COME ON OUT TO THE GULF ISLANDS/VANCOUVER ISLAND/ SUNSHINE COAST FOR SOME CANADIANA ROOTS-STOMPING BLUEGRASS-WEST COAST G-FUNK-
ALL FOR GOOD CAUSES!
Both HFH and Woodland Telegraph will again be touring the west coast of Canada this Spring, bringing you some of the finest roots songwriting that this country has to offer!
Blues journier and CHLY radio personality HAPPY FEET HOWE begins this tour solo with a fundraising walk from the town of Lund on the Sunshine Coast all the way on over Saltpring Island (contrary to popular belief, he will be taking the ferry, not walking across the water). Along the way he will be stopping to play concerts to raise money for CHLY, Nanaimo’s bastion of alternative radio. Come out, listen to fine music and perhaps give Miles a footrub!
~HAPPY FEET HOWE CHLY FUNDRAISING WALK~
On May 5th, Woodland Telegraph will join HFH in Nanaimo for three fundraising concerts for another great cause: The HAVEN WOMEN’s SHELTER in Nanaimo. Money from these concerts will be donated to the Haven in order to continue their support of women facing violence /sexual assault in the Nanaimo copmmunity. Then, from May 8th through till June, both groups will tour the Gulf Islands in support of the ISLAND TRUST FUND, a conservency group dedicated to protecting the special places on the Gulf Islands for everyone to enjoy. Woodland Telegraph will be on this leg of the tour until May 21st when HFH will venture solo into the wilderness of Canadian summer…
HAPPY FEET HOWE/WOODLAND TELEGRAPH HAVEN FUNDRAISING CONCERTS
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Driftwood Cafe |
Pender Island |
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Tree House |
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia |
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Hermann’s JazzClub |
Victoria |
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Denman Island Community Hall |
Denman Island, British Columbia |
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Lasqueti Pub |
Lasqueti Island, British Columbia |
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The Studio House |
Tofino, British Columbia |
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Lighthouse Pub |
Saturna Island |
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Joe’s Garage |
Courtenay, British Columbia |
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MacKinney’s Pub |
Powell River, British Columbia |
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Texada Inn |
Texada Island |
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Wild Bistro |
Gibson’s, British Columbia |
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Dancing Bean |
Chemainus, British Columbia |
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Joga’s |
Grand Forks, British Columbia |
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The Flying Steamshovel Company |
Rossland, British Columbia |
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Cedar Creek Cafe |
Winlaw, British Columbia |
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Nanton Auditorium Hotel |
Nanton, Alberta |
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The General Store |
Twin Butte, Alberta |
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The Hummingbird Pub |
Galiano Island |
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The Hummingbird Pub |
Galiano Island, British Columbia |
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Outdoors in Revelstoke |
Revelstoke, British Columbia |
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All Citizens! |
Bruno, Saskatchewan |
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Bruno Cherry Festival! |
Bruno, Saskatchewan |
~acoustic music for people sick of folk songs~
Now for some loose threads of news:
The cherry on top of a wonderful last year for Woodland Telegraph was when was named the #1. Canadian record for all of 2009 on the CBC Galaxie Folk/Roots charts. What a holiday surprise! Again, we were humbled and thankful for the kindness of one Roch Parisien who turned out to be probably on of the nicest people you could ever hope to meet. And he programs tons of independendent Canadian roots for his station. What a guy!
CBC GALAXIE FOLK/ROOTS YEAR END CHART
1. Woodland Telegraph — Sings Revival Hymns — (Northern Folklore)
2. Great Lake Swimmers — Lost Channels — (weewerk/nettwerk)
3. One Hundred Dollars — Forest of Tears — (Blue Fog)
4. The Breakmen — When You Leave Town — (thebreakmen.com)
5. Bruce Cockburn — Slice of Life: Live Solo — (True North/Linus)
6. Jesse Winchester — Love Filling Station — (Appleseed)
7. Nathan Rogers — The Gauntlet — (Borealis)
8. Amelia Curran — Hunter, Hunter — (Six Shooter/Warner)
9. Dave Gunning — We’re All Leaving — (Wee House of Music/Fontana North)
10. Catherine McLellan — Water in the Ground — (True North/Linus)
11. Amy Campbell — Oh Heart, Oh Highway (Battle-Axe Folk)
12. Romi Mayes — Achin in Yer Bones — ( www.romimayes.com )
13. The Deep Dark Woods — Winter Hours — (Black Hen)
14. Kate Reid — I’m Just Warming Up — (www.katereid.net)
15. Dan Mangan — Nice, Nice, Very Nice (FU:M/Outside)
16. Elliott Brood — Mountain Meadows — (Six Shooter/Warner)
17. Maria Dunn — The Peddler — (Distant Whisper)
18. Marianne Girard — Pirate Days — ( www.mariannegirard.com)
19. Ian Tyson — Yellowhead to Yellowstone and other Love Stories — (Stony Plain)
20. Jim Byrnes — My Walking Stick — (Black Hen)
Posted below is a real kind review from NXNE.com written by mountain woman Danielle Palmer, what a gal!
Review: Woodland Telegraph Sings Revival Hymns
The Rocky Mountains are truly one of Canada’s most beautiful landscapes. Matthew Lovegrove’s Woodland Telegraph sets out to capture the beauty of the Canadian Rockies landscape as well as its history in Woodland Telegraph sings Revival Hymns. This is the first in a trilogy of albums based on Canadian history and landscape.
Lovegrove wintered in an old cabin/research station (the Barrier Lake Field Station) while writing and researching material for Revival Hymns in the Kananaskis Valley. Having also spent some time living in the Rockies, and also being a huge fan of Canadiana in song form, I was eager to hear the history and landscape of the mountains translated to music. Woodland Telegraph sings Revival Hymns did not disappoint.
The album captures both the loneliness and wonderment of mountain life, especially in tracks such as Lantern on the Mountain which conjures images of haunting solitude as it tells the story of someone snowbound alone in a cabin, imagining glimpses of life while waiting for death. Revival Hymns also features atmospheric musicianship with Lovegrove playing the banjo, guitar, and mandolin, and guests playing harmonica, lapsteel, viola, and violin. Many of the songs feature Rockies locales such as Deadman’s Flats, Dover Flour Mill, and Oil City Hotel.
The stories featured in the songs were well-researched and centred on local folklore. The research of Canadian Rockies-based stories lead Lovegrove to local oral history preservation through the Canmore Cassette Project. The project involved the digitalization of audio cassette recordings featuring elder Canmore residents recounting local stories, from the Canmore Museum and GeoSciences Centre.
The second of the trilogy from Woodland Telegraph, From the Fields, is centred on farm and prairie landscapes. Matthew Lovegrove is currently recording in prairie locations in Southern Alberta. The locations include an old prairie ghost town church where Lovegrove hopes to further capture the prairie atmosphere. From the Fields is set for a late summer 2010 release date.
But you don’t have to take my word for it on how great Woodland Telegraph Sings Revival Hymns is, you can listen to and purchase here. Or check out the Woodland Telegraph MySpace. The CD itself is well worth the purchase, featuring origami artwork and cases sewn by Lovegrove himself. Revival Hymns also topped The Galaxie Folk/Roots Channel’s Top Spins of 2009 charts
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