Karen Linsley - Can-ah-dian filker

Back at ConChord 1997 (my last southern California filk convention), there were two special guests from Canada - Lloyd Landa and Karen Linsley (with very crisp "L" pronunciations in their names, almost as if they were veddy British). If I remember correctly, both are professional musicians (I could be wrong, but I forget right now). Their biggest hit of ConChord was a little ditty asking the time-honored question, "Why don't you see horse droppings in western pictures?" Needless to say, it was a major hit. Well, you can imagine my surprise when in November 1999 I got an e-mail from Lloyd (he actually remembered me!) stating that Karen had come out with an album, would I be interested in selling it? Are you kidding?? In a heartbeat!!! Well, here's my review of it:

There is nothing to fault with Karen and Lloyd's musicality. Karen's voice has got to be professionally trained, and it shows. The sound quality of the album is nothing short of phenomenal.

Here's the play list:

1. The Road to Roswell
2. I Walk the Night
3. Manual Labour (note the Canadian spelling here)
4. By the River
5. Spirit of the Wind
6. Nobody Knows (That I'm Really an Alien)
7. Rider of the Night