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CBC Records is a Canadian record label, owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, which distributes CBC programming, including live concert performances in album and digital format(s).

The CBC began releasing albums in 1966, in cooperation with commercial labels (such as RCA Records), and established its own internal record label, CBC Enterprises, in 1982.

The French-language side of the CBC organisation, Radio-Canada, has its own counterpart, Les Disques SRC, which focuses on French-language music.

Recordings with universal appeal among both anglophones and francophones, such as classical music, are branded with both names.

See also[link]

• List of record labels

External links[link]

• CBC Records

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Rob Furlong
Born	1976 (age 35–36) Fogo Island, Newfoundland
Allegiance	Canada
Service/branch	Canadian Forces
Rank	Corporal
Unit	Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Battles/wars	War in Afghanistan Operation Anaconda
Awards	Bronze Star
Other work	Police officer

Rob Furlong (born 1976), is a former corporal of the Canadian Forces, who previously held the record for the longest confirmed sniper kill in combat, at 2,430 m (2,657 yd) or 12.08 furlongs or 1.51 miles.^[1] Furlong's shot exceeded the previous record of Arron Perry set in 2002 just before Furlong's record by 120 m or 130 yd. Furlong's record was surpassed in November 2009 by Craig Harrison who shot two Taliban fighters consecutively at a verified range of 2,475 m (2,707 yd). ^[2]

Biography[link]

Born in Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Furlong taught himself to fire a rifle ambidextrously.^{[citation needed]}

Military career[link]

The rifle Furlong used to kill an enemy from 2,430 m.

In March 2002, Furlong participated in Operation Andaconda in Afghanistan's Shah-i-Kot Valley as a member of the 3rd Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI). His sniper team included MCpl. Graham Ragsdale (Team Commander), MCpl. Tim McMeekin, MCpl. Arron Perry, and Cpl. Dennis Eason. A group of three al-Qaeda fighters were moving into a mountainside position when Furlong took aim with his Long Range Sniper Weapon (LRSW), a .50-caliber McMillan Brothers Tac-50 rifle, loaded with Hornady A-MAX 750 gr very-low-drag bullets.^[3] He began firing at a fighter carrying an RPK machine gun. Furlong's first shot missed and his second shot hit the knapsack on the target's back. The third struck the target's torso, killing him. The distance was measured as 2,430 m (2,657 yd). With a muzzle speed of 823 m/s (2,700 ft/s), each shot reached the target almost four seconds after Furlong fired.

This feat is not typical for the effective range with a high first-hit probability of the employed rifle on non-static targets (see maximum effective range). The shot was aided by the ambient air density in the Shah-i-Kot Valley where Corporal Furlong operated, which is significantly lower than at sea level due to its 2,743 meter (9,000 ft) mean elevation.

In December 2003, PPCLI snipers Master Corporal Graham Ragsdale, Master Corporal Tim McMeekin, Corporal Dennis Eason, Corporal Rob Furlong and Master Corporal Arron Perry were awarded the Bronze Star by the U.S. Army for their actions in combat during Operation Anaconda, March 2–11, 2002. Rob Furlong held the record of longest kill shot recorded in history until November of 2009 when his record of 2,430 m (2,657 yd) was beaten by British CoH (Corporal of Horse) of the Household Cavalry of the British Armed Forces Craig Harrison who set the new record at 2,475 m (2,707 yd).

Later career[link]

Just days after Furlong's record-making shot, MCpl Arron Perry became the subject of a military police criminal investigation into inappropriate conduct during their deployment in Afghanistan. The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service (NIS), the major crimes unit of the Canadian Forces Military Police, also became involved in the investigation. As the months wore on, there emerged so many conflicting accusations and explanations that no charges were ever laid. During the investigation, Furlong and his fellow snipers were questioned. The experience made Furlong decide to leave the Canadian military. After his resignation from the military, Rob Furlong became a police officer.^[4]

See also[link]

• Longest recorded sniper kills

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• McMillan Tac-50 article including a photo of the actual rifle Furlong used.
• Mention in Dispatch (broken link as of 03/03/2012)
• 'We were abandoned': Story of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Snipers

External links[link]

• Personal Interview #1
• Personal Interview #2

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Isabel Bayrakdarian
Isabel Bayrakdarian in 2005 following an Edmonton Symphony Orchestra performance.
Background information
Born	Zahlé, Lebanon
Genres	Opera
Instruments	Singing
Years active	2000–present
Labels	CBC Records
Website	www.bayrakdarian.com

Isabel Bayrakdarian (born 1974 in Zahlé, Lebanon) is a Grammy Award-nominated Armenian Canadian opera singer.

Early life[link]

Born in Lebanon in 1974, she moved to Canada as a teenager. Bayrakdarian graduated in 1997 from the University of Toronto with an honours B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science.

Career[link]

Isabel Bayrakdarian is noted as much for her stage presence as for her musicality,^[1] and she has followed a unique career path. Since winning first prize at the 2000 Operalia International Opera Competition^[2] founded by Plácido Domingo, she has launched an international opera career, appearing at the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, La Scala, Opéra National de Paris, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Salzburg Festival, Dresden Semperoper, Bavarian State Opera, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and the Canadian Opera Company among others.

Her roles have included Euridice in Orfeo ed Euridice, Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare, Romilda in Serse,^[3] Emilia in Flavio, Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro,^[4] Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Pamina in The Magic Flute, Rosina in The Barber of Seville, Marzelline in Fidelio, Adina in L'elisir d'amore, Norina in Don Pasquale, Leila in Bizet's The Pearl Fishers, Teresa in Benvenuto Cellini, Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande, the Vixen in The Cunning Little Vixen, Blanche in Dialogues of the Carmelites and Catherine in A View from the Bridge.

Her concert schedule includes appearances with the Chicago, Montreal, Toronto, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco symphony orchestras, Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra, singing under the baton of such conductors as Seiji Ozawa, James Conlon, David Zinman, Michael Tilson Thomas, Christoph von Dohnányi, Christoph Eschenbach, Colin Davis, Andrew Davis, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Mariss Jansons, Leonard Slatkin, James Levine, Peter Oundjian and Richard Bradshaw.

Bayrakdarian is the subject of a film entitled A Long Journey Home^[5] that documents her first trip to Armenia. A major North American tour by Bayrakdarian in October 2008 featured the music of Komitas Vardapet with concerts in Toronto,^[6] San Francisco, Orange County, Vancouver, Toronto, Boston and New York's Carnegie Hall. She was accompanied by the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra conducted by Anne Manson, and pianist Serouj Kradjian. This "Remembrance Tour" was dedicated to victims of all genocides and was sponsored by the International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (a division of Zoryan Institute).^[7]

Prizes[link]

In addition to her first prize at the Operalia Competition and four consecutive Juno Awards, Bayrakdarian has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal, the 2005 Virginia Parker Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts,^[8] the Leonie Rysanek Award from the George London Foundation, the Mesrob Mashdots Medal on behalf of the Holy See of Cilicia on August 15, 2004,^[9] and a Metropolitan Opera National Council Award in 1997.

Personal life[link]

In 2004 she married pianist Serouj Kradjian.

Recordings[link]

Her first recording, titled Joyous Light was released in March 2002 and rose to No. 1 in the Canadian classical charts. Soon afterwards, her vocals were featured in Atom Egoyan's film Ararat, and in the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in the track "Evenstar".

Since then she has won four consecutive Juno Awards for "Classical Album of the Year - Vocal or Choral Performance" for the following recordings: Azulão (Bluebird), an album featuring Spanish and Latin American songs (2004); Cleopatra, featuring arias sung by the character Cleopatra from operas by Handel, Carl Heinrich Graun, Johann Adolph Hasse and Johann Mattheson (2005); Pauline Viardot: Lieder Chansons Canzoni Mazurkas, (2006); and Mozart: Arie e Duetti with fellow Canadians Russell Braun and Michael Schade (2007). In late 2007, Tango Notturno, a collection of tango songs, was released on CBC Records. Her album Isabel Bayrakdarian: Gomidas Songs, featuring songs by the 19th century Armenian composer Gomidas Vardabet, was released on September 23, 2008 on the Nonesuch label and is nominated for a Grammy in the Best Classical Vocal Performance category.

Her dance music single "Angelicus" with the Vancouver electronica group Delerium made it to the top of Billboard Dance music charts in March 2007 and was nominated for a Grammy Award.^[10]

Popular and crossover[link]

• Millennium Gala (2001, CBC Records)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers soundtrack (2002)
• Ararat soundtrack (2002)
• guest on Delerium: Nuages du Monde (2006, Nettwerk)

Armenian[link]

• Tango Notturno (2007, CBC Records) tangos by Arno Babajanian (sung in Armenian), Fareed el-Atrache (sung in Arabic), Unto Mononen (sung in Finnish), Carlos Gardel and Aníbal Troilo (sung in Spanish), Kurt Weill (sung in French), Hans-Otto Borgmann (sung in German).^[11]
• Komitas Vardapet Gomidas Songs (2008, Nonesuch) with Chamber Players of the Armenian Philharmonic conducted by Eduard Topchjan; Serouj Kradjian, piano^[12]
• Joyous Light (2002, CBC Records) Armenian Sacred Songs, Sahag Bartev (348-437), Abbot Khachatur of Taron (1100–1184), Mekhitar Vartabed of Ayrivank (1222–1307), St. Gregory of Nareg (951–1003), Gomidas Vartabed, with the Elmer Iseler Chamber Orchestra, cond. Raffi Armenian.
• Lullaby by Parsegh Ganatchian, on Armenian Chamber Music Atma, 2010.

Classical[link]

• Azulão (2003, CBC Records) Songs by Manuel de Falla, Enrique Granados, Carlos Guastavino, Xavier Montsalvatge, Fernando Obradors, Jaime Ovalle
• Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (2004, San Francisco Symphony label) with Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and the San Francisco Symphony & Chorus conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas.
• Handel, Mattheson and Hasse Cleopatra (2004, CBC Records) with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.
• Pauline Viardot: Lieder Chansons Canzoni Mazurkas (Analekta, 2004)
• Mozart: Arie e Duetti (2006, CBC Records) with Russell Braun, Michael Schade and the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, conducted by Richard Bradshaw.

Filmography[link]

• Opera Night at Cologne (2005)
• Handel: Serse (2005)
• A Long Journey Home (2005)
• Mozart: Don Giovanni. Live from Salzburg (2006)
• Great Performances at the Met: The Magic Flute (2007)
• Opera Under the Stars. Live in Ottawa at LeBreton Flats Park with the Canadian Opera Company (2007)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Website
• Official YouTube Channel
• Isabel Bayrakdarian at the Internet Movie Database
• Isabel Bayrakdarian on Nonesuch

Richard Colvin Reid (born August 12, 1973), also known as the Shoe Bomber, is a self-admitted member of al-Qaeda who pled guilty in 2002 in U.S. federal court to eight criminal counts of terrorism stemming from his attempt to destroy a commercial aircraft in-flight by detonating explosives hidden in his shoes. He is currently serving a life sentence without parole in a super maximum security prison in the United States.

Background[link]

Reid was born a British citizen in Bromley, South London,^[2] to Leslie Hughes, who was of white English descent, and Colvin Robin Reid, whose father was a Jamaican immigrant of African descent.^[3] When Reid was born, his father, a career criminal, was in jail for stealing a car.^[3] Reid left school at age 16, becoming a petty crook who was in and out of jail himself, the first time for assaulting an elderly woman.^[3] He began writing graffiti under the name Enrol with FRF crew,^[4][5] and ultimately accumulated more than 10 convictions for crimes against persons and property,^[6] serving sentences at the Feltham Young Offenders Institution^[7] and at the Blundeston Prison.^[8] According to his father, Reid became depressed and blamed racism for some of his problems. His father advised him to convert to Islam, telling him that Muslims were more egalitarian and they got better food in prison. The next time Reid was incarcerated (in 1995 for petty theft), he converted.^[3][9][10]

Upon his release from prison in 1996^[8] he joined the Brixton Mosque.^[9][11] He later began attending the Finsbury Park Mosque in North London headed at that time by the anti-American cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri and described as "the heart of the extremist Islamic culture" in Britain.^[3][9] By 1998 Reid was voicing extremist views,^[3] and may have fallen under the sway of "terrorist talent spotters and handlers" allied with Al Qaeda.^[9]

He spent 1999 and 2000 in Pakistan and trained at a terrorist camp in Afghanistan, according to several informants.^[3] He may also have attended an anti-American religious training center in Lahore, Pakistan as a follower of Mubarak Ali Gilani.^[12] During this time he met Saajid Badat.

After his return Reid set about obtaining duplicate passports from British government consulates abroad. Reid next resided at numerous places in Europe, communicating via an address in Peshawar, Pakistan, a city known for its Al Qaeda connections.^[3] In July 2001, Reid flew to Israel, passing through the El Al airline's very tight security network, in what was possibly a test of his ability to pass through airport security screening anywhere.^[9] He then moved to Amsterdam, living there from August 2001 through November 2001, working as a dishwasher.

Reid and Badat returned to Pakistan in November 2001, and reportedly traveled overland to Afghanistan. They were given "shoe bombs", casual footwear adapted to be covertly smuggled onto aircraft before being used to destroy them. Later forensic analysis of both bombs showed that they contained the same plastic explosive and that the respective lengths of detonator cord had come from the same batch: indeed, the cut mark on Badat's cord matches exactly that on Reid's. The pair returned separately to Great Britain in early December 2001. Reid went to Belgium for 10 days before catching a train to Paris on December 16.^[6]

On December 21, 2001, Reid attempted to board a flight from Paris, France to Miami, Florida, but his boarding was delayed because his disheveled physical appearance aroused the suspicions of the airline passenger screeners. Reid also did not answer all of their questions, and had not checked any luggage for the transatlantic flight. Additional screening by the French National Police resulted in Reid's being re-issued a ticket for a flight on the following day.^[13] He returned to the Paris airport on December 22, 2001, and he boarded American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami, wearing his special shoes packed with plastic explosives in their hollowed-out bottoms.

Bombing attempt on American Airlines Flight 63[link]

One of Reid's shoes

On December 22, 2001, passengers on Flight 63 from Paris, France to Miami, Florida complained of a smoke smell in the cabin shortly after a meal service. One flight attendant, Hermis Moutardier, thinking she smelled a burnt match, walked the aisles of the plane, trying to assess the source. A passenger pointed to Reid, who was sitting alone near a window and attempting to light a match. Moutardier warned him that smoking was not allowed on the airplane. Reid then promised to stop.

A few minutes later, Moutardier found Reid leaned over in his seat. Her attempts to get his attention failed. After asking "What are you doing?" Reid grabbed at her, revealing one shoe in his lap, a fuse which led into the shoe, and a lit match. She tried grabbing Reid twice, but he pushed her to the floor each time, and she yelled for help, and then ran to get water. When another flight attendant, Cristina Jones, arrived to try to subdue him, he fought her and bit her thumb and Moutardier threw water in his face. The 6 foot 4 inch (193 cm) tall, 200+ pound (90+ kg) Reid was next subdued by several passengers on the airliner, and then bound up using plastic handcuffs, seatbelt extensions, and headphone cords. A physician on board the airliner administered to Reid a tranquilizer that he found in the emergency medical kit of the airliner.^[14] This flight was immediately diverted to the Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, the closest US airport.^[15]

The explosive apparently did not detonate due to the one-day delay in the take-off of Reid's flight. He had worn his shoes for more than one day, and the rainy weather, perhaps along with Reid's accumulated foot perspiration, caused the fuse to be too damp to ignite.^[16]

Legal proceedings and sentencing[link]

Reid is incarcerated at USP Florence ADMAX, pictured here

Reid was immediately arrested at Logan International Airport after the incident. Two days later he was charged before a federal court in Boston with "interfering with the performance of duties of flight crew members by assault or intimidation", a crime which by itself carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. (Additional charges were added when he was formally indicted by a grand jury.) The judge ordered Reid to be held in jail without bail pending trial due to the seriousness of the crimes he was charged with, and the perceived high risk that he would attempt to flee.^[13] At that time, forensic results indicated Reid's shoes contained 10 ounces (283g) of C-4 plastic explosives, enough to blow a hole in the plane and cause it to crash.^[13] During a preliminary hearing which was held on December 28, an FBI agent testified that forensic analysis had identified the chemicals as PETN, the primary explosive, and TATP (triacetone triperoxide), a chemical needed to detonate the bomb.^[6]

The prosecutor proceeded to obtain a grand jury indictment and on January 16, 2002, Reid was charged with eight criminal counts related to his acts of terrorism, namely: attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, attempted homicide, placing an explosive device on an aircraft, attempted murder, interference with flight crew members and attendants, attempted destruction of an aircraft, using a destructive device during and in relation to a crime of violence and attempted wrecking of a mass transportation vehicle.^[1]

Reid pled guilty to all eight counts on October 4, 2002.^[17] On January 31, 2003, he was sentenced by Judge William Young to life in prison with no possibility of parole with three life sentences to be served consecutively.^[18] Eight fines of $250,000 each were also imposed.^[18][19] During the sentencing hearing, Reid stated that he was an enemy of the United States and in league with Al-Qaeda.^[20] Though Reid proclaimed he was a soldier of God (Allah) under the command of Osama bin Laden, Judge Young declared:

"You are not an enemy combatant, you are a terrorist" ... "You are not a soldier in any army, you are a terrorist. To call you a soldier gives you far too much stature. (points to U.S. flag) You see that flag, Mr. Reid? That is the flag of the United States of America. That flag will be here long after you are forgotten."^[18]

Reid reportedly demonstrated a lack of remorse and a combative nature during the hearing and said that "the flag will come down on the day of judgement."^[18][19]He is serving his life sentence at the United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX in Colorado, a supermax facility which holds the most dangerous prisoners in the federal system.^[21]

Conspirators[link]

Although Reid had insisted that he had acted alone and had built the bombs himself, a palm print and a strand of hair not belonging to Reid were found in the bomb materials.^[18] Later on, a British-born man, Saajid Badat from Gloucester, England, admitted that he had conspired with Richard Reid and a Tunisian man who is in jail in Belgium, Nizar Trabelsi, in a plot to blow up two airliners bound for the United States more-or-less simultaneously, using their shoe bombs.^[22] Badat has said that he had been instructed to board a flight from Amsterdam to the United States. Badat never got on board the flight, and he withdrew from his part of the conspiracy. However, Badat did not warn criminal or aviation authorities about the dangers of Mr. Reid. Badat confessed immediately after being arrested by the British police. The detonator cord in Badat's bomb was found by experts to be an exact match for cord on Reid's bomb,^[23] and their explosive chemicals were essentially identical.^[22] Badat said that he had received the bomb-making materials from an Arab in Afghanistan. Badat was sentenced to 13 years in prison by a British judge.^[23]

Effects on airline security[link]

Concern about bombs possibly concealed in shoes led to the new requirement of all airline passengers departing from an airport in the United States having to pass through airport security in socks or bare feet while their shoes are scanned for bombs.^[24] However, scanners do not find PETN in shoes or strapped to a person. A chemical test is needed.^[25] However, even if the x-ray scanners cannot detect all explosives by itself, it is still an effective way to see if the shoe has been tampererd with to hold a bomb. ^[26]

Alleged role in the September 11 attacks[link]

The captured Al-Qaeda terrorist conspirator, Zacarias Moussaoui, stated at his sentencing hearing in 2006 that Reid was a co-conspirator in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, and that Moussaoui and Reid had intended to hijack a fifth aircraft and crash it into the White House in Washington, D.C., as part of the attacks that took place that day. However, Department of Justice investigators and the federal prosecutors were skeptical of Moussaoui's claim that Reid was involved in the plot.^[27]

Prison restrictions[link]

Reid filed a lawsuit against the restrictions placed on him in prison which controlled his communications with lawyers and other non-prisoners, limited his access to Muslim clerics, and prevented him from joining in group prayer at the prison. In 2009, Reid went on a hunger strike and was force-fed and hydrated for several weeks. It was unknown whether Reid's hunger strike was related to his lawsuit.^[28] The Department of Justice, after consulting with its Counterterrorism Section, the prosecuting Federal District Attorney's office, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, allowed these prison restrictions on Reid to expire^{[clarification needed]} during the summer of 2009, making his lawsuit moot.^[29]

See also[link]

• 7 July 2005 London bombings
• Islamic terrorism
• Najibullah Zazi
• Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
• United Airlines Flight 663 incident

References[link]

External links[link]

• Staff and agencies (December 26, 2001). "Mosque leader warns over extremist converts". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/september11/story/0,,624775,00.html. 
• "Richard Reid pleads guilty". CNN. January 22, 2002. http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/10/04/reid.guilty.plea/. 
• Harris, Paul; Walsh, Nick P and Wazir, Burhan (December 31, 2001). "The Shoe-bomb Terrorist". The Tribune. India. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011231/edit.htm#5. 
• Shafi, Kamran (September 15, 2009). "The knives are out". http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/columnists/kamran-shafi-the-knives-are-out-599. 
• Mikkelson, Barbara (4 February 2010). "Reid My Lips". http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/shoebomb.asp. Retrieved 5 February 2010. 
• A Profile of Radical Jamaican-born Cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal al-Jamaikee published by the Jamestown Foundation in Washington, D.C.

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Hawksley Workman
Hawksley Workman, 2010
Background information
Birth name	Ryan Corrigan
Born	(1975-03-04) March 4, 1975 (age 37) Huntsville, Ontario
Origin	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Cabaret, pop rock, glam rock
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Labels	Isadora Records Inc.
Website	www.hawksleyworkman.com

Ryan Corrigan (born March 4, 1975), better known by the stage name Hawksley Workman, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who has garnered critical acclaim for his blend of cabaret pop and glam rock. Workman has released eleven full length albums throughout his career. He is a multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, drums, bass, keyboards and singing on his records and often switching between those instruments when playing live.

Workman is a prolific artist, usually writing, recording, mastering and releasing entire albums in the span of a few weeks. He explains, "A lot of artists I know they get a year and a half away from a record they've just made it's like ... 'Oh ... it's terrible I hate that thing,' ya know? When I record [a] record, I never take more than a day per song... so by the time the record is mixed, finished, complete, done... I'm still in a honeymoon with the record ..."^[1]

His music has been featured on the television shows Scrubs, Being Human, Falcon Beach, Queer as Folk and Whistler.

Workman produces and engineers much of his own recording, and has produced albums for other artists as well.

Periods and albums[link]

Beginnings (1998)[link]

Corrigan was born in Huntsville in the Muskoka region of Ontario, attending Almaguin Highlands Secondary School and later Huntsville High School. He later moved south, to Toronto, to pursue his musical career.

In 1998 Workman says he was, "just beginning to find my voice."^[2] He recorded first in the front entrance of a friend's studio, then moved his studio "to the basement of a friend's recently deceased grandmother on Hillsdale Avenue"^[3] – this basement is where he recorded his early albums For Him and the Girls and (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves, as well as material that was released several years later on Before We Were Security Guards and Puppy (A Boy's Truly Rough).

In that studio, Hawksley Workman engineered and produced albums for other musicians. He worked with many artists during this time, which played a role in the development of his production skills early in his career.

[edit] For Him and the Girls (1999–2000)

Hawksley Workman released his first album in 1999 on his own label, Isadora Records. This album, titled, For Him and the Girls, earned him comparisons to the likes of Tom Waits,^[4] Rheostatics and Harry Nilsson.^[4]

Workman has been known for his unusual and creative promotional materials as well as his music. Around the time of his debut release, he published a number of letters to "Isadora", a fictional lover, in the classified section of Toronto's NOW. (These letters were later published as the book Hawksley Burns for Isadora.)

In 2000, Workman collaborated on an album called Chrome Reflection, credited to a band named Bird which also featured fellow Canadians Jason Collett and Andrew Cash. The album also featured performances by most of Workman's then current live band.

[edit] (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves (2001–2002)

Workman's second album was released in 2001 through Isadora Records/Universal Music Canada. The album, titled (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves, became Workman's breakthrough record both in Canada and Europe, spawning the singles "Striptease" and "Jealous of Your Cigarette".

His record company press kit for The Delicious Wolves included such fanciful biographical details as sailing through the air on a kite, and learning music while working as a janitor at a tap dance academy.

At the end of 2001, he also released an EP of self-penned Christmas-themed songs, Almost a Full Moon.

In 2002, Workman was awarded the Juno Award for Best New Solo Artist and also received the award for Best Video for "Jealous of Your Cigarette".

[edit] Lover/Fighter (2003–2005)

Lover/Fighter followed in 2003; the album included the hits "We Will Still Need a Song", "Smoke Baby", "Anger as Beauty", "Even an Ugly Man" and "No Reason to Cry Out Your Eyes (On the Highway Tonight)". The album was recorded in an old schoolhouse in Muskoka, which Workman converted into a recording studio.^[5]

"Anger As Beauty" was released in 2003 just prior to the LP release, Lover/Fighter. It includes a radio edit of the single "Anger as Beauty", and "Love Will Tear Us Apart", a cover of Joy Division.^[6]

The same year Workman was featured, with recording artists Jully Black and Sam Roberts, in a multi- award-winning MuchMusic social-issue documentary "Inside Your Threads", by Tania Natscheff and Liz Marshall. Workman and Black travelled to Bangladesh to witness the living and working conditions of garment workers making clothes for the North American market.^[7]

Live in Lille, released in 2004, is a DVD of a live performance performed in Lille, France that showcases his live musicianship.

In 2004 Workman also released Before We Were Security Guards, an album he originally recorded in 1998.^[3] The album was originally only available at live shows, but is now available to order through his website.^[8]

Additionally, in 2005 Workman released Serena Ryder's album, Unlikely Emergency through his label, Isadora Records.

[edit] Treeful of Starling (2006)

Treeful of Starling was released on February 28, 2006, a quiet retreat compared to the more high energy Lover/Fighter.

In late 2006, Workman released two tour albums. "Puppy", which was recorded between "For Him And The Girls" and "(Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves"^[9] and "My Little Toothless Beauties", recorded shortly after "Lover/Fighter" in 2004. They are only available for purchase at live shows, through the band's website,^[8] or on the internet as MP3 albums.

[edit] Between the Beautifuls (2008)

Between the Beautifuls was released in early 2008, and soon followed by a single titled "Piano Blink" produced by Martin "Doc" McKinney .

In May 2008 Hawksley Workman contributed a track to Cartier's Cartier LOVE campaign, which has collected songs by many musicians from around the world. Workman's contribution is called "The Ground That We Stand On". In addition to that song, Workman also wrote and produced a duet performed by himself and Oscar winner Marion Cotillard. That song is called "The Strong Ones".

[edit] Los Manlicious (2008)

Following on the heels of Between the Beautifuls is an initially Europe exclusive release titled Los Manlicious, which was released in May 2008, and in Canada on August 26, 2008.

The record was recorded in the same sessions as Between the Beautifuls and Workman intended to release it first, but Universal Music preferred to release the mellower album first. Los Manlicious is a return to Hawksley's heavier rock roots, resembling his major label debut, (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves more than his two previous albums, Treeful of Starling and Between the Beautifuls. As well as Workman himself (credited as HW), several producers were enlisted for this album: Martin "Doc" McKinney, Andre Wahl, Bob Ezrin, John Southworth, Ken Friesen, Matt DeMatteo, James Paul.^[10]

The first single from this album is "When You Gonna Flower?".

Los Manlicious' final track, "Fatty Wants to Dance" has been remixed by The Paronomasiac.

While on tour in Europe supporting the record, Workman recorded videos for eight of its 13 tracks. These videos were shot on location in various cities on the tour and can be watched on YouTube or on Workman's Facebook page.

[edit] Milk and Meat (2010)

Workman released two albums in 2010 : Meat was released on January 19, 2010, and Milk was released in Canada on August 10, 2010 ^[11] after being released digitally over the course of five months.^[12]

[edit] Full Moon Eleven (2011)

Workman's Christmas record titled "Full Moon Eleven" was released in November 2011. "Full Moon Eleven" was a rerecording and re-imagining of his original Christmas album, "Almost a Full Moon" released 10 years ago and recorded in Paris.

Hawksley's band[link]

Workman has played live in many configurations. His minimal setup consists of a duo, with Todd Lumley ("Mr. Lonely") playing piano and keyboards alongside Hawksley Workman on the guitar and vocals. Although on occasion he has performed solo (such as in Winnipeg, Manitoba on April 8, 2011). During his 2008 tour in support of "Between the Beautifuls" Workman played with a larger band and sang while switching between drums and guitar.

Workman's recent configuration for more traditional rock songs consists of the following:

• Ryan Corrigan ("Hawksley Workman") – vocals, guitar
• Todd Lumley ("Mr. Lonely") – piano, organ, keyboards
• Derrick Brady – bass guitar
• Jesse Zubot – guitar & violin
• Brad Kilpatrick – drums

Guitar equipment[link]

Hawksley revealed his choices for guitars and equipment in an interview with Australian Guitar Magazine in January 2006.^[13]

Guitars[link]

• Squier 1952 Telecaster reissue – early 1980s model, JV series, made in Japan
• Gibson Les Paul Standard – early 1970s model, ebony finish, Bigsby vibrato tailpiece
• Gibson Les Paul Standard – early 1970s model, wine red finish, Bigsby vibrato tailpiece

Amplifiers[link]

Hawksley uses two amps on tour. The first amp is either a Fender Blues Deville, Fender Hot Rod Deville, or a Vox AC-30. Using an A/B/Y footswitch, he switches between this first amp and a Fender Pro Junior which he uses for guitar solos. He has stated that he uses no pedals with the exception of an MXR "Micro Amp" pedal used with the Vox AC-30.

Discography[link]

* Only available at live shows or through the band's website. Digital copies are available from Zunior.com.

Production work[link]

Albums that Workman has produced for other artists include:

• John Southworth – Sedona Arizona – 1999
• Paul McLeod – Close and Play – 2000
• The Cash Brothers – Phonebooth Tornado – 2000
• Tegan and Sara – This Business of Art – 2000
• The Cash Brothers – How Was Tomorrow – 2001
• Skydiggers – Bittersweet Harmony – 2002 – (produced 3 songs)
• Sarah Slean – Night Bugs – 2002
• Serena Ryder – Unlikely Emergency – 2003
• Jeremy Fisher – Goodbye Blue Monday – 2006
• Great Big Sea – Fortune's Favour – 2008
• Hey Rosetta! – Into Your Lungs – 2008
• Justin Rutledge – The Early Widows – 2010
• Jeremy Fisher – Flood – 2010
• Adaline – Modern Romantics – 2011
• Carleton Stone – Carleton Stone – 2011

References[link]

External links[link]

• Hawksley Workman