Biography
James Gordon has had a remarkably diverse 30-year career in the Canadian entertainment business. As a solo singer-songwriter and with the ground-breaking trio Tamarack, he has released over thirty-five 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 songs have been recorded and performed by such varied acts as The Cowboy Junkies, Melanie Doane, Al Simmons, James Keelaghan, the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, and many major choirs.
His song “Mining For Gold” was featured in John Sayles film “Silver City.” Gordon’s classic “Frobisher Bay” has been recorded by more than 100 different acts world-wide and was an audition piece on CTV’s “Canadian Idol”. His most ambitious work, the full-length folk opera “Hardscrabble Road” debuted live in the fall of 2003, and was released in June ‘05 on Pipe Street Records. 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 he's toured in Great Britain, Cambodia, Vietnam, Japan, and all across North America. He's often touring now with his musician sons Evan and Geordie.
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Instrumentation
James plays guitar, piano, banjo and pennywhistle in his solo performances. He's often joined by his two sons Geordie and Evan who play between them fiddle, accordion, mandolin, guitar, bass and keyboard.
Discography
over 30 albums to date...
"My Stars Your Eyes" Jan. '10
Pipe Street Songbook '09
"THe Highway And I" ( Audio Book )- Fall 07
"Nine Green Bottles" Spring 07
"Hardscrabble Road" 05
"Endomusia" 04
"THe Song The River Sings" 04
"Tune Cooties" 03
"One Timeless Moment" 02
"Mining For Gold" 00
Pipe Street Dreams 99
many more
Links
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