Reels, rock and rosaries : confessions of a Newfoundland musician / Marjorie Doyle.
Reels, rock and rosaries : confessions of a Newfoundland musician / Marjorie Doyle.
By
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Doyle, Marjorie M., 1953-
Publication Date
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2005
Publication Information
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East Lawrencetown, N.S. : Pottersfield Press,
Physical Description
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159 p. : ill.
Subject Term
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Broadcasters -- Canada -- Biography.
Journalists -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography.
Musicians -- Canada -- Biography.
Music -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Anecdotes.
Summary
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A fusion of cultural/personal history and memoir. It is the story of one Newfoundland woman's life in music told with wit, charm, candour and insight. It is a story threaded with tunes weighted with memory-the blues riff, the snatch of an adagio, the pop song heard in a cab, and the powerful emotional punch of the island's traditional music. Marjorie Doyle takes us into her life first as a convent girl in a choir, then as a Janis Joplin wannabe and later as a hippie piccolo player in a military band. She relives the first time she sang in four-part harmony. "One minute we were kids skipping in the schoolyard and the next we were singing Bach. It was as if Michelangelo had passed me a child's toll set and said, "Hey, kid, you can help chip at David's toe." The closest word to describe what I felt was 'holiness'."
Language
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English
ISBN
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9781895900736
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