The huge success of her involvement with Quartette has Canada's queen of folk music feeling especially blessed. Since splitting with ex-husband and former musical partner Ian Tyson, she has usually performed as a solo artist. She says she'll bring a little corner of each of her three musical personalities to the show. I normally work with my own trio and that will again be the case. As far as material goes, there are certain songs that people come to expect from me as a performer, and they will be there, of course.
Some songs have a lasting impact on audience and singer.
I look at most of the material as my musical babies but a few of them have been very, very good to me. In hard economic times, Tyson agrees wholeheartedly with the approach Ottawa Folk Festival organizers are taking by running a series of high-profile fundraisers to help defray their costs. Personally, as a member of the advisory board for the Mariposa Folk Festival I applaud anything that can be done to make sure the festivals stay alive. Festivals are important just on the face of things for their entertainment value.