We have a couple more new tracks for you to take a listen to today. They are both pretty fantastic. Different moods to them, with one being more haunting and one with a bit more humour, but they are both contemplative and full of ambience. Check them out below.
Running Red Lights – Calls of Prudence
From Scarlett of Running Red Lights:
“Nostalgia is an addictive comfort to snuggle up to when the present day seems intolerably bleak.”
“Calls of Prudence” is a moodier, more sorrowful track in comparison to our previous, most recent releases. It was penned during a moment where I felt myself longing for the vibrancy of youth, the thrill of experiencing things for the first time.
One day, I was feeling particularly nostalgic and found myself reflecting on the days when I was young and could get blissfully drunk without having anyone or anything to answer to, without regard for the time that I was wasting. I curled up on my sofa with my notebook, my grief and my imagination, and I did what made sense – I began to write. I hope you can find some solace in “Calls of Prudence.”
You can read more about Running Red Lights and Calls of Prudence at Atwood Magazine.
Charlotte Cornfield – Andrew
From Matt of Auteur Research:
“You free yourself when you take away the script,” says Toronto songwriter Charlotte Cornfield. “That’s where this record came from, dismantling patterns and embracing the process.” Cornfield’s third full length, The Shape of Your Name, is set to arrive in Spring 2019 via Outside Music imprint Next Door Records. The album has a more honed studio sound than her scrappier 2016 release Future Snowbird, and for good reason: it was recorded in 5 different sessions over the course of 3 years. The songs are her strongest and most striking to date, and they’ve got that stuck-in-your-head-for-days quality that Cornfield is known for. The Shape of Your Name features a star-studded cast of collaborators including (but not limited to) Grammy-winning engineer Shawn Everett, Broken Social Scene members Brendan Canning, Kevin Drew and Charles Spearin, and Montreal songwriter Leif Vollebekk.
The first song to arrive from the collection is called “Andrew.” She said the song could be about a friend or a romantic partner, but that it’s primarily a “reminder to step back and look at the bigger picture instead of dwelling on the minutiae.”
Listen to the contemplative and contemporary, funny and heart-wrenching ‘Andrew’:
Good morning! Not at the family cottage moving snow, today. Staying in Ottawa. To move snow. It keeps on coming…
In the Laurentians, there’s at good 3 feet of snow on the ground. You sink in about 18 inches with snowshoes.
You’ve got snow in England too, don’t you, Garfield?
Hello, I will let you know as soon as I take a look outside, but we are expecting some snow at some point today.
I just had a quick look at the CBCNN and there looks to be quite a bit of snow in the center of the universe (dare I say that they have the army on speed dial?)
No snow, here at least, but it is raining
Good morning!
We have another extreme cold warning here today. Currently it is -30 with a windchill of -44. Bitterly cold and skin freezes in minutes. We shall see if my vehicle starts.
Morning Folks,
It’s not bad here -7 only a couple inches of snow to clear this morning.
Good morning Scott. How nice for you. :p
I don’t want to go out there but I guess I should attempt to get to work. Ugh…
If you can’t make it to work DBS we will back you up
Hi Scott, how was your vacation?
Thanks Garf! I am officially late now. I will check in with you later.
the late DBS!
First was the business trip to China, it was 22° – 26° C and sunny while we were there. I left China a couple of days before my boss, so I could go on holidays. Some of the suppliers we visited asked about the Huawei issue. We were neutral in our responses. A lot of the Chinese citizens are upset over it, although we don’t know what news they get as, i believe, most of their sources are controlled. Apparently they changed the travel advisory the day I left so I had no problem, but my boss was held up at the border for an hour or so when he left three days later. (scary)
The vacation in the Dominican Republic was great, sunny and warm for 10 days. By about 3:30 every day we were swimming in the ocean. One day we went on a tour of Santo Domingo where Columbus landed. We saw the oldest church in the Americas. It was interesting to get their historical take of Sir Francis Drake. To the English he is a respected explorer, to the Spanish he was a murderer and privateer. He held the city hostage and burned a section each day until a ransom was paid, after he left the Spanish rebuilt in stone. Of course the Spanish occupation was less than ideal for the indigenous (the Taino) population as well. The Dominicans are proud of the fact that there is mixed heritage between the Tainos, Spanish, and Africans, it is the inspiration for their faceless dolls.
Speaking as an English person we do kind of respect the fact he, and his crew, got that far, but hate what he did when he got there.
There a bit of a debate going on here at the moment about Winston Churchill and how he was a white supremacist that exacerbated the Bengal famine 1943
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-47028246
I expect when you look at all of the great historical figures you would find they all had their faults. We are only human after all. I think the important thing is to remember the good they did but also be aware of, and learn from their faults.
I especially agree with Scott’s first two sentences (08:10). There’s something very simplistic, very internetty going on these days: the switching of the reputations of some persons historical (or not) going from, well, “white historical” to “evil” in some minds, because (in effect) we learn they were more human than we ever suspected.
That’s pretty easy to do considering we remain blissfully ignorant of history — I mean how it *really* was to exist 100 years ago, in a society we know very little about.
Yet we get 100% judgey…
Well, THAT really got a debate going.
Not much of a debate. I sometimes wonder what our generation will be judged for in 100 years. climate change? migration / immigration? Healthcare? Space exploration? AI? Gene editing? Cloning?
The beginnings of gene editing and of AI; Trump…
I read an interesting book while on holidays “The Storm Before The Storm” It is the history of the Roman Republic before the Caesars took over. It shows how the politicians of the day gradually went from being idealistic to using popular sentiment and mass violence, gradually chipping away at the written & unwritten laws of the day until the way was clear for someone to declare themselves emperor. The book explains it much better than I can. If you like history it is a good read. It leaves you to draw your own parallels to current events.
@darbar stay strong! Canadian winters build character? Not sure what else to say about that. BLAH WINTER!
Hi morgana
Interesting reads on history, weather and politics.
I am going to be doing some kitchen stuff today and look forward to listening to the new tunes.
I strayed from CanCon over the weekend and was enjoying Snarky Puppy and Khruangbin. I also listened to the new TARIQ single to make sure I got my content in.
Good day @garfieldUK.
wait, they make music outside of Canada!?
According to a Quincy Jones documentary I watched last night they used to make some really good music too.
The Juno nominations have been announced
https://junoawards.ca/nominees/
Interesting conversations today!
Scott, I am glad you made it home safe and sound. Very cool work and play trips and educational too.
There is so much that we believe to be true because that is what we were told to believe was true. I do feel there are more people becoming more aware and willing to listen to hard truths. There is a long way to go, but at least there is a beginning of wanting to understand more.
I was listening to CBC at the other studio this morning. I heard the Juno announcements. I am thrilled for Megan Nash and other Sask artists. I was also happy to see The Barr Brothers in with Bahamas and Dan Mangan etc.
I see Sarah McLachlan is to host the Juno, & I think I saw somewhere that The weeknd, Loud, & bulow will be performing.
Have you watched those videos up there? Charlotte Cornfield’s song Andrew amused me. I really like that track/video and look forward to the upcoming album.
I highly doubt I will actually watch the Junos other than clips after but who knows.
You remember how your Mom told you not to say anything if you can’t say anything nice? I’m keeping quite because of my own stuff but I did want to share this with you all before I go for a walk.
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/2019/01/28/live-music-grants-amplify-bc-2019/
My Mom never told me that, she was too busy complaining about people (including her Mother)
I just realized how you got the featured image DBS, I wish I had thought of that!
Ha! I finally started looking at that site seeing if there was something I could use in there.