I'm pleased to be teaching the Hillside Festival's annual 'Girls and Guitars Songwriting Course' for it's fifth year running!  The course begins on Wednesday, January 8th at 6pm at Hillside House, Guelph.   This course is currently sold out. 

This year marks the centenary of the First World War Armistice.  This song is released to mark this occasion, and to remind us of the devastating effects of war on all sides.  It's based on the memories of a…

Until September 20th, 2018, I'll be donating 100% of proceeds from album sales through my website to the Canadian Red Cross for their BC Wildfire Relief fund.

Both physical and digital albums, as well as posters, purchased through my…

I've been a fan of FOLK ROOTS RADIO with Jan Hall for a number of years.

I had the great pleasure of being interviewed by her to talk about my soon-to-be released album!

Have a listen to…

Album release date is June 1, 2018!

I'm extremely honoured to be a recipient of Folk Music Ontario's 2017  "Songs from the Heart" Award! 

http://www.folkmusicontario.ca/awards/fmo-award-winners/

I’m recording an album in February 2017!  

The story behind the album started two generations ago. During World War 2 in Hamburg, my grandmother rescued her piano from her burning house, which had been hit by a bomb.  This…

During my time on the train this past November as VIA Rail’s Artists on board Program, one fellow passenger said to me, “This is just what the doctor ordered. There’s medicine on these iron tracks.” Perhaps he was referring to…

As I told you in last week’s post, I was accepted to VIA Rail’s Artists on board Program for a memorable journey starting November 1, 2016. I was the performer on “The Canadian,” an iconic train that winds through the…

Have you looked at a Canadian $10 note lately? If you have, you’ll have noticed a train weaving through a mountain range. On the bottom of the image the text says: “The Canadian.” This is the iconic VIA Rail train…