...if I say so myself!

This year's festival was a grand success! Reports have it that John Millard's new band was really something to behold. A number of people have said it was like a great lesson in the history of Canadian folk music. Bassist and co-artistic director Rob Clutton joined Lina Allemano and Ryan Driver in "N" who not only explored the vast potential of trumpet/bass and piano/synth but had their own t-shirts!! The Demon duo tore the roof off of the Red Guitar with a number of Shuffle Demon favourites including "What do you Want?"

A week later the festival closed on Ward's Island. The church was a great place to hear all three of these groups (if I do say so myself!) Selina Martin was a hit with her original folk/pop songs selling Cds to 40% of the audience. (not bad eh?!!) Bob Fenton took advantage of having a grand piano in a church by exagerating the sustain in his performance as the sonorities bounced around high above. Closing the show was the self proclaimed oldest jazz singer in Canada; Don Francks with the Tim Posgate Hornband. He put on a great show, sung beautifully (including Posgate's arrangement of Stevie Wonder's Village Ghettoland) and kept it real with his between-song-banter.

Stay tuned here for updates on GFoAH 06. Also please check out Guildwoodrecords.com and Roughidea.ca for updates on shows throughout the year.

Thanks again to our sponsors; Vergemusic.com, Soundscapes and the Red Guitar, and all the musicians for their beautiful music and support.