"Baardman has emerged as one of the city's strongest and most literate songwriters"--Winnipeg Free Press. A veteran of the prairie music scene, Sam Baardman has performed at all the Manitoba folk festivals, including Brandon, Gimli, Morden, and the Winnipeg Folk Festival. A gifted musician, Baardman plays guitar in the Winnipeg Celtic quartet Ten Bones. He also teaches Celtic music for guitar, mandolin, mando-cello and tenor banjo and leads songwriting workshops.

In 1997 Baardman released his first solo CD, Kicking the Stone Home. An album in the socially-conscious school of songwriting, this recording presents Baardman's lyrical talents in a variety of material ranging from the ballad "Hearts & Hands," chronicling the life of a generation reeling at the end of the twentieth century, to the intimate "Every Little Piece," to the folksy warmth of "Kicking the Stone Home." With a sound firmly rooted in tradition, the socially critical "Come Down to the River" and the ditty "Run Diggy Diggy" show the remarkable breadth of Baardman's scope as a songwriter. Kicking is a fine contemporary folk album. Recommended.

Produced by Dan Donahue and Sam Baardman, additional musicians on Kicking include Susan Israel, Karla Ferguson, and Dan Donahue.

Kicking the Stone Home *
1997 Sam Baardman (spb-3883-1)

Kicking the Stone Home; Elvis Slept Here; One Slow Kiss; The Cuckoo; Come Down to the River; Cold Hand Settles on Me; Every Little Piece; Run Diggy Diggy; Hold Me Up; Hearts & Hands; Owl in the Barn; Soft Grey Glove 42:24