Jason Wilson and Ashara - Auld Acquaintance [CD]

Cat. no: WR014D
Format: CD
Barcode: 0724133417770
Release Date: 02 Oct 2026
Genre: Reggae

Auld Acquaintance is a "covers album" with a very curious twist

On it, Jason Wilson pays tribute to the many musical legends he has performed and recorded with over the past four decades. The album honours folk icons Dave Swarbrick, Dick Gaughan and Stephen Fearing, reggae giants UB40, Aswad, Jackie Mittoo, Jo Jo Bennett and Messenjah, and famed Canadian chanteuses Alanis Morissette and Amanda Marshall. 

The attendant show features several funny, self-deprecating vignettes which help to explain how Wilson - despite having worked with artists that have cumulatively sold over 180,000,000 albums - has largely managed to evade fame.

Jason is the only artist to be nominated for both a Canadian Folk Music Award and a Canadian Reggae Music Award. He won the latter. Wilson is also a two-time Juno Awards nominee. Born to Scottish immigrants, Wilson grew up in Downsview, Ontario and has since amassed over 2,000 performances across North America, the UK, Ireland and the Caribbean. Jason's dynamic band Ashara features legendary Jamaican-Canadian guitarist Carl Harvey, bandleader to Toots and The Maytals for forty years.

Publicist: Dan Rosenber. Songlines magazine feature and review in advance of the release. International campaign begins in September.

Tracks: Hand In My Pocket / Lemmings / The Finest Kind / I Would Do For You / Showdown feat. Rupert “ojiji” Harvey / Leaving Rome feat. Fergus Hambleton / Soul Bird / Dark Horse / Sloth / Swarb Of Rhodes feat. Stephen Fearing / Ina Your Rights feat. Brinsley Forde And Patrixx Tenyue / Memories Fade