August Gale Album Reviews – Christina Smith & Jean Hewson
Jean Hewson and Christina Smith, are both native Newfoundlanders dedicated to the preservation and performance of Newfoundland music. Their long-standing friendships with the older generation of singers and musicians such as the late fiddlers Emile Benot and Rufus Guinchard, singers Gordon Willis and Tess Murphy, and accordion players Frank Maher and John Joe Pigeon have given them a repertoire of unique songs and tunes that are rooted in the rocky coast of this Island. With voice, guitar, fiddle and cello, they shape this material into unusual and engaging arrangements.
August Gale is a collection of heart wrenching traditional ballads, up-tempo fiddle tunes, and whimsical originals. It is the long overdue follow up to their critically acclaimed CD Like Ducks, released in 1998.
All Tracks in August Gale Album
* Breakwater Boys Breakdown/Clyde Wells Dream/The Meech Lake Breakdown
* The August Gale
* Liverpool Reel/Sam Sinnicks Tune/Centennial Highway Reel
* The Green Shores of Fogo
* Sinus Infection/Dr. Redmond to the Rescue/Dr. Burrages Jig
* Butter & Cheese
* Frank Stamps Tune/Tom Lakes Favourite
* The Privateer
* Six Handed Reel/Joey Clements/Cyril Flynns Good Old Tune/Mrs. Belles Close-In Tune
* The Curragh of Kildare
* Jim Rumbolts Tune/Fathers Jig/Esau Paynes Tune
* The Snow Shovellers Waltz
* Atlantic Blue
* Le Bon Vin