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BC folk group The Southern Residents share their debut album Folk Signals out now on all digital streaming platforms. Listen here. The band is also featuring 'A Mother's Lament' as the 2nd single from the album, following the previous single 'Devyn Gale'.
Folk Signals was born from the collaboration of Tom Taylor and Adrian Dolan, two seasoned figures in the Canadian music scene. When Tom set out to record his original folk-inspired songs, he needed musicians who could bring his vision to life. Adrian, a multi-instrumentalist and experienced producer, was the ideal partner. Together, they assembled a group of Canada’s finest musicians, each contributing their unique sound to the project.
With Tom Taylor on acoustic guitar and vocals and Adrian Dolan playing the fiddle and mandolin, the lineup also includes Scott White on bass from Vancouver Island’s renowned The Bills; Jeanne Tolmie of The Luckies, adding rich vocal harmonies; and Shanti Bremer from The Sweet Lowdown, whose banjo adds a traditional bluegrass touch. Victoria’s Daniel Lapp, an acclaimed fiddler and multi-instrumentalist, brings his talents to the twin fiddle tunes, while David Hughes of She Stole My Beer and The Radio Grande plays the dobro.
With so many BC musicians involved in The Southern Residents project, it comes as no surprise that Folk Signals is an album with a focus on British Columbia based songs that cover topics from across the province.
"Folk Signals is an album that covers topics from a fallen Wildland Firefighter in Revelstoke to a mother mourning her daughter’s disappearance on the Highway Of Tears," says Tom Taylor. "While the album deals with the subject of loss on a number of the tracks there is also a more light-hearted line of storytelling that runs through the record pulling it away from a darker path, providing the listener with a range of emotional experiences."
For their latest single 'A Mother's Lament,' the band enlisted another BC musician to help with the project. Says Tom: "'A Mother’s Lament' is a song I wrote with Barney Bentall. It’s the story of a mother mourning the loss of her daughter on the Highway Of Tears. There is a line in the song, ‘are you cold my sweet darling’ which suggests there is a mystery as to where someone is. We thought this could apply to the many missing Indigenous women in BC and the importance of keeping their stories alive."
Folk Signals is available now on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, and other digital retailers and streaming services worldwide.
The Southern Residents - Folk Signals (Independent)
01. Devyn Gale
02. Between Love and Blood
03. A Mother's Lament
04. Green On Green
05. This Veil Of Tears
06. Death Ain't The End Of Me
07. The Path To Righteousness
08. Echo Through My Empty Heart
09. My Dying Bed
10. Get Wood
11. By The Time Our Tears Have Dried
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