Twenty Three  (2017)

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A car pulled off the highway in hesitation, a pair of work boots sitting in a closet, the repeated plea of ‘give me something’; gritty songs soaked with questions of usefulness and purpose saturate the latest album from Keith Jolie.

With twenty three, Keith Jolie presents an album where the song stories take front stage with vocals that range from tender to angry and broken. From the opening “Strings” through to the closing “She”, twenty three is book-ended by consideration for the story from the perspective of the strings, pictured as characters in the stories they tell, through to the muse (She) that inspires them.

Between the bookends, are a series of stories of seeking answers. “Carolina” hides the anguish and anger that results from being deceived in the clothing of a joyful anthem that begs to be sung. “Bad Boy” and “Secrets” take a slight turn towards Americana/country with stories of bad choices, regrets and could-have-beens.

As the album progresses, the levels get turned up with “Steel” and “Give Me Something” that scream of the perspective of age and experience and what is left at the end of the day or a life of work. “Running” a Canadian anthem of a young man that travels from Ontario to the Rockies like so many before.

The Beauty (2016)

Demo Recordings and other stuff :)

Live Performance at The Eton House - recorded by an audience member and posted to Archive.org

Roughly 40 minutes of music!!!

Paranormal Sunrise Demos (2003)  

Some of these songs morphed into Endsville Songs, and some of them haven't been put into the wild until now...enjoy, and again BIG emphasis on DEMO ....these are really rough recordings done on an old laptop when I was living in Calgary for the most part,

running.mp3 running.mp3
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It's Summer Now But My Mind Is Wande.mp3 It's Summer Now But My Mind Is Wande.mp3
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paranormal sunrise.mp3 paranormal sunrise.mp3
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Sidewalk Cracks.mp3 Sidewalk Cracks.mp3
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Confidence.mp3 Confidence.mp3
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The Hostage Demo (2001) 

The recordings attached to this one are exactly what they say - demos...full of mistakes (and some really cool moments if I do say so myself).  Enjoy - some of these songs will be recorded again, and I'm even thinking of actually recording this album (note that the track listing wasn't complete.  For instance 9.5 doesn't appear on the track titles...but it appears between track 9 and 10...thus...9.5)

room.mp3 room.mp3
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I was there.mp3 I was there.mp3
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Moth to the flame.mp3 Moth to the flame.mp3
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Baldwin and Queen Streets.mp3 Baldwin and Queen Streets.mp3
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Kensington Morning.mp3 Kensington Morning.mp3
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Starlet.mp3 Starlet.mp3
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Whiskey and Music.mp3 Whiskey and Music.mp3
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Hold my hand lately.mp3 Hold my hand lately.mp3
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9.5.mp3 9.5.mp3
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The Hostage.mp3 The Hostage.mp3
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"Songs From A Black Notebook" (1995)

I recorded this one on a tascam 4 track and admittedly put WAY too much reverb on it - I also must have been kind of forlorn or something...not too many happy songs on it.  The coolest story about this recording is that I went to Whistler BC once to visit Gary and by the time I got there, there were a bunch of people that knew all the words to my songs - That was the first time I had the awesome experience of my music touching people that I didn't know.

I need to get a tape deck hooked up to my computer and get this up on the site.

(you'll notice I re-purposed the art from the first tape for Songs from a black notebook)

 

"The Turn" (1993)

The drawing is the original album art created by Gary Thomas for my first recording entitled "The Turn".  I don't have any of the original recordings and so the mp3s that I've attached here are ripped off of a cassette - as a result the quality isn't very good, but you'll get the idea of what I was up to in around 1993. 

One of my favourite bands at the time was The Tea Party...can you tell when you listen to Pay the Piper?  I so wanted to be Jeff Martin....

Backdoor to Bluebird.mp3 Backdoor to Bluebird.mp3
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She.mp3 She.mp3
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Running Out.mp3 Running Out.mp3
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Pay the Piper.mp3 Pay the Piper.mp3
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On the Road.mp3 On the Road.mp3
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