Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network,founded in Canada in 1971 by Irving Stowe and Dorothy Stowe,immigrant environmental activists from the United States. Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity" and focuses its campaigning on worldwide issues such as climate change,deforestation,overfishing,commercial whaling,genetic engineering,and anti-nuclear issues. It uses direct action,advocacy,research,and ecotage to achieve its goals.
Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter,multi-instrumentalist and painter. As one of the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit,Mitchell became known for her starkly personal lyrics and unconventional compositions which grew to incorporate pop and jazz elements. She has received many accolades,including ten Grammy Awards and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. Rolling Stone called her "one of the greatest songwriters ever",and AllMusic has stated,"When the dust settles,Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century".
Philip David Ochs was an American songwriter and protest singer. Ochs was known for his sharp wit,sardonic humor,political activism,often alliterative lyrics,and distinctive voice. He wrote hundreds of songs from the 1960s to early 1970s and released eight albums.
James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner,he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. Taylor is one of the best-selling music artists of all time,having sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
Cowboy Junkies are an alternative country and folk rock band formed in Toronto,Ontario,Canada in 1985 by Alan Anton (bassist),Michael Timmins,Peter Timmins (drummer) and Margo Timmins (vocalist). The three Timminses are siblings,and Anton worked with Michael Timmins during their first couple of bands. John Timmins was a member of the band but left the group before the recording of their debut studio album. The band line-up has never changed since,although they use several guest musicians on many of their studio albums,including multi-instrumentalist Jeff Bird who has performed on every album except the first.
The Trinity Session is the second studio album by Canadian alternative country band Cowboy Junkies,released in early 1988 by Latent Recordings in Canada,and re-released worldwide later in the year on RCA Records. "Working on a Building" and "Blue Moon Revisited " did not appear on the Latent Records release. "Blue Moon Revisited" was originally released on It Came from Canada,Vol. 4 (1988),a compilation of Canadian independent bands.
The Caution Horses is the third studio album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies,released in 1990.
Black Eyed Man is the fourth studio album by Cowboy Junkies,released in 1992. The album continues the band's evolution from a spare country blues style to a more mainstream country rock style.
Whites Off Earth Now!! is a 1986 studio album by Cowboy Junkies. It was the band's debut album,and is composed almost entirely of rock and blues covers. Only one song,"Take Me",is an original song by the band.
"A Case of You" is a song by Joni Mitchell,from her 1971 album Blue.
Margo Timmins is the lead vocalist of Canadian alternative country and folk rock band Cowboy Junkies. She is the sister of Michael Timmins,the band's lead guitarist,and Peter Timmins,the band's drummer. Her ethereal vocals,paired with the band's spare and low-key instrumentation played at a relaxed pace,lend the band its unique atmospheric sound.
Early 21st Century Blues is an album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies,released in 2005. The album features two original songs and covers of material by Bruce Springsteen,Bob Dylan,John Lennon,George Harrison and Richie Havens. The record has a very strong anti-war message,while also protesting public apathy towards the political process.
Peter Joseph Moore was a Canadian music producer who was first recognized for his innovative recordings of the Cowboy Junkies,produced on a shoestring budget.
Irving Harold Stowe was a Yale lawyer,activist,and a founder of Greenpeace. He was named one of the "BAM 100".
"There but for Fortune" is a song by American folk musician Phil Ochs. Ochs wrote the song in 1963 and recorded it twice,for New Folks Volume 2 and Phil Ochs in Concert. Joan Baez also recorded "There but for Fortune" in 1964,and her version of the song became a chart hit.
Demons is an album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies,released in 2011. It contains eleven Vic Chesnutt covers. It is Volume Two of the Nomad Series.
"You Can Close Your Eyes" is a song written by James Taylor which was released on his 1971 album Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon. It was also released as the B-side to his #1 single "You've Got a Friend". It has often been described as a lullaby. It was initially recorded by his sister Kate Taylor for her 1971 album Sister Kate. The song has been covered by many artists,including Carly Simon,Linda Ronstadt,Maureen McGovern,Richie Havens,Sheryl Crow,Sting,Eddie Vedder with Natalie Maines,and the King's Singers.
The Riverboat Coffee House was a Canadian coffeehouse located at 134 Yorkville Avenue in the Yorkville neighbourhood of Toronto,Ontario,Canada. It was a key venue for folk rock music and singer songwriter music made famous for featuring high-profile acts,and is considered to be "the best-known coffee house in Canada." It opened in October 1964 and closed on June 25,1978.
All That Reckoning is an album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies,released in 2018. The album features eleven new songs to focus on "empty hearts,empty nests,lost paths,lost lives,and all the reckoning that brings about the end of things,and the beginnings of something else. [The] songs are about reckoning on a personal level and reckoning on a social level," as stated by Michael Timmins.
Terry Allan Simmons was a Canadian-American lawyer and cultural geographer,and the founder of the British Columbia Sierra Club. In this role,he participated in the Don't Make A Wave Committee,understood as the origin of the environmental organization Greenpeace.
