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Canadian Safari 2

Cypress Choral Recording, Catalogue No. CCR0401 (released 2004)
Distributed by SRI, Peterborough, ON
Recorded in Vancouver, BC

From the same pride of lions who brought you Canadian Safari comes their latest collection of Canada's best folk music, Canadian Safari 2, released on the Cypress Recording label. This double CD includes songs about cowboys, fishermen, farmers, loggers, sailors, whalers, and the Canadian landscape we love. All songs are written and arranged by real Canadians and sung by Canada's prize-winning Chor Leoni Men's Choir conducted by Diane Loomer. The choir is superbly backed up by the celtic-funk band, Mad Pudding.

Reviews

• CD Review: Canadian Safari 2 (Canadian Folk Music newsletter) (September 29, 2006) Canadian Safari 2 performed beautifully by Chor Leoni, who show a rare ability to transform themselves musically from a "classical" choir to "bushwackers and privateers', each with artistic merit and equal success. ...
• CD Review: Canadian Safari 2 (Anacrusis) (September 1, 2004) Canadian Safari 2 proves once again that Chor Leoni can do "serious and classical" and "fun and light" with equal panache. ...

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Playlist

DISC A

1. Royal Hudson Dave Baker, arr. Larry Nickel
2. Rise Again Leon Dubinsky, arr. Stephen Smith
3. The Skye Boat Song Traditional/Annie MacLeod, arr. Stephen Smith
4. The Old "Mayflower" Newfoundland folk song (from Five Songs of the Newfoundland Outposts), arr. Harry Somers
5. Watching the Apples Grow Stan Rogers, arr. Ron Smail
6. Feller from Fortune Newfoundland folk song (from Five Songs of the Newfoundland Outports), arr. Harry Somers
7. Dondaine la ridaine Quebec folk song
8. Indian Reels Quebec traditional (Mad Pudding)
9. Trinque l'amourette Quebec folk song, arr. Guy Isabelle
10. In the Early Morning Rain Gordon Lightfoot, arr. Andy Hillhouse
11. The Maple Leaf Forever Alexander Muir, arr. Ron Smail
12. Amazing Grace Traditional, arr. Robert Sund
13. All the Diamonds Bruce Cockburn, arr. Larry Nickel

DISC B

1. The Nancy Stan Rogers, arr. Ron Smail
2. Heather Bonn/Island Ferry Graham Townsend and G. McEachern; Lionel Poirier (Mad Pudding)
3. The Black Fly Song Wade Hemsworth, arr. Jonathan Quick
4. April in Whitehorse Murray Grand, arr. Gene Puerling and Dick Loomer
5. The Mary Ellen Carter Stan Rogers, arr. Ron Smail
6. Blow the Wind Southerly Northumberland folk song, arr. Robert Sund
7. Springtime in Alberta Ian Tyson, arr. Larry Nickel
8. Frobisher Bay James Gordon, arr. Diane Loomer
9. The Field Behind the Plow Stan Rogers, arr. Ron Smail
10. Kettle Valley Railroad Dave Baker, arr. Larry Nickel
11. The Williams Lake Stampede Alan Moberg, arr. Larry Nickel
12. Canadian Pacific Ray Griff, arr. Larry Nickel