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Black Flowers
''Black Flowers'' is a 2009 album by the Canadian music organization Art of Time Ensemble featuring singer Sarah Slean. On May 10 and 11, 2007, Sarah Slean was the featured artist in the Art of Time Ensemble's Songbook series, which is "artistic director Andrew Burashko's pursuit to present music - avant-garde, popular, cabaret, jazz, classical - in ways audiences haven't experienced." ''Black Flowers'' was released on June 2, 2009 through Pheromone Recordings. Track listing Personnel *Sarah Slean - Vocals *Andrew Burashko - Piano *Ben Bowman - Violin *John Johnson - Clarinet, Flute, Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone *George Koller - Bass *Rob Piltch - Guitar *Shauna Rolston - Cello Production *Jonathan Goldsmith - Producer *Walter Sobczak - Engineer Recorded at Puck's Farm, February 13–15, 2008. References {{Authority control 2009 albums Art of Time Ensemble albums Sarah Slean albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Of Time Ensemble
Art of Time Ensemble is a Toronto-based musical collective of leading Canadian musicians from the worlds of jazz and classical music. Composed of classical, jazz and pop musicians, Art of Time Ensemble is known for exploring the intersection of classical music with other genres and the convergence of music with theatre, dance, literature and film. Popular Art of Time programs include presentations of contemporary songs by Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Radiohead, Leonard Cohen and others reinvented by Canadian and British composers. History Formed in 1998 by Andrew Burashko, Art of Time has become an integral part of Toronto’s cultural scene, attracting some of Canada’s top artists from a range of disciplines including the performing arts, film and literature; and noteworthy international musicians such as Branford Marsalis, Madeleine Peyroux and Gavin Bryars. Andrew Burashko’s original idea behind the Art of Time Ensemble was to provide a way into cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn Miles
Lynn may refer to: People and fictional characters * Lynn (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Lynn (surname) * The Lynns, a 1990s American country music duo consisting of twin sisters Peggy and Patsy Lynn * Lynn (voice actress), Japanese voice actress Places Canada * Lynn Lake, Manitoba, a town and adjacent lake * Lynn, Nova Scotia, a community * Lynn River, Ontario Ireland * Lynn (civil parish), County Westmeath United Kingdom * King's Lynn is a seaport in Norfolk, England, about 98 miles north of London United States * Lynn, Alabama, a town * Lynn, Arkansas, a town * Lynn, Oakland, California, a former settlement * Lynn, Indiana, a town * Lynn, Massachusetts, a city ** Lynn (MBTA station) * Lynn, Nebraska, an unincorporated community * Lynn, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Lynn, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, an historic community now part of Springville in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania * Lynn, Utah, an unincorporated community * Ly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Albums
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2009. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject. For additional information about bands formed, reformed, disbanded, or on hiatus, for deaths of musicians, and for links to musical awards, see 2009 in music. First quarter January February March Second quarter April May June Third quarter July August September Fourth quarter October November December References {{DEFAULTSORT:2009 albums Albums An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records coll ... 2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shauna Rolston
Shauna Rolston (born 31 January 1967 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian cellist. Rolston was a cello child prodigy and attended the Geneva Conservatory in Switzerland at age fourteen. She studied with Pierre Fournier, and later at the Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh (England) where she also studied with William Pleeth. At sixteen, she played at New York's Town Hall, with her mother at the piano. Following her formative studies at the Banff Centre and abroad, Rolston earned undergraduate (Art) and graduate (Music) degrees at Yale where she studied with Aldo Parisot. Rolston is an advocate for new music, and has premiered a number of works written for her. Composers who have written for her include Kelly-Marie Murphy, Heather Schmidt, Oskar Morawetz, Bruce Mather, Christos Hatzis and Chan Ka Nin, as well as Krzysztof Penderecki, Gavin Bryers, Mark Anthony Turnage, Rolf Wallin, Augusta Read Thomas, Karen Tanaka, and Gary Kulesha. Rolston continues to perform regularly around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Koller
George Koller (born December 9, 1958) is a Canadian bassist who has played free jazz, folk music, world music, and world fusion. Career Koller has worked with Bruce Cockburn, William Beauvais, Holly Cole, Peter Gabriel, Graeme Kirkland, Loreena McKennitt, The Shuffle Demons, Toronto Tabla Ensemble, Richard Underhill, Phil Woods, David Clayton-Thomas, Autorickshaw, Larry Coryell, Herb Ellis, Art Farmer, Dizzy Gillespie, Eddie Harris, Moe Koffman, Ron Korb, Doug Riley, Valdy, Jane Siberry, Sonny Stitt, and Mary Wilson of The Supremes. Awards HMV Fresh Blood Grand Prize, ''Music for Plants, Animals, and Humans'' Discography As leader * ''Music for Plants, Animals, and Humans'' (ZSAN 1994) * ''Singing Naked'' (ZSAN 1995) * ''Internal Arts'' (ZSAN 1003) * ''Chants de Lumieres'' (ZSAN 1004) * ''Travelin' Light'' (ZSAN 1005) * ''Atmosphere of Bliss'' (ZSAN 1006) With The Shuffle Demons * ''What Do You Want?'' (1990) * ''Alive in Europe'' (1992) As sideman With Tisziji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feist (singer)
Leslie Feist (born 13 February 1976), known Mononymous person, mononymously as Feist, is a Canadian indie pop singer-songwriter and guitarist, performing both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock group Broken Social Scene. Feist launched her solo music career in 1999 with the release of ''Monarch''. Her subsequent studio albums, ''Let It Die (album), Let It Die'', released in 2004, and ''The Reminder'', released in 2007, were critically acclaimed and commercially successful, selling over 2.5 million copies. ''The Reminder'' earned Feist four Grammy nominations, including a nomination for Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Best New Artist. She has received 11 Juno Awards, including two Artist of the Year. Her fourth studio album, ''Metals (album), Metals'', was released in 2011. In 2012, Feist collaborated on a split EP with metal group Mastodon (band), Mastodon, releasing an interactive music video in the process. Feist received three Juno awards at the 2012 ceremo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Occhipinti
Michael Occhipinti is a Canadian jazz guitarist and composer. A founding member of the Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra, he is most noted as a three-time Juno Award nominee for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year, receiving nominations at the Juno Awards of 2001 for his album ''Creation Dream'', at the Juno Awards of 2008 for ''Chasing After Light'', and at the Juno Awards of 2009 for ''The Sicilian Jazz Project''. He is also a frequent collaborator with his older brother Roberto Occhipinti Roberto Occhipinti (born March 25, 1955) is a Canadian jazz bassist and composer.James Hale"Roberto Occhipinti" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', April 9, 2007. He is most noted as a two-time Juno Award nominee for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Ye ....Roger Levesque, "Not every muse holds a guitar, Belec discovers; Local musician inspired by keyboard and horn players". '' Edmonton Journal'', April 26, 2007. Their cousin David Occhipinti is also a Juno-nominated jazz musician. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Southworth (musician)
John Southworth is an English-Canadian singer-songwriter, performer, author and videomaker. He performs a diverse range of popular and peculiar song genres, from AM oldies-radio to traditional folk balladry, 80s pop to art song and cabaret. History Southworth's orchestral debut record ''Mars Pennsylvania'' was released on Bar None Records in 1998. He has since released a number of cross-genre albums on small labels, each stylistically varied from the other, including ''Sedona Arizona'' (1999), ''Banff Springs Transylvania'' (2000 featuring Mary Margaret O'Hara), ''Yosemite'' (2005), ''The Pillowmaker'' (2007) (performed with his longtime band The South Seas, featuring members from Toronto's avant-jazz-improv community) and ''Mama Tevatron'' (2009). The South Seas also backed John on the elegiac ''Human Cry'' (2010) reissued on UK label Tin Angel Records in August 2018. In 2011 Southworth released ''Spiritual War Cassette Tape'', recorded in part on a Sony Cassette Corder Model ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Sexsmith
Ronald Eldon Sexsmith (born January 8, 1964) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario. He was the songwriter of the year at the 2005 Juno Awards. He began releasing recordings of his own material in 1985 at age 21, and has since recorded seventeen albums. He was the subject of a 2010 documentary called '' Love Shines''. Early life Sexsmith grew up in St. Catharines and started his own band when he was 14 years old. Career Sexsmith was seventeen when he started playing at a bar, the Lion's Tavern, in his hometown. He gained a reputation as "The One-Man Jukebox" for his aptitude in playing requests. However, he gradually began to include original songs and more obscure music, which his audience did not favour. He decided to start writing songs after the birth of his first child in 1985. That same year, still living in St. Catharines, he collaborated on recording and releasing a cassette, ''Out of the Duff'', with a singer-songwriter friend named Claudio. Sid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Margaret O'Hara
Mary Margaret O'Hara is a Canadian singer-songwriter, actress and composer. She is best known for the album ''Miss America'', released in 1988. She released two albums and an EP under her own name, and remains active as a live performer, as a contributor to compilation albums and as a guest collaborator on other artists' albums. Music career Early stages O'Hara was born in the late 1950s in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to a family of Irish Catholic descent. She is the sister of comedic actress Catherine O'Hara. Her early musical tastes included Van Morrison, Dinah Washington, and her father's jazz records. She was a student at the Ontario College of Art and Design in the 1970s and was involved in the music scene as a member of Toronto bands Dollars, Songship and Go Deo Chorus. In 1983, O'Hara left Go Deo and was signed by Virgin Records. Her contract with Virgin continued and eventually led to the 1988 release of ''Miss America''. O'Hara later reflected on the production experience, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Occhipinti
Roberto Occhipinti (born March 25, 1955) is a Canadian jazz bassist and composer.James Hale"Roberto Occhipinti" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', April 9, 2007. He is most noted as a two-time Juno Award nominee for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year, receiving nominations at the Juno Awards of 2006 for his album ''Yemaya'' and at the Juno Awards of 2009 for ''A Bend in the River''. Early life and education Occhipinti was born and raised in Toronto. He studied music at the University of Toronto, where he was mentored by Joel Quarrington and Dave Young. Career Occhipinti is a frequent collaborator with his younger brother Michael Occhipinti, in the Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra and Creation Dream. Their cousin David Occhipinti is also a Juno-nominated jazz musician. One of relatively few Canadian musicians who have had notable success in both jazz and classical music, he has also frequently performed as a member of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Hamilton Symphony Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Harmer
Sarah Harmer (born November 12, 1970) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and environmental activist. Early life Born and raised in Burlington, Ontario, Harmer gained her first exposure to the musician's lifestyle as a teenager, when her older sister started taking her to Tragically Hip concerts."Sarah Harmer: Out at the Hideout" '''', January 1, 2006. Career At the age of 17, Harmer was invited to join a band, |
