.....	City of Champions weaves together various stories and scenes from Edmonton circa 1975 to 2005. Mixed with these are glimpses of other cities - from Paris to Hong Kong. Our subject is specific and universal. To represent urban diversity, we juxtapose various forms, from R&B to country. Certain songs are introduced or bridged by prose poetry intended to deepen and inform the song itself. We hope you find more to enjoy and ponder with repeated listening, as this work is intended above all for contemplation rather than one-time diversion. Nevertheless, individual tunes have been receiving radio play as independent works. The radio-friendly tunes, we surmise, are City of Champions, Barbie Doll, the Rathole, the Old Neighborhood, the Road to Nashville, and Twilight Wind. Depending on your musical background and interests, you may well prefer less expected works, such as à la Folies Bergères, the Ballad of Charley and Madge, Slow Dissolve, Another Part of Town, or In the Name of Love. Our CD artwork represents the talents of James Kwong (original artist) and Dawn Woolsey (worker of composite computer magic). We are working on an art gallery with samples of James Kwong/Dawn Woolsey slides from past Confluence performances. looking at you 808 KB mp3 barbie doll 1.5 MB mp3 paris posts no notices 1.53 MB mp3 old and ugly 502 KB mp3 the rathole 4.6 MB mp3 the ballad of charley and madge 1.6 MB mp3 lantern festival 774 KB mp3 eden flower 805 KB mp3 in the name of love 2 MB mp3 in the name of love lyric The following lyric was published, along with its music score, in the Fiddlehead, Spring 1995, No. 183. We believe this was the first time a Canadian literary/poetry journal published words and music. in the name of love all the artists were there everyone left their chair and applauded the screen as the credits convened with the love in our hearts that just misses the mark when it comes to ourselves as it hurts someone else would you like to sit down can i buy the next round tell me how you survive are you free after five i don't speak all that nice and i smoke and throw dice but i need to confess i'm not hard to impress as my sight fades away and i feel you delay for your moment to come you've been left here as one all the others in twos as the band sings the blues i reach for you and hear all the rest conduct their test don't fail or you get the shove in the name of love in the name of your books in the name of your house in the name of these streets in the name of disease in the name of contempt in the name of your hair in the name of your thoughts in the name of the law in the name of the name that nobody will say in the name of the night that has stolen our eyes in the name of your life Twilight Wind uses images and wording from "Keeper 'n' Me" by Richard Wagamese. All songs © 1997-2006 Confluence except Barbie Doll ©1999 Parsons/Brundage All rights reserved   Copyright © 2002-2006 Confluence Music, all rights reserved