In
a darkened bedroom, lit only be the amber glow from an old floor model
radio two young brothers, aged 6 and 12, lay in their beds, listening to
the country music broadcasts from the Grand Ol'Opry, and practising their
harmonies. Two years later, the youngest one was playing the definitive
8 year old's version of "Desolation Row" on his ukulele. He soon
abandoned that instrument to teach himself the flute, violin and guitar.
Within ten years, and barely out of high school, Garnet Rogers was on the road as a full-time working musician with his older brother Stan. Together they formed what has come to be accepted as one of the most influential acts in North American folk music.
Since then, Garnet Rogers has established himself as 'One of the major talents of our time". Hailed by the Boston Globe as a "charismatic performer and singer", Garnet is a man with a powerful physical presence - close to six and a half feet tall - with a voice to match. With his "smooth, dark baritone" (Washington Post) his incredible range, and thoughtful, dramatic phrasing, Garnet is widely considered by fans and critics alike to be one of the finest singers anywhere.
His music, like the man himself, is literate, passionate, highly sensitive, with deep purpose. Cinematic in detail, his songs "give expression to the unspoken vocabulary of the heart" (Kitchener Waterloo Record). An optimist at heart, Garnet sings extraordinary songs about people who are not obvious heroes and of the small victories of the everyday. As memorable as his songs, his over-the-top humour and lightning- quick wit moves his audience from tears to laughter and back again.
"Garnet Rogers is capable of awe-inspiring and unpredictable stuff - and that includes more than just music"
Rogers has been the featured performer on numerous television and radio programs, including Much Music, The Country Beat, Listen Up, Gabereau, Morningside, Mountain Stage and All Things Considered. He has been a headliner at concert venues and festivals such as Wolf Trap, Lincoln Centre, and Art Park, sharing the stage with performers such as Mary Chapin Carpenter, Billy Bragg, Bill Monroe, Ferron, and Guy Clark.
Resolutely independent, Garnet Rogers has turned down offers from major labels to do his music his own way. After recording an aggressive, electric album, "Night Drive," in 1996, Rogers has returned with his eighth solo disc, the mostly acoustic "Sparrow's Wing," which, as Rogers notes, evokes the feel of his earlier work with his brother.
His seventh solo recording, Night Drive, is a remarkable achievement, powerful, raw and moving - "rhythm, humour and blues... his best yet" (Ottawa Citizen). On it, Rogers has been joined by a number of outstanding musicians, including Dan Achen (Junkhouse), David Sereda, and Duke Levine (Mary Chapin Carpenter). It follows Summer Lightning, the Juno-nominated At A High Window, and the highly-praised Small Victories, Speaking Softly in the Dark, The Outside Track, and his self-titled debut album, Garnet Rogers.
released 1999
Sparrow's Wing
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1. Cricket Dance
2. Next Turn of the Wheel
3. Under the Summer Moonlight 
4. All that is
5. Edge of the Earth
6. 11:11
7. These Broken Hills
8. Come Again
9. Stormfront
10. Threshold
11. Sparrow’s Wing
Night Drive
released 1996
Night Drive
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1. Jesus and Elvis
2. Never So Lonely
3. Seeds of Hope (The Last March)
4. Roman Coin
5. Corrinna Corrinna
6. Love’s Been Linked to the Blues
7. Phone booth
8. Colliertown
9. Golden Fields
10. Borealis
11. Night Drive
Summer Lightning
released 1994
Summer Lighting
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1. Give The Fiddler A Dram
2. The Beauty Game
3. This Shirt
4. What's Wrong With This Picture
5. Frankie & Johnny
6. Let Me Count the Ways
7. Sleeping Buffalo
8. Sammy's Bar
9. A Row Of Small Trees
10. The Outside Track
11. Summer Lightning
12. The King Of Rome
13. O'Neil's Dream
At a High Window
released 1992
At a High Window
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1. Through The Cracks
2. Come From The Heart
3. Last Of The Working Stetsons
4. At A High Window
5. Willie Short
6. The Joy Of Living
7. Young Willie
8. A Row Of Small Trees
9. Election Night: North Dakota
Small Victories
released 1990
Small Victories
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1. The King Of Rome
2. Small Victory
3. One More Ride
4. His Father's House
5. Stars In Their Crown
6. Off The Rails
7. One Bullet
8. Sleeping Buffalo
9. The Lost Ones
10. For Herself
Speaking Softly in the
Dark
released 1988
Speaking Softly in the Dark
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1. Dear Grandfather
2. The Sliprails and the Spur
3. McArthur's Farewell to the West
4. The Enfolding
5. Like A Diamond Ring
6. Hallelujah! (The Great Sorm Is Over)
7. Goodbye Again
8. Lament For Henry Chapin
9. Crucifixion
10. After All
The Outside Track
released 1986
The Outside track
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1. Gypsy Song
2. Green Eyes
3. Ain't Goin' Home
4. Jenny Bryce
5. The Outside Track
6. American Jerusalem
7. Denbrae
8. The Farm Auction
9. Blind Mary
10. Archie Gets A Leg Up
11. John O'Dreams
Garnet Rogers
released 1984
Garnet Rogers
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1. Woh Me
2. Break The Law
3. Music In Your Eyes
4. Carrickfergus
5. Final Trawl
6. Westlyn Winds
7. Black Eyed Susan
8. Bird On A Wing
9. Farewell To Music
10. Thanksgiving Eve
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