Classic Canadian Songs from Smithsonian/Folkways

by CLASSIC CANADIAN SONGS FROM SMI

Overview

Smithsonian Folkways tackles the "Great White North" with its 72-minute ode to trappers, traders, and vagabonds with Classic Canadian Songs. Like all SF collections, the heavily researched liner notes and archival photos are as compelling as the tracks themselves -- it's hard not to love a record adorned with an old black-and-white picture of a group of distinguished looking ladies and gentlemen perched upon a frozen pond holding hockey sticks -- and they do wonders for putting some perspective on the musical melting pot that's been boiling over since the second biggest country in the world by area was colonized by the British and the French in the 1400s. Celtic and French reels, songs of the Cree, square dances, cowboy ballads, and seafaring odes to loves both won and lost populate this fine anthology, which is book-ended by a festive trapper drinking song and a series of "Moose and Bear Calls." Folkways fans will find these Classic Canadian Songs to be a fine addition to their collections. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	06/27/2006
Label:	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
UPC:	0093074053928
Rank:	139783

Tracks

1. Les Fraises et Les Framboises/Le Festin de Champagne/Ah! Si Mon Moine ...  - Jean Carignan
2. Lord MacDonald's Reel  - Jean Carignan
3. The Land of the Muskeg (And the Shining Birch Tree)  - Wade Hemsworth
4. Cree Greeting Song (Also Known as Shaking Hands Song)  -  Peaychew
5. Le Reel de l'Harmonica (Also Known as Reel de Rimouski)  -  Morin
6. The Northern Trappers' Rendezvous  -  Loewen Family Orchestra
7. The Alberta Homesteader  - Alan Mills
8. A Poor Lone Girl in Saskatchewan  -  Halderman
9. When the Ice Worms Nest Again  - Alan Mills
10. The Oda G.  -  Triggs
11. The Ballad of Weldon Chan  - Karen James
12. Chanson de Riel  -  Jeannote
13. Tim Finnegan's Wake  -  Kines
14. I's the B'y  - Alan Mills
15. Tonts, Tonts!  - Ruth Rubin
16. The Welcome Table  -  Owens
17. The Heel and Toe Polka  -  Arbuckle
18. Cree Prisoner's Song  -  Stick
19. Un Canadian Errant  - Alan Mills
20. Maggie Howie  -  Sullivan
21. Constitution Breakdown  -  Cremo
22. 'N Uair Nighidh T¿¿  -  Millers North Shore Singers
23. Anti-Confederation Song  - Alan Mills
24. Danse Carr¿¿  - Edgar Morin
25. The Black Fly Song  - Wade Hemsworth
26. Hogan's Lake  - O.J. Abbott
27. She's Like the Swallow  - Alan Mills
28. The Gay Gordons (Scotland the Brave)  -  Arbuckle
29. Nootka Farewell Song  -  Clutesi
30. Moose and Bear Calls  -  Stoddard

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Alan Mills   Primary Artist,Vocals
Ruth Rubin   Primary Artist,Vocals
Loewen Family Orchestra   Primary Artist
Geraldine Sullivan   Primary Artist,Vocals
Charles Owens   Primary Artist
Wade Hemsworth   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Jean Carignan   Primary Artist,Fiddle
Millers North Shore Singers   Primary Artist
Tom Kines   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guitar
Lee Cremo Trio   Primary Artist
Edgar Morin   Primary Artist,Voices,Vocals,Stick
Gaspard Jeannote   Primary Artist
Stanley G. Triggs   Primary Artist,Vocals
Aldor Morin   Primary Artist,Vocals,Harmonica
George Clutesi   Primary Artist
William Burn Stick   Primary Artist,Hand Drums,Vocals
William Peaychew   Primary Artist,Hand Drums,Vocals
Anne Halderman   Primary Artist
Arbuckle, Mikkelson & Clifton   Primary Artist
Sandy Stoddard   Primary Artist
Karen James   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guitar
O.J. Abbott   Primary Artist
Charles Owens II   Vocals
Verner Mikkelson   Accordion
Lee Cremo   Fiddle
N. Roy Clifton   Piano
Pete Seeger   Banjo
Vincent Joe   Piano
Mme. Richard   Vocals
Gordon Fleming   Accordion
Wilfred Paul   Guitar
Bob Hill   Guitar
Bob Arbuckle   Fiddle

Technical Credits

Daniel Sheehy   Production Supervisor
Pete Reiniger   Mastering,Audio Restoration,Digital Transfers
George Davidson   Performer
D.A. Sonneborn   Production Supervisor
Mary Monseur   Production Coordination
Carla Borden   Editorial Assistant