Maple Ridge artist Bruce Coughlan has released a new EP with his group Tiller's Folly.
The “Way Out West” EP marks the return of Tiller's Folly to the “Stirring Up Ghosts” initiative, with songs and stories about the history and culture of Pacific Canada. Each of the four songs on the EP tell a unique tale. Each story offers an insightful look at Pacific Canadian heritage.
'Apple Box Belles' tells the story of how women stepped up to work after men went overseas to fight during the First World War.
Women worked in apple packing houses and other factories and shops, explained the musical group online. Applies, in particular had to be sorted and wrapped manually, and the Applebox Belles had to do that job.
'Pioneer Days-Remix' was written by Coughlan, Tiller's Folly guitarist, after a visit to BC Farm Museum in Fort Langley, dedicated to the pioneers in the province.
'A Simply Extraordinary Life' is a song about a Maple Ridge pioneer Sam Robertson, who came to Canada from Orkney, Scotland, to work as a boat builder with Hudson's Bay at Fort Langley.
The last song is called 'John Cameron', a rags-to-riches-to-rags story at the height of the Cariboo Gold Rush.
Each of the songs can be streamed online.
For more information go to: tillersfolly.com.
