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    Professionally manufactured CD in a cardboard 4-panel sleeve, including an eight-page booklet of lyrics, stories behind the songs and photos. Graphic design and photos by Brian Campbell.

    Includes unlimited streaming of On This Shore (EP) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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A spring song about walking hand in hand and being happily surprised by life.

lyrics

SURPRISE words and music by Brian Campbell ©SOCAN

Walking along
Sunlight on our skin
Blue sky in our eye
Hand enlaced in hand

Other couples walking by
you can tell by the light in their eyes
Bird in the blue, tilting on a tree
So—say hello to the breeze

Spring is come and winter's gloom is gone

There's a shadow
running through the grass
disappears into the sunlight
as we will disappear
by the light of the moon

orange & butter yellow
swirling pastels in a starlit cafe
pass on through the light...
pass on through the light...

Instrumental

The constant surprise that we're alive
the bird the breeze the leaves the waving sea
afternoons of light
afternoons of light
light light light light ...
hand enlaced in hand
hand enlaced in hand

credits

from On This Shore (EP), released December 1, 2020
Voice and guitar: Brian Campbell
Female backing vocal: Ema Jean
Recorded at Studio Loco, Montreal

Listener Comments:
Oh my gosh what a beautiful song! It has this wonderful sensual breeziness to it. And the woman's voice gently folds in like hands interweaving. The whole song made me feel like I was in that perfect poise point in a romantic French movie- the part when everything is suspended. There is no gravity and no future. There is only you and her and love. There is only this moment and it spreads out like a wide meadow before you. - Michael C.,Toronto

This is my favourite so far...how beautiful and light, you feel like you are floating. Ema Jean is wonderful. She was interviewed by Duke Eatmon on CBC this week, and she is playing at Upstairs Jazz in January! - Debra L, Montreal

Nice track Brian, great sounding recording too -- John Jordan, Osmosis Unlimited (NDG Ska) Montreal

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Brian Campbell Montreal, Québec

Brian Campbell is a song-poet, dexterous finger-stylist, and impassioned, heart-felt singer. A widely published poet, Campbell has several critically acclaimed collections to his name. On stage he is relaxed and natural, an entertaining storyteller who spellbinds with his songs. He performs regularly, mostly in the Montreal area. To learn more about him, see campbellmuse.com ... more

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