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Format:   Artist - Track Title
               Album - Label / Contacts
"Followed by quotes from the Spring 2002 issue of Sing Out! "
Theme:   Jay Ansill- The Two Horizons  -  Origami - Flying Fish

Highlights from the Spring 2002 issue of Sing Out!, from what I had in my library.

1. Fairport Convention - Madeleine 4.23
XXXV - Compass
..."Madeleine' opens with a flourish...which sets the infectiously happy tone of the album..."

2. Abby Newton -Wallace March 2.24
Castles, Kirks and Caves - Redwing
"Drawing completely from 18th century sources.. .the album is decidedly more stately than much of what you'll find in the Celtic bin."

3. Patricia Murray - Hag at the Churn 4.42
Primrose - Atholl Prod.
"Her voice packs a powerful wallup and her songwriting isn't bad either."

4. Joy Norman- (Aengus Finnan) Lately 3.40
Lately - Gannet
"16 year old..."
"this release reveals Norman's tremendous potential"

5. Matapat -La Fille Du Geolier 3.26
Petit Fou - Borealis
"They maintain a steady keel even when flitting between time signatures. "La Fille Du Geolier" the story of a jailkeeper's daughter and her doomed romance, starts as a quiet 3 beat bourree and finishes in uptemp 6/8 time. Its so natural, its as if the song were written that way"

6. Scott Cameron Smith - Little Davy and The Champ 3.47
Poets and Painters - Fogarty's Cove
In Just one release we can enjoy the results of years of accomplished styles in ths artists professional smorgasbord of folk variety."

7. David Rogers - Dallas Rag 2.35
The Chase - Fogarty's Cove
"Good guitar technique and dynamics are evident"

8. Grag Trafidlo - Holding the Bag
Co-Writers In Disguise - Kira
"Greg is a guy in love with life, music and his late dog, Kira"

9. Wyrd Sisters - Upon My Altar 6.41
Sin and Other Salvations - Wyrd
Production flows and soars with divine vocal harmonies.

10. Eileen McGann - Island Home 3.43
Beyond the Storm - Dragon Wing
Be Prepared to be in awe and forced to think, for this is no mere background music.

11. Amy Fix - Photograph of Jane  2.37
Spoon - Amy Fix
"Imagine expressing your emitional and sexual health as cutlery. In a world of forks and knives, Amy is a spoon

12. Y'all - Throw Away the Knives and Forks 1.48
The Hy, Yall soundtrack-Lucky Green Dress
James Dean , Jay Bryrd and Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer are very competent musicians shosw self-appointed task is firing good-natured potshots at the music they love.

13. Bob Franke - Acid Polka 3.00
The Desert Questions - Telephone Pole
"Acid Polka' the hilarious story of an encounter between the counterculture and the immigrant culture"

14. Arlon Bennett - So Are You 3.20
The Watch Man - Red Sea
"The Watch man concerns a street orphan who is befriended by a man who gives him a watch, but more importantly the time of day. Bennet has a gift for wrapping quiet introspection and pathos within medodies that you'll quickly find familiar."

15. Kevin Briody - You Push and I'll Pull 4.07
Familiar- Tune-Me-Music
"From one of seven children we hear how love, rather than money, enriched the family."

16. Kate MacLeod - Shadow Changes 3.20
Feel the Earth Spin - Wind River
"There are no fast raoucous numbers, just thoughts of sitting on one place swatching the sunrise or releasing worry over things that don't relaly matter."

17. Sloan Wainwright - Falling Backwards 3.35
The Song Inside - Farkie
"Falling Backwards' ... solidifies their ability to command attention at any volume."

18. Red Grammer - Soul man in a Techno World
Soul man in a Techno World - Red Note
Red Grammer began a career in pre-med, and now with his incredibly healing tenor he makes up spiritually whole.

19. Suzanne Vega - Soap and Water 3.03
Songs in Red and Gray - A&M
"In 'Soap and Water'", Macbeth's 'Out Out Damn Spot' comes to mind. The child and the kite mentioned are both victims to 'the wayward breeze'. In contrast, the deliberate washing allows the adult to take control and be rid of the past.

I say that If Marcelle Marceaux were to put out a cd, it would sound like this.
20.  Zoe Lewis - Jaques Cousteau
Fishbone, Wishbone Funny bone - Dog Called Dog
"Here is a clever lyricist with the talent to utilize any instrument or voice she fancies. She's so fun-loving she appears topless on her cd cover, (ok she's probably only five)"

21. Ian Tamblyn - The Quiet Place 4.04
Voice In The Wilderness - North Track
"Tamblyn proves that those whose nature is gentle and introspective can make a living performing."
"Think of a Canadian Steve Gillette"

22. Debi Smith - I Will Always
Red Bird Red - Shanachie
"Her three octave range is amazing, her command of multiple instruments, and her range of song styles lend variety to the album."

23. Lori McKenna - Girl Like Me 3.33
Pieces of me - Catayst
"They cage a lot of sadness and tension. Most are about feeling that you don't fit in, but a defensive, almost defiant hope runs through them."

"Papa Don't" is included in full on page 78
24. Penny Lang - Papa Don't 2.12
Gather Honey - Borealis
"Penny Lang has been a beloved performer on the Montreal folk muscic scene, and beyond since the 1960's."

25. Kasey Chambers - Barricades and Brickwalls 3.13
Barricades and Brickwalls- Warner Bros.
Her Fred Eaglesmith influences leak into the title cut, among others. Consistantly she writes both thoughtful and emotional country hits, forcing us to ache, if not cry.

26. Josh Ritter - Come and Find Me
Golden Age of Radio - Signature sounds
"Come and Find Me' especailly impress me...

27. David Rovics - Behind the Barricade 1.54
Living in These Times - David Rovics
Rovics knows a lot and sings the news with revolutionary fervor..."

28. Da Vincis Notebook - Title of the Song
The Life and Times of Mike Fanning
"Their harmonies and their humor are tight and timely, and no cow is sacred"

29. Kate and Cj - Waiting  3.25
Get Home Early - Fletcher
"strong harmony, moving melodies and warm mesages.

30. Richard Shindell - Fishing 4.25
Courier - Signature Sounds
Shindell is a mature songwriter whose themes move fromt he personal and religious to the topical "

This song is included in full on page 84.
31. Dick Gaughan - Outlaws and Dreamers
Outlaws and Dreamers  - Appleseed
""classy set"

This song is included in full on page 104
32. David Francey - Paper Boy 2.11
Far End of Summer - Laker