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Release Date: 02 October 2026
Label: Wheel Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0724133417770
Description
Auld Acquaintance is a "covers album" with a very curious twist. On it, Jason Wilson pays tribute to the many musical legends he has performed and recorded with over the past four decades. The album honours folk icons Dave Swarbrick, Dick Gaughan and Stephen Fearing, reggae giants UB40, Aswad, Jackie Mittoo, Jo Jo Bennett and Messenjah, and famed Canadian chanteuses Alanis Morissette and Amanda Marshall.
The attendant show features several funny, self-deprecating vignettes which help to explain how Wilson - despite having worked with artists that have cumulatively sold over 180,000,000 albums - has largely managed to evade fame.
Jason is the only artist to be nominated for both a Canadian Folk Music Award and a Canadian Reggae Music Award. He won the latter. Wilson is also a two-time Juno Awards nominee. Born to Scottish immigrants, Wilson grew up in Downsview, Ontario and has since amassed over 2,000 performances across North America, the UK, Ireland and the Caribbean. Jason's dynamic band Ashara features legendary Jamaican-Canadian guitarist Carl Harvey, bandleader to Toots and The Maytals for forty years.
Tracklisting
Wilson & Swarbrick
Jason Wilson and Ashara
Jason Wilson
Jason Wilson
The Felice Brothers
Catia de Franca
Ray LaMontagne
Sophie Zelmani
JASON MCNIFF
Joan Baez
Os Tincoas
Spell Songs
