Murray A. Lightburn - Once Upon A Time in Montréal (2023) [Hi-Res]

Murray A. Lightburn, the longtime frontman of Montreal’s acclaimed The Dears, returns to announce his third solo full-length album, Once Upon A Time In Montreal, for a March 31 release via Dangerbird Records. The album, which Lightburn jokes is an audio version of a biopic, was inspired by the passing of his father, a jazz musician from Belize who moved to Montreal via New York to reconnect with his teenage sweetheart. The two were married for 56 years, until he passed in April 2020 in a Quebec nursing home where he’d been living with Alzheimer’s.

MUSICIANS:
Drums - Jeff Luciani
Bass - Rémi-Jean LeBlanc
Guitar - Steve Raegele
Piano - Paul Shrofel
Violin I - François Poulin
Violin II - Mélanie Belair
Viola - Elvira Misbakhova
Cello - Sheila Hannigan
Double Bass - Yannick Chênevert
Saxophone & Flute - Frank Lozano
Oboe - Jaqueline Leclair
French Horn - Chris Seligman
Trombone - Evan Cranley
Background Vocal - Ariel Engle



1.01 - Murray A. Lightburn - Dumpster Gold (4:42)
1.02 - Murray A. Lightburn - No New Deaths Today (3:48)
1.03 - Murray A. Lightburn - In The Kingdom Of Heaven (3:01)
1.04 - Murray A. Lightburn - The Only One I Want To Hear (3:13)
1.05 - Murray A. Lightburn - Oh But My Heart Has Never Been Dark (4:06)
1.06 - Murray A. Lightburn - Reaching Out For Love (3:03)
1.07 - Murray A. Lightburn - Once Upon A Time In Montréal (3:42)
1.08 - Murray A. Lightburn - Girl You've Got To Let Me Go (5:06)