Hello there, my name is Steven Bowers, and I am a singer/songwriter. I live in Halifax, and it's raining today. I'm trying to convince myself to go jogging, but I have further convinced myself that my Myspace needs updating. I think it's a last ditch effort to not go jogging. I've uploaded some tracks from my new CD. It's called 'Beothuk Words' and highlights nine of my original alt-folk songs. My fourth full-length album, Beothuk Words was recorded during the summer of 2011 in Port Howe, NS at the home studio of producer Dale Murray (Cuff The Duke, Christina Martin, The Guthries) and singer Christina Martin (who provides harmony vocals throughout, and a duet on the title track). The album features a stellar line up of musicians including multi-instrumentalists Kev Corbett and Dale Murray, Keith Mullins (drums, percussion), Fleur Mainville (fiddle), Brian Murray (banjo) and Daniel Ledwell (trumpets).
Regarding the title, I was wrapping up production and trying to finish two final tracks. I stumbled on an article about the Beothuk, who were native inhabitants of Newfoundland during the time of European colonization in the 15th and 16th centuries. They became extinct as a people in 1829, and subsequently much of their language was lost. That really stuck with me. The title of the record speaks to the lyrical themes of impermanence, seasonal cycles and generations. The album closer (Song for Little You) was written after I found a photograph of my wife as a child. Its sister song and album opener (Song for Grown You) bookend the record, and the lost Beothuk Language, the idea that it came and left so quietly, was something that seemed to tie all of these ideas together.
Beothuk Words is the follow up to my 2009 EP called 'Circadian Anthem', also produced by Dale Murray and featuring a duet with Christina Martin called "Comfortably Sweet", which landed in the Season 4 premiere episode of CBC TV series, "Heartland".
In 2008 I released a CD called 'Homing'. I named 'Homing' after my friend Stephanie Domet's novel of the same name, she asked me to write a promotional blurb for her and I did, and I also fell in love with the book and the story. Check it out. Below are some videos from our CD launch of 'Homing', as well as a video I shot with my friend Steve Yorke as part of the Atlantic Film Festival 10x10 program.
If you'd like to buy some of my music, you can do so at www.stevenbowers.com and on iTunes. If you're looking for bio information, you can visit my EPK at sonicbids.com/stevenbowers. Thanks for coming by.
