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Jed Marum
The Soul of a Wanderer
Genre: Folk

Track Listings (15) - Disc #1
1. Desolation Island
2. My Sweet Wyoming Home
3. Banks of the Mobile
4. Angus Fraser
5. Ferry Me Over
6. Soul of a Wanderer
7. Lost Little Children
8. Phil the Fluther's Ball
9. San Antonio Rose
10. The Sons of Liberty
11. Letter from Lilac Acres
12. Drill Ye Tarriers
13. Lakes of Ponchartrain
14. Garden Where the Praities Grow
15. Sarah's Mountain Time

CD Details

All Artists: Jed Marum
Title: The Soul of a Wanderer
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Boston Road
Original Release Date: 11/1/2002
Release Date: 11/1/2002
Genre: Folk
Style:
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 733792408326

Synopsis

Album Description

The album is a collection of American, Irish and Scottish stories told in contemporary, traditional and original folk-style songs. Marum mixes American and Celtic songs with a variety of acoustic instruments. SOUL OF A WANDERER was produced by Paul Mills at the Millstream in Toronto. Working with Jed and Paul on the album are veteran Celtic and folk musicians, Brian McNeill (Battlefield Band, Ed Miller), Rick Fielding (Canadian folk music legend, Curly Boy Stubbs (Stan Rogers "favorite side man"), Betty Blakley Waddoups (Louisiana's Irish band, The Conlys). Producer Paul Mills says of the project, "I have been a record producer for over thirty years and have had the pleasure and privilege to record some of the cream of the folk music artists. I am proud to have worked with more than fifty individuals and groups including Stan Rogers, Natalie MacMaster, Ron Hynes, Sharon, Lois and Braum, John Alllen Cameron to name a few. I am delighted to add Jed Marum to this list. Jed chose to travel all he way from his home in Texas to Toronto, Canada to have me produce his CD and I am very glad he did. He is a fabulous singer who knows how to communicate a lyric, as well as a great guitar player with a unique style that is both powerful and musical. He writes strong story songs with great melodies and can skillfully interpret them as well as works by other artists. This CD is a collection of the very best from both sources."

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CD Reviews

Beautiful, more diverse than "Fall River"

Shane G | Dallas, TX | 11/15/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"My family and I "discovered" Jed Marum at a small Celtic festival in North Texas. His mastery of guitar and banjo are excelled only by his songwriting ability. We liked Jed's music so much that we travelled to a different city to catch him at another festival, where I bought "Wanderer" from him after sitting in the rain to hear him sing and play. All the way home from the festival, we listened to this CD, and I've been listening to it heavily since."Soul of a Wanderer" is a more ecclectic collection of music than "Streets of Fall River", which was composed mostly of Ireland-inspired ballads and songs of home and family. (I highly recommend that cd as well.) "Wanderer" still has a great Celtic flavor, but Jed tosses in a couple of "country--he used the term 'cowboy'"-sounding songs (don't let that scare you away--I'm no fan of country music, but enjoy these tracks tremendously), to go with his Celtic songs. If you like acoustic music that speaks to the soul, Jed's your man.Though Jed is a great guitarist, I have to admit that one of my favorite tracks on this cd is sung a capella: "Where the Praities Grow". The songs on this cd run the gamut from whimsical and fun: "Phil the phluther's ball" to manly and driving: "Drill Ye Tarriers" and "Desolation Island", to historical heart-string pullers: "Banks of the Mobile" and "Sons of Liberty".Jed's music is grounded in family, history, courage, honor, and love. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the way folk music should be done."