Mytown The harmonic four from Dublin,
Mytown Mytown, is hitting the streets of North
Cherry / Universal America, riding a wave set by the

Backstreet Boys and Boyz II Men.
Formed in 1996, they originally got
together out of a mutual interest taking
a shot at putting together a band. The
multi talented group decided that they
can sing, dance and write, so what else
do they need. Soon enough, Mytown
was touring internationally and turning
heads, including the head of Teddy
Riley, famed producer and Blackstreet
member, who agreed to work. with
Mytown and contributing his notable
talents to Mytown’s style.
Their recently self-titled CD includes
a couple of covers, including a lovey

dovey harmonized “Now That | Found
You,” which is up to #4 on American
rock charts behind Mark Anthony, and

a remake of the 1980’s classic

“Everything She Wants,” formerly per-
formed by Wham.

The members of Mytown, Paul, Marc,
Terry and Danny all agree that the
recording of their first CD was.no easy
task, especially since it was an entirely
new experience for them., but the vari-
ous producers who they worked with
took them on tour all over the world,
eventually landing them a deal in North
America with Cherry (New York) and
Universal.

Their most prominent influences, self
declared, include the Bee Gee’s,

Michael Jackson, and Boyz II Men, but
they are definitely following in the mas-
sive wake of the Backstreet Boys and
the all teen rhythm-pop scene. Taking
this with a grain of salt, they do have a
sound which can keep your attention,
landing them prominent slots on spin
charts all over the continent. With the
right promotion, these Mytown has the
potential to go far.

-Kevin Milos

Jann Arden Jann Arden is always moving and
Blood Red Cherry evolving her music, which is probably
Universal most of the reason why she has been

around so long. While Blood Red
Cherry maintains the sonic diversity
‘which Jann Arden is so well known for,
her awesome songwriting skill, and her
ability to “make your heart ache with
indelible melody,’ it the sound has also
evolved once again.

Known for emotional songs such as
“| Would Die For You,” “Could | Be Your
Girl” and “Insensitive,” Jann has for the
first time decided to lay down her
acoustic guitar in some of the songs on
Blood Red Cherry. This is obviously

Any news of a BTNH breakup was
simply gossip, according to members
Krayzie, Wish, Flesh, Layzie and
Bizzie,.who are.definitely back together,
as BTNHRESSURECTION | can
sattribute to.

Following the major success of
Billborard Hot 100 eight-week top hot
100 holder “Tha Crossroads,” which
ied the Beatles for fastest rising single,
BTNH more or less split and went their
own ways, following plans which they
had before they even began recording
as a group to record their own indepen-
dent albums. This is an attribute to why
successful groups shouldn’t grow an
ego and split. The five were relatively

Bone Thugs-n-Harmon

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apparent on songs such as “Another
Human Being” where Jann’s continuing
charity work took her to Africa while
working with World Vision'a couple of
years ago. This song uses a drum
machine and a variety of synth sounds,
which is a surprise coming from Jann
Arden. The result is like nothing which
she has ever done before, and Jann
acknowledges the fact that she was at
first leery about using the synth’s, but
she believes that they have found a
unique way of using the hybrid sounds.

Jann’s experience in Africa turned a
page in her life, an effect which is dra-
matically apparent in the difference

unsuccessful on their own, but self
admittedly, BTNH realizes that each of
them going their own way probably
benefited the band in the long run since

they. have some fresh ideas and styles

to work with.

These new styles have resulted in a
charged sensation of careful but promi-
nent raps riding a militant burst of ener-
gy. In the R&B world, BTNH is a sonic
force to be reckoned with. Well engi-
neered background grooves keep the
entire show together.

One of the cool things about BTNH,
and richly apparent on BTNHRES-
SURECTION is the fact that they have
message and meaning behind their

between Blood Red Cherry and any-
thing which she has ever written
before. Since its release it has gone
four times platinum, ‘selling over 1.5
million copies world wide..

An emotional, subtle, and sometimes
humorous compilation, Blood Red
Cherry is one of the finest works by one
of the finest Canadian (Calgary) artists.

On a side note, Jann Arden is going
to be touring Canada April - June, so
keep an eye out for her if you are inter-
ested in catching a live show!

-Kevin Milos

raps, something which is becoming
harder to come by in a market saturat-
ed by quick money-makers.
BTNHRESSURECTION has the dis-
tinct “Bone-ihug flavor.” These five are
best suited to each other, best they dis-
covered this and didn’t try to go their
own ways.

-Kevin Milos