May 6, 2010

Here are the April stats for Canadians’ airplay on folk-dj playlists. This information has been sifted, with permission, from international lists compiled by Richard Gillmann. In April, Richard’s lists were based on 12,280 airplays from 139 different DJ’s. (The number in brackets indicates the number of plays that album, song or artist received in the month.) April – Top Canadian Albums: 1. Ruth Moody “The Garden” (36) 2. Madison Violet “No Fool For Trying” (20) 3. John Wort Hannam “Queens Hotel” (17) 4. Lynn Miles “Black Flowers Volume 1-2″ (14) 5. James Keelaghan “House of Cards” (11) 6. THE COTTARS: “Feast” (10) April – Top Canadian Songs: 1. Ruth Moody “The Garden” 2. John Wort Hannam “Requiem For A Small Town” (8) 3. Ruth Moody “Travellin’ Shoes” (6) Ruth Moody “We Can Only Listen” (6) 4. THE COTTARS: “Fare Thee Well, Northumberland & The Purple Wave” (5) April – Top Canadian Artists: 1. Ruth Moody (38) 2. Lynn Miles (25) Le Vent Du Nord (25) 3. John Wort Hannam (19) Madison Violet (19) 4. The Wailin’ Jennys (16) 5. Gordon Lightfoot (15) 6. James Keelaghan (14) 7. Bruce Cockburn (12) Kate & Anna McGarrigle (12) Joni Mitchell (12) 8. THE COTTARS (11) Stan Rogers (11) 9. Leonard Cohen (10) NOTE: Richard Gillmann compiles monthly surveys of international airplay.

February 22, 2008

ANNE MURRAY”Duets: Friends & Legends”In Canada, Anne Murray is music royalty, and was able to line up an eclectic bunch of fans to come sing her old songs in tandem.¬†As duets albums go, this one, blending Murray’s country and pop hits, is pretty engaging. Murray’s voice strains to hit notes that once were effortless, but the warmth of her alto remains one of pop’s most comforting sounds.The results are mixed.¬†Some tracks are wonderful, though. Murray’s voice wraps particularly well around Emmylou Harris’ and lang’s on Another Pot o’ Tea and A Love Song, respectively. Ditto Olivia Newton-John’s on Gordon Lightfoot’s Cotton Jenny. The Celtic Women add luster to the Canadian folk staple SONG FOR THE MIRA and popera singer Sarah Brightman surprisingly isn’t an ill fit on a fresh look at Murray’s oldest hit, Snowbird.

- HOWARD COHEN, The Miami Herald, 2008

Anne Murray is in the midst of a 56-show tour. Her current release Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends hit #8 on Billboard’s Country Chart and is nominated for two Canadian Juno Awards, including Album of the Year (Murray has 24 Junos and four Grammys).

For more than 35 years her achingly honest voice has reflected the hopes and longings most people experience in a lifetime. Commenting on the emotional power of tunes like Jesse Winchester’s evocative “Wintry Feeling”, Murray says: “There are some songs that do that. That song has always moved me — really moved me — even now when I sing it. And ‘SONG FOR THE MIRA’ is another one. When I sing that I get choked up, too.”

And that’s why Anne Murray can just forget about retiring: Every now and then, we all still need to get a little choked up.

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Since Forerunner, their successful 2006 Rounder album, the band has undergone changes, and returns with a solid roster, including original members Ciarán & Fiona MacGillivray on vocals, piano, guitar, tin whistle, Irish bouzouki, Irish flute, bodhrán, and Celtic harp (not to mention step-dance), as well as new members 18-year old Claire Pettit on violin, viola, vocals, compositions and dance, and Bruce Timmons, one of the most respected accompanists in the Maritimes today on lead guitar.

Track Listing:

Overture
Fare Thee Well, Northumberland
Seagull
The Munster Suite
Song For Stephen Foster
Young Munro
The Contradiction Set
Leave Tomorrow Till It Comes
On A Pier
The 23rd of June
Hymn For N 12. Goodnight To You (Oidhche Mhath Leibh)