Onalea :: Discography

 

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2008: Blanche - The bittersweet life of a wild prairie dame.

Blanche

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An original poetic song cycle

Music/Lyrics by Onalea except Isn't it scandalous & Weekend Parties Music by M. Northey and Scorched Earth Music by J. Lewis.

All interludes composed by J. Lewis/ M. Northey except Out of This World & Where My Children Are composed by J. Lewis & Ode To Lost Letters created by the ensemble.


Arrangements by the ensemble except the songs noted above as well as Another Nightfall & Blondie Arranged by M. Northey and Getting Old Doesn't Pay arranged by J. Lewis.

Onalea Gilbertson:  Vocals/Piano/Guitar

Jonathan Lewis:  Violin/Clarinet/Soundscape

Morag Northey:  Cello/Voice

Recorded/Mixed/Mastered by Leif Gilberson

Tracks:

  • 1   Interlude: Memory Escaping
  • 2   NOCTURNE
  • 3   Interlude:  Ronnie Days
  • 4   SHEIKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
  • 5   Interlude:  I just Can't Remember
  • 6   ISN'T IT SCANDALOUS
  • 7   Interlude:  Out Of This world
  • 8   The Ballad of Bill
  • 9   Interlude: The First Major Thing
  • 10 Interlude:  Woody's Theme
  • 11 GREAT UNCLE LLOYD
  • 12  DEAR BLANCHE
  • 13 ANOTHER NIGHTFALL
  • 14 Interlude: Ode To Lost Letters
  • 15 AFTER THE WAR
  • 16 Interlude: The Ruination Of Men
  • 17 SCORCHED EARTH
  • 18 Interlude: The Oilfields
  • 19 WEEKEND PARTIES
  • 20 Interlude:  Class Clown
  • 21 GETTING OLD DOESN'T PAY
  • 22 Interlude:  Where My Children Are
  • 23 BLONDIE
  • 24 THE LAST FOOTBALL GAME
  • 25  SEED OF A MEMORY

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2005: Spider and the Fly

Spider and the Fly

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A wide-ranging collection of original and contemporary songs, drawn from songwriters like Sinead O’Connor, Tom Waits, Radiohead, Leon Russell and Everything but the Girl.

Recorded/Mixed/Mastered by Leif Gilberson with the Dandi Trio: Jeff Drummond on guitar, John Hyde on bass and Brent Van Dusen on percussion.

Tracks:

  • Jealous - Sinead O’Connor/Dave Stewart
  • All Mine - Portishead
  • Space Oddity - David Bowie
  • Spider and the Fly - Dave Clarke
  • The Road - Ben Watt (Everything but the girl)
  • This Masquerade - Leon Russell
  • Rhythm Divine - B. Blank/Billy Mackenzie
  • Never, Never, Never - Renis/Testa/Newell
  • After Time - McKeag/ Foster/ Gilbertson
  • Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
  • Strange Weather - Tom Waits/Kathleen Brennan

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2003: In Space

In Space

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6 ORIGINAL songs by Onalea, Doug McKeag and Edmonton’s Dave Clarke.  Recorded/Mixed/Mastered by Leif Gilberson

Tracks:

  • Most of it’s Gone (Clarke/McKeag/Onalea)
  • Space Song (Clarke/McKeag/Onalea)
  • Pale in the Night - "Live" (Dave Clarke)
  • Ectomorph (Clarke/McKeag/Onalea)
  • Surrounded by Chrome (Brooker/Rhymer) Arranged by Jonathan Lewis
  • Spider and the Fly – Nosferatu Mix (Dave Clarke)
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2000: Dick & Sandi - Two Nights at the Grotto

Dick and Sandi

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Doug McKeag (Dick) and Onalea Gilbertson (Sandi). Recorded "live off the floor" with a 25 piece Big Band Orchestra. 

Tracks:

  • More - Ciorciolini/Oliviero/Ortolani
  • Dansero - Daniels/Parker/Hayman
  • Big Time -Bart
  • I like the Likes of you - Harburg/Duke
  • What is this thing called love - Porter
  • It's a lonesome old town - Tobias/Kisco
  • If I could be with you - Creamer/Johnson
    Me and my big ideas - Gladstone/Spece
  • I've got a right to sing the blues - Koehler/Arlen
  • Until the real thing comes along -Holiner/Chaplin/Nichols/Cahn/Freeman
  • When your lover has gone - Swan
  • My Romance - Rodgers/Hart
  • Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen - Secunda/Jacobs