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Summer 2008 ... LM - June 29, 2008 Hi Folks. I was in Whitehorse for 7 weeks in the winter to produce the "Yukon Women in Music" CD. I had a wonderful, life changing time. The songwriters and musicians are great, and they have a really supportive scene up there. They're hoping to release the CD in Sept 2008. When that happens there will be a link. I couldn't have done anything without the help of engineer Christine Church. She's owns a studio in Vancouver called "The Garage" ... it's on the links page. I've just released "Black Flowers Vol 1". This is a solo CD, just me and my guitar/piano. All the songs have appeard on my other produced CD's, except for the song "When My Ship Comes In" ... my plan is to release Vol 2 in six months, Vol 3, six months after that. The goal is to record all my songs (I've written about 600) in this format. So on each CD there will be previously recoreded songs, and songs that have never been recorded. I'm really looking forward to The Stewart Park Festival in Perth Ontario. I'll be doing my duties hosting the songwriters circle. I do this every year ... and it's a high point of my summer. Also, I'm going to perform and emcee at the Shelter Valley Festival. This is a really special festival, I highly recommend it. It has the most beautiful stage ... Lynne Hanson, who pulled me out of the dark ages and set up and maintains this web site, has a great new CD out called "Eleven Months" ... she's on the links page (there's some harmony singing by yours truly). Happy summer. Lynn back to top

Ottawa musicians pay tribute to Alanis... LM - February 5, 2008
On Monday, Feburary 11, the CBC Radio programs Canada Live and Bandwidth are going to be staging a phenomenal concert, honouring Ottawa's own success story, Alanis Morissette. As Alanis is being inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame, CBC Radio decided to ask Ottawa musical talents to come out and interpret Alanis songs in their own way, at the National Arts Centre studio. On the roster: Jazz pianist great D.D. Jackson... Juno-winning roots favourite Lynn Miles... Opera star Donna Brown with pianist Peter Tiefenbach... African guitarist The Mighty Popo... CBC Radio poetry champion Q The Romantic Revolutionary... and... the pop sensations who are all the buzz... Amos The Transparent. Each of them will be performing Alanis songs with their own twist... and the finale might well bring down the house. The event will be hosted by Alan Neal (the host of Bandwidth and Canada Live). The NAC studio of course only seats so many people... and many many music fans want to get into this show... So, how do you get tickets? You have to win them! Send your name to cbctickets@cbc.ca to win a pair of tickets. The big draw for the 100 winners will be this Thursday February 7, so get them in before then! If you win, you'll be notified by email. Good luck, and we hope to see you at the show on Monday night! Also, the show will then be broadcast nationally on Canada Live (CBC Radio Two) on March 6 and on Bandwidth (CBC Radio One) on March 8th. back to top

Updates and other happenings ... LM - January 8, 2008 I just played a "Girls do Boys" show @ Hughs room in Toronto. I played a couple of Fred Eaglesmith songs, lots of fun. There were some great performances especially by Sue Foley and Roxanne Potvin, both from Ottawa ... is there something in the water? I'm about to go to the Yukon for 6 weeks. I've been chosen to produce the "Yukon Women in Music Project", which is a compilation CD of twelve Yukon singer/songwriters. I'll be staying in Whitehorse, and I can't wait. All I need now is a really warm pair of boots. I've been writing a play for several years now, and I'm working with a director/co-writer named Derek Scott. I've known him for years. We met in Seville Spain when I was playing at the Canadian Pavilion at Expo in 1992, he was in charge of the comedians, clowns, and street performers. He's very funny. I'm also getting ready to record a new CD. I don't exactly know when it will be out ... but I'm working on it. I've been reading a lot, here are some titles I've enjoyed: Late Nights on Air - Elizabeth Hay (another Ottawa artist ...) Endgame; Volume 1 The Problem of Civilization - Derrick Jensen The Heart Is an Involuntary Muscle - Monique Proulx Born Standing Up - Steve Martin (yes that Steve Martin) This web site was put together by Lynne Hanson. She's a fine singer/songwriter FROM OTTAWA ... and I thank her so much for helping a Luddite like me. Floss!!!!! back to top