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   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   Newfoundland musician Jim Fidler released a new solo CD   
   entitled Up That River on Dec. 8.  It contains some   
   upbeat pop songs, some reggae songs, and some folk songs.   
      
      
   The track listing is:   
      
   1. Up That River -- an anthemic reggae-influenced pop   
        song about not waiting to see what is coming   
        downstream but going up river to check it out.   
      
     "I'm going up that river just to see what they got on the way"   
      
      
   2. Me -- a catchy danceable reggae influenced pop song   
      
     "if you wanna know me, take a look at yourself"   
      
      
   3.  Cats WIll be Katz --- a catchy mostly instrumental   
         with some vocal touches from Jim's backing   
         vocalists The Secrets (Terri Lynn Eddy, Renee   
         Batten and Karla Pilgrim)   
      
      
   4. No Woman, No Cry --- a great new interpretation of   
         the classic Bob Marley reggae song   
      
      
   5. Be Free --- an original reggae song with great   
        backing vocals from The Secrets   
      
      "all we need is some peace and harmony;   
       all we need is to be free"   
      
      
   6.  Operation Africa --- a funky danceable African-influenced   
         instrumental tune.   
      
      
   7.  Leslie Street --- a moody (and maybe waltzable) folk/pop track   
         with some celtic influencss   
      
     "walking over Leslis Street, slippin' toward the water side;   
      where the disenfranchised met, to fortify their Irish pride"   
      
      
   8.  All the Way Back home --- a waltzable dreamy summer love song   
      
       "all the way back home, you can close your eyes,   
        you can dream a dream, 'neath he summer skies"   
      
      
   9.  For God Cried the Stars --- a short instrumental with   
         some nature sounds; intro to Matrix   
      
      
   10. Matrix --- a progressive rock tune, lots of keyboards,   
           but danceable   
      
      "Don't get me going, it's not the way it is   
       We live in a matrix, it's all illusion"   
      
      
   11.  Down That River --- a celtic-influenced (nice low whistle)   
           folk song that is a bookend to track 1, and is about   
           relaxing after all the hard work (of the CD?).  Has   
           some nature sounds too.  Good acoustic guitar work.   
      
       "sun goes down turns the day to night,   
        moonshine whiskey and moon shines bright   
        down that river"   
      
      
   In summary I highly recommend this new CD and think several   
   songs on it are worthy of radio play.  This is a great   
   addition to Jim Fidler's previous solo celtic CDs   
   Gypsy, Friendly Fire and Midnight Rover and his   
   solo reggae CD  Revolution Time.   
      
   You can get it for $14.99 from http://jimfidler.com/music-store   
   but also you can listen for free to samples from the CD at that site   
   by double-clicking on the green play button below the picture   
   of the CD.   
      
   --   
   David Dalton  dalton@nfld.com   http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)   
   http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/nf.html Newfoundland&Labrador Travel & Music   
   http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
      "Here I go again...back into the flame" (Sarah McLachlan)   
      
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