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“When I Become Confused” feels like more than just a song and a video. It’s part of my story, my wife’s story and many other folks who have been touched in some way by Alzheimer’s/Dementia. Released in partnership with the Alzheimer's Society of Peel , it is both a musical...

You could say it was happenstance or just the music doing its job. It was through performing at an outdoor concert in Toronto that the door opened for me to experience performing music in a healthcare setting. I was heard by the Music Programmer at Sunnybrook Hospital and it was...

After performing at the Fergus Scottish Festival a dozen times, I was inspired to write “The Tartan Kiss” - a love song for the town of Fergus and its Scottish Festival which is the oldest Scottish Festival in North America. I wanted the song to capture the deep emotion that...

“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...

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...

When I had the opportunity to rent the historic Clarke Memorial Hall at a reduced rate, my intention was to record live performance video for promotion. I then discovered that this local landmark near my home was where my in-laws had first met at a music festival 70 years ago....

I read a book called the Music Lesson by the famous bass player Victor Wooten . It made me very curious about deepening my relationship with music and with mystery. That curiosity lead me to “ Vixcamps ”, a five-day “Spirit of Music” camp west of Nashville that changed my...

In 1980, after losing a leg to cancer, Terry Fox began an epic cross-country journey to raise money for cancer research. After 143 days and 5,373 kilometres (a marathon a day), Terry was forced to stop the run outside of Thunder Bay, Ontario. The cancer had appeared in his...

My third record, "Tightrope of Dreams", was an album reflecting on the high wire of dreams I had pursued in a career making music, and balancing the influences of my Scottish homeland and my new home in Canada. I think the group of songs, and particularly the title track and...

Ancestors’ Eyes has a family theme throughout the album and is a musical look at some of the people who have influenced my journey - a lover, a mother, a father, a grandfather and a great-grandfather. The title track is the perfect centrepiece, capturing a startling discovery...