Waves of Home is the third full-length album from Derina Harvey Band.

This Is My Home

Unreeling (Up On The Quarry / Clancy’s Stomp / Jackfish Slip / All Sewed Up)

Run To Me

Northern Lights Of Labrador

Grow

Portland Town

Waves of Home is the third full-length album from Derina Harvey Band. The Fallen Man's Daughter is a mournful ballad; a tragic tale that also speaks to the strength of family and duty to loved ones.

The Fallen Man's Daughter

Captain

Stopped or Gone

Up All Night

From its opening explosive fiddle riff, to its driving dance-floor chorus, "Waves of Home" is an invitation to Canada's east coast, with powerful sweet vocals from frontwoman Derina Harvey, solid instrumental backing and a stomping beat.

Waves of Home

Waves Of Home

The Fallen Man's Daughter is a mournful ballad; a tragic tale that also speaks to the strength of family and duty to loved ones.

upbeat celtic rock version of Jimmy Rankin's Canadian folk classic

Mull River Shuffle

rocked up version of Bruce Moss's Newfoundland folk song, which is typically done a capella 

Islander

"The Wild Rover" is one of the most widely performed Irish songs, although its exact origins are unknown.


The Wild Rover

Ewan MacColl's classic folk song; originally written about Salford, Greater Manchester, England, the town where MacColl was born and brought up. It was originally composed for an interlude to cover an awkward scene change in his 1949 play Landscape with Chimneys, set in a North of England industrial town, but with the growing popularity of folk music the song became a standard.

Dirty Old Town

rocked up version of Johnny Burke's Newfoundland folk song, which is typically done a cappella

Excursion Around The Bay

rocked up version of the classic sea shanty of unknown authorship

Drunken Sailor

Derina Harvey solo; a one-take, unedited version of Barney Rushe's classic  song

Nancy Spain

a fast-paced medley of two songs: The Irish Rover by Joseph Crofts and Farewell to Nova Scotia (unknown author)

Irish Rover / Farewell To Nova Scotia

Derina Harvey Band's original song about migration; story depicts the process of floating a house across a swath of ocean during resettlement program in Newfoundland in the mid-20th century

Rove and Go

power-ballad version of Dougie MacLean's song about longing for home

Caledonia

rocked up version of traditional folk song about forbidden love; typically done a capella

Sarah

Steve Earle's semi-autobiographical story of the singer's reaction to meeting a beautiful black haired blue-eyed girl from Galway, Ireland

Galway Girl

folk-rock instrumental that combines two old standard fiddle melodies (Tam Lin and Catharsis)with some original music

Sheilagh's Brush

up-beat version of Tom Lewis's sea shanty about life in the navy; this song is typically done a capella

The Last Shanty

slower version of Stan Rogers classic; song about resilience in the face of adversity

The Mary Ellen Carter

upbeat version of Arrogant Worms Canadian folk-rock classic

The Last Saskatchewan Pirate

a somewhat ominous-sounding ballad version of Irish folk song written by Michael Considine; bemoans the plight of the Irish immigrants who so longed for home from their new lives in America

Spancil Hill

Derina Harvey solo; a one-take, unedited version of Allister MacGillivray's song about east coast culture which conveys a simple life on the Mira River, near Marion Bridge, Nova Scotia

Song For The Mira

A nostalgic Celtic-pop track for those endless summer nights. Let's get right to the business of bottles and songs!

Fearless front-woman Derina Harvey leads the award-winning ​Celtic Rock sensation, the Derina Harvey Band (dHb). The group has been ​likened to a “rockier” version of Great Big Sea​,​ if fronted by Adele​, and has earned a reputation with their ​high-energy live show​ that leaves audiences out-of-breath and hollering from their seats! ​The band has spent years touring across Canada and has recently broken into the US performing arts circuit, with several tours under their belt and more slated for 2023/2024. The band’s new album, titled “Waves of Home” drops on June 23rd, 2023.

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