Mayday 08 - Faith Pam Levi and Terina Miller at Mayday celebration May/2008
About Faith
"JAILHOUSE BLUES" 2014 These lyrics are a the result of workshop(s) with women prisoners over a seven year period at 2 supermax jails in Ontario .“As you know, a disproportionate number of Native and Black are confined in jail, due to systemic racism. The number of women starting federal prison sentences in Canada has grown by more than 50 per cent in the past decade. Most of these sisters are poor women, which is systemic classism. Most are mothers with children. Prisons have revolving doors, and we are seeing a generational recreating of the same punishment to sisters who have been born into punishment.Aboriginal women represent the fastest-growing offender population. Between 1998 and 2008, federally incarcerated Aboriginal women increased by 131%. Aboriginal women make up approximately one-third of all provincially incarcerated female prisoners and 20% of the female population in the federal corrections system. In some prisons, Aboriginal women constitute an overwhelming 45–99% of the female populationIt is time to heal our sisters, to heal with our sisters. As Angela Davis said, 'When our most vulnerable rise, so then do we all.'"This will be Faith Nolan’s 16th studio album. There will also be upcoming launches in Vancouver B.C. and New York, N.Y.“A great 20 '30' mid-40's style original bluestellin it like it is , The only chain a womon can stand is the chain of hand and hand . Orin Isaacs - musician extrodinaire- Production.”Speaking of one of the songs off her new album called Detention Order Blues, “This song is about waiting for trial and getting longer sentences. Supermax jails [is where] many women prisoners are held while awaiting trial, It used to be a few years back that time served [that while awaiting trial], one day awaiting trial would be equal sometimes [to] three days off any sentence given. The change means that now one day awaiting trial is now equal to only one days of any sentence given. This means longer incarceration for women prisoners.”
Interview of Faith Nolan by Krystaline Klaus-rabble 2014
"All music is folk music. You never saw a horse play music. "
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Other Cd’s include Faith’s CD entitled “Faith Nolan Compilation 1986-1996” combines her favorite original compositions recorded in the last ten Faith Nolan was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and her parents and extended family were coal miners in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia of African, Miqmaq and Irish heritage. She later grew up in Toronto's working-class Cabbagetown. Her commitment to social justice comes from her life experiences and the people she grew up with, and she works through the cultural tool of music. Her music is her political work, a politics firmly rooted in her being working class, a woman, African Canadian and queer. Faith is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She has performed at Concerts, Music Festivals, Conferences, Universities, Rallies, and Women¹s Events etc... Using music to bring about social change for a fairer and better world. Email: faith@nexicom.net |
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Discography- original music CD's by Faith Nolan
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Faith Nolan is an artist who is also a community builder, she is presently the director/founder of Vanier Music therapy Program. She was founder of the Women's music therapy program at CECC and CNCCfrom 2008 til2014 In 2006 thru 2009 she founded directed and recoreded 2 CD's with the Elemenatry Teachers of Toronto She has founded three other Toronto based choirs, Sistering Singers, Mandela Children¹s Choir, Voices of Freedom. In the late eighties she founded and directed Kingston Women Prisoners Choir. In 2004 Faith was on the Board of Mayworks, Toronto. She created Joint Effort in 1991. She was a founding member of the Black women¹s Collective 1984 and Our Lives Newspaper 1986, Sisters Café 1991, MWIC in 1983-present, WRPM record distribution in 1995, Camp SIS 1995- present. She was on the Board with Charlie King, Pete Seeger in 1987 of the PMN. She is a composer and guitarist whose style varies from blues and folk, to jazz, with a taste of funk and reggae, is a seasoned performer who has built a strong and faithful audience.
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years. 1996 she released “Hard to Imagine”, songs about the continual labour of love and struggle. 1989 she recorded 
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Mannish Gal
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Faith Nolan Live at La Pena ( Berkley C.A.)
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Day DONE BROKE
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One World
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