Beautiful art in a simple pocket to hold the CD. Printed on paper, no shrink wrap.
Photo credits Stephen Fuller @colibricoleur. Original pencil drawing artwork by Christine Graves (2002). Sleeve and CD artwork layout by Chris Chinkiwsky.
I have a penchant for reading the notes on an album, even if it is a simple list of song titles and names of the players. WIthout the story of where the music originated, the story is lost. Enjoy this CD or give it to someone who will spin it occasionally.
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I am agreeable to Ottawa winters, despite the weather. Ottawan's get together to manage many storms. Trials, tribulations & becoming trapped in an endless convoy of truckers honking horns and stopping business and public transit busses throughout the city in Jan/Feb 2022.
The last verse is a nod to Ottawa's own songwriter angel Lynn Miles who interviewed with Alan Neal of CBC in early convoy invasion days. She kept it upbeat, suggesting that love may conquer that army more than brutal rhetoric. "Both" sides are capable of the latter. And where did our shades of grey go anyway?
Overall, we all listen to, and watch, too much news for our own good. It is a human thing to want to hear of "what's going on". Modern media distorted this human need to gossip to a level similar to use of a once sacred herb like tobacco to an hourly vice. We all need a sneed (Dr Seuss). Can we resist indulging and instead nurture the spark of light in our hearts to avoid our own rhetoric?
The day of the trucks' arrival downtown, I watched the live funeral procession for thich nhat hanh, who was a peacful activist during the US occupation of Vietnam and is a famous buddhist monk. The events of the procession and scenes from various monasteries worldwide seemed a spectacle worth my attention. More than those the scenes of folks who feel unheard, use the f***k word too frequently, and were determined to be listened to here in Ottawa for such a protracted protest that continued into summer when the group occupied a local art centre in lower town. Luckily, it is gone now; what did I learn from it?
lyrics
Despite the News
Well the snow came early this year
Just like it did way back in seventy six, when I got my kicks in school
When I took the long way back home
All along the tops of snowbanks growing so tall with each snowfall that year
I knew it would be alright, despite the weather I could learn to take flight
Now I’m on some snowplowed sidewalk
See faces worried so down in the mouth
The convoy moves south
And I hear the hearts thump
As we check the news briefs on our old blue screens it’s as bad as it seems and it sells
I know it’ll be alright despite the news we can learn to take flight…..
Every year gets more lean, threats of weather extremes
Too wet too cold too hot in our boiling pot
And every worry’s blowing at me
As I make my way along Bank street downtown, dodging frowns
And I hear a whispering angle, sends me a message bout this light in my heart, that’s a good start
We know it’ll be alright despite the weather, we can learn to take flight together…..
credits
from Everyday Life,
track released November 3, 2022
Christine Graves - acoustic guitar, vocals
Dave Draves - accordion, bass
Fred Guignion - dobro
Sublime & vulnerable vocals, wordsmith poetry and everyday life are captured on recordings and performances by Christine Graves. A unique voice in Canadian folk songwriting.
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