GRANTS/AWARDS
*2 Platinum CD's Warner Music *3 Gold CD's Warner Music *Juno Nomination, Best New Artist *FACTOR Recording Grant, Promotion Grant and Touring Grant for Flying Jenny *FACTOR Recording Grant, Promotion Grant, MITAP Touring Grant for Cryin' Out Loud *Canada Council Study Grant *Canada Council International Touring Grant for Carve It To The Heart
WORK EXPERIENCE
*Instructor, Bass, Rhythm Guitar, Accordion *Workshop Leader, Lyric Writing, Island Mountain Arts, Wells, BC *Workshop Instructor, Songwriting Symposium, Island Mountain Arts, Wells, BC
SELECTED PROJECTS OF NOTE
*Publicity & Promotions, Merle Haggard's 2004 Canadian Tour, Freedom To Groove *Vice-President of RANCH (Roots Allied Network Community Hosts). Co-producer and stage manager for annual festival featuring 50 regional bands per event. *Producer & Stage Manager Silvertone Anniversary featuring 25 local acts. *Producer & Host Songwriter's Round-Up, highlights, Jenny Whiteley, Paul Hyde, John Bottomley, Danny Michel, Andy Stochansky, Josh Finlayson and Andy Maize (Skydiggers), Basil Donovan and James Gray (Blue Rodeo), Ray Condo, Christine Collister, Martyn Joseph, Rex Hobart, Slaid Cleaves, Gurf Morlix. SELECTED PERFORMANCES
*Symphony Performances with the VSO, Calgary Philharmonic, Edmonton Symphony, and the Lennie Solomon Waterfront Orchestra (Toronto). *Sing Out For Sight SEVA Benefit, featuring Rick Danko, Bob Weir, Wavy Gravy, Rob Wasserman, Jorma Kaukonen, Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC *Winnipeg Folk Festival Workshop with John Prine, Townes van Zandt, Guy Clarke. *Roots on the Rails Fred Eaglesmith *Fred Eaglesmith Charity Picnic, Aylmer, ON *Gurf Morlix & the Real Killers, guitarist/vocalist *All Women's Band featuring Jane Sibbery, Joan Besson (Prairie Oyster), Sue Leonard (k.d. lang), Linda Kidder (k.d. lang), Karen Graves, Revelee Nixon, Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC *Neko Case, Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC *Vancouver Folk Fest Workshop Host with Dave Alvin, Tony Price, Alberta Slim, Herald Nix *Vancouver Folk Festival Workshop with Peter Seeger. *Alberta Slim's 90th Birthday, Vancouver Folk Fest Presents, Wise Hall, Vancouver, BC *Stan Rogers Tribute Performance, West End Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, MB *Roadside Attraction, Tragically Hip Touring Festival Across Canada *Canadian Tour with Irish Band The Fat Lady Sings *British Tour with the Wonder Stuff, Glasgow Barrowlands, Brixton Academy, The Marquis Club *Horde Tour, Blues Traveler U.S. Touring Festival *European Tour with German band Poems for Laila *Festival Highlights: Vancouver, Kispiox, Bella Coola, Calgary, Edmonton, South Country Fair, Regina, Winnipeg, Mariposa, Ottawa, Hillside, Festival of Friends, Peace Accord, Rock'nTwang Golden, Stan Rogers Folk Festival, Bumbershoot, WOMAD, Reading, Glastonbury, and many more SELECTED TELEVISION APPEARANCES
*CMT documentary "Farm Tracks, A Celebration of Roots Music" featuring Stephen Fearing, Ralph Boyd Johnson and Billy Cowsill, Sue Foley, Tim Williams, and National Dust, narrator Jim Cuddy. *Open Heart Symphony a Bravo Special filmed and recorded for live CD over two nights at the Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC *Intimate and Interactive, Much Music Special