Heirlooms by Tragedy Ann
With their new album "Heirlooms", Liv Cazzola and Braden Phelan issue a call for deeper connection with each other and with the natural world.
The answer to this call is reflected both in the collaborative creation process and the meaningful ways in which Heirlooms will be shared. Setting these intentions rooted them and provided the insight needed to nourish the project and create something lasting.
"We want Heirlooms to encourage listeners to question their individual choices and reconsider the experiences of others in their communities, provoking critical thought rather than merely expressing our opinions. In order to encourage this in others, we must do so ourselves."
Heirlooms is an opportunity to reconnect, share stories and learn.
Tracklist
| 1. | Australia | 3:48 |
| 2. | The Shield | 4:29 |
| 3. | Perfect Strangers | 3:57 |
| 4. | Velveteen | 4:56 |
| 5. | Float Away | 4:54 |
| 6. | Strasbourg | 1:11 |
| 7. | Every Morning | 3:05 |
| 8. | Birthday Book | 4:02 |
| 9. | The Good of my Heart | 4:06 |
| 10. | The Ghost of John McGowan | 6:41 |
| 11. | Heirloom | 5:26 |
| 12. | I Hope This Finds You Well | 2:58 |
Credits
released May 6, 2022
Production: James Paul & Tragedy Ann
Recording Engineer: JoJo Worthington
Additional Engineering: James Paul, Liv Cazzola, Mark Mariash
Assistant Engineers: Darren McGill, Chris Stringer
Editing: JoJo Worthington & James Paul
Orchestral Arrangements: Jillian Sauerteig
Recorded at: The Oculus Pavilion, Union Sound, Rogue Music Lab, Stardome, Potato Patch
Piano technician: Marc Decorte
Mixing: James Paul at Rogue Music Lab
Mastering: Heather Kirby at Dreamlands Mastering
Album Artwork: Jenni Douglas
Photography: Nicolette Hoang
Graphic Design & Layout: Sue Passmore
Printed on PCW recycled paper at Ampersand Printing, a local carbon-neutral facility.
All songs written by Liv Cazzola & Braden Phelan (SOCAN, 2022), except:
- “L’Arca Di Noe” by Sergio Endrigo - gratitude to his estate for their permission
- “Have You Seen The Ghost Of John” - Traditional
- Birthday Book co-written by John Muirhead, Liv, and Braden
This project is funded in part by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s private radio broadcasters. Ce projet est financé en partie par FACTOR, le gouvernement du Canada et les radiodiffuseurs privés du Canada.
In creating Heirlooms, many people were generous with their time, expertise, creativity, and love. As is always the case with creative projects, this album could not have happened without overlapping layers of community.
In no particular order, we extend deep gratitude to:
Barbara Salsberg Mathews for the friendship & inspiration; The Craig Horas, Team-Skeens, Yas, Sam, Billy, & Goose for housing us through recording; Camilla Cook & Adrian Raso for challenging us in our craft & inspiring us in our delivery; Ryan Allen, Rodney Jantzi & Dave Robinson for keeping our instruments & amps rockin n’ rollin; Nicole Colbeck for the writing prompts - they kept us creating through some heavy times; Rob Taylor, Eric Leigh, & Rosie Eberhard at OIART for the initial demo sessions; Pat, Che, Yuki & Alicia for tolerating two noisy songwriters in the house; Liv’s students, for their flexibility and constant source of inspiration; Graydon James for demystifying the scary FACTOR grant; Steve Kenny at Traverse Music for conspiring with us throughout the release process; Kait & Alex for the deep companionship, collaboration, and euchre games (Kait, you & Liv will forever go ↓); Jenni, Nicolette and Sue for translating our music into the visual realm so beautifully; JoJo for being a rad tracking-roommate, and bringing humour, style, and bagels to the sessions; Anita for being the gold standard in creative compassion, for embodying softness & gifting these songs with it; Sam for far more things than we can list here, including lifelong friendship, intrepid & innovative grant-writing, and holistic collaboration; Jill for making us sound like geniuses with your orchestral parts, & feel like family with your friendship; JP for leaning into vulnerability & approaching complexity with delicacy, even when your brain feels like a sieve; all creative collaborators, past & present for allowing us to explore and experiment; everyone who’s ever put us up for the night, hosted a house concert, or who contributed to our crowdfunding campaign; our parents, siblings, and extended families, for trusting us with your heirlooms; the patch of Earth and Time we are inhabiting, and trying to leave with more love than how we found it; to you, for listening.
JP would like to thank: Leigh & Tallulah, Chris Stringer, Leon Taheny, and Ian Gomes.
This album was written and recorded in numerous locations that are all subject to the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Covenant. This treaty expresses rights and responsibilities for those living in the area so as to ensure the health of the land and all its citizens, and was first practiced by the Nishnaabeg, the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Attiwonderonk Peoples.
Music has been made here since time immemorial, and in drawing inspiration from these landscapes for our own songs, we recognize the role we must play in ensuring their wellbeing for generations to come.
We hold ourselves accountable to continue learning from and about these places, to confront our privilege, and to navigate the dismantling of ongoing colonial projects in the hopes of truly living in reciprocity with the land and its people.
Production: James Paul & Tragedy Ann
Recording Engineer: JoJo Worthington
Additional Engineering: James Paul, Liv Cazzola, Mark Mariash
Assistant Engineers: Darren McGill, Chris Stringer
Editing: JoJo Worthington & James Paul
Orchestral Arrangements: Jillian Sauerteig
Recorded at: The Oculus Pavilion, Union Sound, Rogue Music Lab, Stardome, Potato Patch
Piano technician: Marc Decorte
Mixing: James Paul at Rogue Music Lab
Mastering: Heather Kirby at Dreamlands Mastering
Album Artwork: Jenni Douglas
Photography: Nicolette Hoang
Graphic Design & Layout: Sue Passmore
Printed on PCW recycled paper at Ampersand Printing, a local carbon-neutral facility.
All songs written by Liv Cazzola & Braden Phelan (SOCAN, 2022), except:
- “L’Arca Di Noe” by Sergio Endrigo - gratitude to his estate for their permission
- “Have You Seen The Ghost Of John” - Traditional
- Birthday Book co-written by John Muirhead, Liv, and Braden
This project is funded in part by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s private radio broadcasters. Ce projet est financé en partie par FACTOR, le gouvernement du Canada et les radiodiffuseurs privés du Canada.
In creating Heirlooms, many people were generous with their time, expertise, creativity, and love. As is always the case with creative projects, this album could not have happened without overlapping layers of community.
In no particular order, we extend deep gratitude to:
Barbara Salsberg Mathews for the friendship & inspiration; The Craig Horas, Team-Skeens, Yas, Sam, Billy, & Goose for housing us through recording; Camilla Cook & Adrian Raso for challenging us in our craft & inspiring us in our delivery; Ryan Allen, Rodney Jantzi & Dave Robinson for keeping our instruments & amps rockin n’ rollin; Nicole Colbeck for the writing prompts - they kept us creating through some heavy times; Rob Taylor, Eric Leigh, & Rosie Eberhard at OIART for the initial demo sessions; Pat, Che, Yuki & Alicia for tolerating two noisy songwriters in the house; Liv’s students, for their flexibility and constant source of inspiration; Graydon James for demystifying the scary FACTOR grant; Steve Kenny at Traverse Music for conspiring with us throughout the release process; Kait & Alex for the deep companionship, collaboration, and euchre games (Kait, you & Liv will forever go ↓); Jenni, Nicolette and Sue for translating our music into the visual realm so beautifully; JoJo for being a rad tracking-roommate, and bringing humour, style, and bagels to the sessions; Anita for being the gold standard in creative compassion, for embodying softness & gifting these songs with it; Sam for far more things than we can list here, including lifelong friendship, intrepid & innovative grant-writing, and holistic collaboration; Jill for making us sound like geniuses with your orchestral parts, & feel like family with your friendship; JP for leaning into vulnerability & approaching complexity with delicacy, even when your brain feels like a sieve; all creative collaborators, past & present for allowing us to explore and experiment; everyone who’s ever put us up for the night, hosted a house concert, or who contributed to our crowdfunding campaign; our parents, siblings, and extended families, for trusting us with your heirlooms; the patch of Earth and Time we are inhabiting, and trying to leave with more love than how we found it; to you, for listening.
JP would like to thank: Leigh & Tallulah, Chris Stringer, Leon Taheny, and Ian Gomes.
This album was written and recorded in numerous locations that are all subject to the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Covenant. This treaty expresses rights and responsibilities for those living in the area so as to ensure the health of the land and all its citizens, and was first practiced by the Nishnaabeg, the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Attiwonderonk Peoples.
Music has been made here since time immemorial, and in drawing inspiration from these landscapes for our own songs, we recognize the role we must play in ensuring their wellbeing for generations to come.
We hold ourselves accountable to continue learning from and about these places, to confront our privilege, and to navigate the dismantling of ongoing colonial projects in the hopes of truly living in reciprocity with the land and its people.
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Tragedy Ann is a Forward-looking Folk duo from Guelph, Ontario.
Braiding organic vocal harmonies with accordion, singing saw, guitars, and ukulele, Tragedy Ann’s arrangements are as delicate as they are driving.
With their new album "Heirlooms", Liv Cazzola and Braden Phelan issue a call for deeper connection with each other and with the natural world.