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JENNY ALLEN "SOMETHING TO SAY"
Jenny's first album and she has written and performs all of the
songs on it. As an indication
of the respect that she already draws from her peers, Valdy both
produced it for her and
joins her in several of the selections.
Contents: Freeway Lines; Seabird; Flesh and Bone; Sail Away;
Shades of Blue; So This
is Love; Voices; Over From the Start; Stuck With Me; Something
To Say;
Walking Away; The Fire.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA110C - $ 12.00 |
CA110D - $ 23.00 |
ANDERSON & BROWN "CRIMSON"
Contents: Tangent's Delight; The Bells of London; Ned on the
Hill; Tread Softly; One
Lone Flight; Peggy Gordon; The Jabberwock; Reel de Ti-Jean; Ye
Banks and Braes;
Friendship; In the Bleak Mid-Winter.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA153C - $ 15.00 |
CA153D - $ 22.00 |
ARROGANT WORMS "THE ARROGANT WORMS"
No topic or musical style is safe from ridicule and wry comment
by this group --cross-border
shopping; neighbours; sports; the political scene; and even the
office Christmas party!
Contents: The Last Saskatchewan Pirate; The Credit Song; Let's
Go Bowling; Goin' Huntin';
Don't Go Into Politics; No Sale/ No Store; The Canadian Crisis
Song; The Ballad of Dan;
Jesus' Brother Bob; I Want to Look Like Arnold; Car Full of Pain;
The Christmas Song.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA198C - $ 14.00 |
CA198D - $ 22.00 |
ARROGANT WORMS "DIRT!"
The Worms have found another set of topics to send up, down and
round-a-bout. Just
when you think you've got a handle on the mood of a song the next
one changes that completely.
Contents: A Man Has Needs; Steel Drivin' Man; Great To Be a
Nerd; Celine Dion; Rocks
and Trees; Gaelic Song; Wong's Chinese Buffet; I Am Cow; Johnny
Came Home Headless;
Heimlich Maneuver; Scary Ned; Sponges; Log In To You; Winnebago.
Lyrics enclosed but you'll have to make up your own for the
Gaelic Song -- just as the Worms have done.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA319C - $ 12.00 |
CA319D - $ 20.00 |
ARROGANT WORMS "RUSSEL'S SHORTS"
Canada's own folk-fun group ready to send-up any subject matter
in this humourous
collection of completely unrelated topics.
Contents: Tokyo Love Song; Carrot Juice is Murder; Rippy the
Gator; Killer Robots
from Venus; Having Fun is Bad for You; The Fishing Song; William
Shakespeare's In
My Cat; A Night on Dildo; The Last Sensitive Cowboy; Losing Hair
Under God;
Big Fat Road Manager.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA199C - $ 14.00 |
CA199D - $ 22.00 |
ARROGANT WORMS "C'EST CHEESE"
Comedy, satire and folk music. The group that dares to make fun
of itself --- and Canada!
Contents: Sam, The Guy from 'Quincy'; Kill the Dog Next Door;
Lonely Lab of Broken
Hearts; Sex, Drugs, and RRSPs; History is Made By Stupid People;
My Voice Is Changing;
Proud To Be a Banker; Horizon; The Happy Happy Birthday Song;
Dangerous; The Mountie
Song; Dog Food Woman; Mounted Animal Nature Trail; A Real Letter
from a Real Yahoo;
Let There Be Guns.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA200C - $ 14.00 |
CA200D - $ 22.00 |
ARROGANT WORMS "LIVE BAIT"
A live recording of Worms' favourites including 5 new songs. At
times the sentiments make me,
"Wish I'd said that!".
Contents: Jesus' Brother Bob; The Mountie Song; Canada's Really
Big; Me Like Hockey;
Proud To Be Canadian; Malcolm; TV Weather Guy; The Ballad Of Dan;
Carfull of Pain;
Mounted Animal Nature Trail; Carrot Juice is Murder; The Last
Saskatchewan Pirate.
Lyrics enclosed.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA201C - $ 14.00 |
CA201D - $ 22.00 |
ARROGANT WORMS "CHRISTMAS TURKEY"
Warning! This Christmas fare is not for children. If Christmas
is a "bah-humbug" experience
these original songs will be enjoyed year-round. But if Santa
has heard them, did he really visit the
Worms last Christmas?
Contents: Santa's Gonna Kick Your "; The Christmas Song;
Santa Got Arrested; Christmas
Sucks; Things Are Looking Bad For Santa; Christmas Turkey Blues;
Oh God, I'm Santa Claus!;
Christmas Is Almost Here; Dad Threw Up On Christmas Day; The Same
Christmas Cake;
Christmastime; Christmas Blues; Christmas Hangover; Vincent the
Christmas Virus;
Christmas In Ignace.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA227C - $ 14.00 |
CA227D - $ 22.00 |
ROBERT ATYEO "ANGELS ON A CLIFF"
Robert has a good feel for the instruments needed to accompany
his original songs and
'bluesy' vocals. His change of pace and style provides plenty
of variety.
Contents: The Floor Is Closer Than You Think; Best Friends
Again; Neil's Guitar; The Song;
Angels In the Backseat; Chickens On a Cliff; Distance Between
Us; Shave the Monkey;
Leaving the Body; Push Comes To Shove; Flash In the Pan; Suck
It In; Who Decides; Welded.
| Compact Disc |
| CA261D - $ 20.00 |
ROBERT ATYEO "HEART LIKE A RUBBER
BALL"
The topics of Robert's original songs are universal and have a
folk-blues acoustic feel to them.
Contents: Floatin' & Hummin'; Heart Like A Rubber Ball;
Slappin'; What The?; Give It;
Beautiful Monster; Melody Is My Wine; Alone On Valentine's Day;
If That Isn't Love;
Heart Talk; Waterbugs & Thieves.
| Compact Disc |
| CA258D - $ 20.00 |
DAVE BAKER "SONGS AND SOUNDS OF CANADIAN
STEAM"
Relive the memories of steam rail travel through this collection
of familiar and new railway songs.
Contents: Canadian Pacific; A Canadian Hobo's Lullaby; Gandy
Dancer's Ball; Kettle
Valley Line; Orangedale Whistle; Train Wreck At Almonte; Royal
Hudson; Thirty Seven
Sixteen; Little Town Lost; Gold Dust; Hudson Bay Line; Prairie
Harvester Song; Ghosts
of Myra Canyon; Canadian Railroad Trilogy. Lyrics enclosed.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 33, No. 1 (March 1999)
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA268C - $ 12.00 |
CA268D - $ 18.00 |
DAVE BAKER "THIS LAND IS WHAT I AM"
A great selection of songs written by Dave during his on-again-off-again
singing 'career', about
the west coast he loves so well, logging, and steam trains.
Contents: This Land Is What I Am; Royal Hudson; Emily's World;
Old Lady Rose; Ghosts
Of Myra Canyon; Island Bound; The Logger's Saga; Hideaway; Kettle
Valley Line; Brother
Twelve; Sail On the Waves; Winter Harbour Lullaby; Now and Then;
Land Of Maquinna.
Lyrics enclosed.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 33, No. 1 (March 1999)
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA269C - $ 11.00 |
CA269D - $ 16.00 |
WILLIE P. BENNETT "HEARTSTRINGS"
A varied selection of original songs (and instrumentals). Willie
plays a variety of instruments
and has a different guest performer on each track.
Contents: Sunset Pendulum; High Park Feeders; One Vessel; Waltz
Time Medley;
Last Word; Happy On the Moon; Restless Wind; Blue Valentine; Azure;
Billy and
Jenny; Brave Wings; Caney Fork River; Dismantled Angel; Heartstrings.
| Compact Disc |
| CA217D - $ 22.00 |
HEATHER BISHOP "I LOVE WOMEN WHO LAUGH"
Another great collection of Heather's songs, ably supported by
a great
group of musicians and vocal back-up by Connie Kaldor.
Contents: Please Me; Changes; I Love Women; Waltz Me Around;
Came For Free;
Yukon Rain; Next To You; The Holocaust; There Comes a Time; Our
Silence.
Lyrics are included for all songs.
| Cassette |
| CA143C - $ 13.00 |
HEATHER BISHOP "A TASTE OF THE BLUES"
Heather shows another side of her musical talents and interests
with these fine songs.
Contents: Taking My Baby Uptown; A Taste of the Blues; On the
Run Again; You
Don't Own Me; Seduced; Tell Me More and More; Daddy's Little Girl;
Spirit
Healer; Keeping On; If You Love Freedom. Lyrics are included
for all songs.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA144C - $ 13.00 |
CA144D - $ 19.00 |
HEATHER BISHOP "OLD, NEW, BORROWED,
BLUE"
This extra-value item contains a selection of material from some
of Heather's
earlier recordings, plus five new songs.
Contents: Yes to Life; Nothing Like the Freedom; Grandmother's
Song;
Waltz Me Around; Do I Move You; I'm Not the One; Spirit Healer;
Our
Silence; Les Moutons; Did Jesus Have a Baby Sister; Tell Me More
and
More;Yukon Rain; Prairie Wind; Sailing Away; Cry Me a River; Break
My Heart; If You Love Freedom; Ancient Cry. Lyrics enclosed.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA145C - $ 13.00 |
CA145D - $ 19.00 |
HEATHER BISHOP "WALK THAT EDGE"
Heather has written most of these songs, and the result is a very
pleasing album.
Contents: Coming for You; Let Them Talk; Walk That Edge; Blanket
of My
Love; Given for Free; Break My Heart; It Calls You to Sail; I'm
Not the One;
Lay Me Down; Anna Mae. Lyrics are included for all songs.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA146C - $ 13.00 |
CA146D - $ 19.00 |
HEATHER BISHOP "DAYDREAM ME HOME"
Dreamy blues and folk with just enough of an upbeat to keep you
awake.
Writers include Heather, Roy Forbes, and Eric Idle/ Jim Post,
who provide
a variety of songs. Contents: Let Me Make It Up To You Tonight;
Sheik
Shaboom; Daydream Me Home; Waitin' For You Mama; Born To Live;
If You Leave Me Darlin'; The Galaxy/ Lighten Up; Dream Line Special;
Hymn To Her; Warrior. Lyrics enclosed.
| Compact Disc |
| CA286D - $ 19.00 |
RICK BOCKNER "TROUBLE WITH THE MOON"
Take a little taste of jazz, blues, swing, and a lot of folk and
these easy listening
original songs from this B.C. performer talk about his concern
for the ocean,
love of the land, and everyday personal matters.
Contents: Otherwise; Trouble With the Moon; Rainy Night in
Chinatown;
Ghost Town Revival; Fragments of Perfection; Caveman; Everyday
Blues;
Talking Ocean; Heartburn; Old Stone Walls; The Tyee Song; Apocalypse
Waltz.
Lyrics enclosed.
| Compact Disc |
| CA257D - $ 22.00 |
RICK BOCKNER "FRET LIZARDS"
Rick displays the influences that have steered him through music
for
many years - acoustic blues; gospel, ragtime, and great old fiddle-style
music,
in this collection of songs and instrumentals.
Contents: Recognition; Tryin' To Get Home; Trouble; Police
Dog Blues; Fret
Lizard Rag; Colored Aristocracy; Dallas Rag; Special Rider Blues;
Hodad Rag;
Beeswing; Rites of Man/ Julia Delaney; Flowers of Edinburgh; Kootenay
Jig;
Great Dream From Heaven; Hard Hearted Hannah; Keep Your Lamp Trimmed
and Burning. Lyrics enclosed for selected songs.
| Compact Disc |
| CA262D - $ 22.00 |
BOB BOSSIN "GABRIOLA V0R 1X0"
Contents: Sulphur Passage; Madelyn's Lullaby; La chanson francée;
Love In
Seven; Ya Wanna Marry Me?; Lying Here With Annie; Bill Miner;
Cleaning
Up the Oil; 1800-and-froze-to-death; Our Little Town; The Secret
of Life
According to Satchel Paige; People like You.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Dec. 1994)
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA168C - $ 14.00 |
CA168D - $ 22.00 |
BOB BOSSIN "THE WAY WE WAS"
This is the Best of Bob Bossin Vol. 1.
Contents: Daddy Was a Ballplayer; Did You Hear They Busted
the Fiddle-Player?;
Dief Will Be the Chief Again; Lunenburg Concerto; Show Us the
Length; Tugboats;
Look What's Become of Me; Sterner Stuff; The Maple Leaf Dog; The
Casca and
the Whitehorse Burned Down; The Union Cowboy; Newfoundlanders;
The Silkwood
Woman; Fire on the Island.
| Cassette |
| CA169C - $ 14.00 |
FARRELL BOYCE & FRIENDS
"WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THAT GOLDEN GLOW?"
Personal comments and insights on a variety of topics inspired
by places visited,
news items or life itself. Contents: Barrachois Trout; Whatever
Happened To
That Golden Glow?; Disneyland; The Ski Tour Song; Dravons La Gatineau;
Looking For N; A Song For Skedans; Behead; Chico Mendez; Northern
Dancer;
Twelfth of March; The Hard-Rock Men; Buffalo Jump; G.I. Joe Breaks
Down
and Cries; The Rawdon Hills; My Romance; Falling Into Jupiter;
Be Thou My
Vision; Turning To the Light.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 32, No. 1 (March 1998)
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA230C - $ 13.00 |
CA230D - $ 18.00 |
ALISTAIR BROWN "NO IDLE JEST"
Alistair sings the songs on this album, and plays melodeon, concertina,
and harmonica.
He is ably accompanied by Roger Houghton (guitar) and Cherie Whalen
(keyboards,
fiddle, harmony vocals). The music is solid "folk",
some contemporary and some traditional,
all highly listenable and enjoyable.
Contents: Bonny Labouring Boy; Not What I'd Sing When I'm Sober;
Riding On a Load
of Hay/ Leather Away the Wattle Oh; Bottle of the Best; The Gallant
Weaver; Hamlet;
Newry Town; You Can't Take That On the Train; Sammy's Bar; My
Darling Asleep/
Tripping Upstairs; The Joy of Living; Hot Asphalt; Blann's Good
Ale; Bringing
In the Sheaves.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 28, No. 1 (March 1994)
| Compact Disc |
| CA139D - $ 19.00 |
ALISTAIR BROWN "THE SWAN NECKED VALVE"
A great collection of old, new, and new twists on old, along with
an instrumental or two.
Contents: The Swan Necked Valve/ The Jenny Lind Polka; Dockyard
Gate;
Cairnomount; The Old Red Duster; A Man's a Man for A' That; Magdalene
Green/
Bonny Doon; Laundromat Lover; Jamestown; The Bonnie Wee Lassie's
Answer;
Jock O' Hazeldene; The Dundee Ghost; The Broom o' the Cowdenknowes;
Kilbowie
Hill; The Seven Deadly Sins; Will Ye Gang Love; Collier Laddie;
The Funeral/
The Temperance Reel; Tak a Dram.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 32, No. 2 (June 1998)
| Compact Disc |
| CA207D - $ 19.00 |
ANNE BEVERLY BROWN "KEYHOLE AND THE
ETERNAL KISS"
This is Anne's first album She has written all of the material
on it, and it clearly shows
her talents as a singer/songwriter. Her songs, mostly based on
personal, introspective,
and highly contemporary themes, abound with unique images and
viewpoints.
Contents: The Rivers of Eden; The Old Road; The Man Who Planted
Trees;
Send Me Rachmaninoff; The Church Door; Keyhole and the Eternal
Kiss;
Never Thought I'd Sing the Blues; Indigo Blue; Chicago Joe; Quiet
Heart.
Lyrics are included for all songs.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 30, No. 4 (Dec. 1996)
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA150C - $ 14.00 |
CA150D - $ 20.00 |
ANNE BEVERLY BROWN "THE LANDLORD'S
DAUGHTER"
Contents: Days of England (Let Your Dreams Fly); Angel Walking;
The Highwayman; Ask Me No More; Red Dust; Roll Me; King David;
I Threw the I Ching Tonight; Yellowknife.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol.30, No.4 (Dec. 1996)
| Compact Disc |
| CA182D - $ 20.00 |
WIZ BRYANT "BLUE COLLAR HEROES"
The songs on this cassette, all written and performed by Wiz Bryant,
pay
tribute to working men from all parts of Canada. A wide range
of occupations
and trades are represented, as befits the diversity of Canadians
and their endeavours.
Contents: Trucker's Dream; A Thousand Feet High; Manitoba Sunrise;
Hard
Rock Miner; Even Cowboys; Steel Town; Evergreen; Outport Man;
Ocean
Ranger; Blue Collar Heroes.
| Cassette |
| CA105C - $ 14.00 |
THE BUCCANEERS "PRAIRIE SHANTY"
Four prairie lads put their own acoustic twist on familiar and
original songs.
Vocals, harmonies, whistles, and bodhran feature prominently.
Contents: Whiskey In the Jar; Black Velvet Band; Lovely Girl
Of Erin;
For Victoria; The Wild Rover; The Story; Finnegan's Wake; Come
Home;
I'ze the B'y; Sailing To Alberta. Lyrics enclosed.
| Compact Disc |
| CA275D - $ 21.00 |
BUDDY WASISNAME AND THE OTHER FELLERS
"MAKIN' FOR THE HARBOUR"
Buddy's debut recording. The comedy of this group is just peeping
around the
corner but the weight for now is on the 'serious' material.
Contents: Fisherman's Favourite; Gotta Get Me Moose B'y; Autumn
Waltz;
The Cork Hornpipe/ Boys Of Blue hills; Yesterday's Fishermen;
Makin' For
the Harbour; Peter Crawley; Punk Junk; Gas 'N Oil; I'se the B'y;
Old MacDonald; Where the Mountains Meet the Bay; Barn Door Jig.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA314C - $ 12.00 |
CA314D - $ 20.00 |
BUDDY WASISINAME AND THE OTHER FELLERS
"NODS 'N WINKS"
Recorded live, there's jokes, original songs and tunes - mostly
serious, but some not.
Contents: We're Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers; Island
Wanderer;
Going Out the Bay; Nods 'N Winks; Mr. McGuire Sit Down; Newfoundland
Dictionary; Swearing Song; Baccy Song; My Old Wooden Shack; Old
Time
Religion; L'il Johnny Wimple; This Old Man/ Twiggle Toes Hornpipe;
Uncle Lo's Breakdown; Down By the Ocean.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA315C - $ 12.00 |
CA315D - $ 20.00 |
BUDDY WASISNAME AND THE OTHER FELLERS
"SALT BEEF JUNKIE"
Sometimes it's difficult to separate the serious songs from the
comedy items from
the track list on the tray card, but the serious items here include
memories of
childhood games, where fishermen used to be, or Grandad.
Contents: Salt Beef Junkie; Uncle Tim's Two Stepper/ Rock the
Rodney;
Still Some More To Go; The Light Of the Western Stars; An Islander's
Lament; A Hurtin' Song; Where Fishermen Used To Be; Is You 'Appy?;
He's A Part Of Me; Did You Hear Dis One; My Inco Hat; Goodbye
Old
Friend, Goodbye; Da Yammie. Lyrics enclosed.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA316C - $ 12.00 |
CA316D - $ 20.00 |
BUDDY WASISNAME AND THE OTHER FELLERS
"UP ON BUST"
This is the comedy side of Buddy. Their skits and routines "using
the flavour
of Newfoundland humour as their anchor".
Contents: William Tell; What Time Is It?; Newfunese; Scottish
Bag Song/
Flies In the Beer; Anatomy Of Newfoundland; The Cat-Fish Story;
The D & C Takeout; The Interview; She's Awful Bad; Sam Head
&
Sex Education; Talkers; My Dog Patsy.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA317C - $ 12.00 |
CA317D - $ 20.00 |
BUDDY WASISNAME AND THE OTHER FELLERS
"…POP THE RIVETS…"
This is a collection of mostly serious original songs and instrumentals.
The comedy bits include the 'unrecognizable lyrics to "Oh
Danny Moo"!'
Contents: Fruit Loopy; Have You Seen; 'Til Early Morning; Pop
the Rivets;
Lunch; Up Against the Clock; Take 'Er In Tow; Patches; One Chord;
Arsos; Joy Of Quebec; I'm Looney; Scottische; Big North Wind;
Count
the Money; O Danny Moo. Lyrics enclosed.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA318C - $ 12.00 |
CA318D - $ 20.00 |
BUDDY WASISNAME AND THE OTHER FELLERS
"…GREATEST MISSES!"
Some of the best selections from their previous 9 recordings dating
back to 1986,
gathered here in one stupendous collection of …greatest misses!
Contents: Little Ditty; Make N Break Hornpipe; Chainsaw Earle;
Salt Beef
Junkie; By the Glow Of the Kerosene Light; Gotta Get Me Moose;
Sarah;
The Pits; Dear Mr. Ford; Baccy Song; Is You 'Appy; Saltwater Joys;
Put a
Bit Of Powder On a Doo; Shinny On the Ice; Old Time Religion.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA312C - $ 12.00 |
CA312D - $ 20.00 |
BUDDY WASISNAME AND THE OTHER FELLERS
"THE BIG TUMP"
Whether they wax eloquent, poetic, or philosophic (as they might
say) Buddy
and the Fellers have their own perspectives on life. Here is some
of their funniest,
serious and just plain weird.
Contents: The Big Tump; Partridge Berry Jam; Let Her Go; Longer
Than Time;
Flowers Of Strabane/ Brothers Jig; 'Tis Good To See You; Never
Pack Your
Woman's Suitcase; My Only Sweetheart; Kango Rhino Hippy Puss;
Just Who
You're Going To Meet; Some Cold Tonight In Yellowknife; Angels
In the Snow;
Lake St. John Reel; Da Mower. Lyrics enclosed.
| Compact Disc |
| CA330D - $ 20.00 |
BUDDY WASISNAME AND THE OTHER FELLERS
"FLATOUT"
It's a rare group that can provide humour within the various styles
of traditional music
but Buddy and the other fellers do it with ease. Their topics
are the sights and sounds
of Newfoundland, but occasionally a traditional piece finds its
way into the fare.
Contents: Sarah; Jesse Collins' Slipway; Flatout; Glory Be;
Yodelling Song;
The Bay Is My Home; Dragger Song; Devil's Own Hoof; Saltwater
Joys; Seamus
O'Brien; M'Auld Dudeen; Dear Mister Ford; Kitty Jones Reel; Rock
Yourself
On the Ocean; Row Boys Row; Peein' In the Snow.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA279C - $ 14.00 |
CA279D - $ 22.00 |
BUDDY WASISNAME AND THE OTHER FELLERS
"THE MIRACLE CURE"
When silly meets serious, or original meets traditional, if a
giggle is what you want then
this is the Miracle Cure.
Contents: Goin' Up With Brudder; Wattle Hill Turnoff; Miracle
Cure; Banks Of
Island Pond; Little Ditty; Men Of the Bay; Spring On the Island;
Put a Bit Of Powder
On a Doo; Chainsaw Earle; Ladies In the Centre; Peggy Gordon;
Carry Me Home
To Granny's; Comforts Of Home; Me Car; The Pits; Rum Ri Row.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA280C - $ 14.00 |
CA280D - $ 22.00 |
BUDDY WASISNAME AND THE OTHER FELLERS
"100% PURE"
Try and guess the serious or the silly from the titles below.
Chances are your score
won't be 100%.
Contents: Make 'N' Break Hornpipe; Ogis Blogis Mogis; Shinny
On the Ice;
Thank God For Drugs; Technicolour Love; The Missus; Noises and
Faces;
Me and Bill; The Hillside In September; Hector's Tune; Fitted
For the Helm;
On the Government Wharf; By the Glow Of the Kerosene Light; Take
the
Old Squeeze Box; On the Deep Blue Sea; Song For Newfoundland;
Two Good Reasons; The 'Vette.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA281C - $ 14.00 |
CA281D - $ 22.00 |
BUDDY WASISNAME AND THE OTHER FELLERS
"D'LARD LIFTIN'"
Another collection by these masters of the 'serious' as in music,
and 'comedy'
as in lyrics, with just enough traditional to break-up t'ings.
Contents: By D'Lard Liftin'; Eileen O'Grady; You Make Me Sick;
Where the
Alders Grow; Hunting the Duck; Blarney Stone/ Somewhere In Ireland;
Flies;
Bridget and John; Mr. Home Hardware; The Cabin, The River and
I;
Woodchopper Breakdown/ Fishers Hornpipe; The Chocolate Song;
The Chopper. Lyrics enclosed.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA282C - $ 14.00 |
CA282D - $ 22.00 |
MOIRA CAMERON "ONE EVENING AS I RAMBLED..."
A collection of traditional songs, stories and tunes.
Contents: Ronde/ Gavotte; Outlandish Knight; Banks of Primroses;
Shepherd's Song; Morgan Megan; Banks of Airdrie-O; Bransle de
Champaigne; Johnny Be Fair; Drimindown; Reynardine/Mr. Fox;
Gathering Peascods.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 29, No. 1 (March 1995)
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA164C - $ 14.00 |
CA164D - $ 22.00 |
CAL CAVENDISH "ANOTHER TRUCKIN' TRIP"
Contents: Rollin'; Super Waitress; Tore Down; Runnin' Late;
Here Kitty, Kitty (Triple Four Song); Eighteen Wheeler Fever;
Thank God For Australia; Dump Truck; Idaho Roads; Mabel; Shirley.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 30, No. 2 (June 1996)
| Cassette |
| CA185C - $ 12.00 |
CAL CAVENDISH "THIS IS CAVENDISH COUNTRY"
Contents: The Mobile Philosopher; Rampman; Good Old John; Foreign
Cows; Winter Moon; Interstate Blues; I'll Sing A Highway Song;
Mother (Here I Stand, Your Son); It Takes A Fool; White Shell
Road;
1:00 AM Calgary.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 30, No. 2 (June 1996)
| Cassette |
| CA186C - $ 12.00 |
CAL CAVENDISH "HIGH WHITE CLOUDS"
Contents: Kizzy; Crop Duster; High White Clouds; The Saga Of
the
Bush Pilot; The Eagle Flies High; The Ultralight Song; The Solo
Song;
The Experimental-Silvered Wings; The Preflight Song - The Jesus
Nut;
The Barf Bag Song.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 30, No. 2 (June 1996)
| Cassette |
| CA187C - $ 12.00 |
CAL CAVENDISH "LIVE AT THE JUBILEE
CALGARY '94"
Contents: Eighteen Wheeler Fever; Crop Duster; Banker's Daughter;
Takin'
Out The Line; The Pass And The Drum; Flyin' Time; Calcutta Cowboy;
The
Jesus Nut; One A.M. Calgary; Snow White Duck; Rig Pig; Ocean Ranger.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 30, No. 2 (June 1996)
| Cassette |
| CA188C - $ 12.00 |
CEILIDH FRIENDS "YELLOWKNIFE EVENING"
Contents: Calling-On Song/ The Red-Haired Boy/ The Battle of
Aughrim/
The Great Orange Whale; Farewell to Tarwathie; Daddy Fox; Farewell
to Canada; Yellowknife Evening; The Prairie Pagans; Catch Round
the
Table; The Female Drummer; She's Like the Swallow/ Memory; The
Cutty
Wren; The World Turned Upside Down, part 2; Mingulay Boat Song.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 29, No. 1 (March 1995)
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA167C - $ 14.00 |
CA167D - $ 22.00 |
MARGARET CHRISTL "THE PICTURE IN MY
MIND"
Original and traditional songs performed in a style that best
suits the
presentation - from a cappella, with bodhran, or friends.
Contents: Maggie Lauder; The Rowan Tree; How Long, How Long;
Jock
O Hazeldean; The Harvest Excursion; The Picture In My Mind; Women
of
Dundee; The Flanders March; Flittin Day; Rattlin Roarin Willie;
Time To
Say Goodbye. Lyrics enclosed.
| Compact Disc |
| CA248D - $ 23.00 |
JOHN CLARKE "MILES ON MY HEART"
John is a member of the house band for the Bow Valley Music Club
in Calgary
and in this nice selection of songs he sings about the variety
of situations and the
many miles one may travel as life continues.
Contents: Go Sailin'; Photograph; Public Transportation; Stop
and Look At You;
Porcupine Hills; The Robertson; Hole In My Pocket; Raise a Glass;
Road Trip;
Superstar; Bequia Whaler.
Lyrics enclosed.
| Compact Disc |
| CA304D - $ 20.00 |
CHRISTY AND FRED COOK "JUST A MINUET"
The Cooks are Calgary based performers and this fine album spans
an incredible
range of music and performance styles using the hammer dulcimer.
Selections range
from medieval and Elizabethan tunes, through early folk material
(including a beautiful
Ukranian waltz) up to blues. Throughout, the flexibility of the
dulcimer is chronicled
in fine performances.
Contents: Orange and Blue; Gilderoy/ Peeler and the Goat; Newylink
Waltz;
Colony Times/ Ballydesmond Polkas; Wolsey's Wilde/ Ye Mariner's
All; Molly's
Welcome; Paddy Fahey's Reel; Minuet/ Bouree/ Stingo; Autumntide;
Phylburtte's
Breakdown; Headache Blues; Pooka's Rag; Dixon County Blues.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 21, No. 3 (Sept. 1987)
| Cassette |
| CA071C - $ 12.00 |
MARK DESPAULT "NATURAL REVELATION"
A solo CD of original songs from this member of the Wakami Wailers.
Songs written
from experiences with nature, family, and hope.
Contents: Natural Revelation; Water Flow; The Singer (instrumental);
Easy Come
and Easy Go; Child's First Song; Show Me; My Old Friend; Me Without
You;
The Singer; Daylight. Lyrics enclosed.
| Compact Disc |
| CA266D - $ 19.00 |
KEN DUNN "PRECIOUS LIFE"
Generally laid back slow tempo original songs from this Ontario
performer.
Contents: St. James Infirmary; Precious Life; Ready Bed of
Lace; Inside
(Hole In the Ozone Blues); Small Planet (Song For Sarajevo); Cross
of
Lorraine; Bouquet; Heart of Mine; Don't Believe; Lover True;
Pour Me Home. Lyrics enclosed.
| Compact Disc |
| CA252D - $18.00 |
MARIA DUNN "FROM WHERE I STAND"
Sensitive and captivating singing/songwriting, touching on personal
topics and
experiences, from this Edmonton artist's first CD.
Contents: Distant Whisper; Shoes of a Man; West Mabou Song;
Orphan Hand;
New York 1849; Sadly Real; Cold Wind; The Fool; Slippery Slide;
Aunt Lucy;
The House Jack Built; The Bus Song. Lyrics enclosed.
| Compact Disc |
| CA210D - $22.00 |
FRED EAGLESMITH "THINGS IS CHANGIN'"
Contents: Sharecroppin'; Things Is Changin'; Harold Wilson;
White Ash & Black Ash; Joe; Carmelita; Summerlea; Rough
Edges;
Brand New Boy; Cryin' Yet; Rodeo Rose.
| Compact Disc |
| CA202D - $22.00 |
FRED EAGLESMITH "FROM THE PARADISE
MOTEL"
Contents: Yellow Barley Straw; Thirty Years Of Farmin';
The
Highway Callin'; I'm Just Dreamin'; Sweaburg General Store;
Sunflowers; Little Buffalo; Summerlea; My Last Six Dollars;
Rough Edges;
Sharecroppin'; The Mindless Side of Town; Rodeo Rose; Go Out and
Plough;
Jericho; Harold Wilson.
| Compact Disc |
| CA203D - $22.00 |
FRED EAGLESMITH "DRIVE-IN MOVIE"
Original songs of love and life by this fine writer.
Contents: I Like Trains; 49 Tons; Here's The Keys; Crashin'
and Burnin';
Wilder than Her; White Rose; Good Enough; Soda Machine; Freight
Train;
Drive-in Movie. Lyrics enclosed for all songs.
| Compact Disc |
| CA204D - $22.00 |
FRED EAGLESMITH "LIPSTICK LIES &
GASOLINE"
Another collection of Fred's originals. Contents: Seven Shells;
105; Thinking;
Bell; Drinking Too Much; Pontiac; Spookin' the Horses; Time To
Get a Gun;
Alcohol & Pills; Angel of the Lord; Seven Shells (Crash);
Water in the Fuel.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA212C - $15.00 |
CA212D - $22.00 |
FRED EAGLESMITH "50 - ODD DOLLARS"
Fred heads back to his rock roots with this collection of original
songs.
Contents: Blue Tick Hound; Rodeo Boy; Ten Ton Chain; Getting'
To Me;
Mighty Big Car; Crazier; Georgia Overdrive; Steel Guitar; Carter;
Alternator;
Bullets. Lyrics enclosed.
| Compact Disc |
| CA274D - $ 22.00 |
SUSAN ELLENTON "THE SECRET OF MY HAPPINESS"
Sometime ago Susan's life changed "...no longer able to play
instruments
or write, I lost my hands to find my voice. These poems and songs
help... to
remember the magic of just being." This collection of unaccompanied
songs and
poems is personal and poignant.
Contents: Beautiful; The Kid; Shine On; Camp is the Place;
Ring Around My Love;
Painting the Path; When I Laugh; Bless Me, Barbie; Troll Breath
(a cautionary tale);
There You Were; The Secret of My Happiness; Presto!; Lily; She
Likes; She Is Looking;
Brainchild, Farewell; Strong Heart; From the Center.
| Compact Disc |
| CA260D - $ 19.00 |
LORNE ELLIOTT "THE COLLECTED MISTAKES
II"
And now, madly off in all directions…is a performer who has
his finger on the
pulse of what makes people laugh. This collection of music and
spoken comedy
is a great diversion for the blues or anything serious. Contents:
Grandad Played;
Genealogy & Political Correctness; Attila the Hun; Winter;
Field Trip To the
Arctic; Portage & Main; Rubber Boots; The CN Tower; Politics
& Language;
A New National Anthem; Through the Rockies; Prison Dance; The
Environment;
March of the Lawn Art Lovers; Renovating; Sailing; The Bear Song.
Lyrics enclosed for the songs.
| Compact Disc |
| CA320D - $ 20.00 |
EVANS AND DOHERTY "LIVE AT THE LUNENBURG
FOLK FESTIVAL"
One of their first recordings (by the CBC) and contains the classic
Hamlet!
Contents: The Garden Song; Take Her In Your Arms; There Were
Roses; Silver Sea;
Hamlet; The Highway Maid; Tienanmen Square; Waltzing With Bears.
EVANS AND DOHERTY "SILVER SEA"
Unlike their first album, which consisted almost entirely of traditional
material, this album
contains mostly contemporary songs. They are all carefully chosen
however, and the album
has a very traditional "Celtic folk" sound.
Contents: Silver Sea; Leaving Nancy; Take Her In Your Arms;
Anthem For Ireland;
Don't Get Married; Reel In the Flickering Light; Lovely Rose of
Clare; Band In the Park;
Lonely in London; Maid In the Calico Dress.
FIGGY DUFF "WEATHER OUT THE STORM"
This band's earlier albums consisted mainly of traditional material
that reflected
Newfoundland's maritime character and multicultural roots. With
this album, however,
they have moved on into some more contemporary sounds and arrangements.
Pamela
Morgan and Noel Dinn wrote about half of the songs themselves,
and it is not hard to
hear the traditional influences that come from their earlier work.
Contents: Weather Out the Storm; Heart Of a Gypsy; Jealous
Lover/ Wedding Waltz;
Snowy Night; Woman of Labrador; Inside a Circle; Yankee Skipper;
Rumbolt;
Bad Blood; Henry Martin.
| Compact Disc |
| CA135D - $20.00 |
FEAR OF DRINKING & TIM READMAN
"IN BLACK AND WHITE"
Recorded live, these up-tempo songs contain great harmonies and
vocals from Tim,
and Allison Russell. Traditional and original songs display the
variety of arrangements
of which this (new) group line-up is capable.
Contents: Ye Jacobites; The Coal Quay Market Song; The Shorts
All Year Round Boys;
The Widow; Barrack Street; Ain't No Sweet Man Worth the Salt Of
My Tears; Home
Truths; The Blaydon Races; The Seaham Song; Sociable!; Mary Mac;
The Heart I Sent
To You; New York Girls; Whip Jamboree; Barrett's Privateers; The
Magpie Song.
| Compact Disc |
| CA299D - $19.00 |
FEAR OF DRINKING "ONE MORNING WHEN
I WENT TO WORK"
A mixture of many different songs about work.
Contents: Row Between the Cages/Concertina Joe; Mining Rant;
Recruiting Sergeant;
Rainbird; Storm of Life; Jane's Air; Shanty; Free Passage To Canada;
House Fever;
Glimpses Of Love; The Shores Of Old Blighty; Newf In the Hall;
Kawarau Gold;
A Beggin'; They Don't Write 'em Like That Any More.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 31, No. 2 (June 1997)
| Compact Disc |
| CA193D - $20.00 |
RICK FIELDING "THIS ONE'S THE DREAMER"
There's a variety of styles presented here and Rick sounds as
if he's specialised
in each for quite awhile - well, he has. Whether it's his own
composition or someone
else's, each is a pleasant surprise.
Contents: This One's the Dreamer; Patrick Spencer; Salty Dog;
There Comes A Time;
Come To Lower Canada; Fa Sol La; Deep Fork; Catspaw's Rag; Sing
With the Angels;
The Wind & Rain; City Boy's Dream; In My Life; Those Gin Mill
Syncopators; When We
Gather Once More. Lyrics enclosed.
| Compact Disc |
| CA325D - $21.00 |
RICK FIELDING "LIFELINE"
A great collection of songs, some old, some new, with the odd
instrumental - Rick plays
many instruments. Each song tells its own story and Rick sounds
as though he enjoys 'telling'
them again and again.
Contents: So Long, Charlie/ Jim's Polka; Pitman Blues; If Jesus
Was a Picker; Alouette/
La Bastringue; Bachelor's Hall; Obray's Fancy; Lifeline; Company
Town; Docherty's Jig/
Stairsteps; Wild Goose; Margins of My Neighborhood; Hutchison's
Ramble; Birth Of
Robin Hood; Angus Fraser; Handful of Songs; Rag, Eh?; Old-Time
Riverman; Voices
of Struggle; Same Old Song. Lyrics and chords enclosed.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 31, No. 1 (March 1997)
| Compact Disc |
| CA243D - $23.00 |
RICK FINES "ARCADIA"
This is the electric side of Rick Fines from the group Jackson
Delta. Many guests helped
Rick record this CD of original songs.
Contents: Muskoka Moon; Ticket Takes Me Home; Goin' Down the
Road; Been To
the Well Before; Try A Little Harder; Shuttin' Down; That's the
Stuff; I Ain't Got a
Home; She'll Never Know; Just Got Back; Six Doors Down.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 31, No. 3/4 (Sept./Dec. 1997)
| Compact Disc |
| CA270D - $18.00 |
RICK FINES "OUT OF THE LIVING ROOM"
The blues repertoire is enriched by Rick's original songs - mainly
acoustic with a little
electric here and there. Contents: My Baby Knows; Careful What
You Want; Where
Birds Sing; Proud Papa; That's How I Feel; 2000 Miles Back Home;
Out Of the
Living Room; Back In the Backwoods; Richland Women Blues; Coffee,
One Cream;
Same Boat; No Expectations.
| Compact Disc |
| CA271D - $ 18.00 |
FINEST KIND "LOST IN A SONG"
Ian Robb, Ann Downey, Shelley Posen combine to present: The
Banks of Sweet
Primroses; Give Me Just a Little More Time; The Miner's Dream
of Home; Blue
Mountain; Sussex Drinking Song; The Night Pat Murphy Died; The
Storms May
Roll the Ocean; Goodnight-Loving Trail; Only Remembered; Fa-Sol-La;
Going To the West; A Handful of Maple Leaves; Gower Wassail; What
Was I
Supposed To Do; I Heard the Bluebird Sing; The Faded Roses of
December;
A Pilgrim's Way.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 31, No. 3-4 (Sept/Dec. 1997)
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA196C - $14.00 |
CA196D - $20.00 |
FINEST KIND "HEART'S DELIGHT"
Marvelous harmonies with or without instruments, on this wonderful
collection
of traditional and contemporary songs. Ian, Ann and Shelley share
lead vocals.
Contents: A Sailor's Life; Fond Affection; The Fugitive's Lament;
Jordan;
Jack Ashton; If You Can't Get Five, Take Two; Brigg Fair; Someday
You'll
Call My Name; April Morning; In Praise Of Alcohol; Down At the
End Of
Memory's Lane; Homeless Wassail; The Mermaid; Squid Jiggin' Ground;
Home In Pasadena; No More Fish, No Fishermen; Who Will Sing For
Me.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA278C - $ 14.00 |
CA278D - $ 20.00 |
ARCHIE FISHER AND GARNET ROGERS "OFF
THE MAP"
This album was made during a 1985 tour through Canada and the
United States.
It combines the best of Archie's vocal and songwriting talents
with Garnet's superb
instrumental accompaniment.
Contents: Borderland; The Mosstrooper's Lament; The Long and
Lonely Winter;
The Winter It Is Past; The Laird of Udney; Lassie O' The Morning;
Joy of My Heart;
Ettrick; Mallie Leigh; The Final Trawl; The Boatie Rows; The Last
Leviathan;
Rolling Home.
ARCHIE FISHER "SUNSETS I'VE GALLOPED
INTO"
Archie says this album spans some twenty years of songwriting
by himself and
a few of his friends. As well as some great singing by Archie,
there is fine accompaniment
by Garnet Rogers on both violin and guitar.
Contents: Ashfields and Brine; Yonder Banks; The Shipyard Apprentice;
The Cuillins
of Home; Southside Blues; Silver Coin; The Presence; Gunsmoke
and Whisky;
Bill Hosie; Brookside; Merry England; The Great North Road; Eastfield;
The Black Horse; All That You Ask.
DAVE FOSTER "ON THAT CHRISTMAS DAY"
New songs for the Christmas season.
Contents: A King is Born; Hey, Hey, It's Christmas; Soft Falls
the Snow;
Joy to the World/O Little Town of Bethlehem/It Came Upon a Midnight
Clear
(instrumental); Is This the Real Christmas?; Prairie Christmas;
Where?;
On That Christmas Day; Lollipops and Candy Canes; The Other Side
Of Christmas;
Hark the Herald Angels Sing/ What Child Is This?/O Come All Ye
Faithful (instrumental);
Sliding Down the Roof; At Our Christmas Polka; Winds Through
The Olive Trees.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Dec. 1994)
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA178C - $13.00 |
CA178D - $18.00 |
DON FREED "ON THE PLAINS"
Don Freed performs and has written all of the songs on this new
album, which
also features some fine instrumental backup. He is well known
for his unique and
sometimes off-the-wall humour, but this cassette also shows another
completely
different side of him. Many of the songs contain thoughtful reflections
about growing
up, living, and working on the Saskatchewan prairies.
Contents: Out On the Plains; Sandbar In the Sun; My Friend's
Dad; Hold On
Caragana; 100 Miles of Track; Duck Lake; On Top Of the World;
Warm
September; At the Whim Of the Wind; Spring; Black Hills; Earth
Chant.
FRIENDS OF FIDDLERS GREEN "THE ROAD
TO MANDALAY"
Grit Laskin, Ian Robb, David Parry and others present a variety
of songs.
Contents: Blaydon Races/ Off She Goes; We Are Three Jolly Fishermen;
Mary Ann; The S.S. Shieldhall; Galopede/ Petronella/ The Green
Cockade;
Mandalay; Coats Off For Britain; Jamaica/ Childgrove; My Old Man;
Schoolday's Over; Sir Sydney Smith's March; One Of the Old School;
Arthur Bignold of Lochrosque/ The Lark In the Morning; The Long,
Long, Trail.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 29, No. 4 (Dec. 1995)
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA195C - $14.00 |
CA195D - $21.00 |
BILL GALLAHER AND JAKE GALBRAITH "THE
GRAND ILLUSION"
Bill Gallaher is one of Canada's best balladeers, in the finest
traditional sense of the word.
His songs tell many stories, some of them familiar, others that
you may be hearing
for the first time. Most are thought provoking, and are performed
with all the skills
of a talented story-teller. This album contains a great collection
of such tales.
Contents: Newfoundland Sealers; Victoria Pirates; Travellers'
Song; 1914
(The Grand Illusion); Gypsy Dreams; The Last Battle; Teresa Evanya
Storino;
From the Bush; Lisdoonvarna Fair; Take It Easy; Willie and the
Bear.
BILL GALLAHER WITH HARMONY ROAD "ACROSS
THE DIVIDE"
Original songs from a gifted songwriter.
Contents: The Wild McLean Boys; The Good Guys Wore White Hats;
We Danced;
Fishing With John; A Song For Angela; The Promise; All You Need
Is A Rock;
I Will Be The One; Lunenburg Town; Gift Of The Sea; Sufferin';
The Newfoundland
Sealers; The Company Man; The First And Last Of Your Kind.
| Compact Disc |
| CA183D - $19.00 |
LENNIE GALLANT "LIFELINE"
This CD is more contemporary and electric than in the past but
the songs Lennie writes are
still very personal and expressed well.
Contents: Fisher King; Lifeline; The Band's Still Playing;
Meet Me At the Oasis; Slow Boat;
More Thank Likely; Smoke and Mirrors; Angels; Something Unspoken;
Without Love.
Lyrics enclosed.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA313C - $ 12.00 |
CA313D - $ 21.00 |
LENNIE GALLANT "BREAKWATER"
This is a great debut by a fine songwriter and musician from Prince
Edward Island
and it provides some most enjoyable listening. Lennie writes his
songs in the style
of a traditional balladeer and they deal with common concerns
of local people: love,
fishing, and farming.
Contents: Tales Of the Phantom Ship; Island Clay; Raise the
Dead Of Wintertime;
Back to Rustico; From a Distance; Marie and He; The Hope For Next
Year;
Breakwater; Big City; The Reconcilliation Two-Step; La Tempête;
Down On
the Promenade; Destination. Lyrics enclosed.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA081C - $ 13.00 |
CA081D - $ 21.00 |
LENNIE GALLANT "BELIEVING IN BETTER"
Lennie's second album is a real winner! It contains a whole new
collection
of his songs, written and sung in a traditional style, but with
all the best of
modern arrangements and some supberb instrumental work.
Contents: Believing In Better; Man Of Steel; Martyn's Brook;
Is It Love
I Feel (or courage I lack); The Hope For Next Year; How Many Bridges;
The Cry For Love; Crumbling Foundations; The Stairs; Someone Like
You;
The Other Side.
| Compact Disc |
| CA107D - $23.00 |
BILL GARRETT "SEEMS TO ME"
An enjoyable collection of song (some written by Bill) with an
easy-going presentation.
Contents: Solitaire; Northshore Train; I Wonder If You're Sleeping
Tonight;
Quiet Money; Canadian Spaces; How Will I Ever Be Simple Again;
In Case
You Ever Change Your Mind; Winters Night; Like I Used To Do; Birds
Hill;
Thanksgiving Eve; Mirabeau Bridge. Lyrics enclosed.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA277C - $ 15.00 |
CA277D - $ 23.00 |
EVE GOLDBERG "EVER BRIGHTENING DAY"
Songs by Jean Ritchie, Cathy Fink, Shelley Posen, and Mississippi
John Hurt
complement Eve's own compositions on this enjoyable easy listening
folk-style
collection.
Contents: Sweet Sorrow In the Wind; Let's Throw a Party For
Ourselves;
Waiting For a Train; Backwater Blues; Now Is the Cool Of the Day;
Names;
Watermelon Sorbet; Having a Drink With Jane; Cold Wind Blowing;
Know
When To Move; Travelling Day; Creole Belle. Lyrics enclosed.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 33, No. 1 (March 1999)
| Compact Disc |
| CA290D - $ 23.00 |
HALF THE SKY "HALF THE SKY"
A prairie group singing about their love for life in the west,
whether it's the
mountains, plains, or sea these original songs display many of
the moods
often experienced by those who now call the west their home.
Contents: Tomorrow and Tomorrow; Each Night; Eternity; Deeply
Hid
Within Me; Mr. Memory; Thunder and Lightning; I Give You My Hand;
As Much As I; Katie; Walk Away; Every Hundred Years; Garnet Rock;
Sometimes It's Good To Cry; There Are Things We'll Never See;
The Wonder of Love. Lyrics enclosed
| Compact Disc |
| CA197D - $18.00 |
HALF THE SKY "NAKED AS MOONLIGHT"
More original songs, the images of which are succinctly flavoured
by the
vastness of the land out west. Contents: The Warmth Of Your
Love;
By the River; How Seasons Change; Siren; Roseville Fair; My Irene;
Angry Lovers; Better Kind Of Bad; Time Touches One and All;
I'm Leaving On Wednesday; Kilgore and Billy Jean; Going Forever;
Through the Night; While I Make love With You. Lyrics enclosed.
| Compact Disc |
| CA246D - $18.00 |
MARIE-LYNN HAMMOND "VIGNETTES"
This is a re-issue of Vignettes but includes Marie-Lynn's first
self-titled solo
album following her success with Stringband. An earlier catalogue
notes "a number
of songs on (Vignettes) have either come from or been inspired
by members
of (her) family. Many of the songs also display the strong influence
of the
French-Canadian part of her background."
Contents: Marie-Lynn Hammond: Calico Cat; Maverick Gleam; Distant
Early
Warning Line; Houdini and You and Me; But For the Timing; Minitoken
Sunrose
(Nobody Loves You); Leaving; Être libre; Black Cat, Stephen
and the Popcorn
Man; Lights In the Windows. Vignettes: Woman With the Radio Mind;
All the
Horses Running; La tête anglaise, le coeur français;
Élise cherche dans le ciel;
Flying/ Spring of '44; La jeune mariée; Elsie; Loving and
Losing; Over Queen
Charlotte Sound & Where the Grey Sky Meets the Sea; Le coffre
à jouets.
Lyrics enclosed for all songs.
| Compact Disc |
| CA092D - $20.00 |
MARIE-LYNN HAMMOND "IMPROMPTU"
Marie-Lynn Hammond is a radio broadcaster, playwright, and a longstanding
member
of the Canadian folk music scene. She describes this cassette
as a collection of "old stuff,
new stuff, funny stuff, serious stuff, and one love song ...".
Contents: A Girl Who Can't Say Yes; Canadian Love; Second Fiddle
Rag; Radiation;
Leave Room For the Holy Ghost; I Don't Sleep With Strangers Anymore;
La chanson
de Corinne; Down On the Station; Japanese.
RICHARD HARROW AND GLEN MUNDY "POTTS"
Jerry Potts was a Metis Scout and guide for the Northwest Mounted
Police. The story of
this remarkable and adventurous individual was brought to the
stage for over 60 performances
by Richard Harrow and Glen Mundy in the form of the musical "Potts".
Here are the songs from that production, as re-recorded by the
authors.
WADE HEMSWORTH "THE SONGS OF WADE
HEMSWORTH"
Many of Wade's songs are now Canadian classics.
Contents: The Wild Goose; The Land Of the Muskeg (and the Shining
Birch Tree);
The Blackfly Song; Foolish You; The Story Of the I'm Alone; The
Log Driver's Waltz;
The Log Jam Song; In the Wintertime; Quiet On the River; Song
Of the Old Rooster;
My Mother Is the Ocean Sea; Montréal; Our Last and Humble
Home; Long Dog Days;
Remember Moose Mountain; Oh Charna.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol.30, No.1 (March 1996)
| Compact Disc |
| CA184D - $19.00 |
HERDMAN, HILLS, MANGSEN "VOICES"
Contents: Wayfaring Stranger; Silken Dreams; Redwing Blackbird/Black
Burning Air;
Waiting For Isabella; Squalor; Adiós Ciudad; Katy Cruel;
Requiem For the Giant Trees;
Johnny Burke; Orphans; Stars.
| Compact Disc |
| CA181D - $20.00 |
ROBERT BURTON HUBELE "HALFWAY TO EVERYWHERE"
Robert has been a fixture of the Calgary music scene for many
years. He has
performed in folk and blues clubs and with just about every other
style of music too.
All the styles are here on his original songs starting with blues,
jazz and swing,
through to folk and country. As the title says, Robert is still
only "halfway to everywhere".
Contents: Silver Tears; Deliver Me; When A Tree Falls In the
Jungle; Children Oh
Children; Red Wine; Things Will Turn Out Some Way; The Dancer;
Late Night Games
At the Midnight Café; She Comes At Night; Touch For Touch;
Whistlin' In the Dark;
Through the Wild Country; Wild Alberta Rose; Don't Worry Baby;
Heart and Soul
(Till We're Old); Sleepy Time King. Lyrics enclosed.
| Compact Disc |
| CA247D - $21.00 |
RON HYNES "STANDING IN LINE IN THE
RAIN"
Ron Hynes is a great songwriter and had a part in creating each
of these original songs
which have a very contemporary sound whether recorded live or
in the studio.
Contents: Picture of Dorian Grey; Shine Like Diamonds; She
Never Will; You Drove
Me There; Do You; Last Chance Avenue; Constant In the Heart; Lonely
Song; Name
Without A face; Native Side; Pilot; Saviour.
| Compact Disc |
| CA291D - $ 23.00 |
JACKSON DELTA "JACKSON DELTA LIVE"
Folk, blues, and skiffle. It's all here in one form or another.
Very acoustic, with a guest pianist.
Contents: Bad News Blues; Liquor Store Blues; Howlin' For My
Darlin'; T.V. Mama;
Ain't No Tellin'; All By Myself; Statesborough Blues; Fanny Mae;
Same Old Blues; Ain't
Got No Baby Now; Mojo Boogie; Saved.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 30, No. 2 (June 1996)
JACKSON DELTA "LOOKIN' BACK"
Original songs from this blues group that can stand up to any
of the more familiar blues songs,
along with the acoustic sound that JD brings to its music.
Contents: Lookin' Back; Fool In Love; Goin' Back To Memphis;
My Mistake; Honey,
What's Wrong With You; My Ears Keep Hearin' Voices; Little Sister's
Gonna Be Alright;
The Feel Of Uncertainty; Silly Rules; Unpaid Bills Blues; I Sleep
With a Ghost;
Crazy (About You); Worried Life Blues. Lyrics enclosed.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 30, No. 2 (June 1996)
MOON JOYCE "THE INFINITE EDGE"
Moon Joyce is a Toronto based singer-songwriter who has written
some very fine
material in the contemporary idiom.
Contents: The Infinite Edge; Wendell's Song; The Silent Song;
South Africa; A Power
Such As This; Lies; Draggin' the Dragon; Only My Legs; Lying In
the Bed I Made;
Dance Autumn, Dance; Love Is Within.
CONNIE KALDOR "SMALL CAFÉ"
Songs of friends and loved ones, some passed on now, but all by
Connie
and sung to her distinct piano or guitar accompaniment.
Contents: Someday; What Do They Know?; If I Was To Tell You;
Down To A River
(Alan's Song); Coyote's Call; Get Lucky; Choppy Water (Rocky Marriage
Breakdown);
I Don't Care; He's Running In His Sleep; Old Friends (Mr. Setee's
Song); Prairie Moon;
I Love That Dog. Lyrics enclosed.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA333C - $12.00 |
CA333D - $20.00 |
CONNIE KALDOR "LOVE IS A TRUCK"
Love… Love Is… Love Is A… Connie has chosen Truck
for the title of this collection
of songs covering some of the sentiments of love. The songs are
given a lovely acoustic
treatment with an occasional electric emphasis.
Contents: Wheels Like a Chevrolet; Whistle Gone; Love Is A
Truck; Wind That Laughs;
Winter; Never Been To Ireland; Liar; Georgian Bay; All About Love;
Jump Over the Moon;
Life Has A Mind Of Its Own; Your Love. Lyrics enclosed.
| Compact Disc |
| CA332D - $ 20.00 |
CONNIE KALDOR "WOOD RIVER"
Connie is one of Canada's most popular and best known folk music
writers and performers.
She was raised in Saskatchewan and her love of the prairies and
the people who live there is
strongly displayed in many of her songs. She also has a great
sense of humour and that too
comes across on frequent occasions.
Contents: Wood River; Outlaw; Sleepy Little Town; Can't Go
Back; Modern Lullaby;
Canoe Song; Bird On a Wing; Harsh and Unforgiving; Just a Little
Dream; Hymn For
Pincher Creek; Spring On the Prairies; Margaret's Waltz; Grandmother's
Song;
Saskatoon Moon.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA120C - $14.00 |
CA120D - $22.00 |
TANYA KALMANOVITCH TRIO "WINTERLAND"
Tanya's debut CD leans more to the jazz side of music rather than
folk but the original
songs have a dream-like quality about them and the instrumentals,
with mainly bass and guitar,
often have a European feel. (Tanya is becoming well known around
the folk and music clubs in
Calgary for her versatility on violin).
Contents: Love Is Just a Word; Temperance Street; A Shot In
the Dark; Len's Song;
The New Love; Fables of Faubus; Too Soon To Tell; Hand & Bow;
Blue Monk;
Winterland. Lyrics enclosed.
| Compact Disc |
| CA292D - $ 22.00 |
HOWARD KAPLAN "ELEVEN SONGS..."
[That I'm Not Planning To Release On CD During the Remainder Of
the Second Millennium].
Clever, witty, personal insights and scientific observations we
probably take for granted.
Contents: The Ex-arboureal Porcupine Blues; Walking West On
Barton Street;
The Baking Lesson; From Dover To Calais, Low Density; A Note of
Thanks To
Dr. Rees; Slow Loris (Nycticebus Coucang); Talking Nicotine Blues;
Low Flush;
Professor Barleycorn; The Mouse.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 32, No. 2 (June 1998)
HOWARD KAPLAN "FROG π "
"Three-and-a fraction scientifically respectable frog songs"
-If only all
biology lessons were sung!
Contents: Nogies Creek; The Song of the Túngara Frog;
The Buffalo, the Beetle;
the Bouncing Kangaroo, and the Bufo Marinus Cane Toad; The Toads
and the
Truck. Lyrics enclosed.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 32, No. 2 (June 1998)
JAMES KEELAGHAN "ROAD"
Another fine set of story-songs as only James can sing and write.
Each has its
own 'people' tale to tell whether it's about the future, the road
traveled, a barrel
racer, or even the crew of a ship in distress. Contents: Love
What a Road; Message
To the Future; Number 37; Mirabeau Bridge; Ring; My Old Man; Your
Secret;
Pillow; Captain Torres; Who Dies? Lyrics enclosed.
| Compact Disc |
| CA308D - $20.00 |
JAMES KEELAGHAN & OSCAR LOPEZ "COMPADRES"
The love of music shared by these performers is described by them
as "art
without boundaries" - instrumentals, songs in Spanish, English
or both, with vocal
duties shared by each.
Contents: Bump Me Up (To First Class); Lamentos; Mi Vida; Why
Don't You
Just Grow Up; Coast to Coast; The Kiss (Saskatoon); Follow Me
Up There, Carlos;
Chiquilina; Spanish Is the Loving Tongue; La Española;
Red River Rising; Brave Soul.
Lyrics enclosed.
| Compact Disc |
| CA309D - $20.00 |
JAMES KEELAGHAN "TIMELINES"
James Keelaghan is one of the finest singers and songwriters to
come along in
some time. From his gentle and moving tribute for the departed
Jenny Bryce to the
stirring Fires of Calais, you will enjoy his strong voice and
rich guitar playing, backed
up by an impressive cast of supporting musicians.
Contents: Fires Of Calais; Boom Gone To Bust; Railway Tune;
Jenny Bryce;
Follow Me Up To Carlow/ Morison's Jig; Refugee; Roll Down; Lost;
Snap the
Line Tight; Sea For the Shore/ Stephen Behind the 8-Ball.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 22, No. 1 (1988)
| Compact Disc |
| CA028D - $20.00 |
JAMES KEELAGHAN "SMALL REBELLIONS"
With his high-spirited presentations and a gift for writing insightful
songs, it is little
wonder that James is being hailed as the West's newest folk star.
Contents: Hillcrest Mine; Princes Of the Clouds; Red River
Rising; The Ones
Who Made Home; Rebecca's Lament; Timeless Love; Small Rebellion;
Misty
Mountain; Somewhere Ahead; Country Faire; Departure Bay; Gladys
Ridge.
| Compact Disc |
| CA080D - $20.00 |
JAMES KEELAGHAN "MY SKIES"
On this album, James Keelaghan continues to justify his reputation
as one of
Canada's finest singer/songwriters. Unlike his previous two albums,
the songs
on this one deal more with feelings and emotions than with historical
events.
However, they are all vintage Keelaghan, combining powerful and
insightful
lyrics with with memorable melodies and strong instrumental support.
Contents: My Skies; Hold Your Ground; I Would I Were; River
Run; Big Picture;
Glory Bound; Kiri's Piano; Hope Princeton Road; Orion; Abraham;
Tomorrow is Another Day. Lyrics enclosed.
| Compact Disc |
| CA137D - $21.00 |
KATIE KIDWELL "THE CARIBOO SONG RIDER"
Singer and songwriter Katie Kidwell shows her depth of feeling
for the
Cariboo area of central British Columbia with this recording of
her songs
about this unique part of Canada.
Contents: The Great Cariboo Ride; Go For the Gold; This Morning
There
Was Rain; Lone Butte Song; On the Road- Look Out- Logging Truck;
The Ole John Deere; The Cariboo Is My Home; The Oletimer's Song;
The Pink Canoe; Dear Old Barkerville; The Milk Cow Blues;
The Cariboo's Calling.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 21, No. 2 (June 1987)
KILGORE TROUT "ONE VOICE STARTS..."
Contents: Faerie Gold; About the Weather; The Bitter Sea; To
a Lover Leaving;
Rockfall; Northern Skies; Mother May I?; Saturday Girl; Kensington;
Widow's Lament.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA173C - $14.00 |
CA173D - $22.00 |
MARY KNICKLE "ON THE WIND AND THE
SEA"
This is a most pleasing first album from a very talented singer/songwriter.
It contains an even balance of both new and traditional songs,
but all have a
consistently traditional sound and flavour. Her own songs relate
to personal
experiences from her Lunenburg NS, background, and she is highly
adept at
conveying all the related feelings and emotions.
Contents: Fishing Inshore; Mary Hamilton; Watsy Knickle; Farewell
To
Nova Scotia; The Fate Of the Margaret Jane; The Hills & Glens;
The Gloomy Forest; Bluenose.
DAVID KNUTSON "PLAIN COUNTRY FOLK"
David Knutson is one of those rare individuals that really muddies
the folk/country
music boundary (at least, the popularly perceived boundary), to
the extent that he
is certain to have a wide audience from both sides of the fence.
This album is, in fact,
an especially good example of how close the ties really can be
between the two
apparently different types of music! Contents: You Give Me
Wings; Love To
Share; Winter Might Come Early; High Mountain Wildflower; Molly
and
the Man; Plain Country Folk; Lady Give It a Try; Inside My Heart;
Now She's Gone; My Thanks To You.
KURTZ, COLE & BRUCE "KURTZ COLE
& BRUCE"
Contains: Take Me To Alberta; Poor Fool Like Me; Naked Souls;
Comin' Home;
Don't Cry; Surprises; Jesus' Basement; I Ain't Tired of You; Song
for Noel;
Get Up!; Trees Breathe.
DENNIS LAKUSTA "RUN WITH YOU"
Dennis has travelled widely across our land and the influence
of his Métis heritage
is shown in these poignant and personal songs about the places
he's been and the
people he's met.
Contents: Run With You; Claire; Gypsy Moon; Wonders; Let the
River Run;
Tracy's Lullaby; "Track 49"; Recollections of Lenny;
Percy's Lament;
Joy Ride; Mona.
| Compact Disc |
| CA194D - $21.00 |
DENNIS LAKUSTA "CROWCHILD"
Personal observations and reflections on a variety of topics but
always with the
theme from Dennis' heritage weaving its magic throughout. Dennis
dedicated this
album to "the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada: The First Nations;
The Inuit; The Métis."
Contents: Crowchild; The Earth Shall Move; Wonders; Megan;
If You Take
This River; Elder and the Children; The Warrior's Song; Children
Of the Dust;
If the Salmon Cease To Run; Run With You.
| Compact Disc |
| CA233D - $21.00 |
PENNY LANG "PENNY LANG AND FRIENDS
LIVE"
Take a little blues, a little folk, a little spiritual -- mix
in a little country and Penny
and friends sound as though they're having a really good time.
Contents: I've Been Living With the Blues; Twelve Gates To
the City; I'm Thinking
Tonight Of My Blue Eyes; Frankie and Johnny; Bouquet Of Roses;
Jailer, Bring
Me Water; Song For Bridget's Film; Bye Bye Blues; We Shall Not
Be Moved;
Penny's Blues.
| Compact Disc |
| CA241D - $22.00 |
PENNY LANG "CARRY ON CHILDREN"
Gentle songs that have a spiritual touch to them.
Contents: Open Up; Carry On Children; Handle With Care; Everybody
Gone Blind; Sunny Good Neighbour; Take Your Time; Never Turning
Back;
Spiritual Woman; Too Many Nights; Third Floor Walkup; Menopausal
Jig;
Oh, Had I A Golden Thread; Raise Up Our Glasses.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA242C - $14.00 |
CA242D - $22.00 |
GRIT LASKIN "LILA'S JIG"
At long last, everybody's favourite accompanist and instrument
maker has
released a second album of his own. In keeping with his keen interest
in playing
dance music, there are an even dozen jigs and reels that Grit
has written in the
traditional style.
Contents: The Middle of November/ Spot the Cliché; A
Lucky Man; Shut Off
the Power and Say Goodbye; The Old World and the New; When I Was
a Lad;
My Love's Dark Eyes/ The Beginner's Waltz; The Winetaster/ Beans
In the Grinder;
Macho Man; Slowpoke/ The Reversable Polka; Sewing Machines; Lila's
Jig/
The Generic Jig/ Three's A Crowd; Where Does Love Come From.
GRIT LASKIN "A FEW SIMPLE WORDS
Contains: A Few Simple Words; Margins of My Neighbourhood;
Guitarmaker;
Ojibway Country; The Loving Game; Beginner Fiddle; One Sunday
Night;
In the Blood; Soft and Round; My Turn; A Begging I Will Go; Neverending
Quickstep Waltz; Nothing To Say; Aunt Sarah's; Moved By a Melody;
Won't
Somebody Sing Me a Lullaby.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA179C - $15.00 |
CA179D - $23.00 |
GRIT LASKIN "EARTHLY CONCERNS"
The past, present and future are the earthly concerns to which
Grit asks questions
and makes remarks.
Contents: Driving To the Woods/ Sorry I'm Late; Earthly Concerns;
Fast and Loud;
My City; Hi Sal, Have You Checked Your E-mail?; The Two Centuries;
Flipside;
If I Were; The Most Amazing Thing In the World; Resister; Sing
For a Penny.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 33, No. 1 (March 1999)
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA287C - $ 15.00 |
CA287D - $ 23.00 |
GREGG LAWLESS "GREGGORIAN CHANCE"
Greg presents his original songs in a variety of styles with guitar,
bass, and drums
mostly out front. But there are is also a little celtic, comedy,
and folk.
Contents: Halfway To Galway; Mary Katherine; She Should Be
Lovin' Me;
Pining For Anita; Troubador #384; Sweet Marie; For Virginia; The
Shores of
Grafton; Joe's Truck; Another Losin' Day; Georgie On My Mind;
Writer's Pen;
I'm Still Looking; Northbound; The Goodnight Song.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 33, No. 1 (March 1999)
| Compact Disc |
| CA245D - $20.00 |
TOM LEWIS "SURFACING"
This album contains a fine collection of modern sea shanties written
and sung by
Tom Lewis, most of them unaccompanied.
Contents: A Sailor Ain't a Sailor; Recall; Inside Every Sailor;
Sailorman's Port
in a Storm; Watches; The Hunter From the Hill; Landlocked Sailor;
Marching
Inland; Away; Bread and Butter; Diesel and Shale; Cyril Said it
All Before;
Sailor's Prayer.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 23, No. 1 (1989)
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA036C - $13.00 |
CA036D - $21.00 |
TOM LEWIS "SEA-DOG, SEE DOG"
Tom's second album brings us another great collection of songs
and stories that
are inspired by the sea and the life of a sailor.
Contents: The Captain's Lady; Chicken On a Raft; A Whaler's
Tale; The Big Fella';
Safe Harbour; Doc 'Lemon'; Snap the Line Tight; Down Where the
Drunkards Roll;
North to Calleo; Down At the Sailors' Rest; A Seaman's Hymn; BUNTS!
Lyrics for all songs are included.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA124C - $14.00 |
CA124D - $21.00 |
TOM LEWIS "TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER,
SINGER"
Contents: 150 Days Out From Vancouver; Sirensong; New York
Girls;
The Widowmaker; Congo River; African Trade; Somewhere Safe To
Sea;
The Busker; Mother Carey; All At Sea; Bully In the Alley; Swallow
the Anchor;
Message In the Bottle; Tinker, Tailor; Shiver Me Timbers.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol.30, No.2 (June 1996)
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA176C - $14.00 |
CA176D - $21.00 |
TOM LEWIS "MIXED CARGO"
Definitely a mixed cargo - especially when the songs are from
writers as diverse as
Tom; Kipling/Bellamy; Larry Kaplan; Boudleaux Bryant and of course
that old
favourite - traditional! Tom has friends join him for some fine
harmonies.
Contents: All the Good Times; Rolling Down To Rio/ The Old
Grey Squirrel; Wreck Of
the Bayrupert; H.M.C.S. Sackville; Peking; A Sailor's Consolation/
An Ex-Sailor's Life;
The East Indiaman; Showers; Miner's Life; Some Mother's Son; Aye
Sir, Aye; Devoted
To You; Pull Down Lads; F.I.R.E. - Fire!/ Homefires/ Goodbye Dolly
Gray; Writing of
'Tipperary'; Normandy Orchards; Rolling Home.
Lyrics enclosed.
| Cassette |
Compact Disc |
| CA276C - $ 15.00 |
CA276D - $ 23.00 |