I am so grateful that these gentlemen have an opportunity to share their stories through song today especially, June 21st. The first day of many to come! — Terri-Lynn Brennan, CEO, Inclusive Voices On this solstice, and day of celebration of Indigenous peoples, we release these songs lovingly made by Indigenous artists. We hope you will enjoy, share and be edified …
An Ontario musician’s latest song pays tribute to hardworking farm families everywhere. Clem Chesterfield’s ‘Date Night’ tells the story of a man and woman in love, putting in long hours on the farm. “I got to talking with some of my farm friends and the song is basically a compilation of those conversations,” the Kingston, Ont.-based performer, whose real name …
One of the programs Richard Tyo undertook during his 14 years working in the mental health field was holding songwriting sessions in shelters to help those living there express themselves. It’s also a practice he did himself, reflecting on his work life through song lyrics on Jukebox County’s debut record, “Inner Space Outer Space,” being released Wednesday. Read the full …
“The Devil’s Share” fuses the maturity of a veteran poet’s work with the luscious tones and textures of a musical savant. Heighton is an award-winning writer who spent decades wrestling with words and concepts, attuning his ears to both rhythm and content. Musically, the CD is a gorgeous pastiche of blues, rock, folk, country, soul, and Americana; poetically, the songs cover …
Clem’s latest release is “Of Lures & Love…with The LA-Z Boy Recliners”
The Joni Mitchell Award for 2021 was believed to have already been awarded to Virginian Lael Neale. And here is Lara Taubman with an album called Revelation (at Wolfe Island). Her first. In fact finished in May of last year, officially released then but returned home immediately, to be reborn in this spring. From Sound of Heartbreak, we are struck …
A Kingston-based musician is out with a brand new single. “Date Night” by country musician Clem Chesterfield tells the story of making the most of the time we have. A man and woman in love, working through the night on the farm. “It came from a place of real respect for farmers,” Chesterfield said. “We really owe them all of …
The Scales Project is a conversation between artists. It is a call-and-response, a provocation, and a forum for connection and communication through art about the climate crisis and ecological collapse. Artists take cues from each other’s work, posing and responding to aesthetic, moral, and personal questions that consider our relationship to the natural environment, how we have arrived where we …
Clem Chesterfield’s new single “Date Night” closes out the show for the Top 20 countdown for week ending April 16. Listen:
“The Ropes” is lyrical, mystical, soulful and transcendent. The first time I put it on I was so compelled by its flavors and hues that I had to stop everything else I was doing, lie down on the wooden floor, and let the tones reverberate through my soul. Read the full article at Thrive Global: https://thriveglobal.com/stories/the-ropes-cd-review/
The artists responsible for the album covers for The Ropes and Scarlett Graham have a lifelong connection. Here is the story behind these two beautiful works, in the artists’ own words. ISABEL STUKATOR We know each other through Leann, of course, whom I’ve known since she was 20. So when Eddie was born, and watching her grow up, mostly on …
Spring does drive creativity, and on Wolfe Island, we are nurturing new work while watching out for those on the island at risk — making sure everybody has enough food in a time when many are isolated and others can’t work. Where we can, it feels like our best role is to try and inject some positivity into lives that …
“Lost” from the album “Undisclosed Location” was recorded inside Grand Valley Institution for Women and performed and written by the inmates. This music video was shot on location inside the prison. We also present to you “Delicate Love,” a lead track from the collection about to be released from Joyceville Institution. The Pros and Cons prison music program continues to …
“For a newcomer on the scene her vocal delivery is pretty damn amazing: totally at ease storytelling and bravado rolled into one.” Read the whole article at Here Comes The Flood: http://werksman.blogspot.com/2018/08/hadley-mccall-thackston-hadley-mccall.html
“From the first flutterings of the opening song, Butterflies, to the closing Last Mountain Waltz the album springs, fully formed, from Miss Thackston’s imaginative mind and the excellent arrangement and production skills of Hugh Christopher Brown.” Read the whole article at Blabber ‘n’ Smoke: https://paulkerr.wordpress.com/2018/08/17/hadley-mccall-thackston-wolfe-island-records/
“Captivating Country Folk Songs For a Fine Summer’s Evening.” Read the whole article at The Rocking Magpie: https://rockingmagpie.wordpress.com/2018/08/16/hadley-mccall-thackston-self-titled-album/
“I think if you spend 15-20 years in a band, you can’t escape the influence on your music whether you want to or not. But the nicest and most consistent viewpoint that has emerged from reviews of Jimmy & the Moon has been that I have stepped away and done something new.” Read the whole article at A Study in …
“Here’s a folksy/trad album with a bit of a modern edge… Intriguing sepia tones.” Read the whole article at Jazz Weekly: http://www.jazzweekly.com/2018/08/hadley-mccall-thackston-hadley-mccall-thackston/
“It’s a beautifully written account of a young woman’s coming of age, with reflections on childhood, insecurity, adolescence, peer pressure, self-doubt and reconciliation.” Read the whole article at LonesomeHighway.com: http://lonesomehighway.com/music-reviews/tag/hadley-mccall-thackston
“Blessed with a gorgeous rasp of a voice, redolent of Tom Waits, Lou Reed and at times Van Morrison, and with songs soaked in hard-won memories and images that materialise as he sings, he has built up a dedicated core of fans, particularly in Europe and Ireland.” Read the whole article at FolkAndTumble.com: http://folkandtumble.com/interview-with-david-corley/
