Conversations with Canadian Composers
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Conversations with Canadian Composers
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6/19/2018
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March 22, 2026
Warren Pryor
Preview of the We Might Not Tell Everybody This, the third album from Stranger Still. Due out in May 2026. From the liner notes by Allan Cooper: “An old friend of Alden and Claudine Nowlan once told me that each time he visited their home, there was music playing. Our best poets seem to have a sense that the music of words is crucial to a successful poem. Otherwise, the poem will not take flight for the reader. In We Might Not Tell Everybody This, composer Pete Johnston has handled Nowlan’s words with grace and delicacy. The music is quite minimal, but is shaped in such a way that it catches the emotive quality of Nowlan’s words; sometimes a sense of aloneness, sometimes joy or loss, but always with sensitivity and attentiveness.” Mim Adams - vocals Randi Helmers - vocals Rob Clutton - string bass Pete Johnston - acoustic guitar, lap steel, vocals With Sarah Frank - violin Màiri Chaimbeul - harp Andrew Killawee - harmonium All music © Pete Johnston (SOCAN), words by Alden Nowlan (1933-83). All poems reproduced from the book Collected Poems of Alden Nowlan (ed. Brian Bartlett, Goose Lane Editions/icehouse poetry, 2017) and used with permission from the Nowlan Family. Recorded at Union Sound Company in Toronto, Ontario in April 2025. Engineered by Fedge. Mixed by Lisa Conway, mastered by Fedge. Produced by Andrew Killawee and Lisa Conway. Artwork by Mike Smith
February 22, 2021
Ep 15 Rebecca Bruton
Episode 15 of Northern Static is a discussion and listening session with Rocky Mountain-based composer Rebecca Bruton. Recorded in January 2020. Links: http://rebeccabruton.com Full Swanherds concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJxuE_71qZk https://rebeccaflood.bandcamp.com https://soundcloud.com/lilmansound http://www.petejohnstonmusic.com https://seethroughmusic.bandcamp.com
February 13, 2021
Ep 16 Craig Dunsmuir
Episode 16 of Northern Static is a discussion and listening session with Toronto-based composer, guitarist, and listener Craig Dunsmuir. Recorded in January 2020. Links: https://kunudusuvuntu.bandcamp.com https://www.mixcloud.com/craigfraid/ https://bandcamp.com/craigdunsmuir http://www.petejohnstonmusic.com https://seethroughmusic.bandcamp.com
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