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Cloud Maintenance
''Cloud Maintenance'' is an album by Kevin Hearn. It is his second solo album, after 1997's ''Mothball Mint'', and his sixth solo release including his Thin Buckle releases. The album was released December 20, 2011. Track listing Personnel * Kevin Hearn - Vocals, piano, guitar, accordion, keyboards *Michael Phillip Wojewoda - Verse drums on 6, theremin on 6 and 10 *Tony Thunder Smith - Drums on 3, 5, 8, and 9 *Rob Kloet - Drums/percussion on 6, 7, and 8 * Bob Scott - Drums on 4 *Chris Gartner - Bass, vocals on 4 *Arnold Robinson - Vocals on 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 10 *Brian Macmillan - Vocals on 2, 5, and 7 *Sahara MacDonald - Vocals on 3 and 10 *Jenn Grant - Vocals on 9 and 10 *David Christensen - Bass clarinet on 10 *Maude Hudson - Vocal on 6 *Garth Hudson - Electric piano on 6 *Hawksley Workman - Vocal on 10 *Derek Orford - Vocal on 10 *Boothby Graffoe Boothby Graffoe is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Hearn
Kevin Neil Hearn (born July 3, 1969) is a Canadian musician who is a member of Barenaked Ladies, and his own group, Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle. He primarily plays keyboards and guitars. He is also a member of Rheostatics. Early life Hearn was born to a relatively large family, and they lived in a small home in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada. He recalls buying the Beatles' ''Magical Mystery Tour'' and a Beach Boys greatest hits record, and having them become his first two favourite albums, which led him to an interest in performing music. He has also cited electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), and folk punk group Violent Femmes, as formative influences. Hearn has a classical piano background. He attended Inglenook Community High School. He also attended St. Michael's Choir School. Career Hearn joined Look People in 1988 and played with the band until their break-up in 1993. In 1995, he replaced departed keyboardist Andy Creeggan in the Barenaked Ladies. Hearn did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Phillip Wojewoda
Michael Phillip Wojewoda is a Canadian record producer and musician. He has been nominated for eight Juno Awards and has received one for Recording Engineer of the Year and one for Producer of the Year. History Wojewoda began recording bands in 1977, working in the basement of his mother's beauty salon and using rudimentary equipment. In 1985, he produced the 2016 Polaris Music Prize and 2017 Polaris Music Prize Heritage Prize nominated album ''To Sir With Hate'' by Fifth Column. He has produced several critically and commercially successful Canadian albums of the 1990s, including Barenaked Ladies' '' Gordon'', Spirit of the West's '' Faithlift'', Ashley MacIsaac's '' Hi™ How Are You Today?'' and Rheostatics' ''Whale Music''. Wojewoda won a Juno Award in 1994 for best engineer, in 1995, for best producer and again in 2008 for the Barenaked Ladies' ''Snacktime!''. His credits include albums for The Waltons, Doughboys, Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, Change of Heart, Fif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havana Winter
''Havana Winter'' is the fourth album by Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle. It was released on July 30, 2009. Kevin Hearn wrote all of the tracks on the album, which was produced by Hearn and Michael Phillip Wojewoda. It was packaged in a double-fold digipak, with no booklet or liner notes. Guests on the album include Lou Reed, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Chantal Kreviazuk, John McDermott and Laurie Anderson. Reception PopMatters wrote, " s songs have almost surprising depth at times. They're light, and they don't force; they don't come to you. You go to them with a nugget of curiosity, and then you realize they're not as light as you think."Berndtson, Chad (January 19, 2010).Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle: Havana Winter, PopMatters. Retrieved August 29, 2011. Track listing Personnel Kevin Hearn and Thinbuckle *Kevin Hearn - Vocals, piano, keyboards, guitar, lead guitar on 7 *Chris Gartner - Bass, backing vocals *Brian Macmillan - Slide guitar, backing vocals, synthesizer on 2 * Bob Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Days In Frames
''Days in Frames'' is a solo album by Kevin Hearn. It is his third solo album, and his seventh solo release including his Thin Buckle releases. The album was made available for pre-order on iTunes November 17, 2014, and was made available for streaming on CBC Music Canada on November 18. The album was released November 25, 2014. The song "Midnight Sun" was dedicated to Shuvinai Ashoona an Inuk Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and ... artist who had painted a guitar for Hearn. Track listing Singles The first single from the album, ''Gallerina'', was released November 8, 2014. Those who pre-ordered the album on iTunes received an automatic download of the single. References {{Authority control 2014 albums Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mothball Mint
''Mothball Mint'' is a solo CD by Kevin Hearn, keyboardist of Barenaked Ladies. This album was produced by Michael Phillip Wojewoda and released in 1997. Kevin is accompanied on the album by many Toronto-area musicians who were friends of his, including all of the original members of his then-future band, Thin Buckle. One solo track originates from the Chicago Barenaked Ladies show from which the Rock Spectacle album was recorded. The rest of the album was recorded in a studio. All of the studio tracks feature Bob Scott on drums. Bass duties on the album are split between Barenaked Ladies colleague Jim Creeggan, and Chris Gartner. Martin Tielli and Derek Orford each play guitar on several tracks. Various other musicians contribute to the album. Kevin still plays several songs off the album regularly (and some occasionally) when he plays with Thin Buckle. Track listing Personnel *Kevin Hearn - Vocals, guitar, piano, banjo, melodica, accordion, organ, samples * Bob Scott - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Hearn And Thin Buckle
Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle (originally Kevin Hearn and the Thin Buckle Band) are a Canadian band consisting of Barenaked Ladies multi-instrumentalist Kevin Hearn as the front man (typically on guitar or keyboards), bassist Chris Gartner and drummer Great Bob Scott. The three had previously collaborated as members of the Canadian alternative rock band Look People. Guitarists Martin Tielli and Derek Orford were originally members; the former left the band to pursue other musical interests in the early 2000s, while the latter left due to injury shortly after the release of ''Night Light'' in 2004 and never returned to the band other than as a guest performer on four tracks of ''The Miracle Mile''. Brian MacMillan joined the group on guitar and keyboards after ''Night Light'' was released, effectively replacing Orford. MacMillan left the group to pursue his own career after the recording of '' Havana Winter''. Mike Rathke is credited as a member of the band on guitar on that album, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boothby Graffoe (comedian)
Boothby Graffoe (born James Martyn Rogers, 1962) is an English comedian, singer, songwriter and playwright. He is particularly known for his surreal sense of humour and work with Canadian band Barenaked Ladies. Early life Rogers was born in 1962 in Kingston upon Hull, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. For the latter part of his schooling, he attended Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle. At the age of 18, he became a member of the Butlins Redcoats, redcoats at a Butlins on the south coast. He named his alter ego after an Boothby Graffoe, English village while driving back from a gig in the late 1980s. His family still live in the Tattershall area. He claims to be the only comedian in the world named after a Lincolnshire village. Stand-up comedy Graffoe often incorporates guitar playing into his stage act, through his oddball (and usually slightly twisted) songs, including such titles as "Planet Dog", "Woof" and his album's title track, "Wot Italian" (sometimes refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Thunder Smith
Tony "Thunder" Smith is an American drummer best known as a member of the Lou Reed backing band. He was former member of Jan Hammer Group with whom he recorded the album ''Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live'', and was the drummer for French music icon Serge Gainsbourg in the eighties, and many others. Discography * 1971 - ''Papa John Creach'' (Papa John Creach) * 1973 - ''Welcome'' (Santana) * 1976 - '' Oh Yeah?'' ( Jan Hammer Group) * 1977 - ''Melodies'' (Jan Hammer Group) * 1977 - ''Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live'' (Jan Hammer Group with Jeff Beck) * 1978 - ''Black Sheep'' (Jan Hammer Group) * 1978 - ''Electric Guitarist'' (John McLaughlin) * 1979 - '' Electric Dreams'' (John McLaughlin with The One Truth Band) * 1985 - ''Gainsbourg Live'' (Casino de Paris) (Serge Gainsbourg) * 1986 - ''Charlotte for Ever'' (Charlotte Gainsbourg) * 1987 - '' You're Under Arrest'' (Serge Gainsbourg) * 1989 - ''Le Zénith de Gainsbourg'' (Serge Gainsbourg) * 1994 - ''Mann to Mann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Bob Scott
Great may refer to: Descriptions or measurements * Great, a relative measurement in physical space, see Size * Greatness, being divine, majestic, superior, majestic, or transcendent People * List of people known as "the Great" *Artel Great (born 1981), American actor Other uses * ''Great'' (1975 film), a British animated short about Isambard Kingdom Brunel * ''Great'' (2013 film), a German short film * Great (supermarket), a supermarket in Hong Kong * GReAT, Graph Rewriting and Transformation, a Model Transformation Language * Gang Resistance Education and Training Gang Resistance Education And Training, abbreviated G.R.E.A.T., provides a school-based, police officer instructed program that includes classroom instruction and various learning activities. Their intention is to teach the students to avoid gang ..., or GREAT, a school-based and police officer-instructed program * Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT), a cybersecurity team at Kaspersky Lab *'' Great!'', a 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenn Grant
Jenn Grant (born August 20, 1980) is a Canadian folk pop singer-songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Career ''Jenn Grant and Goodbye Twentieth Century'' She performed as a musician for a time in her early teens, but stopped due to a bout of stage fright, and did not return to performing until her early 20s when she played some shows with The Heavy Blinkers. She then released an independent EP, ''Jenn Grant and Goodbye Twentieth Century'', in 2005. ''Orchestra for the Moon'' She collaborated on her debut album, ''Orchestra for the Moon'', with such artists as Ron Sexsmith, the Heavy Blinkers, Matt Mays and Jill Barber, and later toured Germany and Canada in support of the album, including as an opening act for The Weakerthans. ''Echoes'' She later began recording her second album, ''Echoes'', on a farm in rural Ontario in 2008. The album was produced by Jonathan Goldsmith and engineered by Walter Sobczak at The Studio at Puck's Farm. Her voice was also featured in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garth Hudson
Eric "Garth" Hudson (born August 2, 1937) is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist best known as the keyboardist and occasional saxophonist for rock group the Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. He was a principal architect of the group's sound, described as "the most brilliant organist in the rock world" by ''Keyboard'' magazine. With the deaths of Richard Manuel in 1986, Rick Danko in 1999, and Levon Helm in 2012, Hudson is one of only two living original members of the Band, with the other being Robbie Robertson. A master of the Lowrey organ, Hudson's other primary instruments are piano, accordion, electronic keyboards, and saxophones (alto, tenor, soprano, baritone, bass). He has been a much-in-demand and respected session musician, performing with dozens of artists, including Elton John, who has cited him as an early influence. Biography Early life Hudson was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. His parents, Fred James Hudson and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawksley Workman
Hawksley Workman (Born Ryan Corrigan, March 4, 1975) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who has garnered critical acclaim for his blend of cabaret pop and glam rock. Workman has released eleven full-length albums throughout his career. A multi-instrumentalist, he plays guitar, drums, bass, keyboards and sings on his records, often switching between those instruments when playing live. Workman is a prolific artist, usually writing, recording, mastering and releasing entire albums in the span of a few weeks. He explains, "A lot of artists I know they get a year and a half away from a record they've just made it's like ... 'Oh ... it's terrible I hate that thing,' ya know? When I record record, I never take more than a day per song... so by the time the record is mixed, finished, complete, done... I'm still in a honeymoon with the record ..." His music has been featured on the television shows '' Scrubs'', '' Being Human'', ''Falcon Beach'', '' Queer as Folk'' and '' Whistler' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
