Eve Goldberg
{{Short description | Singer-songwriter based in Toronto, Canada}}
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| label = Sweet Patootie Music, Borealis Records
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Eve Goldberg (born 1967) is a folk musician, singer and songwriter based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/fans-band-together-on-note-of-generosity/article699820/ "Fans band together on note of generosity"]. The Globe and Mail, April 26, 2018. TOM HAWTHORN Musically, she draws from a number of different traditions and influences such as blues, country, bluegrass, jazz, swing, and contemporary and traditional folk music.
Early life
Born in the Boston area, Goldberg mostly lived in New England before moving to Toronto in 1981 with her mother, Susan Goldberg. Through her mother, an avid folk music fan, Eve became involved in the Toronto folk music scene, and met many local folk musicians including Grit Laskin, Ian Robb, Ken and Chris Whiteley, Paul Mills, Bill Garrett, and others.
Career
Goldberg began performing publicly in 1990, and since that time has performed at many clubs, concert series, and festivals throughout Canada and the north-eastern United States, including the Mariposa Folk Festival, the Kennedy Center, the Ottawa Folk Festival, the Stan Rogers Folk Festival.
Her first album, Ever Brightening Day, was released on her own Sweet Patootie Music label. Her next albums Crossing the Water, and A Kinder Season were both released by Borealis Records.[https://www.allmusic.com/album/crossing-the-water-mw0000030675 "Eve Goldberg Crossing the Water"]. AllMusic Review by Rick Anderson Her instrumental composition "Watermelon Sorbet" was theme song to CBC Radio's Richardson's Roundup program.[https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2009/11/10/tiptoeing_through_the_tavern_with_ukes.html "Tiptoeing through the tavern with ukes"]. Toronto Star, By John Goddard, November 10, 2009 "Watermelon Sorbet" is also featured on a collection of acoustic guitar music called Six Strings North of the Border.
In addition to performing, Goldberg has been involved in many other music projects. In 1996, she became the office manager for The Borealis Recording Company, an independent Canadian folk music record label.[https://www.rootsmusic.ca/2018/10/07/folk-music-ontario-photo-album-the-conference-in-pics-part-2/ Folk Music Ontario photo album: the conference in pics (Part 2)"]. Roots Music, Paul Corby, October 7, 2018 In 1999, she helped found Common Thread: Community Chorus of Toronto, a seventy-voice non-audition folk choir that sings music from around the world.
Goldberg is one of the main organizers of The Woods Music and Dance Camp held every year in the Muskoka region of Ontario.{{cite book|title=Bulletin de Musique Folklorique Canadienne|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lRDaAAAAMAAJ|volume=33–34|year=1999|publisher=Canadian Folk Music Society = Société canadienne de musique folklorique|page=43}}
Goldberg also gives ukulele lessons and leads a ukulele group in Toronto.[https://www.ukuleleyes.com/issues/vol10/no3/interview.htm "Interview: Eve Goldberg"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112120452/http://www.ukuleleyes.com/issues/vol10/no3/interview.htm |date=January 12, 2017 }}. Ukulele Yes!, Volume 10 No. 3, Fall 2011. She performs with fellow musician Jane Lewis as the duo Gathering Sparks; the pair sing at folk festivals and also regularly at the Tranzac Club in Toronto.[https://folkrootsradio.com/gathering-sparks-folk-roots-radio-at-fmo/ "Gathering Sparks – Folk Roots Radio at FMO"]. Folk Roots Radio, November 4, 2018[https://www.insideottawavalley.com/opinion-story/6083387-finding-memorable-live-music-during-road-trips/ "Finding memorable live music during road trips"]. Perth Courier, November 5, 2015 by Steve Tennant They released an album, All That's Real, on Borealis in 2019.
Award
Goldberg's efforts to cultivate the folk-music community in Ontario led to her receiving the Estelle Klein Award from Folk Music Ontario in 2021.{{Cite web |title=Folk Music Ontario Conference - 2021 Awards |url=https://folkmusicontario.bandzoogle.com/2021-awards |access-date=2021-10-21 |website=Folk Music Ontario}}{{Cite web |title=FMO Award Winners |url=http://www.folkmusicontario.ca/awards/fmo-award-winners/ |access-date=2021-10-21 |website=Folk Music Ontario |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- [https://evegoldberg.com/ Eve Goldberg official website]
- [http://www.borealisrecords.com/ Borealis Recording Company website]
- [http://www.commonthreadchorus.ca/ Common Thread: Community Chorus of Toronto website]
- [http://www.the-woods.ca/ The Woods Music and Dance Camp website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522221038/http://the-woods.ca/ |date=May 22, 2019 }}
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Category:Canadian women folk singers
Category:Canadian folk singers
Category:Canadian women songwriters
Category:Jewish Canadian artists
Category:Jewish Canadian musicians