Flummies (flum`-meez`) n. - traditional Labrador trappers’ bread using a mixture of flour, salt and baking powder

The Flummies are a five (5) piece aboriginal music group which are home-based in the Central Labrador community of Happy Valley - Goose Bay. The Flummies are prominently known for recording and preserving the historical, cultural and traditional songs of Labrador. The indigenous influences of the Innu, Inuit and Metis people have been intertwined over the last 250 years, to produce songs which tell stories of the people who have survived hard times and have seen all the beauty the Labrador landscape has to offer.

Popular Labrador recording artists, The Flummies, will release their third album in 14 years, entitled "Labradorimiut", on their own label Kenamu Records. Including the famed title song, this album contains new and old classic songs of Labrador, depicting the life and the culture of the people.

Since their 1988 release of their second album, "Songs of Labrador", The Flummies have sold thousands of albums and have performed around the province of Newfoundland and Labrador at many festivals and conferences. Included in their touring was a five show performance in Germany in 1989 and twenty-eight shows at the base of the CN Tower in June of 1999.

Labradorimiut (Inuit word for "from Labrador") was recorded February 26 & 27, 2000 at Sim's Studio, in Belleoram, Newfoundland, by Sim Savory. The Flummies have been performing for the last 22 years and consist of aboriginal musicians of Inuit and Metis decent. Original group members Alton Best (vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica), and Richard Dyson ( accordion and percussion) have been joined by Tunker Campbell (acoustic and electric lead guitars, vocals, and mosquitoes), Leander Baikie (acoustic guitar and vocals), and Sim Asivak (bass). The album has been produced by The Flummies and Sim Savory and will be manufactured by World Records of Toronto.

The Flummies will continue to please audiences with their hometown style and blend of good heartwarming, toe-tapping music.

Labradorimiut will become available in many fine record stores throughout eastern Canada, as well as at public performances, or mail order to:

KenaMu Records
P.O. Box 156 Stn "C"
Happy Valley - Goose Bay
Labrador
A0P 1C0
(709) 896-5459

or email: baikie@nf.sympatico.ca

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