Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Stanley Allison Rogers (November 29, 1949 – June 2, 1983) [1] was a Canadian folk musician and songwriter who sang traditional-sounding songs frequently inspired by Canadian history and the working people's daily lives, especially from the fishing villages of the Maritime provinces and, later, the farms of the Canadian prairies and Great Lakes. [2]
"Northwest Passage" is one of the best-known songs by Canadian musician Stan Rogers.The original recording from the 1981 album of the same name is an a cappella song, featuring Rogers alone singing the verses, with Garnet Rogers, David Alan Eadie and Chris Crilly harmonizing with him in the chorus.
From Coffee House to Concert Hall is a 1999 folk music album by Canadian folk singer Stan Rogers.It is a compilation album of live performances and studio recordings unreleased before Rogers's death in 1983. [2]
"The Mary Ellen Carter" is a song written and first recorded by Stan Rogers in 1979. It tells the story of a heroic effort to salvage a sunken ship, the eponymous Mary Ellen Carter , by members of her crew.
The Idiot" is a song written by Stan Rogers, found on his albums Northwest Passage and Home in Halifax. On Home in Halifax , Rogers introduces the song by explaining that it is about the movement of people away from the Atlantic Provinces of Canada to the province of Alberta for work.
For the Family is a 1983 studio album by Canadian folk artist Stan Rogers. In a departure from Rogers's earlier collections of typically original compositions on his own Fogarty's Cove label, this album features renditions of traditional Canadian folk songs as well as songs written by Rogers's uncle Lee Bushell and grandfather Sidney Bushell. [2]
Northwest Passage is a 1981 album by Stan Rogers. "Northwest Passage" compares the singer's own travels across the prairie provinces to the exploratory adventures of Sir John Franklin, Alexander Mackenzie, David Thompson, and Henry Kelsey. "The Idiot" is about a man from the Maritimes working in Alberta who yearns for his home.
Home in Halifax is a 1993 live album by Stan Rogers. [1] It was recorded by the CBC during a concert Rogers performed at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in Halifax, Nova Scotia in March 1982, 11 years prior. The concert was put together as a live radio and T.V. broadcast celebrating Rogers' annual appearance at the Cohn.