CORWIN: The Comox Valley's Corwin Fox is a Canadian songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist living on Vancouver Island. Having toured across four continents, Corwin has been spending an increasing amount of time recording and producing other artists across a wide range of genres. He still plays concerts and festivals performing his songs on banjo and guitar, and he teaches songwriting to youth each summer, but the studio has really become his focus since he founded the Corwin Fox Academy of Perpetual Excellence. Corwin is also playing with Richard Reed Parry's Quiet River of Dust.
YAEL: After a hiatus of a decade or so, Yael Wand is ready to bring her music back to the spotlight. A lot happens over a decade in the life of songwriter and singer. A lot can change - children, home, creative focus - and yet the keen senses of the songwriter are always there, paying attention from below the surface of daily life.
Yael never purposefully put away her songwriting tools. But raising children, tending gardens, contributing to community, settling in a new town - these all have a way of circumventing the needs of the craft, while growing a full life. And despite all those distractions, which have tended to take precedence, Yael found occasional moments to write, documenting chapters and stories of a life unfolding.
Saltwater Heartwood (07.22.21) is Yael’s fourth album with the talented Corwin Fox in his Hidden Well Studio. It’s a paired down production that showcases her gorgeous voice and the maturity of her songwriting. Yael plays guitar, ukulele and accordion, with Alan Kerr on upright bass, long-time collaborator Christina Zaenker lending her cello and voice, and Corwin himself contributing his trademark magic touches on guitars and sundry. LINDY: Born into the Icelandic community in Manitoba, Canada, Lindy Vopnfjörd started his music career early. Singing traditional Icelandic songs with his family, both the cultural heritage and musician parents shaped this intuitive artist. By age four, Lindy was already pronouncing his “stand and care for the world” bent as an Icelandic-Canadian folk artist by singing cautionary songs against nuclear war. Traveling around by bus with his mom and dad and extended family, he developed an appreciation for performing as a form of sharing. Touring comes naturally to Lindy, and to see him live is to witness years of experience in honest delivery and authentic exchange with a dedication as real to a room of three as when he’s performing stadium-full. Lindy has performed seven albums’ worth of originals that have mesmerized, delighted and moved audiences at house parties and bars to embassies, theatre halls with Canada’s Whitehorse, and large festivals, such as Montreal’s Osheaga, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Reykjavik Folk Festival, and Hillside Festival.