Kim Wempe is a Halifax based singer-songwriter, who grew up in Saskatchewan. She won the 2010 East Coast Music Association Rising Star Award. She has just released her new album, Painting with Tides.
Ian Foster is a musician and writer living in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
He was a finalist for the International Songwriting Competition, 5-time MusicNL Award nominee, and ECMA (East Coast Music Award) nominee for “2008 Pop Recording of the Year.”
I spoke with Ian and Kim on a warm August afternoon during the Atlantic Challenge in Midland, Ontario. Their performances were sponsored by Stellula Music in the Schools.
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Noah Zacharin is a Toronto based poet, songwriter and troubadour in the tradition of Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan. I sat down with him at the Twisted Pines Festival.
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Tannis Slimmon has been an important part of the Ontario folk music community for many years. I recorded her and her partner Lewis Melville playing late at night on what turned out to be the last night of the Twisted Pines Festival. The room where we were talking quickly turned into a jam with many of the festival performers the legendary Garth Hudson on accordion. It wasn’t until several months later that I was able to sit down with her in her kitchen to record the rest of the interview. Enjoy
Tannis has a busy winter touring around Ontario, with couple of gigs in my area including my favorite Orillia Folk Society.
Saturday, January 24, 2009 @ 7:30pm
Tickets: $10 ($5 for underemployed or unemployed)
McArthur Hall Auditorium
Union St. at Sir John A. MacDonald Blvd
Queen’s University
Kingston, ON
“Come On Up” – a concert of uplifting music.
Tannis is honoured to be the guest artist of the 120 voice Open Voices Community Choir, lead by the amazing director Andy Rush.
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On the afternoon of May 15, the Wild Turkey Outfit performed at my school for 300+ appreciative children and their teachers. They wowed the children with their down-home charm and their tight blugrass and western harmonies.
Afterwards, I was also able to interview them for For the Sake of the Song.
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I was able to interview Hank at the Twisted Pines Music in Movies festival about his own music and songwriting. Washboard Hank is a Canadian folk music institution. He has released several CDs of quirky and humorous music, a Children’s CD and played for many years in Fred Eaglesmith’s band. Our interview delved into the meat of songwriting but also features some of his more adult oriented material so I’m putting an Itunes explicit label on this episode.
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