Time: 31:36
File: FLAC
Released: 2018
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Art: Front
01. Alligator (3:19)
02. My Dyin' Day (3:11)
03. Papa Gateau (Made Of Money) (2:58)
04. Peel Myself Away (3:16)
05. Paul Walked On (2:38)
06. Plenty Of Fish (2:50)
07. Saint Peter (3:04)
08. Hope Of A Brighter Day (3:25)
09. When Leadbelly Walked The River (3:06)
10. Blessed By Love (3:42)
For over 15 years, Canadian blues artist Manitoba Hal has been forging a career as one of the country’s most preeminent roots and blues multi-instrumentalists. With 14 recordings under his own name and appearances on countless others, guitarist, ukulele master and singer-songwriter Manitoba Hal is a musical renaissance man.
Known for his deep baritone voice and mastery of his instrument – whether it be on guitar or his trusty ukulele - Manitoba Hal takes his audience from the deep south to the islands with songs that are mournful, hopeful, silly, romantic and introspective. His original songs have become modern classics and his take on standards and popular blues songs of the past have brought him to the forefront of the blues scene. Manitoba Hal has been influenced equally by artists such as Gordon Lightfoot and Stephen Fearing as much as blues forefathers Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters. These influences offer a uniquely Canadian sound to Hal’s blues and work to tie together the exceptional prose in his lyrics with grit and spirit of blues music.
Beginning his career as a guitarist, Manitoba Hal began to play the ukulele when he inherited a 1955 Martin uke from his beloved grandfather who told him “you can have it if you learn to play it”. And so, he did, continuing to master the tiny instrument, thus proving that the ukulele can be small but mighty as he pulls out powerful riffs and melodies adding background beats with looping technology showcasing the blues in all its passion and groove. His approach to playing is simple – there’s not a lot of flash, just a brilliant understanding of the music, the mood and his audience. In an average year Hal performs over 150 shows throughout Canada, Europe and Australia. Be it a crowd of one or 1000, Manitoba Hal gives 100% of his energy and ability at each performance to ensure a night to remember.
Whether on four strings or six, Manitoba Hal is one of Canada’s most versatile, engaging, expressive and down-to-earth blues artists.
Known for his deep baritone voice and mastery of his instrument – whether it be on guitar or his trusty ukulele - Manitoba Hal takes his audience from the deep south to the islands with songs that are mournful, hopeful, silly, romantic and introspective. His original songs have become modern classics and his take on standards and popular blues songs of the past have brought him to the forefront of the blues scene. Manitoba Hal has been influenced equally by artists such as Gordon Lightfoot and Stephen Fearing as much as blues forefathers Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters. These influences offer a uniquely Canadian sound to Hal’s blues and work to tie together the exceptional prose in his lyrics with grit and spirit of blues music.
Beginning his career as a guitarist, Manitoba Hal began to play the ukulele when he inherited a 1955 Martin uke from his beloved grandfather who told him “you can have it if you learn to play it”. And so, he did, continuing to master the tiny instrument, thus proving that the ukulele can be small but mighty as he pulls out powerful riffs and melodies adding background beats with looping technology showcasing the blues in all its passion and groove. His approach to playing is simple – there’s not a lot of flash, just a brilliant understanding of the music, the mood and his audience. In an average year Hal performs over 150 shows throughout Canada, Europe and Australia. Be it a crowd of one or 1000, Manitoba Hal gives 100% of his energy and ability at each performance to ensure a night to remember.
Whether on four strings or six, Manitoba Hal is one of Canada’s most versatile, engaging, expressive and down-to-earth blues artists.
Blues Is In The Water
9 comments:
Any Chance for a reup?
@Classiciv
Manitoba Hal - Blues Is In The Water (2018) [Lossless].rar (NMR)
https://www67.zippyshare.com/v/XnVGiwpu/file.html
@BDaD, thank you!
Oops...not found on zippy, I'd like to request Manitoba Hal - Blues Is In The Water (2018), thank you!
@Ice Cream Girl
Post has a new link. Enjoy :)
@Bluestender ... thank you so much!
Hi BT! May I get this reupped in Flac please? ๐ค๐๐ผ๐
Manitoba Hal: Ukulele, Resonator Guitar, Cigar Box Guitar
Tim Williams: Octave Mandolin, Mandolin, 12 String Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Slide Guitar, Weisenborn guitar, Backup Vocals
Kevin Belzner: Drums
Kit Johnson: Upright Bass
Shaye Zadravec and Syndey Zadravec: Backup Vocals
Nominated for Blues Album of the Year - Music Nova Scotia 2019
This collection of songs is about water. WATER is in just about every one of these songs. Water takes the role of cleansing, of baptism, of home, of escape and freedom. It is location, redemption, obstacle and hope. This album is defined by water and water is the unifying element in this collection of songs. Blues is in the water.
All songs by Hal Brolund except; My Dyin Day by Hal Brolund and Joanne Stacey Paul Walked On by Pat Melanson.
Produced by Tim Williams.
@daba:
New Flac link for this album:
https://pixeldrain.com/u/k76tQuvn
Thanks Flash. Much appreciated!!! ๐ค๐๐ผ๐
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