Sylvia Tyson: From Folk, to Country Rock, to Murder Mysteries

Sylvia Tyson, Canadian songwriter from the legendary duo, Ian & Sylvia talks about moving to Toronto in 1959 from Chatham, Ontario, to become a folk singer. Shortly after meeting Ian Tyson, the two formed a folk duo partnership and quickly gained popularity in Toronto's Yorkville Music Scene.
After signing with Vanguard Records under manager Albert Grossman, Ian and Sylvia went on to become one of Canada's most celebrated folk groups.
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  • @davian8641
    @davian86412 жыл бұрын

    Sylvia looks amazing, wow! I’m a big fan of her voice and of course You We’re On My Mind.

  • @annecohen8927
    @annecohen89274 жыл бұрын

    I miss her. But I’m so glad she’s still living and doing what she loved to do. Such amazing singer.

  • @user-oe5xk8iv3b
    @user-oe5xk8iv3b2 ай бұрын

    Stll good memories of of folk song by Ian and Sylvia. Hear hear

  • @pennymartina
    @pennymartina Жыл бұрын

    Sylvia was always one of my favorite folk singers.

  • @wntjst
    @wntjst Жыл бұрын

    I really like this lady. Sylvia Tyson is an understated legendary performer, singer and song writer who doesn't seem to have a big ego! She's just a very talented creative artist who loves what she does. She looks fabulous by the way and years younger then her age. A good life.

  • @peternezovic5408
    @peternezovic5408 Жыл бұрын

    Oh my what a find so absolutely wonderful to see you Ms Tyson. Your 1968 album Nashville with Mr. Ian hit me surprisingly unexpectedly and tremendously deeply... back in the day conscription and all that down under. You know. Thank you for the music. And the interview Mr. David. Peace.

  • @phongpit
    @phongpit5 жыл бұрын

    Wow! What a treat to discover this interview! I have been a huge fan of Ian & Sylvia since I first heard them in 1966. Sylvia has the most amazing voice, her vibrato is so rich and perfectly appropriate for the kind of music she sings, it touches my soul! I still listen to Ian & Sylvia regularly. Until recently, I lived in "tornado alley" in the Great Plains, and occasionally a visitor to my music room would ask why there were about six CDs sticking out about an inch from the rest along my many shelves of music. I would reply . . . whenever there is a tornado warning I grab my Bible and those six CDs before heading to my tornado shelter under the landing of my stairs. One of those CDs was Ian & Sylvia's Greatest Hits!

  • @TheToscanaMan

    @TheToscanaMan

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah... you are right, what a treat. I am a fan too and have always loved their music.

  • @kathehuot1101
    @kathehuot110110 ай бұрын

    Such a beautiful soul. Great to see her currently and thankful for her music. I loved “Nobody”.👍🏻💗

  • @cletemacdonald7322
    @cletemacdonald732210 ай бұрын

    I bought one of her and Ian,s first albums .Lovely music and wonderful harmony.I had an opportunity to hear Sylvia as part of Quartet in her home town of Chatham a number of years ago..I brought there album.and still play it in my car.Sylvia along with Ian were part of the opening up and exposure of some the great musical talent that Canada has produced.She iis a class act.

  • @claudiastarr776
    @claudiastarr776 Жыл бұрын

    I love my Ian and Sylvia LPs ,4 Strong winds, Northern Journey and Greatest Hits .

  • @pendekar6
    @pendekar6 Жыл бұрын

    I am always a fan of hers from my New York days

  • @paulmore4118
    @paulmore41182 жыл бұрын

    As a young lad I have always loved folk music. Spending a lot of time in Canada where most of our family lived I got turned on to folk and country music and I just loved the voices of Ian and Sylvia.

  • @elinorstanic8113
    @elinorstanic81133 жыл бұрын

    She looks amazing... Lovvvvve Four winds song....🧡

  • @TheToscanaMan

    @TheToscanaMan

    3 жыл бұрын

    She does look amazing... shwing, she's a babe (as Wayne would say)

  • @Redhackle
    @Redhackle4 жыл бұрын

    What a talented and pretty lady.

  • @doogalloonni
    @doogalloonni3 жыл бұрын

    Golden voices- in a Golden Age! They were my Heroes!

  • @musicwithmichelle
    @musicwithmichelle2 жыл бұрын

    When I was young in the '60's, this is who my family was listening to! So great to discover this interview! Ian & Sylvia were how I learned to sing harmony! Thank-you for that and all of your music!

  • @wayneprince243
    @wayneprince2434 жыл бұрын

    Saw Ian and Sylvia at Randolph Macon in Lynchburg in 1965. The guys were crazy for her and the girls were all in love with Ian. They were excellent and right on the money on their songs. Have everything they ever did. I have all their stuff in vinyl and CD's. Both were their on person and together they cannot be matched.

  • @haroldlaetsch9848
    @haroldlaetsch98483 жыл бұрын

    I went to Fordham University in the Bronx NY. I remember seeing posters that Ian & Sylvia were playing at the Campus Center many times. Never knew they were as good as they were. Too bad I never got to see them there since I was a local kid who went home every night. Four Strong Winds is one of my favorite songs!

  • @twilatharp3386
    @twilatharp33864 жыл бұрын

    Sylvia's a great woman and she's such a realist. This is a good interview, but she's always interesting. Brings back memories of standing behind Ian Tyson outside the New Gate of Cleve.

  • @annecohen8927

    @annecohen8927

    4 жыл бұрын

    Twila Tharp even when other women go through plastic surgery to remain glamorous, Sylvia is a natural beauty who is still beautiful after all these long years. S he’s an amazing woman. And a legend, too.

  • @escapeefromthenorthernfree2190
    @escapeefromthenorthernfree21903 жыл бұрын

    Bought my first album in 1964 and have always loved them.

  • @user-rh5yf2wz8l
    @user-rh5yf2wz8l5 жыл бұрын

    This was a good interview! Wow, Sylvia writes murder mysteries now! Will love to read her works.

  • @flomurdock
    @flomurdock3 жыл бұрын

    That was a really lovely, calm, and informative interview. I just loved it.

  • @josephkurt2080

    @josephkurt2080

    3 жыл бұрын

    😄😄I'm very pls to know I'm not the only one that loves😍 the song but when last did you play it

  • @frankwallen5178
    @frankwallen51782 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful interview, wish I knew when this was

  • @Blindlight736
    @Blindlight7368 ай бұрын

    In '66 I recall my brother coming home to Atlanta from Brown U. and he had all these albums of folks I never heard of. Among them was Ian and Sylvia, the Fugs, Bob Dylan, and others. I personally never got the Ian and Sylvia love.

  • @sianwarwick633
    @sianwarwick633 Жыл бұрын

    Well I learned a thing or two here. Good to bring up David Wilcox, who is such an unsung hero. I look up Sylvia's books

  • @kimkochel8157
    @kimkochel81574 жыл бұрын

    I am looking forward to seeing Sylvia in concert in October. I am from Gordon Lightfoots hometown, Orillia Ontario. I hope to get her to autograph my Ian and Sylvia CD. I'm looking forward to it.

  • @carolv8450

    @carolv8450

    3 жыл бұрын

    She still sings in concert?

  • @benkleschinsky

    @benkleschinsky

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@carolv8450 Yes she does small clubs here and there. COVID stopped the tour but she does perform every now and then.

  • @dm95422
    @dm95422 Жыл бұрын

    RIP Ian :(

  • @julianmarsh1378
    @julianmarsh13783 жыл бұрын

    Sylvia Tyson is the woman we all should have married

  • @dionlindsay2

    @dionlindsay2

    Жыл бұрын

    That looks so strange. Kind of disrespectful of Sylvia. But I suppose it means there's something about her that would be good for any man?

  • @WilliamMurray-lr1bb

    @WilliamMurray-lr1bb

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dionlindsay2 modern feminists scrutinize every word today , just looking for an argument , right Dion . At one time Julian's comment would have been an obvious compliment to Sylvia .... not in todays WOKE sick world !

  • @WilliamMurray-lr1bb

    @WilliamMurray-lr1bb

    Жыл бұрын

    I'd take Judith Durham first with Sylvia a close second . ps Judith passed 8/5/22 in Australia RIP she was 79 ...

  • @dionlindsay2

    @dionlindsay2

    Жыл бұрын

    @@WilliamMurray-lr1bb Yep, that's probably why it looked weird for a second. That and I'm a literal kind of person. If it had been "...any of us should have married" I don't think I would have given a 2nd thought to it . Can see the point of that. But "we ALL should have married"?

  • @s.r.r.

    @s.r.r.

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dionlindsay2 It should have read "the kind of girl we all should of married". All of them couldn't marry one woman, that's why it seems odd to say it that way.

  • @Guitar-hk4wt
    @Guitar-hk4wt Жыл бұрын

    Ilove her posture

  • @monkmchorning
    @monkmchorning Жыл бұрын

    "Low maintenance." I admire that.

  • @martinhall932
    @martinhall9323 жыл бұрын

    Low maintenance Canadians... hahaha so funny but so good!

  • @paulmiller184
    @paulmiller1842 жыл бұрын

    Is Sylvia still living somewhere? It is 4/9/22. I adore her . Ian said jokingly she is "bossy" . I am 77 and single. You can bossy me anytime honey. By the way I have several of you 33lps and saw you and Ian first on black and white t.v. in the 60s Hootenanny weekly folk show. I was in high school. Your voice blew me away...

  • @davidlove827
    @davidlove8273 жыл бұрын

    Jeez buddy - do your homework, will you? This is Sylvia Tyson CANADIAN FUCKING LEGEND. Writer of legendary Canadian songs. At least give her a killer intro. "Did you play covers?" What a stupid question. They're called "standards" - not "covers". This interview is painful to watch.