Sound Samples
Sincerely,
K. S. , Waterloo, NY
THE BALLAD OF CAPPY JOHN ©1991 Fred Gosbee mp3 [3:54] Notes & Lyrics
RAMONA ©1991 Fred Gosbee mp3 [5:28] Notes & Lyrics
THE FISHERMAN'S LIFE ©1984 Julia Lanee mp3 [2:48] Notes & Lyrics
CLAMDIGGER ©1991 Fred Gosbee mp3 [3:05] Notes & Lyrics
MUSCONGUS HORNPIPE ©1999 Fred Gosbee mp3 [1:53] Notes & Lyrics
THE OLD LIARS ©1993 Julia Lane mp3 [4:01] Notes & Lyrics
STONE SLOOPS © 1995 Fred Gosbee mp3 [3:48] Notes & Lyrics
THE WHALE HUNTERS © 1993 Fred Gosbee mp3 [2:54] Notes & Lyrics
SONG FOR STAN HUGILL ©1986 Fred Gosbee mp3 [2:18] Notes & Lyrics
CAPPY JOHN'S BRIDE ©1996 Fred Gosbee mp3 [5:18] Notes & Lyrics
CHANGES © 1996 Fred Gosbee mp3 [5:30] Notes & Lyrics
WAITING FOR THE SNOW ©1987 Fred Gosbee mp3 [3:33] Notes & Lyrics
"A talented player with a sure hand"
The Source, Albany, NY
"A rich collection of singable songs and beautiful harp playing."
Northeast Regional Folk Harp Newsletter
"Lovely and serene"
Stephen Ide, The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA
"Enchanting, lyrical, at times spirited and lively. The audience was clearly captivated by (her) poignantly clear voice and soul-stirring renditions of Irish ballads"
Lincoln County News, Damariscotta ME
"That Song of the Sea should stand up so well ought to be no surprise, because Lane has so much material to work with. She's also one of the Maine coast's foremost voices and instrumentalists."
FACE Magazine, Portland, ME
Winds of Change mp3 © Julia Lane 1990 [5:02] Notes & Lyrics
Monhegan mp3 © Julia Lane 1990 [2:51] Notes & Lyrics
The Fishwidow's Song © Julia Lane 1990 mp3 [3:37] Notes & Lyrics
Something to Come Home To mp3 © Julia Lane 1983 [2:54] Notes & Lyrics
The House on the Hill © Julia Lane 1991 mp3 [3:18] Notes & Lyrics
Lament for the Wild Shore mp3 © Julia Lane 1990 [2:32] Notes & Lyrics
Winds of Autumn mp3 © Julia Lane 1986 [3:09] Notes & Lyrics
The Phantom Ship mp3 © Julia Lane 1995 [3:33] Notes & Lyrics
The Isle of Malaga mp3 © Julia Lane 1996 [4:29] Notes & Lyrics
Migration mp3 © Julia Lane 1995 [3:39] Notes & Lyrics
The River mp3 © Julia Lane 1985 [4:15] Notes & Lyrics
Run Before the Wind mp3 © Julia Lane 1996 [3:12] Notes & Lyrics
My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose mp3 [3:33] Notes & Lyrics
Fordell Ball mp3 [5:23] Notes & Lyrics
Bonnie Doon mp3 [2:40] Notes & Lyrics
Aye Waukin O mp3 [3:33] Notes & Lyrics
Ca' the Yowes mp3 [4:09] Notes & Lyrics
Arms Around My Jo © Fred Gosbee BMI mp3 [3:39] Notes & Lyrics
Song Composed in August mp3 [6:53] Notes & Lyrics
My Bonnie Greenwood Laddie mp3 [4:13] Notes & Lyrics
Neil Gow's Lament on the Death of His Second Wife mp3 [4:09] Notes & Lyrics
Mary Morrison mp3 [3:26] Notes & Lyrics
Ettrick mp3 [3:26] Notes & Lyrics
Ae Fond Kiss mp3 [3:41] Notes & Lyrics
The sound samples are from the most representative section of a track. The times listed are the total track time, not the length of the sample! The samples range from one to two minutes in length.
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The Mackerel Jig © Nik Apollonio mp3 [2:06]
Mingulay / Westering Home trad mp3 [4:53] Notes & Lyrics
Islands in Time © 1996 Nik Apollonio mp3 [4:45] Notes & Lyrics
Muscongus Hornpipe © Fred Gosbee BMI mp3 [2:41]
The Old Liars © Julia Lane BMI mp3 [5:35] Notes & Lyrics
The Night Charlie Tended Weir © 1958 Ruth Moore mp3 [7:11]
Uncle Neil's Adventure mp3 [3:12]
Cappy John's Bride © Fred Gosbee BMI mp3 [4:47] Notes & Lyrics
Phantom Ship © Julia Lane BMI mp3 [4:12] Notes & Lyrics
The Kelpie/The Mermaid mp3 [4:35]
Three Fishers words Charles Kingsley Music© Stan /Garnet Rogers mp3 [3:52] Notes & Lyrics
Fisherman's Prayer (The Boat Blessing)© 2001 Frank Gotwals BMI mp3 [4:34] Notes & Lyrics
The Lighthouse on the Shore © 2004 Julia Lane BMI mp3 [3:34] Notes & Lyrics
I's the B'y trad. Newfoundland mp3 [2:58] Notes & Lyrics
Run Before the Wind © Julia Lane BMI mp3 [3:30] Notes & Lyrics
Fred Gosbee's The Night the Whiskey Froze is a collection of stories and songs of the winter season (not solely Christmas, so one can listen to it far into the deeper chill of winter). And what a collection it is; quirky, funny and different.
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In keeping with an item tailor made for the holiday season, the packaging for the CD includes one of the panels that can fold out to become a built-in greeting card. And another flap transforms the packaging into a self-mailer so it can be sent right out to that music lover on our list.
Gosbee warns that one or two of the pieces have some material that is not suited for young listeners. "Not for the kids!" offers Lane, with a giggle.
Along with the fun and absurdity comes some mighty fine playing. Seems that this recording is just the ticket for relieving the stress that the holidays can bring with some good belly laughs and tales of winter in Maine.
This collection of songs and stories will help you chuckle through the winter. His rendition of The Night Before Christmas - Downeast has become an annual tradition in the mid-coast region of Maine since it was penned in 1992 and there have been innumerable requests for a recording of "that moose song". So here they are, along with 12 other wacky and wonderful winter tales including The Shopping Shanty; and Haul Away Snow both parodies of nautical work songs. From the deep woods there is The Rapogenus Christmas Ball, a poem by Holman Day, and The Frozen Logger, written in the 1950's by James Stevens. The title cut, The Night the Whiskey Froze, was written by local musicians Nick Appolonio and Bob Stuart. Put another log on the fire and have a listen!
Gosbee, creator of The Ballad of Cappy John, recorded the album at his own studio, Harper's Wood, in Round Pond. A group of friends, dubbed the Chowder Chorus, lent their voices to sing along on the refrains. The cover art was created by Tad Lyford of Brunswick whose work has appeared on numerous educational publications for the Maine Maritime Museum and the Department of Conservation. Klarity Multimedia in Vassalboro was the manufacturer making this an all Maine-made product.
This CD package is unique as it doubles as a greeting card. There is space for a personal greeting and a fold-back flap for mailing. Buy the CD, open it and write your message, then reverse the flaps, seal the edges with tape, and mail it to your snow-bird friends in Florida! The 2004 USPS rate to send the package is 60¢.
The sound samples are from the most representative section of a track. The times listed are the total track time, not the length of the sample! The samples range from one to two minutes in length.
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The Night Before Christmas - Downeast mp3 [7:28]
The Christmas Hornpipe mp3 [2:36]
The Shopping Shanty © Brian Chadbourne BMI mp3 [3:14]
The Frozen Logger mp3 [3:06]
The Rapogenus Christmans Ball mp3 [8:00]
The Night the Whiskey Froze © Nikos Apollonio & Bob Stewart mp3 [3:17]
Snowbound mp3 [4:55]
Haul Away Snow mp3 [2:54]
Gloomy Winter's No Awa'© Fred Gosbee, BMI & Holly Morrison mp3 [4:16]
Tae a Moose © Fred Gosbee BMI mp3 [2:37]
Powder! mp3 [5:55]
Frost & Snow mp3 [2:36]
The Seasons mp3 [0:36]
Betsy Kopyc
In the first place, the long, painstaking research in primary sources is amazing. I bought the booklet of your resources, Julia, and am savoring the details, a little at a time. Such a gut-wrenching story!
The music is superb and so appropriate to all the settings and situations . . . the lullaby, hymns, folk tunes, and original compositions. The directing was really classy: the shipboard scene, the canoe paddling, and especially the symbols of dying . . . the veils slowly covering the heads. It was wonderful to hear the Passamaquoddy legend. The photographs were sparkling! I came away feeling chilled to the bone after viewing the winter scenes.
The players, you and your fellow musicians, were outstanding in your skill . . . the wonderful strings, flutes, percussion, and pure clear voices. Also the techies who coordinated the visuals. I was mesmerized, and would like to experience it again and again. It is the best theater I've seen in years.
It was touching to see Isabel's descendants in the audience.
Your Grand Design deserves to go beyond Lincoln County, for many reasons. It is so fine. It should receive awards. Be proud!
Bravo to you both!
Sally J. Woolfe-Wade
Original Soundtrack Music and Lyrics by Julia Lane
Arranged by Fred Gosbee
This music is a soundtrack excerpted from the multimedia historic drama, The Grand Design, which chronicles the fate of a group of Scots-Irish Presbyterians who set out for Philadelphia in 1741. After their ship was disabled by a storm they stranded near Grand Manan Island in the Bay of Fundy. Abandoned by their scoundrel captain the survivors were eventually rescued by Passamaquoddy Indians and brought to Colonial St. George and Pemaquid in Maine.
Traditional instruments blend music of the era with original songs to create a musical documentary of early Ulster Scots emigration to New England.
The sound samples are from the most representative section of a track. The times listed are the total track time, not the length of the sample! The samples range from one to two minutes in length.
DON'T DOUBLE CLICK THE SAMPLE BUTTON!
If you do you'll get multiple samples playing at the same time
The Grand Design words & music © Julia Lane, 2007 mp3 [3:33]
The Dangers of the Sea words © Julia Lane 2007 mp3 [2:41]
Crossing From Ireland (trad)/The Storm © Julia Lane 2007 mp3 [3:48]
Adrift © Julia Lane 2001 mp3 [3:06]
The Landing © Julia Lane 2007/ Passamaquoddy Welcome Song (trad) mp3 [2:16]
The Death of My Friend mp3 [2:50]
As Ye Are Able words © Julia Lane, 2007, vocals Fred Gosbee & John Strong mp3 [2:05]
The Shores of Grand Manan words & music © Julia Lane 2006 mp3 [2:02]
Separation of Soul and Body mp3 [2:34]
On a Winter's Morning (trad adapted by Julia Lane) mp3 [3:41]
The Cruel Winter © Julia Lane & Fred Gosbee 2007 mp3 [3:09]
Any Privation But This mp3 [2:45]
Scot's Lullaby mp3 [2:45]
Ancestor Song - Arrival of the Indians (trad Passamaquoddy) mp3 [3:21]
Canoe Song (trad Passamaquoddy)/ The Journey © Julia Lane 2006 mp3 [5:00]
Isabel's Rescue words & music © Julia Lane 2007 vocal Carl Johanson mp3 [4:25]
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