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New Shoes

by The Bombadils

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sovietgollum I'm continuously drawn back to this album. It really is magical. Favorite track: Squirrels Rule the Day, Raccoons Rule the Night.
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    On their new album Luke Fraser and Sarah Frank – partners in music and in life – demonstrate what all the fuss is about.

    Luke’s earthy, unadorned voice adds a touch of grit, while Sarah’s beautiful soprano, almost flute-like in its purity and dexterity, floats and dances above the arrangements.

    The songs on New Shoes betray its creators’ extensive musical training, endless stylistic curiosity and love of music as a force for community-building – to say nothing of their love of the road.

    Sarah wrote “The Fountain” from a friend’s journal entry about travelling in Europe. It’s a beautiful opener for the album, marked by sweet fiddle and charming harmonies.

    “Train in the Night” is a nostalgic rhythm-guitar-driven number inspired by the duo’s mutual memories of growing up near railroad tracks.

    “Mint Condition” was written by a Nashville-based writer friend named Caroline Spence – and performed by another friend at Sarah and Luke’s wedding reception.

    “Lone Journey” is a classically-tinged arrangement of a tune by Doc Watson and his wife, Rosa Lee, that reflects on the death of a long-time partner – a song that resonated with Luke and Sarah as a young couple.

    “The Scroll’s Return” was gifted to the duo by Sudbury fiddler Duncan Cameron who has a collection of fiddle tunes written specially for other musicians to borrow from. It features bagpipes by Spencer Murray, an old friend of Sarah’s and one of many members of the duo’s musical community that joins them on the record.

    Other guests who stopped by the Bowen Island, B.C. recording sessions include omnipresent Vancouver Island instrumentalist Oliver Swain, CFMA nominee Sarah Jane Scouten, WCMA winner Trent Freeman (of the Fretless), Juno winner Jayme Stone, and cellist Kaitlyn Raitz – who’s been touring with the Bombadils for the past year.

    The album was produced by two more musical friends: James Perrella and partner Julia Graff, the daughter of Juno-winner and B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame member Shari Ulrich.
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1.
The Fountain 04:12
The Fountain By Sarah Frank and Alan Mackie Fiddle tune: Two Złoti Waltz by Alan Mackie The fountain is tall Like an old church hall Pouring life from all sides The fairest of brides The blast of a cannon A fluther of phantoms My ears are abused But all I hear is music All I hear is music Lena my love, we were up all night dancing Then we went straight to church Lena I think you've been up all night fretting Please don't be hurt I know you're feeling kinda frail We've been running ‘round restlessly The sky is clear and pale Hanging effortlessly So come float along Lay your head and rest with me Float to the fountain with me Come float along Lay your head and rest with me Float to the fountain with me The faces around me are calm Solemn but still, stern but serene We are resting in a pond And the pond rests in between us The pond rests in between
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Sur la luzerne en fleur assise Qui chante dès le frais matin? C'est la fille aux cheveux de lin La belle aux lèvres de cerise L'amour, au clair soleil d'été Avec l'alouette a chanté Ta bouche a des couleurs divines Ma chère, et tente le baiser! Sur l'herbe en fleur veux-tu causer Fille aux cils longs, aux boucles fines? L'amour, au clair soleil d'été Avec l'alouette a chanté Ne dis pas non, fille cruelle! Ne dis pas oui! J'entendrai mieux Le long regard de tes grands yeux Ta lèvre rose, ô ma belle! Adieu les daims, adieu les lièvres Les rouges perdrix! Je veux Baiser le lin de tes cheveux Presser la pourpre de tes lèvres!
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Silver Linings By Sarah Frank The sun is playing shy behind the clouds Something's got her hiding from the crowds Heavy hanging, black as ash Wincing with each lightning crash Cover your ears, it's just too much The weight of the world hangs in the sky I'm sleepwalking to a crooked lullaby The fog blurs the trees and suffocates the sea Cover your eyes, it's just too much There are silver linings, silver threads From white clouds, white beds Drapes that quiver through the room A winding river, a sailing tune Filling the cracks in our broken hearts With the light of a new start Tracing the tracks of our broken starts To the light of a new heart Don't look at me like this mother I've been spat on by storm clouds one after the other I'm hurting and I'm fragile I'm trying to seem casual Cover your heart, it's just too much I'm beat as the bones in an old graveyard Thought I had thick skin but I hadn't yet been scarred Lines run down my face Running away from grace, running for cover to feel safe But my ears want to listen, my eyes want to see My heart wants to feel what it's like to be free Maybe the lines drawn on my face Can draw me back to grace Uncover your ears Uncover your eyes Uncover your heart
5.
Train in the Night By Luke Fraser (SOCAN) As the town sleeps sound in the cool of the night A lonely streetlight shines on down Through my window with the breeze in the pale moonlight A faint whistle in the dark of the train coming ‘round Silver are the rails curving through the town When the moon shines off their backs And the river’s refrain to the whistle sound It’s a ripple on the water from the train coming ‘round I can hear the train in the night like an old familiar song For now everything is right, all my worries and all my wrongs Like a mother’s touch it doesn’t take much to bring me back home again I can hear the train in the night I was talking to a friend just the other day He said to keep these words in mind “Keep your face always forth, towards the sun And all the shadows will fall behind” Sometimes I don’t know where I stand in life In the darkness I lose my way And when all seems lost in the endless night and I can’t trace a line In a starless sky there’s a song that’s heard A whistle cry, an amber morn, the breaking light I can hear the train in the night I can hear the train in the night I can hear the train in the night I can hear the train in the night I have come so many miles and I will go so many more At every turn I often ask, “what are we looking for?” But under this old roof and under starry skies The rails go ever on and I’ll be forever wondering why
6.
Lone Journey 04:01
Lone Journey By Rosa Lee Watson and Doc Watson God's given us years of happiness here Now we must part And as the angels come and call for you The pangs of grief tug at my heart Oh my darling, my darling My heart breaks as you take Your lone journey Oh the days will be empty the nights so long Without you my love And as God calls for you I'm left alone But we will meet in heaven above Fond memories I'll keep of the happy days That on earth we trod And when I come we will walk hand in hand As one in heaven in the family of God
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Blankets 04:45
Blankets By Sarah Frank There's a house on the hill by a path ever winding From the window sill a young mother is calling She flicks the porch-light on saying supper is ready Steaming like the smoke from the chimney Come crawling from the bush, matted curls, grubby fingers Knobbly knees that have stood in the face of many dangers She's built a mighty fort with a blanket for a shield The breath of a lilac and flowers of the field 'Soon as she was in to dine on milk and potatoes I snatched up that blanket, ran as fast as the wind blows A knot in my stomach, the blanket a sail Hiding my guilt like a cotton veil I reached my hollow of wood chips and acorns The sweet smell of pine and of earth after rainstorms Though she may cry tears of salty white I sigh with relief to be warm tonight As I lay me down for to sleep in the darkness I hear a bird moan two notes of loneliness She sings for her baby who's lost in the wild I wonder if my own mother is singing for her child
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Oh gather round me friends, and bend a nimble ear Let’s have a song for her me boys, and one more pint of beer For woman’s heart was made for minstrel hands alone By other fingers played it yields not half the tone Drink to her who long hath waked the poet’s sigh The girl who gave to song what gold could never buy A rich man tried to court her, he showered her with gold And silver of the finest you ever did behold But gold paled to sunlight, and silver to the moon It did not touch her tender heart, it did not make her swoon Then a song she heard upon the air, a melody so sweet It played upon her heartstrings, it caused for her to weep He said to you I wrote this song, and soon a thousand more Of all the lads she could have had it’s him that she adored The one who seeks a home where wealth and vainness shines Is but a lonely soul in dark and gloomy pines But oh the poet’s love can boast a brighter sphere Its native home’s above though woman keeps it here
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Wild Mountain Thyme Scottish Traditional O the summertime is coming And the trees are sweetly blooming And the wild mountain thyme Grows around the bloomin' heather Will you go, lassie, go? And we'll all go together To pull wild mountain thyme All around the bloomin' heather Will you go, lassie, go? I will build my love a bower By yon clear crystal fountain And all around the bower I’ll put flowers of the mountain Will you go, lassie, go? If my true love she won’t have me I will surely find another To pull wild mountain thyme All around the bloomin’ heather Will you go, lassie, go?
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When the curtains of night are pinned back by the stars And the beautiful moon sweeps the sky Dewdrops from heaven are kissing the rose It's then that my memory flies Wherever you go upon land or on sea I'll share all your sorrows and cares At night as I kneel by my bedside to pray I'll remember you, love, in my prayers Upon the wings of a beautiful dove I'll hasten this message of cheer And I'll bring you a kiss of affection and say I'll remember you love in my prayers The angels of heaven are guarding the good As God has ordained them to do In answer to prayers that I offer to Him I know there's one waiting for you
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Mint Condition By Caroline Spence My favorite things are tired and worn A dog-eared book with the cover torn, But when I see you it’s like the very first day There are some things you don’t want to fade Still in mint condition, mint condition Like when we were two kids just hopin’ and wishin’ That this life that we see ain’t no apparition So we keep our love in mint condition You can hide love away in a trunk or a box You can throw out the keys once you lock all the locks But some things will last and some things they won’t But nothing about you ever gets old Our bodies, they age, wrinkle, and tire The feeling of comfort overtakes desire I may have to learn to live here alone But I’ll love you through ash or through stone

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released September 9, 2016

All songs arranged by The Bombadils and guests
Produced by Julia Graff and James Perrella

The Bombadils are:
Sarah Frank (fiddle, banjo, voice) and Luke Fraser (guitar, mandolin, voice)
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Thank you to our guest musicians:
Kaitlyn Raitz - cello (tracks 2, 3, 6)
Oliver Swain - upright bass (tracks 5, 11)
Jayme Stone - banjo (tracks 2, 3)
Anh Phung - flute (tracks 7, 10)
Spencer Murray - Irish flute (tracks 8, 9), Scottish border pipes (track 8), voice (track 10)
Sarah Jane Scouten - voice (track 5)
Anna Scouten - voice (track 10)
Trent Freeman - fiddle, feet (track 8)
Alec Spiegelman - bass clarinet (track 7)
Evan Stewart - upright bass (track 10)
Laurence Mollerup - upright bass (track 7)
Julia Graff - accordion (track 12)

Recorded and mixed by Julia Graff and James Perrella
Mastered by Graemme Brown / Zen Mastering
Artwork and Design by Joe Latham / Lookhappy Design

Thank you:
Canada Council, FACTOR, and the Toronto Arts Council for your generous support. Shari Ulrich, Andrew and Dawyne Derban, Jason, Aileen, Evlan, and Meara Vantomme for providing us with beautiful and comfortable recording spaces in Bowen Island, BC. Eric Reed and Paul Shatto for providing recording equipment. Julia Graff and James Perrella for incredible inspiration, encouragement, hangs, and nightly mug cakes. Glenn McFarlane for coming up with an album title. Friends, family, fans - all our love!!!

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Canadian Folk Music Award nominees The Bombadils bring together bluegrass, Celtic, and contemporary folk music with front- porch style and classical grace. Canadian arts journalist Bob Mersereau describes their music as "folk tunes done with musical adventure and sophistication" and Elmore Magazine calls it "an enchanting folk romp." ... more

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