Women, hip-hop rule at Grammys
By Micnaei t-ieeman
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — First came
the “Miseducation,” then the
coronation.
In a night of victories for
women and hip-hop, Lauryn Hill
won five Grammys — a record for
a woman — on the strength of
‘‘The Miseducation of Lauryn
Hill,” her solo debut album that
crossed musical lines and estab
lished her as a force in the record
ing industry.
Hill’s five awards in one night
— album of the year, best new
artist, female rhythm and blues
vocal, R&B song for “Doo Wop
(That Thing)” and R&B album —
topped the four Grammys won by
Carole King in 1971 for “Tapes
try.” Michael Jackson holds the
overall one-night record with
eight in 1984.
“This is crazy because this is
hip-hop music.” Hill said in ac
cepting the first best-album Gram
my for a hip-hop artist as the usu
ally staid awards show took its
biggest step out of the mainstream.
Rap has been eclipsing rock as
the dominant musical form for
young people and routinely pro
duces best sellers. Much of the
credit goes to Hill, a 23-year-old
mother of two whose music mix
es rap and R&B and touches on
family and political issues. She
had won two earlier Grammys
with the Fugees.
Shania Twain, Stevie Wonder,
the Dixie Chicks and the Brian
Setzer Orchestra each were dou
ble winners Wednesday night.
Sheryl Crow won for best rock
album, and Madonna also picked
up her first musical Grammys, in
cluding best pop album for her
excursion into electronica, “Ray
of Light." She also won best
dance recording and best short
form music video.
“I’ve been in the music busi
ness 16 years. It was worth the
wait,” Madonna said backstage.
“Titanic” sailed on as the bal
lad “My Heart Will Go On” won
four Grammys, including best fe
male pop vocal for Celine Dion
and best song written for a motion
picture or television. James
Homer and Will Jennings picked
up the writing trophies.
Entertainment Briefs
University Theatre
presents double bill
University Theatre’s Second
Season will offer a double feature
next month with “The Maids” by
Jean Genet and “Hot ‘n’ Throb
bing” by Paula Vogel.
The performances will begin
March 3 and continue March 4- 6
and 11-13. All shows will begin
at 8 p.m. in Villard Hall's Arena
Theatre.
Tickets are $6 for the general
public; $5 for University faculty
and staff, senior citizens and non
University students; and $3 for
University students. All seats are
general admission.
‘Saturday Light Live!’
returns to Lord Leebrick
Character take-offs from the
television series “Saturday Night
Live” will greet audience mem
bers at the Lord Leebrick Theatre
when a group of teenage perform
ers offers comedy sketches in
“Saturday Light Live!” February
27 and 28.
The show is directed by Uni
versity graduate student Melanie
Moseley, and the original materi
al was developed by the perform
ers.
Sketches include “Improv
Rap,” “Weekend Update” and
“Psychic Hotline to the (Fairytale)
Stars.” The show will also include
a unicycle, juggling and music.
Both one-hour shows will be
gin at 2 p.m. at the Lord Leebrick
Theatre, 540 Charnelton Street.
Tickets are available at the door
for $3.
Folk singer to perform
on University campus
The UO Cultural Forum will
present folk singer Joules Graves
on Tuesday, Feb. 30, at 8 p.m. in
Agate Hall. Graves has previously
performed at the Willamette Val
ley Folk Festival.
Tickets are $6 for students and
$8 for the general public.
Chico
Continued from Page 5
by sitting in with a quartet during
a show in the nation’s capital, An
tananarivo. Six months later, a
visit to the former home of poet
Dylan Thomas inspired him to
add a Welsh flavor to his reper
toire.
“So many people get really hip
about a musical style, and they
don’t want to chase any others,”
he said. “I can chase any direction
I want to when I’m on my own.”
His Madagascar experience
taught Schwall the art of nonver
bal communication — “Most peo
ple there speak French, and my
French sucks," he said — as well
as a very un-American style of
getting around town.
He related his amusement at
the city’s public transportation
system: private bus companies
which ran on their own schedule.
Miss a bus in Madagascar, and
you may have to wait until the
next day for the next one.
“The people I met and audi
ence members were very recep
tive to me, and the cultural differ
ences were more apparent in
non-musical situations,” Schwall
said.
Once back in the States,
Schwall returned to his two
loves: playing music and teach
ing others to appreciate the arts.
He is a founding member of the
Eugene Folk Alliance songwrit
ers’ collective and teaches music,
art and drama in Eugene’s ele
mentary schools. His focus with
the kids, he said, is to “set up sit
uations where they can apply
their skills and to facilitate to
them.” j
"With audiences, I try to facili
tate to them as well, writing songs
from my own experience, al
though they’re not always into
that,” he admitted.
However, he often hits a high
note.
“There’s one song I do about my
father, and the reason it works is
because other people can relate,”
he mused. “Whenever I play that
song, I have people come up to me
and say, ‘I can’t talk about [my re
lationship with my father], and
you nailed it. Thank you.’”
Schwall performs Saturday
evening in a special “After-the
Game” show, beginning at 10
p.m.
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