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Colin Linden is a Canada is an independent sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. Bordering the United States, its territorial claims extend north into the Arctic Ocean as far as the North Pole. Canada is a federation of ten provinces... Canadian musician, songwriter and In the music industry, record producer designates a person responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. They control the recording sessions, coach and guide the performers, and supervise the mixing process. In the first part of the 20th century, the record producers role... record producer. He has worked with a wide variety of artists, including Bruce Cockburn (born May 27, 1945) is a Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer/songwriter. His last name is pronounced Coburn. He has recorded over 25 albums, and written songs ranging from sophisticated and soulful folk music to jazz-influenced rock to rock and roll. Cockburn was born in Ottawa... Bruce Cockburn, Lucinda Williams on the cover of her album Sweet Old World Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American rock, folk, and country music singer and songwriter. A three-time Grammy Award winner, she was named Americas best songwriter by Time magazine in 2002. Williams was born in... Lucinda Williams, Cover of Proof Through the Night, 1983. Joseph Henry Burnett aka T-Bone Burnett, (born January 14, 1948), in St. Louis, Missouri is an American songwriter, record producer, musician and singer. In addition to being one of the most well respected record producers in the music business and a solo... T-Bone Burnett, Colin James Munn (born August 17, 1964 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian musician that primarily plays blues and rock but also has released some Swing albums. While growing up, James taught guitar lessons on a local reserve and was also introduced to the sounds of Stevie Ray Vaughan by... Colin James, Leon Redbone is a performer of classic early 20th-century, jazz, and blues music who has been called the most famous non-famous American musician. Born Dickran Gobalian in Cyprus on 26 Aug 1949, Redbone cultivates an aura of mystery and therefore is not easy to biographize. It is known... Leon Redbone and The Band, circa 1969. (L-R) Levon Helm (mandolin), Rick Danko (fretless bass), Robbie Robertson (acoustic guitar), Garth Hudson (accordion) and Richard Manuel (drums). The Band was a Canadian-American rock and roll band. They began their career backing rocknroll singer Ronnie Hawkins as The Hawks, but shot... The Band.


Linden is primarily a Blues is a vocal and instrumental musical form which evolved from African American spirituals, shouts, work songs and chants and has its earliest stylistic roots in West Africa. Blues has been a major influence on later American and Western popular music, finding expression in ragtime, jazz, big bands, rhythm and... blues guitarist, although he frequently collaborates with Country music, once known as country and western music, is a popular musical form developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. Vernon Dalhart was the first country singer to have a nationwide hit (May 1924, with The Wreck of Old 97... country and Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. Folk music arose, and best survives, in societies not yet affected by mass communication and the commercialization of culture. It normally was shared and performed by the entire community (not by a special class... folk performers. He is also a member, with Stephen Fearing is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and raised in Dublin, Ireland. He returned to Canada in 1981 and began pursuing a career in music. In addition to his solo career, Fearing was one of the founding members of Blackie and the... Stephen Fearing and Tom Wilson is a Canadian rock musician. He was the lead singer and songwriter for Junkhouse, one of Canadas most successful alternative rock bands in the 1990s, and also collaborated with Stephen Fearing and Colin Linden in the folk supergroup Blackie and the Rodeo Kings. He released his debut... Tom Wilson of the Supergroup can mean: In physics, see Supergroup (physics). This is the study of supersymmetry. For popular music, see Supergroup (bands). In mathematics, a supergroup (a rarely used term) of a group G is a group of which G is a subgroup. In geology, a supergroup is a sequence of vertically... supergroup Blackie and the Rodeo Kings are a Canadian folk rock/alternative country supergroup. The band consists of Stephen Fearing, Colin Linden and Tom Wilson. The band originally came together to record a tribute album to Canadian songwriter Willie P. Bennett. That album, High or Hurtin, was released in 1996. The... Blackie and the Rodeo Kings.


Discography

  • Colin Linden Live ( 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. Events January-February January 1- April 1 - National steel strike in the United Kingdom January 1 - Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession creates Victoria of Sweden, Crown Princess over her younger brother January 4 - American president Jimmy Carter proclaims, with support... 1980)
  • The Immortals ( 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 1 - Spain and Portugal enter the European Community January 1 - Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles. January 9 - After losing a patent battle with Polaroid, Kodak leaves... 1986)
  • When the Spirit Comes ( 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Events Environmental change Zebra mussels found in the Great lakes December 2 - Cyclone in Bangladesh leaves 5 million homeless - thousands dead December 7 - In Armenia an earthquake 6.9 on the Richter scale killed nearly 25.000... 1988)
  • South at Eight, North at Nine ( 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic. January 3 - In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and... 1993)
  • Through the Storm, Through the Night ( 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It was the first year of the International Decade of the Worlds Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www.unesco.org/culture/indigenous/ Events January January 1 Austria, Finland and Sweden enter the European Union Fred West, accused... 1995)
  • Raised by Wolves ( 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. Events January January 3 - NBCs Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time January 8 - Mister Rogers receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame... 1997)
  • Sad and Beautiful World ( 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. Events Kosovo War Shooting in Littleton, Colorado, United States, leaves several high school students dead. Y2K preparation was a major event in 1999 both in... 1999, A greatest hits album (also referred to as a best of album) is an album of successful, previously released songs by a particular music artist or band. To increase the appeal of the album – especially to people that already own the albums – it is common to include remixes... greatest hits)
  • Big Mouth ( 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. By strict interpretation of the Gregorian Calendar, 2001 is also the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millenium. Popular culture, however, often views the year 2000 as holding this distinction. 2001 is also the year... 2001)

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