Singer/songwriter Terence Martin has died of pancreatic cancer. I didn’t know Terence Martin, but I’ve played tracks from his last several CDs because they were excellent.
Rosanne Cash invites Festival Radio listeners and FolkBlog readers to send requests and questions by twitter to @rosannecash to build the setlist for her first “Live from Zone C” concert she will record in her living room on 11/2.
Tweets should include the hashtag #essentialrc (for Essential Roasanne Cash). You may also include the hashtag #FolkBlog or #FestivalRadio to indicate where you heard about the event. Songs should be chosen from the Essential Rosanne Cash 2-cd set. The full track list is after the jump.
The lines for the requesting are open from 10/25 to 10/31.
Hey, America. They play folk music in Canada, too. Nominees for the Canadian Folk Music Awards, to be held in Toronto on December 4. A few (fewer than I would like) of these artists can be heard on Festival Radio. More specifically, I’ve given heavy play to the Bruce Cockbur, Ruth Moody, April Verch and Lynn Miles CDs. Other artists I play regularly (though maybe not the work nominated) are David Francey, Enoch Kent and The Wailin’ Jennys.
2011 CANADIAN FOLK MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES
TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR / ALBUM TRADITIONNEL DE L’ANNÉE
Dave Gunning - a tribute to John Allan Cameron
Finest Kind - For Honour & For Gain
De Temps Antan - Les Habits de Papier
La Volée d’Castors - Le Retour
Genticorum - Nagez Rameurs
CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR /ALBUM CONTEMPORAIN DE L’ANNÉE
Twilight Hotel - When the Wolves Go Blind
Les Charbonniers de l’Enfer - Nouvelles fréquentations
Lynn Miles - Fall for Beauty
Bruce Cockburn - Small Source of Comfort
Good Lovelies - Let The Rain Fall
CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR /ALBUM JEUNESSE DE L’ANNÉE
Kathy Reid-Naiman - I Love to Hear the Sounds
Benoît Archambault - Les pourquoi
Marky Weinstock - Songs For Dreamers
Colleen Power with Crooked Stovepipe - For Little Ones
Will Stroet - Walk & Roll
TRADITIONAL SINGER OF THE YEAR /CHANTEUR TRADITIONNEL DE L’ANNÉE
Enoch Kent - Take A Trip With Me
Dave Gunning – a tribute to John Allan Cameron
Lizzy Hoyt - Home
Eileen McGann - Pocketful Of Rhymes
Joel Fafard - Cluck Old Hen
CONTEMPORARY SINGER OF THE YEAR /CHANTEUR CONTEMPORAIN DE L’ANNÉE
David Myles - Live at the Carleton
Suzie Vinnick - Me ‘n’ Mabel
Cat Jahnke - The Stories are Taking Their Toll
Bruce Cockburn - Small Source of Comfort
Matthew Barber - Matthew Barber
INSTRUMENTAL SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR /ALBUM INSTRUMENTAL DE L’ANNÉE – SOLO
Jayme Stone - Room of Wonders
Jaron Freeman-Fox - Manic Almanac : Slow Möbius
Anne Lindsay - Hurry On Home
April Verch - That’s How We Run
Don Ross - Breakfast for Dogs
INSTRUMENTAL GROUP OF THE YEAR /ALBUM INSTRUMENTAL DE L’ANNÉE – GROUPE
The Creaking Tree String Quartet - Sundogs
Qristina & Quinn Bachand - Family
MAZ - Télescope
Eh?! - Eh?!
RAZ-DE-MARÉE/TIDAL WAVE - Marche du St-Laurent
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR /GROUPE VOCAL DE L’ANNÉE
Finest Kind - For Honour & For Gain
Les Charbonniers de l’Enfer - Nouvelles fréquentations
The Wailin’ Jennys - Bright Morning Stars
Good Lovelies - Let The Rain Fall
Genticorum - Nagez Rameurs
ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR /GROUPE DE L’ANNÉE
The Creaking Tree String Quartet - Sundogs
MAZ - Télescope
The Wailin’ Jennys - Bright Morning Stars
Harry Manx & Kevin Breit - Strictly Whatever
Genticorum - Nagez Rameurs
SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR /ARTISTE SOLO DE L’ANNÉE
Ken Whiteley - Another Day’s Journey
Mae Moore - Folklore
David Francey - Late Edition
Bruce Cockburn - Small Source of Comfort
Ruth Moody - The Garden
ENGLISH SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR /AUTEUR-COMPOSITEUR ANGLOPHONE DE L’ANNÉE
Ron Hynes - Stealing Genius
David Francey - Late Edition
Mae Moore - Folklore
Lynn Miles - Fall for Beauty
Bruce Cockburn - Small Source of Comfort
FRENCH SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR /AUTEUR-COMPOSITEUR FRANCOPHONE DE L’ANNÉE
Jean-François Lessard - Jean-François Lessard
Alexandre Poulin - Une lumière allumée
Claude Cormier - Acoustique
Les Surveillantes - La racine carrée du coeur
ABORIGINAL SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR /AUTEUR-COMPOSITEUR AUTOCHTONE DE L’ANNÉE
Vince Fontaine - Songs For Turtle Island
Robert Davidson & Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson - New Journeys
janet panic - Samples
Don Amero - The Long Way Home
Kristi Lane Sinclair - I Love You
WORLD ARTIST OF THE YEAR – SOLO /ARTISTE DE MUSIQUES DU MONDE DE L’ANNÉE – SOLO
Lenka Lichtenberg - Fray
Massiel Yanira - Una Voz
Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson - New Journeys
Zekuhl - I BOLO
Kiran Ahluwalia - aam zameen :common ground
WORLD ARTIST OF THE YEAR – GROUP /ARTISTE DE MUSIQUES DU MONDE DE L’ANNÉE – GROUPE
Ouzo Power - Greatest Hits (Volume 1)
Nizar Tabcharani & The Backstrings - Bayati Ana
Trio Bembe - Oh My Soul
MAZ - Télescope
Minor Empire - Second Nature
NEW/EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR /ARTISTE DE LA RELÈVE DE L’ANNÉE
Dave Gunning - a tribute to John Allan Cameron
Andrea Ramolo - The Shadows and the Cracks
Ruth Moody - The Garden
Ashley Condon - Come In From The Cold
Joe Nolan - Goodbye Cinderella
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR / RÉALISATEUR DE L’ANNÉE
Dave Gunning w/ Allie Bennett & John Meir - a tribute to John Allan Cameron (Dave Gunning)
Paul Mills - Stealing Genius (Ron Hynes)
Steve Bell, Dave Zeglinski, Murray Pulver - Kindness (Steve Bell)
David Travers-Smith - Soon The Birds (Oh Susanna)
Mark Howard - Bright Morning Stars (The Wailin’ Jennys)
PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES /PRIX INNOVATION MUSICALE
New Country Rehab - New Country Rehab
Twilight Hotel - When the Wolves Go Blind
Jaron Freeman-Fox - Manic Almanac : Slow Möbius
Ruth Moody - The Garden
Evalyn Parry - SPIN
Geoff Berner - Victory Party
YOUNG PERFORMER OF THE YEAR /JEUNE ARTISTE DE L’ANNÉE
American by birth, Liz Meyer has lived in Europe since 1985 and has been active in promoting bluegrass and American roots music on the continent. She has been a performer, songwriter, producer and the creative force behind the European World of Bluegrass festival and workshops. I have played her music on Festival Radio.
Note from woodsmeister - This is a guest article from regular FolkBlog contributor and Australian correspondent Sue Barrett. Published by permission. All rights, credits, plaudits, etc., belong to her alone.
Celebrate Canada – 2011
By Sue Barrett
Be who you are! It’s the best course to take!
Stick to your own kind,
Although your heart may break,
Think of your mother, how it would bring her joy
If you dated a Canadian boy
(Nancy White – ‘Ballad of the Wannabe’, Stickers on Fruit)
When Elizabeth Taylor died earlier this year, American singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash shared a story via Twitter about how the film star (born 27 February 1932) used to send a birthday telegram every year to Rosanne’s father Johnny Cash (born 26 February 1932), which read: “Remember, I’m younger than you!”.
Amongst Johnny Cash’s music is a live album recorded in 1969 at San Quentin State Prison (Johnny Cash at San Quentin), with its intriguing line: ’cause I’m the *bleep* who named you “Sue”. Of course, these days, the bleep has been demystified, courtesy of YouTube (www.youtube.com/watch?v=T678ic45k98)!
Canadian Buffy Sainte-Marie is another *bleeped* performer, with at least one of her singles (‘She Used to Wanna be a Ballerina’/ ‘Moratorium’) affected – *bleep* the war and bring our brothers home.
Some time after Johnny and Buffy released their records, two American performers met at a folk festival in Toronto – Cathy Fink (who had spent a number of years living in Canada) and Marcy Marxer. Later, working as a duo, Fink and Marxer included the Lou and Peter Berryman *bleeped* song, ‘A Chat With Your Mother’ (aka The F-Word Song), on their 1995 album, A Parents’ Home Companion.
Also appearing on A Parents’ Home Companion is Canadian Nancy White’s song, ‘Daughters of Feminists’ (“How do they get so girlie? How come they want a Barbie?”). Nancy White (www.myspace.com/nancywhitemusic) has two musician daughters – Suzy Wilde (StoneFox, Flashlight Radio) and Maddy Wilde (Spiral Beach).
In Canada, at this time of year, there is a series of Celebrate Canada events – National Aboriginal Day (21 June), Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (24 June), Canadian Multiculturalism Day (27 June) and Canada Day (1 July).
Six musicians from Canada now share their story – Mary Kastle (Vancouver), Annette Campagne (Regina), Little Hawk (Winnipeg), S. Lynn Phillips (Random Order) (Toronto), Faith Nolan (Toronto) and Tanya Davis (Halifax).
Canada has the right idea about many things, including this one – honor your artistic legends while they are living. Bruce Cockburn, along with Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Robbie Robertson & Ginette Reno will be honored with postage stamps in the Canadian Recording Artist stamp series. Alas, Kate McGarrigle did not live to see the day, though the other artists honored are still living. For those who may not be familiar with her, Ginette Reno records mostly in French and has put out over 60 albums.
Just found out that one of my favorite young singer/songwriters, Rebecca Loebe, will be appearing as one of the contestants on the new NBC show The Voice tomorrow night (4/26). So, check the TV schedules in your region. And, so you’ll recognize her when she comes on, here’s a brand new video for her song, “The Bees.”
Jack Hardy, a leading light of the New York City folk music scene and mentor to singer/songwriters such as John Gorka and Christine Lavin, has died. Hardy hosted a regular dinner at his home for singer/songwriters, and was instrumental in forming a club for folk singer/songwriters in which they could hone their craft, as well as the Fast Folk Music Magazine.
For years, many in the folk community have been begging for a collection of the best of Canadian folk legend Stan Rogers. Finally, it has been released on Borealis Records. If you are unclear as to why Stan Rogers is worth your time, see the video above. The CD is available on Amazon as an import, but I recommend buying directly from Borealis Records. I’m not affiliated with Borealis Records in any way, so I don’t get a cut.
