| James Gordon | |
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James Gordon performing at the Hillside Festival, which he co-founded in 1984. |
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| Residence | Guelph, Ontario |
| Occupation | singer-songwriter |
| Known for | Tamarack, "Frobisher Bay", Hillside Festival |
| Spouse | Val Morse |
| Children | Evan Gordon, Geordie Gordon |
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| http://www.jamesgordon.ca | |
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Folk Era Records
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James Gordon is a Canadian singer-songwriter, known as a founding member of Tamarack.[1] He has also released more than 20 solo albums. As a prolific songwriter, he is known for such diverse songs as "Sweaters for Penguins" and "Frobisher Bay".[2] He wrote the weekly song for the CBC Radio program Basic Black. He is proficient on a variety of instruments including guitar, piano, banjo and mandola.[3]
He has toured internationally in North America, the British Isles, Southeast Asia, and Cuba.[4]
His songs have been covered by other musical artists such as the Cowboy Junkies ("Mining for Gold") and Melanie Doane.
He is a co-founder of Guelph's annual Hillside Festival and was its first creative director, from 1985 to 1988.[5][6] He also founded (and was the artistic director of) the Canadian Songwriters' Festival,[5] and was a board member of the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals. Gordon is active in arts-, civics-, and environment-related causes in the Guelph region, for which he was given the Guelph Mayor's Award in 2008.[5]
He was the candidate for the Ontario New Democratic Party in the riding of Guelph in the 2011 Ontario provincial election but lost to incumbent Liz Sandals.[7]
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James Gordon used to perform with David Archibald as "Jim and Dave", producing family-oriented musicals.
More recently, his work includes: