Songwriters From Here And Away

Bill Stevenson, Canada's Legendary Piano Player & Songwriter, Solo @ his Grand Piano

Bill is a well known jazz & blues pianist with a fabulous touch and a rich history...

"... While still in his teens, he joined the band Earth Opera, originally based in Boston. Stevenson left the band in 1968, after the release of their first album. During Stevenson's time with Earth Opera, the band frequently opened for The Doors, being fellow recording artists on Elektra Records, as well as having Jac Holzman as producer.[1]

After leaving Earth Opera, Stevenson returned to Ottawa, where he continued to play locally for a number of years. One of his associations was as an early member of Heaven's Radio,[2] considered to be one of the best bands to come out of Ottawa in the 1970s.[3] As of the mid-1970s, Stevenson relocated to Halifax, Nova Scotia, from which his career has been based since. During his career, Stevenson has worked with many notable artists, including John Lee Hooker, Amos Garrett[4] and Tom Rush.

Stevenson is the 2008 winner of the East Coast Music Award for Jazz Album of The Year.[4] With Tom Easley and Geoff Arsenault, he is also a 2009 East Coast Music Award nominee for Blues Album of The Year.[5]...

...." - Wikipedia

 

Remastered episode.

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• Madame Madame Badero - Bill Stevenson
• Whole Town Gathering Round - Bill Stevenson
• Bird In A Willow - Bill Stevenson
• Don’t Go To San Francisco - Bill Stevenson
• Some Of These Days - Shelton Brooks
• Wild Nights - Bill Stevenson / Tom Easley
• Cant Help Myself - Bill Stevenson
• i’m All Smiles - Michael Leonard / Herbert Martin
• Once In A While - Michael Edwards / lyrics: Bud Green
• Young At Heart - Johnny Richards

Ray Bonneville - Live in Halifax with Geoff Arsenault.

Ray Bonneville is one of the finest Roots/Blues/Americana songwriter guitarists on the scene today, with his own unique style and presentation. Ray is the 'real deal'.
www.RayBonneville.com

Playing drums with him is the equally impressive Geoff Arsenault https://www.geoffarsenault.ca a fine songwriter in his own right, with great tracks and you can hear his podcast episode here: https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-h76bc-f52556 

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(this episode is a remaster of a previous show)

Acoustic Songcircle w/ Asif Illyas, Megan St. Rose & Jon Mullane

Live www.SFHAA.ca (Songwriters From Here And Away) Concert Recording from The Pink Piano Café & Lounge featuring:

 

Asif Illyas - www.AsifIllyas.com

Asif is an ECMA award-winning veteran of the Canadian music scene, based on the Atlantic Coast in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and currently spends most of his time creating music for film and television. His career spans over 25 years where he fronted Canadian progressive-pop outfit and EastWest/Warner Europe recording artists, MIR, touring four continents and producing 4 critically-acclaimed albums. He also was guitarist for Cutting Crew, during a portion of lead singer Nick Van Eede’s solo career during the late 1990’s. He has appeared on albums with Sting, Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell and performed on stage with Australia’s Colin Hay of Men At Work, Paula Cole, and many others. He has composed and arranged for many orchestral charts for symphonies such as VSO, WSO and SNS across the country in their Pops series’.
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Megan St. Rose - https://linktr.ee/meganstrose

Songwriter, Radio host, Actress/Model, Megan surely lives a full life. You seen her hosting Radio ECMA, heard her on the radio “Hot Country Mornings 103.5” and now you’ll hear the songs she has written and released in recent years. A little bit country, a little bit pop.
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Jon Mullane - www.JonMullane.com

In an era where commercial radio play and chart success is dominated by major label artists, Jon’s success in this domain is a reflection of his ability to write songs that connect with listeners – songs that mirror the emotions of the human condition intertwined with timeless and inspirational themes, positive messages, and observations of modern culture.

“Mullane’s songs have a mass appeal, not just in North America but globally…” – Bob Mersereau, Telegraph Journal

Live @ Steeple Green- Songwriters Circle with Steven McClintock, Kim Dunn and Mel Farrimond

Recorded live in concert
Steven McClintock - prolific songwriterm & producer from the state of Texas, USA with millions of plays on numerous artists albums and too many movie credits to list here. 
Kim Dunn - Nova Scotian with a great style & voice with piano skills to match
Mel Farrimond - consummate host and wonderful songwriter  

www.SFHAA.ca 

 

Brent Mason - Songwriter, Story-teller, Author-Reduxed

A replay of a house concert and chat with Brent Mason, a fabulous songwriters from St. John, New Brunswick. An award winning writer with 11 albums to his credit and another on the way plus a published author, his humour is infectious and the songs he shares show the depth of his writing.  Check out his regular articles published under "The Mason Jar".  www.BrentMason.ca

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New Releases Minus One - All Canadian - All Fantastic!

Fabulous new music from the great Canadians!

David Myles	Devil Talking	00:03:55
Clever Hopes	Thrown It Open	00:03:23
Ellen Doty	Every Little Scene	00:05:07
Big Fancy & The Shiddy Cowboys	Excuse These Blues	00:03:36
John Campbelljohn	Sydney Steel (NOT A NEW RELEASE)	00:04:29
AIKO TOMI	Some Lights Need to be Dimmed	00:03:07
Len O'Neill's Band	A Certain Kind of Sadness	00:02:20
Chorus of Courage	Climb - featuring Lisa Iwanycki	00:05:40
Tim Isberg	Prairie Fire	00:04:17
Justin Mattock	Where I Come To Drink	00:03:00
clay pigeon	Bright Blue	00:03:18
Julia Dales	With Me	00:02:48
Ryan Wayne	No Easy Way Out	00:03:50
Dram & A Draw	She Was A Maritimer	00:03:24

Artists Playing The Songwriters Series, Lower Sackville (Halifax) Nova Scotia - April 12, April 27, May 10

Artists who will be performing at the Songwriters Series in Lower Sackville (Halifax) Nova Scotia April 12, April 27, May 10 & 25, 2024 

Jon Mullane

• The One That Got away
• Desert moon
• My New American Girl

Megan St. Rose

• Diamonds
• Stay Fly

Asif Illyas

• Just Keep Movin
• BLT

Jim Henman

• Round In Circles
• Shame Shame Boogie
• Pajamas

Mike Biggar

• All The Same
• Better Men

Laura Rae

• Didn’t Know

Jon Cornwall

• What Really Broke My Heart

The Funky Grind of Geoff Arsenault - Blues/Roots/Acoustic Live @ The Carleton, Halifax

We Revisit a night with Geoff Arsenault, a blues/roots gem from Nova Scotia, Canada. He has played and recorded with a 'who's who' variety of artists and is a fine songwriter in his own right.

https://www.facebook.com/GeoffArsenault

We caught up with him when he opened up for Ray Bonneville, with a solo guitar & vocal set, here in Halifax. Geoff can be heard playing drums with Ray on another episode of Songwriters from Here And Away that was recorded the same night.

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