Blissfest
Roots CD Project
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Roster of Artists
Below is our list of artists included on the Blissfest Roots Compilation CD. The CD will be released our 27th Annual Blissfest July 13-15, 2007. The artists who are featured represent the many genre's of folk and roots music from America and around the world. Below is a listing of the bands and liners notes for each of the CD's. Festival ticket holder and members can order the CD and save $5. They will be $20 so you get it for $15. Order a CD
Song List CD #1
1. Travelin' Shoes (3:57) This traditional gospel standard gets a new treatment from The Duhks. They were the five, high-energy and slightly tattooed twenty-somethings from Winnipeg, Manitoba in 2004. The band is making some of the most vital acoustic music of the day by acknowledging its predecessors but living in the here and now. www.duhks.com
2. Tell Everybody in Your Neighborhood, ( 5:21). Blues singer, songwriter and bottleneck slide guitarist Catfish Keith established himself as one of Blissfest's most exciting country blues performers with this 2000 appearance. s. Catfish's innovative style of foot-stomping deep delta blues has a spellbinding affect on Blissters. www.catfishkeith.com
3. Country Life (2:58)
Finvarra's Wren renders a great a-cappella version of this rollicking traditional Yorkshire song. It just makes you feel so good about being out in the country and to ramble in the new mown Blissfest hay. This Michigan based family band graced the Blissfest stage in 2000 and also really light it up with some blazing Celtic tunes. www.finvaraswren.com4. Palo Bonito .(4:18) Joaquin Diaz presented a high energy mixture of traditional and original Merengue music at the 2001 Blissfest. Merenque is from the Dominican Republic and is characterized by exhilarating syncopated rhythms. This selection showcases Joaquin's mastery of the diatonic accordion and his infectious vocals. www.joaquindiaz.com
5. Carnival ( 3:51 ) Lonely Jones a.k.a. Potato Moon is an acoustic feast combining country, folk, jazz, and pop to perfection during multiple appearances at Blissfest including this one in 2002. In the tradition of family bands, their incredible harmonies and stage energy exude pure joy. They are based in Grand Rapids, MI. www.lonelyjones.com or www.potatomoon.org
6. Shady Grove (4:09)
Lela & Ellie Grace returned to the Blissfest 10 years after appearing with their parents as part of the Grace Family Band when they were barely teenagers. They performed this traditional Appalachian gem in the purest form along with new contemporary folk songs of their own at the 2005 Blissfest. www.gracefamilymusic.com7. For the Dull Years
( 5:58 ) Ad Vielle Que Pourra featured Brittany music and its influence on this Quebec based band music. Brittany is an area in France considered one of the Celtic Nations and is the home of the Hurdy Gurdy, one of the more unique instruments in the folk and roots music played by the song's composer Daniel Thonon. www.folksylinks.it/advielle/advielle.html8. I Could Change for you (6:33) Rita Chiarelli is one of many Canadian performers that have graced the Blissfest stage over the years. Dubbed the Goddess of Canadian Blues, Rita's introduction and performance tells it like it is in this introspective get down Blues original from the 2002 festival. www.ritachiarelli.com
9. It Ain't Right (5:05) A great treatment of a Stuff Smith classic from the 1930's swing era. Smith was a prominent
violinist and vocalist and played with many of the Jazz greats of his time. Harmonious Wail takes this song to a new level of intensity with their patented blazing vocals and instrumentals at the 2003 festival. www.wail.com10. Tunga ( 4:50) Mamadou Diabate simply mesmerized the 2004 Blissfest faithful with his mastery of the West African Kora, a 21 string African harp made from a large gourd. He comes from a musical lineage that stretches back to the 13th century. Now that's tradition! The group also featured Balla Kouyate on balafon and the traditional singing of "Tapani". www.mamadoukora.com
11. Dennis McGee's Medley © Flat Town Music (4:17) We were a bit skeptical at first but the band Feufollet made up of teenagers simply blew the Blissfest away in 2002. They turned out to be very talented musicians with a high regard and commitment to tradition. This medley honors one of the greats of Cajun Music from the 1920's who influenced younger generations of Cajun musicians before these players parent's were even born. www.feufollet.net
12. Lonesome Road Blues (3:00). The Foghorn String Band continues in the old-time stringband tradition of music that started in the Appalachian Mountains when European immigrants and African slaves started making music together. Foghorn carries on the pure acoustic power and drive of this timeless genre with this traditional classic. www.foghornmusic.com
13. The Cat and the Butterfly (2:17) This soulful, emotive and haunting melody composed and performed by Aaron Otto shows how he becomes one with his Native American flute. The artist gives us a chance to pause, be in the moment and experience Bliss. The flute has a long and glorious history around the world but some of the purist sounds come from the Native American tradition.
Song List CD #2
1. Shine On (6:47 ) Daisy May Erlewine and Seth Bernard from the Earthwork Music Collective team up with the Copper Country Quintet to dazzle Blissfesters in 2006 with this poetic and heartfelt May creation that sums up the special world community we are all part of and our responsibility to share our Bliss with the earth and all its inhabitants. www.earthworkmusic.com or www.daisymaymusic.com
2. No Back Door (3:31) Kris Demeanor and the Crack Band stormed the Blissfest in 2004 with his fabulous spoken word folk tour de force. Kris takes no prisoners and keeps no smile unturned with his treatment of the personal in particular and the world in general. www.krisdemeanor.com
3. La Toussaint (All Saints Day) ( 4:37 ) At the 2003 Blissfest, Steve Riley & Mamou Playboys performed this waltz tribute to the spirit of the French Canadians who after enduring forced emigration and relocation to Louisiana in the 18th century managed to continued their cultural heritage and create the Cajun music genre. This song was written by the fiddle player, David Greely. www.mamouplayboys.com
4. Peace in Hell ( 4:56) Fruteland Jackson has an infectious style and smile which he shared with Blissfest in 2003. He specializes in performing acoustic blues, from contemporary to traditional, from the blues of early field-holler songs and work songs to Delta and Piedmont Blues. He also includes his own original works like this account of a man on death row. www.fruteland.com
5. Wasn't That a Mighty Storm © Bug Music (6:26) In 2002 Tom Rush gathered Karen Savoka and Pete Heitzman on stage along with a host of other musicians including Blissfest founder Jim Gillespie to create this spontaneous inspired amazing version of a classic folk song about the a tragedy experienced by the people of Galveston Texas in 1900. The song was written by Sin Killer Griffin and this version is a Tom Rush/Eric Von Schmidt collaboration. www.tomrush.com
6. Charlotte's Reel (2:54) The David Munnelly Band shows off their versatility with this dedication to Charlotte, a Danish friend of these Irish lads, and a tip of the hat to the tradition of the Flanagan Brothers of New York who put swing into Irish music during the 1920's Jazz era. www.davidmunnelly.com
7.The Porta Potty Song (3:04) No festival is complete without this
classic Blissfest inspired song that serves as a Public Service Announcement to
festival participants. A long time festival volunteer and bon vivant, Carl
Bednar, describes the trials and tribulations of coping with those much
maligned yet indispensable sanitation devices.
http://members.nmo/talkswithbeagles/
8. Tu Ausencia (6:20) Viva Quetzal brings together the magic of
the Andean pan pipes and the Andean guitar or Charango with the rhythm of
Jazz to create their own special sound in this wonderful song that translates as
"you're absent". The band dedicated the song to everyone who didn't
make it to the 2003 Blissfest. www.vivaquetzal.com
9. Baby Jane ( 5:59 ) With a name like Gandaf Murphy and the
Slambovian Circus of Dreams it was only a matter of time that they would
join in on the musical fray at Blissfest. It came to pass in 2006 and all the
Blissfest rockers dressed in their folkie cloths were treated to a new sound
revival reminiscent of all the bands they had ever loved from the 60's and 70's.
www.slambovia.com
10. Moonshiner, (6:42). The Bill Hilly Band (now The Bills) won the Blissfest prize for most likely to exceed in 2003. This novel treatment of a traditional standard reflects their ability as consummate festival performers. They also played right through a power outage on main stage during this year of the mud-fest. www.thebills.ca
11. In the Early Morning Hours (4:44) The Grasshoppah invasion of 2004 brought traditional and contemporary bluegrass to the party. This number showcases the eclectic songwriting of guitarist Glenn House and the funky side of this group but they could also hold their own pickin' and grinnin' in the time honored parking lot tradition. www.grasshoppah.com
12.The Milky Way Set: the Milky Way (V. Broderick)/the Mountain Rose(trad)/Come West Along the Road (trad)/the Milky Way (4:14 ) Cucanandy's 2000 appearance at the festival truly evoked a time when dancing, songs and instrumentals were all part of the same experience. Irish step dancing rhythms are fully integrated into the band's arrangements of this set of Celtic tunes. www.drumwithyourfeet.com/Cucanandy
13. Badabing Badaboom (4:11).The group Badabing Badaboom just had it all together with it's theme song at the 2002 festival. They epitomize the innovative sound that the Blissfest is known for as the group and their songwriter/guitarist Eddie Mugavero took swing music to a new level of perfection. What a great finale to a great weekend of BadaBliss www.badabingbadaboom.com and www.eddiemugavero.com