JON BARTLETT and RIKA RUEBSAAT, the fine duo from British Columbia, have two wonderful new CDs out.

Volume TWO is made up of songs from the Phil Thomas collection. These BRITISH COLUMBIA songs and ballads paint a vivid picture of that province along the North American continent's Northwest coastlands.

songs are:
The Young British Rancher
The Truck Driver's Song
Taku Miners (my personal favorite)
The Young Man From Canada
Old Faro
Know Ye The Land
Teaming Up The Cariboo Road
Klondike
Way Up The Ucletaw (no, this is my personal favorite)
The Greenhorn
The Kettle Valley Line
The PGE Song

Volume ONE is Come To Me In Canada and is a collection of Canadian songs from across the country.

songs are:
Logdriver's Waltz (by Wade Hemsworth)
Nous Sommes Trois Freres
Willie Drowned In Ero
Peter Amberley
Dondaine La Ridaine
Lumberman's Alphabet
The Kangaroo
Springhill Mine Disaster (Peggy Seeger)
'Twas Out In Alberta
Dans Ls Prison De Londres
Henry Hudson
Mussels In The Corner
The Unquiet Grave
Come To Me In Canada
Le Sirop D'erable

These are all great songs that tell of the land and the people and how they intertwined. It was silly of me to think of picking favorites. These people (Jon and Rika) are pure taste. On another of their recordings, their rendition of Wade Hemsworth's song "THE WILD GOOSE" just blew me away.

Art Thieme