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Emilie-Claire Barlow
Emilie-Claire Barlow (born 6 June 1976) is a Canadian singer, arranger, record producer, and voice actress. She has released several albums on her label, Empress Music Group, and has voiced characters for animated television series. She performs in English, French, and Portuguese. Barlow's first album, ''Sings'', was released in 1998. She has received seven nominations for Canada's Juno Awards with her album '' Seule ce soir'' winning for best Jazz Vocal Recording in 2013 and '' Clear Day'' winning the same award in 2016. ''Seule ce soir'' also won Album of the Year – Jazz Interpretation at the 2013 ADISQ Awards. Barlow was also nominated for the Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award at the 2016 Juno Awards. Barlow was named Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2008 National Jazz Awards. She has named as influences Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, and Stevie Wonder. Barlow has voiced various characters for animated television series, including Sailor Mars and Sailor Venus ...
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Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designat ...
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Almost Naked Animals
''Almost Naked Animals'' is a Canadian animated television series produced by 9 Story Entertainment for YTV. The series was created by Noah Z. Jones, who is also the creator of the Disney Channel animated series ''Fish Hooks''. It was based upon an art website that Jones created in 2005. The series premiered on January 7, 2011 on YTV and ended on May 22, 2013. Premise The cartoon is set inside a tropical resort called the Banana Cabana. All of the cabana's staff members and residents are funny animals who have shaved off their fur and wear only underclothes. An anthropomorphic dog named Howie is the manager and leader of the cabana. Each episode follows Howie and his "misfit" crew having unusual adventures in the Banana Cabana. Episodes Characters Main * Howie (voiced by Robert Tinkler) is a pale-yellow dog and manager of the Banana Cabana. He is hyperactive, very dim witted and impulsive, he's almost always cheerful. He is also completely oblivious to his sister's evil n ...
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Live In Tokyo (Emilie-Claire Barlow Album)
Live in Tokyo may refer to: Albums * ''Live in Tokyo'', by Miriam Makeba, 1968 * ''Live in Tokyo'' (Gary Burton album), 1971 * ''Live in Tokyo'' (Weather Report album), 1972 * ''Live in Tokyo'' (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra album), 1974 * ''Live in Tokyo'' (Charles Tolliver album), 1974 * ''Live in Tokyo'' (Barry Harris album), 1976 * ''Live in Tokyo'' (Charles McPherson album), 1976 * ''Live in Tokyo'' (Jimmy Raney album), 1976 * ''Live in Tokyo'', by Jim Hall, 1976 * ''Live in Tokyo'', by Amazing Blondel, 1977 * ''Live in Tokyo'' (Wishbone Ash album), 1979 * ''Live In Tokyo'' (Public Image Limited album), 1983 * ''Live in Tokyo'', by Psychic TV, 1986 * ''Live in Tokyo'', by Shellac, 1994 * ''Live in Tokyo'' (Hughes Turner Project album), 2002 * ''Live in Tokyo'' (Brad Mehldau album), 2004 * ''Live in Tokyo 25th November 2005'', by Underworld, 2005 * ''Live in Tokyo'', by Swing Out Sister, 2005 * ''Live in Tokyo'' (Stevie Ray Vaughan album), 2006 * ''Live in To ...
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The Beat Goes On (Emilie-Claire Barlow Album)
''The Beat Goes On'' is an album by the Canadian jazz singer Emilie-Claire Barlow. This is Barlow's eighth jazz album and was released on October 12, 2010. Track listing # "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" ( Burt Bacharach, Hal David) # " Sunshine Superman" ( Donovan) # "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield) # "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (Bob Dylan) # " He Thinks I Still Care" (Dickey Lee, Steve Duffy) # " The Beat Goes On/ Soul Bossa Nova" (Sonny Bono/Quincy Jones) # "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" (Lee Hazlewood) # "Until It's Time for You to Go" (Buffy Sainte-Marie) # "Little Boat (O Barquinho)" ( Ronaldo Boscoli, Roberto Menescal) # "Comme Je Crie, Comme Je Chante" # "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" ( Gerry Goffin, Carole King) # "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" is a 1969 soul song written by Ron Miller and Bryan Wells, released by American Motown singer-songwriter-musician Stevie Wonder on the album '' M ...
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The Very Thought Of You (Emilie-Claire Barlow Album)
''The Very Thought of You'' is an album by Canadian jazz singer Emilie-Claire Barlow. It was released in 2007 and nominated for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2008. Track listing Personnel * Emilie-Claire Barlow – vocal, shaker, triangle * Kevin Turcotte – flugelhorn * Kelly Jefferson – tenor saxophone * Mike Murley Mike Murley (born December 12, 1961) is a Canadian jazz saxophonist and composer from Windsor, Nova Scotia who was a member of the Shuffle Demons from 1984 to 1989 and Time Warp. Education He graduated from the music program at York University ... – tenor saxophone * Bill McBirnie – flute * Nancy Walker – piano * Reg Schwager – guitar * Kieran Overs – bass guitar * Mark Kelso – drums * Alan Hetherington – percussion * Drew Jurecka – violin * Lenny Solomon – violin * Kathryn Sugden – violin * Rebecca van der Post – violin * Rebekah Wolkstein – violin * Anna Redekop – viola * Claudio Vena – viola * Alex Gran ...
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Winter Wonderland (Emilie-Claire Barlow Album)
''Winter Wonderland'' an album by Canadian jazz singer Emilie-Claire Barlow. Track listing # "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" # "Winter Wonderland" # "Sleigh Ride" # "Santa Baby" # "Christmas Time Is Here" # "Baby, It's Cold Outside" # "Little Jack Frost" # "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" # "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", also known as simply "Let It Snow", is a song written by lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne in July 1945 in Hollywood, California, during a heat wave as Cahn and Styne imagined cooler conditions ..." # "Angels' Lullaby" # "(Everybody's Waitin' for) The Man with the Bag" References {{Authority control 2006 albums Emilie-Claire Barlow albums Christmas albums by Canadian artists ...
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Like A Lover
''Like a Lover'' is an album by Canadian jazz singer Emilie-Claire Barlow. It was released by her label, Empress Music Group, in 2005. Track listing Personnel * Emilie-Claire Barlow – vocal, piano, percussion * Guido Basso – flugelhorn * John Johnson – tenor saxophone (on track 5) * Kelly Jefferson – tenor saxophone (on tracks 2 & 7) * Daniel LeBlanc – keyboards (on track 11) * Justin Abedin – guitar (on track 11) * Rob Piltch – guitar * Marc Rogers Marc Rogers is a Canadian acoustic and electric bassist. Career Rogers studied at the University of North Texas College of Music, where he was a member of the One O'Clock Lab Band directed by Neil Slater. He is a member of the band The Philosop ... – bass guitar * Mark Kelso – drums References {{Authority control 2005 albums Emilie-Claire Barlow albums ...
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Happy Feet (Emilie-Claire Barlow Album)
''Happy Feet'' is the third album by the Canadian jazz singer and actress Emilie-Claire Barlow Emilie-Claire Barlow (born 6 June 1976) is a Canadian singer, arranger, record producer, and voice actress. She has released several albums on her label, Empress Music Group, and has voiced characters for animated television series. She performs .... It was released in 2003. Track listing # "Gentle Rain" # "Freddie Freeloader" # "Bem Bom" # "I'll Be Around" # "Joy Spring" # "Bye Bye Blackbird" # "It's Only A Paper Moon" # "I'm Old Fashioned" # "Stompin' At The Savoy" # "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" # "Broadway" # "Zabumba No Mar" {{Authority control 2003 albums Emilie-Claire Barlow albums ...
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Tribute (Emilie-Claire Barlow Album)
''Tribute'' is an album by Canadian jazz singer Emilie-Claire Barlow. It was released in 2001 and nominated for Best Vocal Jazz Album at the 2002 Juno Awards. Track listing # "Air Mail Special/It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy, Charlie Christian/Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) # "Águas de Março" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) # " Twisted" (Wardell Gray, Annie Ross) # "La Belle Dame Sans Regret" (Dominic Miller, Sting) # "Strayhorn Medley" (Billy Strayhorn) # "Summer Song" (Dave Brubeck) # "De Flor em Flor" (Djavan) # "Spain" (Chick Corea, Joaquín Rodrigo) # "Jobim Medley" (Ray Gilbert, Jobim ) # "Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard Albany Leon "Barney" Bigard (March 3, 1906 – June 27, 1980) was an American jazz clarinetist known for his 15-year tenure with Duke Ellington. He also played tenor saxophone. Biography Bigard was born in New Orleans to Creole parents, Ale ..., Ellington, Mills) References {{Authority control 2001 albums ...
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The Friendly Giant
''The Friendly Giant'' was a children's television program that aired on CBC Television from September 30, 1958 through to March 1985. It featured three main characters: a giant named Friendly (played by Bob Homme), who lived in a huge castle, along with his puppet animal friends Rusty (a rooster who played a harp, guitar, and accordion and lived in a book bag hung by the castle window), and Jerome (a giraffe who's tawny with purple spots and pokes his head in the window). The two principal puppets of the CBC version of the show were manipulated and voiced by Rod Coneybeare. Originally in Wisconsin, they were manipulated and voiced by Ken Ohst. Beginnings The program started in 1953 on Madison, Wisconsin radio station WHA, a station owned by the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Shortly thereafter, the show was moved to its sister television station, WHA-TV when it went on the air in 1954. Kinescopes of these shows were distributed to a few other non-commercial stations, and som ...
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Bob Homme
Robert Mandt Homme, C.M. ( ; March 8, 1919 – May 2, 2000) was an American-Canadian television actor. Homme was best known as the host of '' The Friendly Giant'', a popular children's television program that aired from the 1950s through the 1980s and was broadcast on CBC Television. Background Homme was born in Stoughton, Wisconsin into a Norwegian family. His parents were high school woodworking teachers, Raymond and Roselyn Homme. He attended elementary school at West Side School before attending Stoughton High School where graduated in 1937. He enrolled at the University of Wisconsin and graduated with a major in economics. He worked at a bank before joining the Air National Guard. His unit was activated in June 1941, prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was soon promoted to Staff Sergeant, a rank he held for the duration of the war. One of his military assignments was to study psychology at Cornell University. He was later sent to study again at the University of Wisconsi ...
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