight, according to Star staff writer Gary Steckles. But even his performa(...)
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6/24/1976
She's at the O'Keefe Centre all this week and she's merely magnificent, says Star staff writer Margaret Daly of singer Dolly Parton's performance. [Incomplete]
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Lindsay Kemps interpretation of Salome on Toronto Workshop Productions' stage is as haughty as any Ziegfeld Follies' girl, with his feathered headdres(...)
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4/20/1978
Lyrics
Lyrics
1858
Glasnost Ambassador: Andrein Makarevich of Time Machine says Soviet musicians pay greater attention to lyrics perhaps because of the tradition of Russian poetry
Glasnost Ambassador: Andrein Makarevich of Time Machine says Soviet musicians pay greater attention to lyrics perhaps because of the tradition of Russian poetry
8/22/1988
Hesperus and other poems and lyrics
Hesperus and other poems and lyrics
1860
School-room lyrics
School-room lyrics
1852