Release date: Sept 17, 2011
- Front Porch SonG (on)
- Canadian Girl (NS)
- The Letter (YT)
- You’ve Already Got What You Need (NT)
- October Song (BC)
- If I Could Sail (NL)
- Harvest (PE)
- On Était Bien (QC)
- If I Had A Heart (AB)
- Gone Without A Word (SK)
- Theo (NB)
- You Are The Reason (NU)
- Live and Let Live (MB)
About the album
If there’s such a thing as a timeless, classic Canadian-sounding roots album, Canadian Girl is it. Ste-Croix’s mellifluous, honeyed vocals are layered over gorgeous harmony tracks and sweet, homespun acoustic roots instrumentation. The players include multiple Juno-winning fiddler MacMaster, WCMA-winning guitarist Joel Fafard, Juno-winning singer-songwriter-guitarist Fearing (on the Six String Nation guitar), and legendary Quebec fiddler Claude Methé – along with his family band, Dent de Lion. The voices include ECMA-winner MacLellan, BC Entertainment Hall of Famer Shari Ulrich, Juno-winning Yellowknife artist Leela Gilday, two-time CFMA-winning Newfoundland singers The Once, and WCMA-nominated Yukon songwriter Kim Beggs.
Yet despite the fact that Ste-Croix’s ensemble changes almost entirely from song to song – only guitarist Robbie Steininger and bassist/percussionist Bill Buckingham perform on the majority of the tracks – the songs themselves keep the sound remarkably consistent. Ste-Croix eschewed writing pieces that would mimic regional styles, choosing instead to stick with her time-tested blend of story songs and personal narratives with messages as enduring as the album’s sound. Throw in plenty of lyrical references to local landscapes and you get a pure, sweet, joyful-sounding collection of Canadiana.
Recording one song in every Province and Territory of Canada for her “Canadian Girl” album, Ste-Croix has captured the attention and heart of the country with her musical strand from Coast to Coast to Coast. Guest artists include Stephen Fearing, Natalie MacMaster, Leela Gilday, The Once, the Inuksuk Drum Dancers, Laura Smith, Catherine MacLellan, Emmanuelle Leblanc, Dominque Dupuis, Jessica Rhaye, Shari Ulrich, Julia Graff, Joel Fafard, Farideh, Lynne Hanson, Kate Reid, Kim Beggs, Marie-Josee Dandeneau, Carlin Lemon, The Fates, Brent Tyler, Dentdelion and Dale Boyle.
7849 driving kms, 12 flights, 46 musicians, 13 provinces and territories, 13 songs…one beautiful country!
Guest artists
(in order of appearance on album)
Ontario Stephen Fearing stephenfearing.com | Kate Reid katereid.net | Lynne Hanson lynnehanson.com | Six String Nation guitar and its maker Jowi Taylor sixstringnation.com
Nova Scotia Natalie MacMaster nataliemacmaster.com | Laura Smith laurasmith.ca
Yukon Kim Beggs kimbeggs.com
Northwest Territories Leela Gilday leelagilday.com
British Columbia Julia Graff and Shari Ulrich shariulrich.com
Newfoundland The Once (Geraldine Hollett, Phil Churchill and Andrew Dale) theonce.com
Prince Edward Island Catherine MacLellan catherinemaclellan.com | Emmanuelle LeBlanc from Vishten vishten.net
Québec Dentdelion (Claude Méthé, Dana Whittle, Denise Levac, Colin Savoie-Levac, Béatrix Méthé) dentdelion.net | Dale Boyle daleboyle.com
Alberta The Fates (Lori Reid, Lin Elder, Jenny Allen) thefates.ca | Brent Tyler brenttyler.com
Saskatchewan Joël Fafard joelfafard.com | Farideh farideh.ca
New Brunswick Jessica Rhaye jessicarhayemusic.com | Dominique Dupuis dominiquedupuis.com | Aaron Currie facebook.com/aaron.
Nunavut The Inuksuk Drum Dancers
Manitoba Marie-Josee Dandeneau mjdandeneau.com | Carlin Lemon http://myspace.com/
More details
CD cover design : Kim Grenier kimgrenier.ca and Bonnie Ste-Croix
Photos : Wayne Ste-Croix facebook.com/waynestecroix
Produced by : Bill Buckingham thepalacestudios.com and Bonnie Ste-Croix
Ordering info
This CD will be for sale in September 2011 through JMAC Distribution. MP3 download available now at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bonniestecroix2. If you wish to be alerted when this CD is available please subscribe to Bonnie’s mailing list in the sidebar at right.
