Roots' is Ventus Machina's second full length album. The track list includes eight arrangements by Ventus Machina's clarinetist James Kalyn, including Canadian folk hits by Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchel and Gordon Lightfoot; tunes by local bluegrass legend Ray Legere; and traditional songs that have been chosen by the members of Ventus Machina to represent their heritage and first musical influences. Guests on the album include bluegrass fiddler and mandolin player Ray Legere, clarinetist Andrew George and percussionist Joel Cormier. Formed in 2011, the New Brunswick-based woodwind quintet Ventus Machina quickly became a major player on Canada's east coast classical music scene. Their flexible and dynamic style of performance-often presenting themed programs that at once engage, entertain, and educate-continues to attract and delight increasingly diverse audiences. Classically based and uncompromising in artistic quality, Ventus Machina makes regular excursions into other genres including jazz, opera, Latin and pop, challenging themselves and surprising their audiences.

Tracklist:

Goldberg “variegations” (After J.S. Bach's Bwv 988)
Koppången (Arr. J. Kalyn)
Edmund Fitzgerald (After Lightfoot)
How Great Thou Art (Arr. J. Kalyn)
Les Raftsmen (Arr. J. Kalyn)
Blackbird Fantasy Scherzo (After Mccartney & Lennon)
Traveller's Breakdown (Arr. J. Kalyn)
Doin' Repairs (Arr. J. Kalyn)
Calm Before The Storm (Arr. B. Bridges & J. Kalyn)
Celtic Suite: I. The Whistling Farmer
Celtic Suite: II. Blue Mountain Waltz
Celtic Suite: III. Trip To Windsor
The Circle Game (Arr. J. Kalyn)
Four Strong Winds (Arr. A. George)
Bird On The Wire (Arr. J. Kalyn)

UPC: 615499526254
Label: Leaf Music
Release Date: 2.12.21
Format: CD

Roots / Various - Roots (CD)