Plagues of the computer and human varieties have been raging in the vicinity these last few weeks. But health is making a comeback on both fronts.
Pre-plagues, the CBC broadcast a lovely two hours of acoustic performances from the Songwriters' Circle during Calgary's Juno Awards weekend. Hosted by Joel Plaskett, the first-half featured Jeremy Fisher, Serena Ryder and Alex Cuba. The three performers did a bang-up job of capturing the audience's attention by improvising communally on each other's songs. It was sensational stuff that included the following highlights: Alex Cuba's Spanish mini-cover of Blue Rodeo's 'Bad Timing', Serena Ryder's vocals, in general, and the final song, added on the spot to fill a few leftover minutes.
In the second-half, Tegan Quin of Tegan and Sara, Jay Malinowski of Bedouin Soundclash and Corb Lund took the stage. Highlights: Tegan Quin, singing sick, but still sounding good and telling medicinally-influenced stories, Corb Lund commenting on how all of his songs end up being about horses and Joel Plaskett covering Anne Murray's infamous 'Snowbird'. Quality Sunday afternoon listening - Part One and Part Two.
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I really want to download a copy of the 2008 Songwriter's Circle but the files are no longer available on the CBC server. If you have a copy could you upload the files to a different server such as MegaUpload, Rapidshare, etc.? Thanks in advance
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