info req: Carlyle Fraser

Subject: Carlyle Fraser
From: GUEST,Whistleworks
Date: 20 Jun 11 - 05:45 PM

Dear Friends,

Can anyone tell me anything about Carlyle Fraser?

MANY thanks,

Bob

Subject: RE: info req: Carlyle Fraser
From: GUEST,keberoxu
Date: 19 Jun 18 - 01:29 AM

I think it's a shame nobody took this question seriously.

She's new to me so I'm the wrong person to ask.
Having said that:
there must be half a dozen albums of music
at the Amazon website with her name on them.

Her Celtic music seems to be the New-Agey style.
That's judging by listeners' reviews.
I have yet to hear a note of it.

She might be a Celtic Woman wannabe?
Seriously,
has anyone else heard of this artist?

Subject: RE: info req: Carlyle Fraser
From: GUEST,keberoxu
Date: 19 Jun 18 - 02:10 AM

It seems that her album "Celtic Wedding,"
particularly her rendition of

"is tabhair dom do lámh,"

has got enthusiastic word-of-mouth recommendations
for wedding-processional music.

Subject: RE: info req: Carlyle Fraser
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 19 Jun 18 - 10:45 AM

? So little on Google ...
click ... dead end ... click ... dead end ... click ... dead end ... Facebook ... dead end ... what about the other people they perform with ? ...
click ... dead end ... click ... dead end ... click ... dead end ... Facebook ... dead end ...

:
"... *Note: Brigham Phillips recorded many CDs under the Pseudonym ‘Carlyle Fraser’… "
http://www.brigmanmusic.com/audio-clips/ 

"Brigham has been a professional musician since 1975, and has been based in Toronto since 1981. During this time he has had the opportunity to work in most areas of the music business, as aperformer, band leader, musical director, contractor, arranger, composer, and teacher/clinician.

... Brigham was musical director for EMI recording artist John McDermott for 15 years, arranging and recording and playing keyboards. In 2006 he performed with John with The Irish Tenors ... "

Subject: RE: info req: Carlyle Fraser
From: GUEST,keberoxu
Date: 19 Jun 18 - 11:31 AM

Subject: RE: info req: Carlyle Fraser
From: GUEST,keberoxu
Date: 19 Jun 18 - 11:32 AM

Sorry! that went wrong ...

compact disc title:      Irish Roses
artists:                Laurel MacDonald
                         Rowena Taheny
                         Eleanor McCain
                         Carlyle Fraser

label:                   Allegro

for sale at:             Amazon

Subject: RE: info req: Carlyle Fraser
From: GUEST,keberoxu
Date: 19 Jun 18 - 11:58 AM

... and Reflections label
seems to be connected to
Allegro Corporation
and Somerset Entertainment (Oregon).

Does that lead anywhere?

Subject: RE: info req: Carlyle Fraser
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 19 Jun 18 - 12:44 PM

keberoxu

I'm not going any further than the discovery that it's not a she or a he, but a made up marketing name\pseudonym used by the jazz trumpeter\producer Brigham Phillips.
I imagine these are uncredited session musicians on the CDs.
Listening to a few tracks there was the odd one ok but mostly they were rather bland and musaky. imho.

You can read a bit more if you follow the link and click around a bit.
:-)

Subject: RE: info req: Carlyle Fraser
From: GUEST,keberoxu
Date: 19 Jun 18 - 04:11 PM

Well, the OP states
that more information was requested.

Hope this is what was needed by Whistleworks.

Subject: RE: info req: Carlyle Fraser
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 19 Jun 18 - 10:29 PM

I suppose we could add the folky part of his biog to Mudcat :
" In May/06 and again in August/06 Brigham went to Moscow to play and record his arrangements with the Moscow Festival Orchestra for Somerset Entertainment, which resulted in two CDs,
Celtic Isles
(celtic classics with full orchestra) and
Napa Valley
(classics of the American songbook).

Most recently he produced Celtic Roses for Somerset, a cd of celtic songs featuring four different singers.

– From 2006 -2011 Brigham arranged many CDs for Somerset Entertainment, mostly of a Celtic nature –

Celtic Wedding –
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling –
Celtic Serenity –
A Pint of Ale –
Celtic Christmas –
Heart of Ireland
... and others.*

– He has arranged dozens of songs for John McDermott for full orchestra, heard on John’s PBS TV special A Time to Remember (2002) and on John’s CD Remembrance featuring the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

– His production and arrangements on the debut CD by the Cape Breton traditional group The Cottars
led to their receiving the Best New Artist award at the 2003 East Coast Music Awards."

*according to Spotify(not too reliable)
He used the name Carlyle Fraser
on nine albums?
Celtic Wedding
Celtic Serenity ?
Celtic Spa 
Celtic Christmas
Celtic Angels
Celtic Beauty
Charme Celtique 
Heart Of Ireland
Pint Of Ale

He used his own name Brigham Phillips on
At The Pub - A Celtic Celebration
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Irish Celebration
Celtic Isles : A Romantic Journey
The Celtic Romance Collection

but I think there are at least two male voices amongst the tracks I happened to play.
He doesn't claim anywhere in his biog that he actually sings?