Lit from Within
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Lit from Within is a Canadian
compilation album, released on Nettwerk
in 1995. A benefit album to raise money for rape crisis centres in Canada, the album featured songs by several Canadian musicians, as well as short literary readings by a number of noted Canadian writers.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
compilation album, released on Nettwerk
Nettwerk
The Nettwerk Music Group is the umbrella company for Nettwerk Management, Nettwerk Records, Nettwerk One Publishing, Nutone Records, and Artwerk. With over 150 employees, the Vancouver-based company has offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Boston, Nashville, and Hamburg...
in 1995. A benefit album to raise money for rape crisis centres in Canada, the album featured songs by several Canadian musicians, as well as short literary readings by a number of noted Canadian writers.
Track listing
- Lorna CrozierLorna CrozierLorna Crozier is a Canadian poet and holds the Head Chair in the Writing Department at the University of Victoria....
, "Fear of Snakes" - Meryn CadellMeryn CadellMeryn Cadell is a Canadian writer and performance artist. He is an assistant professor of song lyrics and libretto writing in the Creative Writing Program at University of British Columbia.Cadell is a transsexual man who transitioned in 2003...
, "Save" - Kate & Anna McGarrigle, "Rainbow Ride"
- Evelyn LauEvelyn Lau- Biography :Lau was born in Vancouver, British Columbia to Chinese-Canadian parents, who intended for her to eventually become a doctor. Her parents' ambitions for her were wholly irreconcilable with her own; consequently, her home and school lives were desperately unhappy...
, "Bruises" - Suzanne LittleSuzanne LittleSuzanne Little is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was a member of Lava Hay in the early 1990s, and subsequently released three albums as a solo artist.After Lava Hay's breakup in 1993, Little relocated to Salt Spring Island, British Columbia...
, "Swept Away" - Crash VegasCrash VegasCrash Vegas was a Canadian folk rock band which formed in 1988, and achieved moderate success in the early 1990s.-Biography:The band was formed by Michelle McAdorey and Greg Keelor of Blue Rodeo in 1988. Jocelyne Lanois joined the band as bassist and shortly after Ambrose Pottie as drummer...
, "Clinic" - Veda HilleVeda HilleVeda Hille is a Canadian singer-songwriter.- Biography :Veda Hille was born in 1968 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She started playing piano when she was 6 at her own insistence. Her family moved around a lot, from the city to the country and back again...
, "Well I Guess Not" - Sarah McLachlanSarah McLachlanSarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and four...
, "Good Enough" - Lynn CrosbieLynn CrosbieLynn Crosbie is a Canadian poet and novelist. She teaches the University of Toronto.-Life and career:Crosbie was born in Montreal, Quebec, and now lives in Toronto, Ontario....
, "For Jayne Mansfield" - Taste of Joy, "Dear John"
- Tara MacLeanTara MacLeanTara MacLean is a Canadian singer and songwriter...
, "Let Her Feel the Rain" - Mae MooreMae MooreMae Moore is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Her music is a blend of pop, folk and jazz. Her most successful album, 1992's Bohemia, was an international hit, although her other albums have been successful mainly in Canada....
, "Pieces of Clay" - Evelyn LauEvelyn Lau- Biography :Lau was born in Vancouver, British Columbia to Chinese-Canadian parents, who intended for her to eventually become a doctor. Her parents' ambitions for her were wholly irreconcilable with her own; consequently, her home and school lives were desperately unhappy...
, "Nineteen" - Kristy ThirskKristy ThirskKristy Thirsk is a platinum selling Canadian singer-songwriter best known for her work with Delerium.-Rose Chronicles:She was the singer and a co-writer for the band Rose Chronicles, which was signed to Nettwerk in the 1990s. Rose Chronicles released two full-length albums: Shiver , which won a...
, "Songbird" - Lorna CrozierLorna CrozierLorna Crozier is a Canadian poet and holds the Head Chair in the Writing Department at the University of Victoria....
, "Dictionary of Symbols"