Selina Martin Lyrics

If you walk long enough, one foot in front of the other, from the city, you¹ll end up in the country. The opposite applies as well, of course. From countryside to city. Selina Martin has travelled back and forth so many times she can slip effortlessly from gumboots to heels.Her songs make this same deliberate journey, sometimes tracing a pastoral trail back to traditional folk music and waltzes, and sometimes, with the aid of one of the best bands in the city, they¹re as hard edged and tread stained as downtown concrete. It¹s like a folk pop punk cabaret, but smart.The four years spent on the road as opening act and accompanist to Bob Wiseman were integral in sharpening her skills as a player and performer. She toured all over North... read more