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James Gordon of "Frobisher Bay" @Charslanding

Wed, Nov 14th, 7:30pm (doors 7), James Gordon of Frobisher Bay

James Gordon has had a remarkably diverse 40-year career in the Canadian entertainment business.

As a solo singer-songwriter and with the ground-breaking trio Tamarack, he has released over forty albums, and has toured relentlessly around the world. Gordon has written for symphony orchestras, musical theatre and dance works, film scores, and for more than ten years was heard on CBC radio as songwriter-in-residence for the 'Basic Black" and "Ontario Morning" programs.

His song "Mining For Gold" was featured in the John Sayles film "Silver City, and was included on the classic Cowboy Junkies album The Trinity Sessions. Gordon's classic "Frobisher Bay" has been recorded by more than 100 different acts world-wide, has become a standard in choirs everywhere, and is in Rise Up Again, the sequel to the legendary Rise Up Singing songbook.

Well known for his songs about social justice, heritage and environmental issues, he toured for two years with his hugely successful political theatre piece Stephen Harper: The Musical. (It worked. Youre welcome.)

The full-length folk opera "Hardscrabble Road" debuted live in the fall of 2003 and proved to be one of his most ambitious works.

Gordon has produced CDs for many Canadian folk artists, and his popular "Rhyme Capsules" songwriting-in-the-schools project has resulted in over two dozen CDs of songs by young composers.

In the last three years hes toured in Great Britain, Cambodia, Vietnam, Japan, and all across North America.

Hes often touring as James Gordon & Sons with his musician sons Evan and Geordie.

His new album Sunny Jim (released on Borealis Records) has been his best received to date, reaching #2 in Canada and #24 in North America on folk & singer-songwriter charts.

He tours as a solo performer and with his sons.

In 2009 BerLen Music published The Pipe Street Songbook, an anthology of his 50 most loved songs.

Between tours, James is a record producer, playwright, community activist, Guelph City Councillor and theatre director.

http://www.jamesgordon.ca/
Frobisher Bay https://youtu.be/-wvuLMk7Xq8
Video 1 // Video 2

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Chars Landing 19+ (accompanied kids welcome) 4815 Argyle @5th Port Alberni V9Y 1V9 Tel: 778-421-2427 www.charslanding.com