Coastal Chants CD / Digital Download (2008) is a re-release of a Cassette Tape, Coastal Chants (1992), with 5 extra tracks from unreleased Too Young Too Old (1994) and (1:00) of Electroacoustic 'Who is She ? Fragile as Superman'
Tom Harrison, The Province
Published: Tuesday, November 18, 2008
STILL TUNED TO FOLK
Last night, Sylvi MacCormac oversaw the CD release of her Coastal Chants at Iron Works. This might be her most accomplished and focused collection, with its pronounced sense of atmosphere and MacCormac's dusky folk voice. She's been immersed in spoken word, sound collages and other projects, but she first was recognized as a folk-influenced singer and is impressive in that role.
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Stuart Derdeyn, The Province
Published: Friday, November 14, 2008
The E-List, Great things to do weekend with Stuart Derdeyn
CONCERT
Sylvi MacCormac's Coastal Chants
Where/When: Siwash Rock, Stanley Park, Coast Salish Territory, tomorrow, noon;
Ironworks, 235 Alexander St., Mon., 7 p.m.
Why: This local singer is the sort of person who stops you in the street to play some harmonica and offer you a sonnet. With a firm grasp of spiritual music and lyrical twists and turns, she has honed her art over three albums and is now releasing Coastal Chants. MacCormac keeps good company with guests including Sexy Pierre (violin), Wendy Solloway (bass), Astrid (sax), Alyssa Serpa (guitar), cowboy poet Jeff Standfield, MC Betty Rebel 67 aka T'Uy Tanat / Cease Wyss and Pepé Danza. Tickets: $10 at the door; others free
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SYLVI MACCORMAC is an artist who works with sound.
People describe sylvi's voice as having a rich and moving nature. Weaving elements of soundscape with music and voice her work resonates along the lines of Canada and Ireland.
Reflecting on experiences through music: the mirror in the sea sylvi writes of spirit and soul, blues and bones, heart and home, intensely of passion, joy, pain, tragedy, and of loving Earth.
We hope you enjoy sylvi's music and consider her work regarding writing, performing, recording, and soundscape in the areas of programming, publishing or communications
Composers Miriam Rainsford and sylvi macCormac enjoy conversation and a cup of tea with cats and radio static across the waves http://www.mstation.org/sylvi.php
Hear sylvi macCormac's music and interview with Dennis Bathory-Kitsch @ Kalvos & Damian's New Music Bazaar
- http://kalvos.org/shows/kalx0604.ram - yo able dis !
- http://www.kalvos.org/shows-2005.html - text & image
sylvi macCormac received honourable mention at the International Musique Electroacoustique Bourges, France (1999) and produced Uts'am / Witness CD (2004) including Buffy Sainte-Marie, Bruce Cockburn, Barry Truax and Squamish Eagle Song Dancers.
a multi-talented performer/composer of modern music, and the creator of WHEELS : an ongoing long-term recording project in which the voices of the disabled and the sounds of their work are immortalized in soundscapes, sylvi macCormac has extensive performance credits since the 1980's, including the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, New Music West , and Seattle's RockrGrl Music Conference in 2000.
Composing with voices, instruments and environmental recordings, sylvi macCormac's work can be found in the National Libraries of Canada and France and on line at
- www.deepwireless.ca - www.kalvos.org - www.thirdcoastfestival.org
- www.sonus.ca - cec.concordia.ca - www.utsam-witness.ca
and in the Phonetique of the IMEB @ La Bibliothèque Nationale de France
- www.IMEB.net @ www.BnF.fr
Electroacoustics (including Soundscape Composition) stretches the boundaries of music by collaging sound, story and song, transforming sound sources with signal processing and combining them in creative ways. Diffusion extends familiar structures, by placing the listener inside the soundscape while inviting us on imaginary journeys.
www.sylvi.ca /na/da/bc / siwash rock
www.myspace.com/sylvimacCormac
www.thefestival.bc.ca / soundscape
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