“Keeper of the Flame” by Hugh Christopher Brown Performed by Hugh Christopher Brown with Jason Mercer, Tony Scherr, Kenny Wollesen, and David Celia Filmed by Sean Michael Turrell/Wolfe Lodge and Carlos Gouveia At the Hotel Wolfe Island, Wolfe Island, Ontario, Canada Edited by Lucas Sherwood Follow Hotel Wolfe Island: Website: https://hotelwolfeisland.com
The album Oblivion, originally released in 2007 under the name of Chris Brown & the Citizens Band, is now available on all major digital streaming services. In this video, Chris revisits the inspirations and context of the making of this album, recorded in Brooklyn and Wolfe Island, featuring The Citizens’ Band: Teddy Kumpel, Tony Scherr, and Anton Fier, with appearances …
The album Burden of Belief, originally released in 2003, is now available on all major digital streaming services. In this video, Chris revisits the inspirations and context of the making of this album, starting ‘Burden’ on a mono Wallensak reel to reel, and finishing it with long time comrade Lurch at Broadcast Lane in Toronto. Featuring Luther Wright & the …
Music: “Snow” by Kate Fenner and Hugh Christopher Brown. Chris and Kate began playing music together when they were 15 and 16. They still do. Leaving their native Toronto for Brooklyn and New Jersey in the 1990s and 2000s, they entered a period of intense creative growth, touring extensively and releasing several vital, now hard-to-find independent albums. In March 2023, …
Chris and Kate began playing music together when they were 15 and 16. They still do. Their first musical endeavour as a duo after parting ways with the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, Other People’s Heavens was originally released in 1997. Leaving their native Toronto for Brooklyn and New Jersey in the 1990s and 2000s, they entered a period of intense creative …
Kate and Chris talk about the song “Dark Quiet”, from their 1999 album, Geronimo, now available on all major digital streaming services. Chris and Kate began playing music together when they were 15 and 16. They still do. Leaving their native Toronto for Brooklyn and New Jersey in the 1990s and 2000s, they entered a period of intense creative growth, …
Kate and Chris talk about their 1999 album, Geronimo, now available on all major digital streaming services. Chris and Kate began playing music together when they were 15 and 16. They still do. Leaving their native Toronto for Brooklyn and New Jersey in the 1990s and 2000s, they entered a period of intense creative growth, touring extensively and releasing several …
Kate and Chris talk about their 2001 album, O Witness, now available on all major digital streaming services. Chris and Kate began playing music together when they were 15 and 16. They still do. Leaving their native Toronto for Brooklyn and New Jersey in the 1990s and 2000s, they entered a period of intense creative growth, touring extensively and releasing …
Chris and Kate began playing music together when they were 15 and 16. They still do. Their first musical endeavour as a duo after parting ways with the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, Other People’s Heavens was originally released in 1997. Leaving their native Toronto for Brooklyn and New Jersey in the 1990s and 2000s, they entered a period of intense creative …
Pros and Cons Program founder, Hugh Christopher Brown, describes the work we do. The Pros and Cons Program helps create music in prisons to support healing, rehabilitation, restorative justice, victim support, and education. Participants build better relationships to themselves and others, obtaining practical knowledge and skills across platforms of music, engineering and computer literacy. Funds raised by Pros and Cons provide instruments, …
Watch Hugh Christopher Brown perform “The Yield” live at Hotel Wolfe Island. Written by Kate Fenner Performed by Hugh Christopher Brown Filmed by Sean Michael Turrell/Wolfe Lodge “The Yield” was originally written by Kate Fenner and contains lyrics that detail a departure from Kate’s intense touring life to raise her son and focus on self understanding, apart from distraction and …
Directed by Sean Michael Turrell
An homage to European variety shows of the 70s, filmed in the historic lounge that is now known as The Piano Room of the Hotel Wolfe Island. Directed by Sean Michael Turrell.
Rocky Roberts gathers Wolfe Island Records alumni in social isolation to support health care workers and memorialize loved ones.
You probably recognize John Prine and Ellis Marsalis. They are joined by Skylar Herbert in memorial and loving wishes to them and all families experiencing loss.
“Methods” by Hugh Christopher Brown, performed by The Ropes with Kate Fenner
“The Yield” by Kate Fenner, performed by The Ropes with Kate Fenner
Here Comes My Love from Brown’s album PACEM featuring lifelong collaborator Kate Fenner Directed by Sean Michael Turrell
From the album PACEM Directed by Sean Michael Turrell Animation by Paul Bolger (Pillarstone Productons) Post Production/FX by Mark Power Filmed on location at the Wolfe Island Community Rink Hatter Lyndsay Young
“The Great Unknowing” from Hugh Christopher Brown’s new release Pacem was inspired by his work making music in prisons. The track features Lloyd Ingraham on vocals, one of the first participants in the Pros and Cons program. Brown says, “Coming to terms with ourselves is a great challenge — particularly the ways you have harmed others or suffered yourself. Music is one of …
“The song ‘Love, The World’ is about a number of things to me, and the meaning keeps shifting since writing it. What is constant is compassion. It is a bit of a mystery, but it feels like compassion is loaded with light and dark, which is why it feels risky; especially since there is no other way through… I have …
