Murray McLauchlan - Ontario
Murray McLauchlan
Thursday Nov 03, 2011@ Cornerstone Theatre
Murray McLauchlan is one of Canada's best songwriting performers. To experience him perform is to enjoy creative storytelling, social commentary and wit with a man who clearly enjoys sharing his music and experiences with an audience. Murray has twenty albums to his credit on both True North and Capitol Records and has won eleven “JUNO” awards as well as “RPM Big Country” and “Toronto Music Awards”. In 1993, Murray McLauchlan was awarded “The Order 0f Canada”..... http://www.maplemusic.com/artists/mur/default.asp
Murray McLauchlan began writing songs and performing them in his late teens and after engagements at music festivals and clubs such as Toronto's Riverboat, began to attract wider attention. Before he ever recorded an album of his own his Child's Song was already well known after being recorded by American folk star Tom Rush.
Now, twenty years later, Murray has eighteen albums of songs to his credit on both True North and Capitol Records and has won eleven JUNO awards as well as RPM Big Country and Toronto Music awards. In 1993, McLauchlan received The Order Of Canada.
A dimension of Murray's continuing support for the art of songwriting was his career sideline as host of the national CBC radio programme Swinging on a Star for five years. With over a quarter of a million listeners every Saturday this show focused attention on the artistry of distinguished and famous writers as well as the new and upcoming.
Murray is an active pilot for both business and sport, holding a commercial licence with instrument rating and endorsements for multi-engine aircraft and seaplanes. His television special Floating over Canada, in which he piloted a Cessna 185 float plane around the entire country of Canada, was broadcast again on U.S. public television. Canadians are very familiar with this show, having seen it on Canada day for several years running on CBC. The show has also been seen several times on PBS in the United States.
Murray McLauchlan is one of Canada's best songwriting performers. To experience him perform is to enjoy creative storytelling, social commentary and wit with a man who clearly enjoys sharing his music and experiences with an audience. Murray has twenty albums to his credit on both True North and Capitol Records and has won eleven “JUNO” awards as well as “RPM Big Country” and “Toronto Music Awards”. In 1993, Murray McLauchlan was awarded “The Order 0f Canada”..... http://www.maplemusic.com/artists/mur/default.asp
Murray McLauchlan began writing songs and performing them in his late teens and after engagements at music festivals and clubs such as Toronto's Riverboat, began to attract wider attention. Before he ever recorded an album of his own his Child's Song was already well known after being recorded by American folk star Tom Rush.
Now, twenty years later, Murray has eighteen albums of songs to his credit on both True North and Capitol Records and has won eleven JUNO awards as well as RPM Big Country and Toronto Music awards. In 1993, McLauchlan received The Order Of Canada.
A dimension of Murray's continuing support for the art of songwriting was his career sideline as host of the national CBC radio programme Swinging on a Star for five years. With over a quarter of a million listeners every Saturday this show focused attention on the artistry of distinguished and famous writers as well as the new and upcoming.
Murray is an active pilot for both business and sport, holding a commercial licence with instrument rating and endorsements for multi-engine aircraft and seaplanes. His television special Floating over Canada, in which he piloted a Cessna 185 float plane around the entire country of Canada, was broadcast again on U.S. public television. Canadians are very familiar with this show, having seen it on Canada day for several years running on CBC. The show has also been seen several times on PBS in the United States.
