James Gordon (Canadian singer-songwriter)

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James Gordon

Born 1945
Residence Guelph, Ontario
Occupation singer-songwriter
Known for Tamarack, Frobisher Bay
Spouse Val Morse
Children Evan Gordon, Geordie Gordon
Website
http://www.jamesgordon.ca
Notes
Folk Era Records

James Gordon is a Canadian singer-songwriter, Known as a founding member of Tamarack[1], he also has more than 20 solo CD's to his credit. As a prolific songwriter, he is known for such diverse songs as Sweaters for Penguins and Frobisher Bay.[2] He wrote the weekly song for the CBC Radio program Basic Black. He has toured internationally in North America, the British Isles, Southeast Asia and Cuba.[3]

Contents

[edit] Recordings with Tamarack

  • Au Canada 1980
  • Wind River
  • Spirit & Stone
  • 13
  • Fields of Rock and Snow 1993
  • Frobisher Bay 1993
  • Leaving Inverarden 1995
  • Blankets of Snow 1998

[edit] Other and Solo Recordings

[edit] Covers of his songs

[edit] Cinema

  • Mining for Gold on the soundtrack of the film Silver City 2004
  • Two Steps and a Glass of Water

[edit] Folk Operas (Musicals)

  • Hardscrabble Road 2003
  • Two Steps and a Glass of Water 2005 deals with mental illness and health, also a film by Glenn Curtis [4]
  • Tryst and Snout 2007 [5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fink, Matt. Mining For Gold: Twenty Years of Song Writing (web review). Retrieved on 2008-01-20.
  2. ^ Varano, Lisa. James Gordon (newspaper article). Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
  3. ^ James Gordon (short bio). Retrieved on 2008-01-20.
  4. ^ Healing and Recovery Through the Arts International Conference.
  5. ^ Van Wagner, Danielle. Tryst and Snout (2007) (web review). Retrieved on 2008-02-19.

Fink, Matt. James Gordon - Biography. Allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-20.