fiery indie folk for the flute

This is the second short film I have ever made, called, “Macaulay Muse.” Not sure if I should be sharing it with y’all or not but hey, it’s fun to check out the beginning stages of trying out something new.

I filmed this on 8mm and then Scott Amos hand processed it is his basement and transferred it. I set the music to it, on the road in Montreal using my omnichord, frog, glockenspiel and shaker. It’s footage I took in the Macaulay House (Dawson City, Yukon) in April 2009, no editing, just straight footage of the cool things in and outside the house. Lots say the house is haunted. I’d have to agree. The first Mayor of Dawson City used to live there. It was a very inspiring place for me and I am amazed at how many compositions I created during my time there. I scored pieces for short film. It probably goes down as being my most productive residency so far.

While in St. John’s this summer, I plan to be a sponge at the film co-op here called NIFCO. Should be a fun and productive summer!

Wow, is it ever great to be back in St. John’s, Newfoundland for the summer! I forgot just how beautiful this town is and how great the people are, how vibrant the artistic community is. Sometimes I wonder if I am making the right choices when I decide where I am going to live. I was concerned about living in Newfoundland for the summer as I knew that I would have to make a lot of sacrifices to get myself here. But you know what? It was TOTALLY WORTH IT. Actually, even more worth it than I thought it would be. Every Canadian should experience Newfoundland at least once in their lifetime. Newfoundlanders are the most beautiful people I have ever met.

I’m going to begin recording my new full-length album, “It Is What It Is” with recording engineer, Don Ellis very soon. Waiting on a Canada Arts Council grant and am keeping the fingers crossed!

Have an outrageous summer everyone. : )

Rozalind

A little bit of an update of where I am and what I’m up to right now. I just left Toronto, after performing a super fun show at the Cameron House. It warmed my heart to see people sitting on the stairs and on the floor at the front of the stage. I could not have wished for a better turnout. Then I went on to perform at the Black Sheep in Wakefield and once again, had one of the most enjoyable performances of the tour to date. Oh how I love Wakefield and the Black Sheep. What a magical place.

I’m off to Montreal, to open for one of my favourite Montreal bands, Flotilla. We’ll be performing at O Patro Vys on Saturday June 6th. My set will be on the shorter side so make sure to get there early! I’m starting at 9pm. Courtney Wing will follow.

I’ve just posted a live recording of “Primordial Soup,” recorded at the Apollo in Thunder Bay by one of my favourite sound engineers in Canada, Alex Pederson. I wrote this song to go with a short film by Scott Amos while I was in Dawson City, Yukon last month.

To listen to “Primordial Soup,” visit:

Rozalind’s MySpace page

And for those of you in Northern Ontario, I will be on the radio twice on Tuesday May 19th:

8am - CFNO (in Marathon) - live performance and interview

4:40pm - Sudbury’s CBC Radio with Dan Lessard - live interview with tracks played off of Edgework

Pat Carrabre of The Signal will be playing one of my songs on CBC Radio Two this Sunday. Tune in on Sunday May 10th, between 10pm and 11pm to catch it.

CBC, you’re awesome.

This is one of the films Scott Amos and I collaborated on for the Dawson City One-Minute Film Challenge. It’s called “Boots”. I used a toy instrument that one of the local folks had given me, the “Old MacDonald” you hear in the background. Recorded it into a zoom and then played around with other sound samples I had taken in the Macaulay House.

Well the sound quality ain’t great on this but Scott Amos’s short film, “Primordial Soup” is certainly intoxicating. This is a performance Scott and I did at the Dawson City International Short Film Festival. I had just written the song and this was the first performance of it.

This is a video clip of the Grade 2 class from Dawson City’s Robert Service School, dancing to me performing “Tongue n Groove” in their classroom. Had to share it with ya as it puts a smile on my face each and every time I watch it. They asked me to play this song three times and each time, they had a blast dancing. What a fun bunch of kids! : )

There’s nothing cooler than receiving an email that notifies you of your music being played on National radio.

Pat Carrabre on The Signal will be playing “Tongue n Groove” from Edgework this Sunday, April 19 between 10:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. on CBC Radio 2. Thanks CBC. You just put a big smile on my face. : )

I’ve got a new song up on my MySpace player, called, “We Could Be“. It was recorded at the Banff Centre, live off the floor by sound engineers, Will Howie and Maggie. Thanks to the talented musicians who laid down such beautiful parts in such a limited amount of time.

Click here to Listen to “We Could Be” Demo

I recently sent this recording to apply for a Canada Arts Council recording grant. Keeping the fingers crossed. If I am successful, it will help to fund the new album, titled, It Is What It Is which I plan to start recording in Newfoundland this summer.

Rozalind MacPhail, voice, glockenspiel, acoustic guitar, flute
Samuel Davidson, clarinet
Cheryl Law, viola
Erika Christou, electric bass