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James Gordon is a Canadian singer-songwriter, known as a founding member of Tamarack. He has also released more than 20 solo albums. == Musical Career == As a prolific songwriter, James Gordon is known for such diverse songs as "Sweaters for Penguins" and "Frobisher Bay". He wrote the weekly song for the CBC Radio program ''Basic Black''. He is proficient on a variety of instruments including guitar, piano, banjo and mandola.〔bio at (allmusic.com ) retrieved 1 June 2010〕 He has toured internationally in North America, the British Isles, Southeast Asia, and Cuba.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.abetterworld.ca/Pages/WFVIArtists/JamesGordon.htm ) 〕 His songs have been covered by other musical artists such as the Cowboy Junkies ("Mining for Gold") and Melanie Doane. He is a co-founder of Guelph's annual Hillside Festival and was its first creative director, from 1985 to 1988.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://guelph.ca/cityhall.cfm?itemid=77273&smocid=2479 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.hillside.on.ca/performer.php?id=129 )〕 He also founded (and was the artistic director of) the Canadian Songwriters' Festival,〔 and was a board member of the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals. Gordon is active in arts-, civics-, and environment-related causes in the Guelph region, for which he was given the Guelph Mayor's Award in 2008.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Gordon (Canadian musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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