Album / Title
Blues is in the Water
By: Manitoba Hal (Hal Brolund)
Origin: Winnipeg, Manitoba → Shelburne, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦
Insight
Awards
Nominated for Blues Album of the Year at the 2019 Music Nova Scotia Awards
Liner Notes
This collection of songs was going to be called ‘Every Sin That I’ve Committed’. Sin was not the legacy that we wanted for this album. WATER is in just about every one of these songs. Water takes the role of cleansing, of baptism, of home, of escape and freedom. It is location, redemption, obstacle and hope. This album is defined by water and water is the unifying element in this collection of songs. Blues IS in the water.
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Credits
Musicians
Manitoba Hal: ukulele, resonator guitar, cigar box guitar
Tim Williams: octave mandolin, mandolin, 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, Weissenborn guitar, backing vocals
Kevin Belzner: drums
Kit Johnson: upright bass
Shaye Zadravec: backing vocals
Sydney Zadravec: backing vocals
Songwriting
All songs written by Hal Brolund, except:
‘My Dyin Day’: Hal Brolund and Joanne Stacey
‘Paul Walked On’: Pat Melanson
Production
Produced by Tim Williams
Engineered by Steve Gerard at Bette Jane Studio, Calgary, Alberta
Mastered by Dave Horrocks at Infinite Wave Mastering, Calgary, Alberta
Photography and Design
Photography by Lisa Buchanan
Graphic design by Hal Brolund
Management
Nicole Colbeck, Little Acorn Music Management
Bookings
manitobahal@gmail.com
Release
Released March 1, 2018
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