podcast – Sean McGaughey- For the Sake of the Song

Eileen McGann has been a favorite songwriter of my wife and I for over a decade.  Originally hailing from central Ontario, Eileen lived in Calgary for a number of years and has called Vancouver Island home for about 11 years.  Eileen’s influences include the folk revival of the 1960s, and traditional English and Celtic folk music.   She has just released her first album in 6 years, entitled, A Pocketful of Rhymes.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Pocket Full of Rhymes ©Eileen McGann

When I Go © Eileen McGann

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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. Johnâ€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.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

My Heart’s Grave  ©Kim Wempe.

Sparrow ©Ian Foster.

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Dave Borins is a Toronto singer-songwriter who seemingly effortlessly crosses between folk, country, and hard-edged rock and roll.  I caught up with him at the Mariposa Folk Festival.  Dave and his band will be recording a live album on October 20 and 21, 2010 at Hugh’s Room in Toronto.  It is bound to be a great event.

To cap things off, it turns out that today is his birthday, a fitting day to release this episode. Happy Birthday Dave.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Little White Lies (© Dave Borins)

Whiskey Women (nothing but trouble) (© Dave Borins)

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The Arts for Peace Festival has been an annual event in Orillia for 26 years.  For some reason I cannot explain, this year was the first time we had attended.  It is a beautiful, intimate music and arts festival on the grounds of the Stephen Leacock Museum in Orillia.  While there, we met and heard a number of  long-time musical friends.

About mid-afternoon a five piece band, Knock Knock Ginger, began to perform a set of smart, funny acoustic based pop music.  I was blown away.

Here’s a brief bio from their website.

Knock Knock Ginger is an indie-pop band from Waterloo, Ontario. Knock Knock Ginger has a guitarist who sings (Milosz Sikora), a keyboardist (Melissa Djurakov), a drummer (Owen Cherry), a bassist (Lisa Rafferty) and a guitarist who plays trumpet (Matt Charters).

The bandâ€s sound has been described as “experimental,” but they canâ€t quite figure out why. Theyâ€d like you to think that they play fun, melodic pop songs with a lyrical slant.

Knock Knock Ginger has been together in various shapes and sizes since the fall of 2004. They recorded their latest EP, Based on a True Story, at the House of Miracles in London and saw it rise to the top ten on campus radio and the CBC radio3 R-30. They’ve played a lot of shows in a lot of different cities from Ontario to the East Coast.

After their set, I had a chance to sit down with Milosz, Melissa, Lisa and Matt to talk music and songwriting with them.

Links:

Knock Knock Ginger Website

Knock Knock Ginger on Myspace

Knock Knock Ginger on twitter: http://twitter.com/kkgband

Knock Knock Ginger on Youtube

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

It’s Your Money Honey (© Milosz Sikora)

Happy Dream When I’m with You (© Milosz Sikora)

You`ve Got a Way (© Milosz Sikora)

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Cheryl Gaudet is a songwriter who hails from Nova Scotia. She has 2 CDs of original music out.  In 1990,she had a dream to host a festival at the wonderful Eaglewood Resort in Pefferlaw,Ontario.  I caught up with her at the 20th annual Eaglewood Folk Festival.  We reminisced about past festivals, talked about songwriting and her move to Mexico.

The 21st annual Eaglewood Folk Festival is fast approaching on August 27-29, 2010.  Check it out for a wonderful festival experience.

For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Crystal Falls (© Cheryl Gaudet)

Raining on the Moon(© Cheryl Gaudet)

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Tyler Firestone is a 19-year-old Folk/Rock, singer/songwriter who lives in Wasaga Beach, Ontario, Canada. He has been playing guitar and harmonica for over 5 years, as well as the piano, mandolin, and other instruments. Songwriting is his passion. He has written over 60 songs since 2005.  I met up with Tyler at my songwriter’s group’s annual DIY weekend songwriter’s retreat/ jamfest.

Tyler Firestone on Youtube

Tyler Firestone Facebook Page

Tyler Firestone Webpage

Songs:  (C) Tyler Firestone

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Nickels and Dimes  (© Tyler Firestone)

I Would (© Tyler Firestone)

Summer’s Journey (©2007 S. McGaughey)

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George Coventry has been a friend and musical influence of mine for over 17 years.  I’m astounded that it took me over 3 years to get him on For the Sake of the Song.  Over the past 40 years, George has written hundreds of songs.   He has a gift for telling stories and looking at the world from a unique perspective.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Another Taste of You (© George Coventry)

99 Marguaritas (and no blanket) (© George Coventry)

Love is a Flame (© George Coventry)

A Voice to Sing With (© George Coventry)

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Doug McArthur is a veteran Canadian singer-songwriter.  He has worked both as performing musician and in Arts administration with organizations such as the Festival of Friends, the Toronto Jazz Festival and the  the Eaglewood Folk Festival.  I caught up to him at the 20th annual Eaglewood Folk Festival.  Enjoy.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Oh River (© Doug McArthur)

Boots and Saddles(© Doug McArthur)

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Collette Savard is a singer-songwriter with two CDs out, Zen Boyfriend and Most Improved Cheerleader.  She performs as a duo with her producer, multi-instrumentalist, John Zytaruk. They came to my school last week courtesy of Stellula Music as part of their Music in the Schools Week.  At the end of the week, Collette, John and I sat down for a long discussion touching on songwriting, arranging, passing the music on to the younger generation, copyright and more. Enjoy.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Used to Be Girl  (© Collette Savard)

Maybe Tonight (© Collette Savard)

Links:

Collette Savard on MySpace

Collette Savard – official website

John Zytaruk’s Homepage

John Zytaruk on MySpace

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I’m very sorry. For over a month the Sue Passmore show has been available without any sound.   I’ve run into my friend and fan of For the Sake of the Song , Jeff Potts, several times in the last six weeks.  Each time, he mentioned that he was unable to open my For the Sake of the Song episode with Sue Passmore.  I agreed that was very peculiar and could not figure out what might be going wrong.  Today Jeff emailed me again and I decided to download it myself to see what was up.  What was up was twenty-six minutes and fourteen seconds of silence.   My apologies to all 500+ people who downloaded a blank show.  And here for your listening pleasure is my interview with Sue Passmore, now with 100%  more audio.    Thanks Jeff for your persistence in reminding me.

Update:  Since I first released this Show the Good Lovelies won a 2010 Juno for Best Folk/Roots Album by a Group.  Congratulations Sue, Kerri and Caroline.

Sue Passmore is the second member of the Good Lovelies that I have been able to interview for my podcast. We found a semi quiet spot in the woods during a break in the rain at the  Eaglewood Folk Festival to sit down and talk songwriting. I interviewed her bandmate, Caroline Brooks over a year ago.  It has been an interesting exercise to talk to different members of the same band about songwriting.  This summer,  Iâ€ll be looking for Kerry Ough at festivals to complete the set.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Alone without a Song(© Sean McGaughey)

Into the Spotlight  (© Sue Passmore)

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