Whiskey Soup

by | May 16, 2016 | Music

Recorded 15 May 2016 Written by Graham Lindsey http://fromawaymusic.ca/wp I wrote this to pair with my other tune “From Away” and people have said it’s more straightforward and has a decent groove. I’ll let you decide! Written in the fall of...

The Write-Off

by | Apr 1, 2016 | Music

Recorded 1 Apr 2016 Written by Graham Lindsey http://fromawaymusic.ca/wp So it’s tax season. I’ve finished tiling my front hall and bathroom, replaced a toilet and played all the music I possibly could. Yet I haven’t finished my taxes. A tune came to...

Don Kavanagh’s Latest

by | Mar 16, 2016 | Music

Recorded 15 Mar 2016 Written by Graham Lindsey http://fromawaymusic.ca/wp Here’s a hornpipe written in the week leading up to St. Paddy’s Day – I named it after Don Kavanagh, Ottawa’s king of the hornpipe (always at the correct tempo, of...

There Were Mountains

by | Nov 18, 2015 | Music

Recorded 15 Nov 2015 with David Morrissey Written by Graham Lindsey http://fromawaymusic.ca/wp I was in Calgary after the 2015 Canadian Folk Music Awards (held in Edmonton this year), and decided to take a trip to Canmore to see the mountains. Unfortunately it was...

Stephen Harper’s Jig

by | Sep 28, 2015 | Music

I wrote a tune for Stephen Harper! (No, it’s most definitely not a commission.) It’s a lively “jig”, in 5/8 with a couple of bars of 6/8, but usually not where you’ll hear it. Newfoundland players would call “Stephen Harper’s...

From Away

by | Sep 1, 2015 | Music

Recorded 21 Aug 2015 with Shane Cook Written by Graham Lindsey http://fromawaymusic.ca/wp Written for a friend living on the East Coast – from away. Download From Away – key of F (PDF) | Download From Away – key of D...

Ellen’s Jig

by | Jun 10, 2015 | Music

Recorded 11 Feb 2015 with Ellen Gibling Written by Graham Lindsey http://fromawaymusic.ca/wp This one proves that all you need to do to have a tune named for you is to compliment the guy who wrote it! It’s a nice little jig that people have seemed to latch onto....

Grit’s Jig

by | Feb 28, 2015 | Music

Recorded 11 Feb 2015 with Ellen Gibling Written by Graham Lindsey http://fromawaymusic.ca/wp This is the first tune of mine that I’d played in public – now named for Grit Laskin, maker of fine stringed instruments, and without which I wouldn’t have...

The Sarah Burnell Band – Trip To Pakistan

by | Feb 28, 2015 | Music

Trip To Pakistan, played here by The Sarah Burnell Band, was the single most cited YouTube video that I’ve been in – I’m not sure that qualifies it as having gone viral, but it’s popular! The tune “Trip to Pakistan” was written by Niall...

On The Track – NCB

by | Aug 24, 2002 | Music

This is a video from 2002, recorded by Rogers Community Television in Ottawa, at Centrepointe Theatre. People keep saying they like seeing the video, so I’m happy to include it here.
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