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August 19, 2007
Multi-ECMA nominee to release new CD Sunday
at The Celtic Music Interpretive Centre
The Cape Breton Post
JUDIQUE –
Multi-ECMA nominee Glenn Graham will be releasing his fifth
recording, Decade: A Compilation, at the Celtic Music
Interpretive Centre in Judique, 3-7 p.m. Sunday.
One of
Cape Breton’s finest traditional fiddlers, Graham is also a
composer, songwriter, stepdancer, music instructor and
published author.
His music
has been featured on the TV series Dawson’s Creek, multiple
CD compilations, TV specials and independent films and DVD
productions.
Influenced
by the Gaelic sounds of the Mabou Coal Mines fiddle style,
Graham’s roots go deep in the traditional music of Cape
Breton. On his mother’s side, he is a member of the renowned
Beaton family of Mabou.
His
father’s side boasts such household names as Buddy
MacMaster, Natalie MacMaster, Betty Beaton, Gaelic style
fiddler Alex Francis MacKay and Cape Breton’s most
recognized composer Dan R. MacDonald.
Graham
released his first solo album Let ’Er Rip in 1996. A year
later, he and his cousin, Rodney MacDonald, released
Traditionally Rockin’ which was a double nominee for
Instrumental and Roots Traditional Recording of the year at
the 1998 East Coast Music Awards.
In 1999,
Graham began actively pursuing a solo career when MacDonald
moved on to a career in politics.
His next
solo album, Stepoutside, was aptly named in that it brought
many sides of Graham’s talents to the public eye for the
first time.
Teamed up
with his sister Amy, Graham’s songwriting and singing played
a major role in the recording, which garnered him ECMA
nominations in 2002 for Male Artist and Roots Traditional
Artist.
In 2004,
he recorded with the Beaton Family for the prestigious
Smithsonian Folkways label. He followed this in 2005 with
Drive: A Traditional Cape Breton Fiddle Recording, nominated
for Roots Traditional Solo Recording at the 2006 ECMAs.
At 18
tracks and over 75 minutes of material, Decade: A
Compilation, explores Graham's already extensive recording
career. It also features Amy Graham singing a new vocal
track, Silent Heroes.
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Margaree (by Victor Maurice Faubert)
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