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SONGS FOR KIDS

how to orderOver 50,000 students , 5000 songwriters, 200 songs and counting... My Dog Ate My Homework is Lowry Olafson’s first CD for kids. It features 18 songs selected from over 200 written with students in grade 2 -12 across western Canada as part of his popular songwriting workshop and concert for schoolkids, From the Page to the Stage in One Day! . . . more

TRACK LISTING
Put Your Voice on Paper  .. listen 
My Dog Ate My Homework  .. listen 
The Lemons Are Coming  .. listen
It Only Takes One  .. listen
Kids Forever  .. listen
The Funky Chicken  .. listen
Friends Come from the Heart
8 Second Ride

When Somebody Cares
Friends are like Noodles
Any Kind of Pie
People Like That
I Wish for You
I've GOT to Stop Talking
21 Ways to Bug Your Teacher  .. listen
Falling Feather
Sparkles in my Heart


borderland CD

BORDERLAND

how to orderIt’s been four years since singer-songwriter Lowry Olafson’s last release. The interim has given birth to a wealth of new material. Borderland features 12 songs and two violin instrumentals, recorded live with a band of stellar musicians.. . more

TRACK LISTING
Hey Jack .. lyrics..  listen
Borderland .. listen 
Never Say Die
Puzzle
Things I Should Have Said
Borrowed Time
Teach Me To Listen
Circle
I'll Be On That Train
Losing What's Left Of My Mind
Dances With Waves
Be The Boat
Never A Sky So Blue
Let It All Go




SOLID GROUND

how to orderThere are 15 new songs including two violin instrumentals.
"Lowry Olafson gets the truth into his songs: the earthiness and the elegance of the everyday."
        ... Tom Kimmel - songwriter
(Johnny Cash, Linda Rondstadt, Joe Cocker, Shawn Colvin) Solid Ground is my first release of all new material in four and a half years, with lots of water under the bridge, so there's lots of music to share with you.

TRACK LISTING
Going to the River .. listen / lyrics
Solid Ground .. listen / lyrics
Annabelle .. listen / lyrics
Feels Like Forever .. listen / lyrics
If You Are An Angel .. listen / lyrics
Days Like This .. listen
That's Where We Fall Down .. listen / lyrics
Ship of Dreams .. listen / lyrics

A Love Like This .. listen / lyrics
Pier 21 .. listen / lyrics
Shelter Island .. listen
Down In Dreamland .. listen / lyrics
Safe and Sound .. listen / lyrics
Stronger Than You'll Ever Know .. listen / lyrics
Here We Go Again .. listen / lyrics



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FEELS LIKE FOREVER

how to orderFeels Like Forever, Lowry's Wedding CD includes his acoustic arrangements of two favorite wedding classics - Pachelbel's Canon in D and the Mendelssohn Wedding March. It also includes Feels Like Forever and eight more of Lowry's originals that are frequent wedding requests."

TRACK LISTING
Pachelbel's Canon in D .. listen
Feels Like Forever .. listen / lyrics  
Always .. listen / lyrics   
Mortar and Stone .. listen / lyrics
This Ring .. listen / lyrics
Fire and Water .. listen / lyrics

Dreams Come True .. listen / lyrics
Living in the Country .. listen
Let It Begin .. listen / lyrics
Sweet and Strong .. listen
Mendelssohn Wedding March .. listen

DAYS THAT DISAPPEAR TOO SOON

DAYS THAT DISAPPEAR TOO SOON

how to order "So long as Lowry releases a new disc each year things are right with the world, at least OUR little corner of it ... delightful ... each little tune a polished gem."
   -Jurgen Gothe, CBC Radio, Disc Drive

TRACK LISTING

Drivin' All Night
Fire and Water .. listen 
One Horse Rider
Mama's Wish
One Thin Wire .. listen
Bread and Honey .. listen
This Ring .. listen 
Gypsy Highlands
Dreams Come True ..listen
Time to Grow
Fly By Night .. listen





LITTLE MYSTERIES

how to order Lowry Olafson's 4th CD, it was named as the Number One New Release in CBC broadcaster Jurgen Gothe's 1998 Best Of British Columbia collection. Gothe's Top Twenty also included such renowned recording artists as Colin James, Shari Ulrich, Jim Byrnes, Roy Forbes, John Reischmann and David Essig.
TRACK LISTING
Little Mysteries .. listen
A Thing or Two
Sunday Afternoon
One Thin Wire ..   listen
Always .. listen  
Let it Begin .. listen
Cap Brule
Justify the Love
Scheherazade
Mortar and Stone .. listen
Just a Little Bit


BACK AGAIN

how to order "Easily one of my favourites of the year...an incredible ability to leave you feeling whatever he's trying to convey."
  -- Steve Clark FOLK MUSIC DIGEST, Steve Clark
Steve Clark included Back Again in his 12 Favourite Releases Of '97.
"He may well be the best of the urban troubadours left out there...The whole collection is a treat."
  -- CBC FM'S DISC DRIVE, Jurgen Gothe's Hit List - The Best Recordings of the Year

TRACK LISTING

Back Again .. listen
Summer Is Coming
Here to Love .. lyrics
I Wish You Well
February
Tara
Blanket In the Cold .. listen
Wake Up Sleepyhead
Fifty Years
Franz'
We Are Each Other's Angels

Good Intentions

GOOD INTENTIONS


how to order TRACK LISTING
When the Time is Right
Journey
Change Your Mind
I Wish You Were Here .. listen
Ring Telephone
Hiding Behind Your Pride

Good Intentions .. listen
One Last Goodnight
Time To Grow
Desperate Wind
After the Rain

Wind and Rain

WIND AND RAIN

how to order "Lowry Olafson is ready for the big time! A first rate collection of tight, sprightly originals -performed in a wide range of uncluttered settings from neo-trad twang to mellow swing."
--THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT -Ken Eisner

TRACK LISTING

Sweet and Strong .. listen
Words
Someone to Love
Living in the Country .. listen
Nova Scotia .. listen
Blues Out on the Road
Prodigal Son
Who Will Be the Ones?
Wind and Rain
Just Call .. listen

FIVE CD BOX SET

how to order The entire collection in this sunny yellow Five CD Box Set. Excellent value.

Includes:
Days That Disappear Too Soon
Little Mysteries
Back Again
Good Intentions
Wind and Rain


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