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Artist: Basia Bulat: Tiny Desk Concert Performance Date: September 2010 I guess I must be feeling a little homesick … was pleased to see Polish-Canadian Basia Bulat featured at this Tiny Desk Concert http://www.npr.org/2011/01/21/133113463/basia-bulat-tiny-desk-concert?live=1 at NPR. I had recently cataloged her 2010 CD Heart of My Own for my library back home and I remember her being [...]

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Title: Something Beautiful Artist: Great Big Sea Date: 2004 Style? Alternative Rock, Indie, Celtic Rock, Folk Rock Mood? Upbeat, happy, hopeful, fun, at times irreverent What I learned? GBS is known for their interpretations of traditional Newfoundland sea shanties kicked up a notch with their own indie/rock twist. This album, however, is supposedly a departure [...]

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Title: The Blind Paintings of a Coloured Eye Artist: Pete and Dave Date: 2004 If I can, I like to support local artists, and Pete Lowas & Dave Kupferschmidt hail from the beautiful town of Deep River, Ontario. The strengths of this duo? Excellent songwriting and incredible guitar work. All songs on this album are [...]

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