JAN HALL – September 11, 2016 at 01:39AM
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Windsor singer-songwriter Karen Morand joins us in the studio on this episode to chat about her music and play a few new songs live. Since recording this interview and session, Karen has gone on to win the 1st Canada South Songwriting Competition at the Kingsville Folk Music Festival with the song “Big Muddy”, one of the new songs she played for us. We also check out some more new music from Windsor & Essex County in Ontario.
Karen Morand is great fun to have in the studio. Relaxed conversation and some great live songs, and, considering that she was coming off a weekend playing music in sweltering heat on Pelee Island, we were honoured that Karen wanted to spend time with us before heading home again.
We’re big fans of Karen’s songwriting and live performances. It’s certainly no surprise to us that she was the winner of the songwriting contest at Kingsville. Her songwriting has a wonderful warm earthy quality that begs you to want to spend time in her company. And she loves to tackle important subjects, and does so with empathy and understanding. As a live performer, she’s equally comfortable as a solo artist with a guitar (she wowed us at a recent edition of Dale’s Friday Coffee House in Leamington) or playing with her wonderful band “Bosco”, named after the infamous chocolate syrup of Seinfeld fame, and featuring Aaron Verhulst on mandolin and guitars and Benny Santoro on cajon, Her performances are not to be missed. We’re really looking forward to her next album too!
You can check out the full playlist with artist links below. Please share your love for all the great folk and roots music out there. Thanks to all the artists who share their music with us, and thank you for listening. We have a lot of great music to bring you on future shows. I hope you’ll join us! You can listen to this episode again on Mixcloud by following the link below.
Nicolas & The Iceni (Theme)
Lucy She Rises (Demo)
Roll Right (expected 2016)
Karen Morand
Carry On
Carry On (2012, Self)
Interview: Karen Morand live in the studio.
Karen Morand
Big Muddy (Live)
Karen Morand
Junkyard Heart (Live)
Karen Morand
Arms Of Love (Live)
Karen Morand
Brighter Days
I Think I’ll Lose My Mind Today (2014, Self)
Andrew Taves
Northern Ontario Girl (Demo)
Max Marshall
Wellwishers
Back Through The Meadows (2016, Self)
Dale Butler
Summertime
A Songwriter’s Journey (2016, Self)
Martha Renaud
Goin’ Home
Time and Tide (2016, Self)
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