LATEST NEWS:

- On Labour Day (Monday, September 6th) Mike will be hosting his own one-hour CBC Radio Special all about.......Labour Day!  It's produced and written by Mike Tennant (The Age of Persuasion). Watch this space for more details!

- the 2 Mike Ford albums that haven't been digitally available (stars shone on toronto, Satellite Hotstove) are now downloadable at a great new website: www.mocm.ca   It's the new Museum of Canadian Music, launched Canada Day. 

- Mike performed July 10/11 at the 50th Anniversary Mariposa Folk Fest - including SEAWAY performances with David Francey!  Here's a couple photos from the weekend...

        

                     Mike & Friends                             Craig Werth, Mike & David Francey                                               

SEAWAY by Mike Ford & David Francey

Scroll to the bottom of this page for Laker project photos.

                                      

In late May of 2005 we were granted the incredible opportunity to spend two weeks aboard the MV Algoville. The captain and crew of this 750-foot bulk carrier of the Algoma Central Laker fleet allowed us to witness life onboard first-hand. We sailed from Montreal to Thunder Bay and back along the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the majestic inland sea of the Great Lakes. We are indebted to Algoma Central Marine and all those on board the Algoville, who made this trip possible. It is to that hard-working crew that we dedicate these songs.

         ~ David Francey and Mike Ford

This 16-song joint project is available at all Mike and David's shows, at www.maplemusic.com, on iTunes and in stores.

 

 

For more info about 'SEAWAY' and David Francey, go to www.davidfrancey.com  

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Canada Needs You, volume two is the follow-up to the Juno-Nominated volume one is a rip-roaring journey through Canada's 20th Century, featuring 12 original songs and numerous musical guests.  Available in Toronto at CHAPTERS RUNNYMEDE 2225 Bloor St W. Available now from www.MapleMusic.com, iTunes, at all Mike's shows, and in stores across Canada!  Tracks: Creeping Barrage / In Winnipeg / Tea Party / Talkin' Ten Lost Years / Let's Mobilize! / Canada Doesn't Need You / Joey Smallwood / Maurice Richard / Expo 67! / Open For Business / The Giants (Clayoquot Trials) / I'm Gonna Roam Again Check out this Volume Two review from Caught In The Carousel ! http://caughtinthecarousel.com/reviews/mFord.php Stay tuned for photos, historical background info and more.

 

Satellite Hotstove (Eastern Gap, The Credit, The Seaway, Huge on the Luge, The Fraser, Saskatchewan, Late of October, The Island) Recorded in the summer of '07, Satellite Hotstove is an 8-song follow-up to stars shone on toronto. It features a few songs from the Laker Music Project, a few written on the trans-Canada train, one about the grand sport of LUGE and one about a certain island in a certain city that for some bizarre reason is still covered in airport tarmac and airplanes.  Satellite Hotstove is available at www.maplemusic.com and at all Mike's upcoming shows and festival appearances.

Mike's Juno-Nominated Album: CANADA NEEDS YOU (Volume One) (I'm Gonna Roam; Thanadelthur; Les Voyageurs; The Oak Island Mystery; La Patriote; Turn Them Ooot; Sir John A. - You're O.K.; D'Arcy McGee; Louis & Gabriel; Canada Needs You; A Woman Works Twice As Hard; I've Been Everywhere) Canada Needs You volume one made the top 100 of 2005 for CKUA, one of Canada's coolest radio stations - check them out, and their list, at http://www.ckua.org/   This is Mike's first CD devoted to his original Canadian History songs. Produced by Mike and fellow Früvous colleague David Matheson, it features 12 diverse and exciting tracks exploring lives and events from pre-1905 Canada. For historical background info on the songs, click here. Available from MapleMusic! To purchase the album click on the CD Available on MP3 CANADA NEEDS YOU is also available for download from iTunes and from Puretracks. Retailers that carry the album: A&B Sound, Amazon.ca, Archambault, CD Plus, CD Warehouse, Chapters, HMV, Indigo, Megatunes (Calgary & Edmonton), Sam's, Virgin ..and available in Winnipeg at Humboldt's Legacy, 887 Westminster Ave. (204-772-1404), Mike's favourite store on the planet!

Also available by Mike: Stars Shone on Toronto (Stars Shone On Toronto; The Great Hall; Tank; Crossroads - Song for Jane Jacobs; Web Of Life - Oak Ridges Moraine; My Toboggan; The Great Fire Of 1904; Tooker - Le Monde A Bicyclette)

Folk Festival Bookings by Jack Ross To book Mike for schools and select Mike Ford To learn more about Canada’s best way to bring curriculum to life, Canada In Song

THE LAKER MUSIC PROJECT  In late May '05, Mike had the incredible fortune to be asked to join singer-songwriter extrordinaire David Francey on the Algoville - a 730ft. Algoma Central Freighter they got to live abord while her Captain and Crew brought 27,000 tons of Iron Ore from Sept-Isles to Hamilton and then sailed to Thunder Bay to load up with Durum Wheat! Click here for more photos...

 

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