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“Voyageur In Song” is a concept record, inspired by the 64 pieces of Canadian history and culture built into the iconic Six String Nation Guitar nick-named Voyageur. As a transplanted Scot who now calls Canada home, I feel very fortunate to have taken this creative and culturally immersive journey with Voyageur.  The project came about after hearing Jowi Taylor’s inspiring multimedia presentation and being given the opportunity to spend time writing songs on Voyageur. The guitar pulled me to write in a way which was both very stirring and very quick. I sat down, put my arms around Voyageur and I asked her to tell me the stories in musical language. I kept listening to try and translate the emotion I felt from the stories inside so I could crack the code. Of everything I heard in the writing sessions, nothing was denied. It seemed to flow through me at en-lightening speed! It was uncanny and spiritual, like I was in service of something greater than myself. As I went hunting down the lyrics for these musical ideas, I had the opportunity to dig into some of the stories and history embedded in the guitar and gained a better understanding of the kind of diversity, pain and beauty that is Canada. It helped me grow in my relationship with my adopted country and in my relationship with myself. The songs that resulted included stories about a piece of Labradorite and it’s billion year journey; the historic & mysterious Massey Hall; the fascinating and tragic story of the Golden Spruce in Haida Gwai,; Canada’s champion Oyster Shucker Joe Labobe from PEI; and the Doukhobors’ brave passage from persecution in Russia to Saskatchewan.

Once written, as an artist I could hear exactly where these songs could go and continued to take them down that road working with my co-producer Justin Abedin and musicians Gary Craig, Drew Birston, Drew Jureca, Jaron Freeman-Fox, Scott Galloway & Kevin Turcotte. I was delighted when it was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Contemporary Album of the Year Award in 2022. Check out the songs and extra video content here.

There’s something timely and emotional about the six tunes on this record that flow from Celtic, country, folk, rock and soul, all wrapped up in my favourite time signature - 6/8.  6/8 feels like a musical home to me, a signature of time, a sense of place. I think songs, if they are written from a true place, are like living stories and as such, I try to follow where they lead.  When I look at this album and what came together - in terms of writing the songs, the production and even the cover art - I see a work of a particular time. I was lead to grapple with emotional and social problems in our world, without looking away, and that process changed me.  "Six in 6/8" was co-produced with the wonderfully talented Justin Abedin and involved a cast of 19 incredible musicians, recorded by ten different engineers in 11 different studios from Toronto to Montreal and Nashville to Alabama. Chad Carlson, the Grammy award-winning engineer who mixed the re, had this to say, “Man your songs are poetry! So damn good! Love them all.” Check out the tracks yourself and watch some extra video content here.

(MALMÖ, SWEDEN)

Exited for my next live gig. It's at Hypnos Theater, Norra Grängesbergsgatan 15 in Malmö city. Event starts at 5.30 PM. I go on stage at 9.30 PM.

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