Anne
Lederman: Fiddler, singer, composer and tireless crusader for Canadian
music. Originally from Manitoba, Anne's fiddling is strongly rooted in
the mixed traditions of the prairies--Métis, French, Old-Time and
Ukrainian. She is also an inspiring exponent of Irish and Scottish traditions,
Klezmer and Eastern European music and Jazz. She is both a traditional
fiddler and an innovator, bringing a new language of composition and improvisation
to ancient traditions. She sings in several languages, including French,
Gaelic, Ukrainian, Yiddish and Ojibwa and has pioneered her own special
combination of voice and fiddle. She is also a versatile player of mandolin,
piano, bones, feet, jawharp and more.
released 2000
7 Cats
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Finally! A fiddle record from a very special Canadian fiddler. Here are traditional tunes: Metis, French-Canadian, Irish, Scottish, Klezmer, Macedonian, and here are originals. Backed up by piano (Julie Schryer and Anne Lederman), guitar (Ian Bell), with just a dash of bass (Artie Roth), accordion (Sasha Luminsky) and percussion (Ben Grossman) .
" I woke up one morning in Saskatoon, many years ago, and thought I'd like to play the fiddle. I had never had this thought before. I had hardly even seen anyone play the fiddle. What did I know but that there were too many guitar players around already. Since then, I have found myself leaping into one musical whirlpool after another, turning with whatever tides I found there and learning the history of the world as I went.
The way I see it, the fiddle is
the true national symbol of Canada. After all, the beaver has done
its work -- the trees are felled and the dams are built (not to mention
the fish caught, the coal dug, the buffalos shot, and our First Nations
moved and removed). But, funnily enough, for 3 centuries a stick
of horsehair and a 4-string box have continued to sing who we are,
no matter who or how many have chosen to listen." - Anne Lederman
1. Cry of the Loon 
(A Métis Set)
2. And We in Dreams
Sitting in the Stern of a Boat
Calum Breughagh
Jenny Nettles
Contradiction reel
3. Can we Still See the Forest
The Oak Tree
The Beech Tree
Sweeny's Buttermilk
Cronin's
4. Grandy's Devil Tunes
5. That Klezmer Thing
Hora
Bulger Set
6. A Long Way From Popeye
Sweeny's Hornpipe
Smith's Favourite
Coolie's
The Mason's Apron
7. Grexton Drive
Barb's Mum's Piano
Carl's Fiddle
8. What Was That?
Anne's Bow
Helen's Jig
Padjushko
9. Jules et Jean
La Sauvagesse
The Liffy Banks
Le Poteau Blanc
10. The Three Sisters
11. The Home Waltz
released 1998
Come From Every Way
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Come From Every Way
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1. Come to Canada
2. Canada Is Blooming
3. Una Casetta in Canada
4. De Immigrant Song
5. Bulbes
6. Canada’s My Mother
7. Gabe’s Jasper
8. Jasper and the CapeTown Stars
9. Women’s Travelling Song
10. Canots d’ecorce / Dans les chantiers
11. Praties and Pork
12. The Wilds of Manitoba I
13. The Wilds of Manitoba II
14. My Story
15. Ninestosen
This special collection features songs about settling in Canada from all over the world, about finding a home in a new land. The songs range from the fairly old to the very new. They are from Native, Celtic, French, Yiddish, Ukrainian, Italian, Caribbean, Brazilian, Latin American and African traditions.
Along with Anne's voice and fiddle, "Come From Every Way" features some of Canada's finest musicians on such instruments as hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, jawharp, bones, accordion, cavaquinho, djembe, dunbek, tsymbaly, pennywhistle and lots of percussion. So come samba, gumboot, two-step, calypso, bulgar, waltz and polka to some great stories about this land we call Canada and those who have made it home.
A gift for all of Canada's children, from 2 to 102.
released 1991
Not A Mark...
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A wonderful collection of traditional Canadian songs from many backgrounds, all telling descriptions of certain ways of life and social conditions.
1. Rattle on the Stovepipe
2. Banks of Newfoundland
3. The Freebooter/New Scotland
4. Teist Dhomhnail Air Manitoba
5. Les Draveurs de la Gatineau
6. Toronto Volunteers '
7. Indian's Lament
8. Ukranian Song
9. Schmulik Gavrulik
10. Auction Block Medley
11. Jones Boys
12. Toper's Lament
13. I wandered Today to the School ...
14. Pauper's Last Ride
15. When I Went Up to Rosedale
16. Hard Times
OLD NATIVE AND MÉTIS FIDDLING
IN MANITOBA
Falcon Productions: Collected, Recorded
and Produced by Anne Lederman.
Volume I: Ebb and Flow, Bacon Ridge, Eddystone and Kinosota, FP001
Out of Stock
Volume II: Camperville and Pine Creek, FP 002
Out of Stock
Each Volume is a 90 minute cassette (originally a double-album set) of field recordings plus a 20 page book containing notes, interviews, photographs, historical and analytical information. These record sets comprise an unusual collection of fiddle music in a style unique to the Canadian Northwest. The recordings date from 1965 to the present and were made in two communities in western Manitoba. The fiddlers on the recordings are the inheritors of a proud tradition which has developed over the past 200 years, ever since the first white trader with a violin set foot in the west. The music reflects both the influence of the French and Scottish dance music traditions and the traditional music of the Ojibwa and Cree. It is truly Métis music and expresses the mixed heritage of those who play it. These recordings will be of immense interest to anyone interested in the folk traditions of Canada, or in the unique heritage of the Manitoba Métis and Native peoples.
Muddy York
(Anne Lederman and Ian
Bell)
Scatter the Ashes
Music of Old Ontario
Scatter the Ashes
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