For ten years, Magnum photographer Larry Towell documented the lives of Mexican Mennonite migrant workers both in Ontario and in their insular desert colonies of Mexico. He produced one of the most beautiful and award winning photography books of the decade. In the process, he began recording the sixteenth century hymns of Old Colony Mennonites and the sounds from their natural environments. Coupled with the spoken word, he and producer Jeff Bird have textured a haunting and a beautiful forty-five minute sound track using original field recordings, piano, bass, flute, accordion, jaw's harp, musical saw, "natural" instruments and the highly innovative vocal arrangements of Gwen Swick of the band, Quartet. This CD is for anyone with a penchant for music, photography, or storytelling.
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Larry Towell
Country Gallery Records
R.R.#1,
Bothwell, ON.
Canada
N0P 1C0
Musicians and performers:
Larry Towell:
readings, field recordings, bones, wind wand, second vocals, jaws harp,
musical saw
Jeff Bird: double bass, overtone flute, piano, wind wand, goat hooves
with marimba, seed pods
Gwen Swick: harmony vocals
Witold Grabowiecki: accordion, piano
Jaro Cerwinec: accordion
Lois Cherry: piano
Barnyards: Progresso colony, Campeche, Mexico
Baby Starling: Larry's kitchen, Lambton Country, Ontario
Other birds: Larrys' backyard, Lambton County, Ontario
Funeral singing: Durango Colony, Mexico
Other guests in order of appearance:
Dyck family: singing at home, Chihuahua, Mexico
Henry Bergen: talking at home, Kent County, Ontario
Wall girls: singing, washing dishes, Chave Colony, Campeche, Mexico.
Peter Friesen, minister: singing, Chihuahua, Mexico
Aaron Friesen, Henry and Susie Bergen: singing at home, Kent County, Ontario.
Larry is a journalist and a photographer who has conducted one-person performances with photographs, original music and singing at: The Maine Photographic Workshops, The National Union of Journalists AGM in Copenhagen, The Elvehjem Museum of Art in Madison, Wisconsin, The National Interfoto Conference in Moscow, The International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York City, The London Regional Art Gallery, Toronto's Harbourfront, The Kiosko Alfonso of Coruna, Spain, and several European Photo Festivals.
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