By ALLAN WIGNEY -- Sun Media
Last year, Serena Ryder's infectious original songs, championed by fan Hawksley Workman and praised by critics nationwide, earned Serena Ryder a deal with EMI Music Canada.
So, naturally, Ryder the celebrated songwriter last November delivered to her label ... a collection of covers.
Canadian covers, to be precise -- everything from a suitably sprightly Good Morning Starshine to a reverent You Were On My Mind, complete with guitar work from its composer Sylvia Tyson.
Plus, it should be said, a handful of originals to round out the proceedings.
"It was important to include a few of my own songs," Ryder says, "just to assure people that I am a songwriter myself, and to give an idea of what is coming next."
She says, in fact, the process of selecting and arranging the songs on If Your Memory Serves You Well proved beneficial in ways that went beyond paying homage to influences.
"Since doing this album I've been writing a lot more," Ryder says. "I gained a lot from putting myself in other writers' shoes."
So, naturally, Ryder the celebrated songwriter last November delivered to her label ... a collection of covers.
Canadian covers, to be precise -- everything from a suitably sprightly Good Morning Starshine to a reverent You Were On My Mind, complete with guitar work from its composer Sylvia Tyson.
Plus, it should be said, a handful of originals to round out the proceedings.
"It was important to include a few of my own songs," Ryder says, "just to assure people that I am a songwriter myself, and to give an idea of what is coming next."
She says, in fact, the process of selecting and arranging the songs on If Your Memory Serves You Well proved beneficial in ways that went beyond paying homage to influences.
"Since doing this album I've been writing a lot more," Ryder says. "I gained a lot from putting myself in other writers' shoes."
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