Gale B. Gardiner
Forever & Always
© 2001 Gale B. Gardiner (634479251610)
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Heart & soul originals* flowing thru a voice that 'takes me to heaven & back more than once' (fan) dancing with guitars & autoharp, highlighting 3 jewels with authentic Norwegian & British Isle roots (*Rose of Allendale traditional)
tracks
- 1 How Can I Say I Love You?
- 2 Right Person, Place & Thyme
- 3 Mother, Baby & Me
- 4 Rose of Allendale
- 5 Forever & Always
- 6 Sea Fever
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Hear the sounds of Fortune's Gale (aka Gale B. Gardiner) on Forever & Always (F&A - D.C. area producer Jim Houck’s push for her to enter Sweetbriar College’s '02 Singer / Songwriter Fest). Groton, MA's Stagecoach Inn 5- Star Friday Showcase awarded Gale it's '06 songwriting challenge trophy, & she was chosen 3/07's CT Live Music Local Spotlight. She was invited to perform Forever & Always, (& Timeless Love), songs for CT&Cox Cable Access Music/talk Shows "Solly's Friends" ('07 & Fall '08 in Winsted, Granby, Simsbury, Enfield (CT) Cox cable towns & Westfield (MA) cable area), as well as "Did You Know?" ('08 Wethersfield & greater Manchester,CT). She was asked in Jan. '09 by Guy Gilchrist (Nashville hit) to split bill-fine turnout Feb. 13th at Pineloft Cafe Berlin, CT!
Her 1st full length CD TIMELESS LOVE: Old, New, Borrowed, Blue, Strong & True is at www.cdbaby.com/cd/galebgardiner2
Check there for Bio, 10 CD discography, highlights of her performing experiences & most recent news.
Liner notes & reviews follow monthly schedule:
All events in CT & accessible unless noted) (P)=piano
JULY 2009
Sat. 4th-Canton-Margaritas-Invited to join Cold Sweat for
a song or two! 144 Albany Trnpke 8pm FREE
Fri. 10-Manchester-Folk on Friday Open Mic 7-9:30pm FREE
Cheney Hall, Hartford Rd.
Sat. 11th-Storrs- Starbucks -Fortune's Gale 7-9pm FREE
1244 Storrs St. across from UConn
Fri. 17th-Torrington-1st Congregational Church 6pm FREE
Fortune's Gale & more 835 Riverside Ave
Part of 3 day Praise God Fest! 7/16-18th
Sat. 18th-Sandisfield, MA-PACE Private Event 6pm
Sun. 19th-Bethlehem, PA-Godfrey Daniels Open Mike 7pm $3.50
East 4th Street - Legendery venue.
Sat. 25-Bristol-Recovery Club Open Mic Host/Feature 7-11pm
67 West St.
AUGUST 2009 (partial)
Wed. 5th-Portsmouth, NH-Seacoast Guitar Hoot 7-9:30pm FREE
Redhook Brewery Pease International
Trade Center-35 Corporate Dr.
Thurs. 6th-Groton, MA-Stagecoach Inn Host Fest Night! $3
Main St. Rt 119 Fortune's Gale & others
Thanks to Univ. of Hartford artist, Josh, who created 3 pieces about my music for the 9th Annual Women's Composer Festival art/music collaboration (15 artists portrayed 15 composers). The exhibit was up all March at Tisane Tea & Coffee Bar, 537 Farmington Ave., Hartford, CT. The major piece was inspired by Forever & Always (see liner note below 'tossing child in the air'), a 2nd by the Dalmatian Suite (discography on Timeless Love CDbaby site below), while the 3rd by song "Strands of Hair" not recorded yet...
Specific track info (not on CD insert):
#1 How Can I Say I Love You? - It was originally, How Can I Say I'm Sorry. Gale's mom said 'can't you write anything upbeat?'...so she kept the melody and wrote new lyrics,singing it at her 1st gig. It was requested by a couple the next week when they returned.
#2 Right Person, Place & Thyme - Written during Augusta Festival Autoharp Workshop in '99, Gale's neighbor asked her to record it for a May wedding. Gale brought a blank tape to sounding board at Tortilla Factory (Herndon (VA) Folk club, and that is where Jim Houcke heard her (& asked her to sing ballads on his next CD, wanted her to submit to Lileth Festival, & encouraged her submission to Sweetbriar College 2002 Singer Songwriter Festival...
#3 Mother, Baby & Me - Lyrics were written by Gale's brother Randy for he & wife Kathy's first daughter Joy. Melody came to her on OH to CT flight after seeing her six week old niece. Producer of Forever & Always, Larry Cooper insisted it be included after Gale picked up her guitar to sing it as a way to calm his one year old daughter while they tried to record. Larry said people would 'stop and listen' - it was the song chosen by West Hartford Cafe (CT) to play overhead...
#4 Rose of Allendale - Gale 1st heard this in Norway done by Harvey Reid & Joannie Maden (Cherish the Ladies) with exquisite harmonies at the '99 Vikedal Roots Festival. Gale had been in Europe for work & visited friends in Bergen 60 miles from festival that weekend. Most beautiful drive of her life (60 miles but 5 hours & 2 ferry crossings over fjords)! Gale learned the song from Mary Black's CD & considers it one of the most challenging & rewarding vocals she's ever done.
# 5 - Forever & Always is an example of how new music often falls from the sky during Gale's travels - this one came in Oslo, Norway '99, on a Sat. walking down Kierkevein (Church St.) after seeing a father 'toss' his infant into the air, both laughing - a pure moment of unconditional love & unconditional trust between parent & child. She 'heard' a fiddle playing, but no time to include one for this EP. She hopes you 'hear' the fiddle somehow during the vocal interlude...
#6 - Sea Fever - Masefield's 1909 poem (UK Poet Laureate) was the inspiration for this melody, Gale's 1st foray into shanty-writing. It was on the Final program of a York, ME Waterways '95 Songwriting contest where she went when her submission wasn't a 'top 10' (she'd sent Brook Waltz, now on her Dalmatian Suite CD). They wanted shanties, not waltzes! It's enjoyed by others like Gale with 'sea fever'!
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From a Beautiful Place
author: John E. GregoryGale's voice, her lyrics, and the emotion in this album, are from a beautiful place, and I feel I am there too when I listen to this album at home, or in my car. I first listened to it on a trip to the Cape, and when I got there I felt totally relaxed and refreshed. Gale's voice was made to go with a folk guitar, a piano, and an autoharp, as she demonstrates in these interesting and creative arrangements. This music is stunning in its clarity and freshness.
A beautiful voice soothing to the soul
author: Bob HoeppnerWhether she's playing the autoharp on Rose of Allendale or Sea Fever, or playing the guitar on the other tracks, Gale's voice intertwines with her instrument in a most pleasant way. I wish I'd had this CD when my daughter was an infant to soothe her fretful tantrums! Face it, Gale is everywhere. If you live in New England there's no reason not to have heard her live. But if you've missed her live performances, or simply want to listen to some relaxing folk with a bit of Celtic energy, then this should be your CD.