10 September 2024

Fight Song

Scions' debut album "To Cry Out In The Wilderness" will be released on November 8th! In the meantime, we have released our first single "Fight Song" today.

The song features Cormac Culkeen (vocals), Andrew MacKelvie (bass clarinet), India Gailey (cello), Ellen Gibling (harp), Ross Burns (electric guitar), Gabriella Ciurcovich (double bass), Dave Grenon (live processing & effects), Michael Cloud Duguay (voice), Rebecca Fairless (pipe organ) Donald MacLennan (violin), Al Melnyk (granular synth), and the Scions choir: Jay Perry, Arden Rogalsky, Janet Ross, Jenny Lapp, Valmy Assam, Tamsin Robson, Stephen Burns, Sophie Noel, NAT chantel, Lance Sampson

Produced by Michael Cloud Duguay
Recorded by Jake Nicoll + his solar-powered Scamper RV at St. George’s Round Church
Engineered by Jake + Dave Grenon
Mixed by Steve Chahley
Mastered by East End Mastering

The album photo comes from the archive of the Halifax Regional Fire Department, and shows the St. George’s round church steeple mid-blaze during the fire of 1994. 

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, FACTOR, the Government of Canada, Canada’s private radio broadcasters, and Ontario Creates.
 

6 September 2024

Elsewhere

Olivia Barrett's debut album, Elsewhere, was released yesterday! Elsewhere is full of incredible tunes, most of them originals, realized by Olivia's elegant and impeccable fiddling. The wonderful Adam Dobres (guitar) and Adrian Dolan (mandolin, accordion, piano, recording engineer) feature on this record, with harp appearing on a few tracks too (Sparkle Horse, Last Light, Mountain Blessing)


3 September 2024

Monophilia Recording Sessions

Last month I travelled to rural Ontario for a fun few days of recording for an upcoming project composed by Tom Richards!