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Origin
  
Canada

Active until
  
2001

Genres
  
Folk

Genre
  
Folk music

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Years active
  
1995 (1995)–2001 (2001)

Past members
  
Ruth MoodyLeonard Podolak

Albums
  
The Road to Canso, Live at the West End Cultural Centre

Members
  
Ruth Moody, Leonard Podolak, Oliver Swain, Jeremy Penner, Christian Dugas

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Scruj MacDuhk was a Juno-nominated folk music group formed in 1995, touring cross-Canada and releasing two albums before their break up in 2001. The band included singer-songwriter Ruth Moody, current member of the Wailin' Jennys, and also Clawhammer banjo player/vocalist Leonard Podolak, who went on to form The Duhks.

Contents

Scruj macduhk at the 1999 trout forest music festival


Live At The West End Cultural Centre

  1. Roddy McCorley / Lost gander (traditional)
  2. Walkin Boss / Cold Frosty Morning (traditional)
  3. Oh No Not I (traditional)
  4. Rocks of Bawn (traditional)
  5. Alice in Frenfell (Joel Fafard)
  6. Fierce Warmth (Joel Fafard)
  7. Alan MacPherson of Dumbarton / Pretty Little Indian (traditional)
  8. Banks of Red Roses (traditional)
  9. Waiting for Nancy (Curtis Bouterse) / Aqua Marine One Step (Geoff Butler) / Paddy's Jig (traditional)

Recorded live at the West End Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 26, 1997. Released by Scruj Tunes in 1997 (SM002) in Cooperation with CBC Manitoba.

Personnel

  • Ruth Moody - vocals
  • Leonard Podolak - 5-string banjo, vocals
  • Jeremy Penner - fiddle, backing vocals
  • Dan Baseley - accordion, tin whistle, steel pan, backing vocals
  • Joel Fafard - guitar, vocals
  • Gilles Fournier - bass, backing vocals
    • Guests
  • Geoff Butler - button accordions
  • Alistair Dennet - bodhran

    • The Road To Canso

    1. Cidermill: Cidermill / The Colliers' Reel / Sadie at the Back Door* (Trad., arr. Sruj MacDuhk; * composed by Jere Canote)
    2. The Rambling Irishman (Trad., arr. Sruj MacDuhk)
    3. La Banqueroute* / La Reel St. Jean (Trad., arr. Sruj MacDuhk; * composed by Oscar Thiffault)
    4. Silence They Say (Jeremy Walsh)
    5. Nonsuch/Dinky's Reel/The Meech Lake Breakdown* (Trad., arr. Sruj MacDuhk; *composed by Emile Benoit)
    6. The Maid Who Sold Her Barley / The Rakes of Kildare (Trad., arr. Sruj MacDuhk)
    7. The Northern Set: Anderson's Rel / Alan MacPherson of Dumbarton / The Man From Dundoran (Trad., arr. Sruj MacDuhk)
    8. Roddy McCorley / Lost Gander (Trad., arr. Sruj MacDuhk)
    9. Things In Life (Don Stover)
    10. Adventure Sings (Jeremy Walsh) / Louis Riel (Andy Desjarlais)
    11. Cragie Hills (Trad., arr. Sruj MacDuhk)
    12. The Road To Canso: A Thousand Roads (Geoff Butler) / The Road to Canso (Ruth Moody) / Hare O' The Dug (Alan MacLeod)

    Released in 1999 by Scruj Tunes (SM003)

    Personnel

  • Christian Dugas - percussion, guitar on Alan MacPherson, bass on Things in Life, feet on La Banqueroute, backing vocals
  • Ruth Moody - lead vocals, piano, bodhran, backing vocals
  • Jeremy Penner - fiddle, backing vocals
  • Leonard Podolak - 5-string banjo, lead vocals on Things in Life and La Banqueroute, bodhran on The Maid Who Sold Her Barley
  • Oliver Swain - bass, mandolin on Things in Life, backing vocals
  • Jeremy Walsh - guitar, whistle, lead vocals on Silence They Say and Adventure Sings, backing vocals

    • Songs

    The Rambling IrishmanThe Road to Canso · 1999
    The Road to CansoThe Road to Canso · 1999
    Cragie HillsThe Road to Canso · 1999

    References

    Scruj MacDuhk Wikipedia
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