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Roger Rodier

Roger Rodier

Roger Rodier has been played on NTS shows including Sara A, with Easy Song first played on 2 June 2014.

Roger Rodier (born in Montréal) was a Canadian folk singer/songwriter. His 1972 album, "Upon Velveatur", on Columbia was very much in line with the folk-rock-oriented singer-songwriter trends of the era. It was at least as much indebted to British sounds from that genre as North American ones and featured breathy vocals, subdued melancholy, and combination of predominantly acoustic guitars with subtle strings and some female backup vocals. Prior to the album, Rodier had issued a couple of singles on the local Montréal label "Pax", the first of them sung in French.

Despite getting praised in Rolling Stone by Lester Bangs for its "timeless grace," the album, Upon Velveatur, received little exposure when it was issued in autumn 1972. Rodier made only a small number of gigs, some alone, some in support of Procol Harum and Genesis.

Although Rodier did start work on a second album for Columbia in early 1973, it wasn't finished, and Rodier left music a few years later without having released anything else.

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Roger Rodier

Roger Rodier has been played on NTS shows including Sara A, with Easy Song first played on 2 June 2014.

Roger Rodier (born in Montréal) was a Canadian folk singer/songwriter. His 1972 album, "Upon Velveatur", on Columbia was very much in line with the folk-rock-oriented singer-songwriter trends of the era. It was at least as much indebted to British sounds from that genre as North American ones and featured breathy vocals, subdued melancholy, and combination of predominantly acoustic guitars with subtle strings and some female backup vocals. Prior to the album, Rodier had issued a couple of singles on the local Montréal label "Pax", the first of them sung in French.

Despite getting praised in Rolling Stone by Lester Bangs for its "timeless grace," the album, Upon Velveatur, received little exposure when it was issued in autumn 1972. Rodier made only a small number of gigs, some alone, some in support of Procol Harum and Genesis.

Although Rodier did start work on a second album for Columbia in early 1973, it wasn't finished, and Rodier left music a few years later without having released anything else.

Original source: Last.fm

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Easy Song
Roger Rodier
Columbia0
Am I Supposed To Let It By Again? (Above The Covers)
Roger Rodier (David Greene mix)
Sunbeam Records2006
My Spirit's Calling
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My Spirit's Calling
Roger Rodier (David Greene mix)
Breeder Backtrack Archive Series0
The Key
Roger Rodier (David Greene mix)
Sunbeam Records2006