Catalog

On LET US DANCE, LET US SING, ensemble Tiny Glass Tavern invites you to sip on an eclectic brew of genre-melding delight. Classical, folk, and world traditions from the world over are all represented in a joyful celebration of the global miracle that is music. LET US DANCE, LET US SING, the group’s debut album, showcases their finely honed musical chops, with a selection of works ranging from contemporary compositions and well-known repertoire to traditional English dances and Yiddish folk songs. Throughout each piece, ensemble founder Sophie Michaux’s vocals lead the charge with vivid expression that demands attention.

Life on the Canadian prairie is vital, challenging, and poetic, and on their debut Big Round Records release, BY THE RED, pianist Laura Loewen and baritone Mel Braun - joined by Fred Redekop and Jay Taylor, otherwise known as the mandolin-bass duo Big and Dinky - present a glimpse of the variety of folk music found in Manitoba's Red River Valley. Drawn from French Canadian, Métis, German Mennonite, Scots, and cowboy culture, and supplemented by the art song-like settings of John Greer, Larry Warkentin, Chester Duncan, Robert Turner, and Heidi Ugrin, these works relate stories that 200 years of life in the Red River Valley have generated. Tales of sod-busting pioneers, exile, sacrifice, summer idyll, and love, all leavened by a sense of humor that allows life to flourish on the prairie, are explored on this dramatic and nostalgic collection.

HOMEWARD BOUND, the new album from The Larksong Trio (Peggo Horstmann Hodes singing soprano, Jennifer Yeaton-Parris playing the flute, and Calvin Herst on the piano), is a heart-warming collection of art songs, love songs, and American and Celtic folk songs.