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Lennie Gallant-CD-Searching For Abegweit
A 2 Disc Album With 22 Songs
lynnhorne@ns.sympatico.ca
www.lenniegallant.com
By John Gavin, Sunday, December 13, 2015

 

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Lennie Gallant from PEI just released a new Album entitled, Searching For Abegweit in December 2015.

The songs are all from the hit musical by Lennie Gallant. Over the past two summers (2014 & 2015) Lennie Gallant and Band performed over 85 sold out shows of his runaway theatrical hit, SEARCHING FOR ABEGWEIT;THE ISLAND SONGS & STORIES OF LENNIE GALLANT. The show is a musical love letter to Prince Edward Island that stars the artist himself and presents his compositions about PEI alongside comedic stories, poignant tales, and Island legends. The show is presented in a multimedia format that includes a plethora of images from PEI visual artist and sibling Karen Gallant.

The CD contains 2 CD discs containing 22 songs, 11 in each. Lennie had his hand in writing all songs on the album. Here are some track titles:

Overture-Back To Rustico-Abegweit-Which Way Does The River Run-Tales of The Phantom Ship-Peter's Dream-Island Clay-A Day With You In Paradise-Searching For Abegweit-Northern Lights and 14 more.

Musicians Include:

Lennie Gallant-Jeremy Gallant-Jonathan Gallant-Patricia Richard-Sean Kemp-and guest Artists:Hubert Francis and The Lone Cry Drummers-(Mi'kmaq drum)

Lennie is a recent recipent of the Canadian Folk Music Award for Artist of The Year and a member of the Order of Canada for his contributions to Canadian culture. His previous body of work included ten albums (8 in English and 2 in French) for which he has garnered a host of awards and nominations from the Junos, ECMA and Prix Eloizes.

Atlantic Seabreeze rates this allbum 5 stars out of a five star rating.

The CD, Searching for Abegweit is available for purchase at select stores, mail order at www.lenniegallant.com and download at itunes.

 

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