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Belle Starr

BELLE STARR play April 16 at the Drake. See listings. Rating: NNN


The ladies in Toronto’s Belle Starr seem eager to get in touch with their masculine side. On their debut album, they cover Bruce Springsteen’s Tougher Than The Rest, Neil Young’s Love Is A Rose and Skydiggers’ Pull Me Down, to name a few. (Skydigger Josh Finlayson produced and plays on the album.)

This can lead to a bit of pronoun confusion – as it does on a Locomotion-y version of Jack Marks’s New Girl Now – but it’s also a good strategy for experimenting with varied sounds. They do an acoustic version of Roxy Music’s Same Old Scene, for example.

Trio members Stephanie Cadman, Kendel Carson and Miranda Mulholland all sing and play fiddle, but don’t expect a string symphony. Two different supporting bands play, one on the covers that make up the bulk of the songs and another on three instrumental originals that help ground the album.

Top track: Be A Man

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