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Train in the Night

from New Shoes by The Bombadils

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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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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

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from New Shoes, released September 9, 2016
Luke Fraser - vocals, guitar
Sarah Frank - vocals, fiddle
Sarah Jane Scouten - vocals
Oliver Swain - upright bass


Recorded and mixed by Julia Graff and James Perrella
Mastered by Graemme Brown / Zen Mastering

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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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