biographical info
A native of Hillsborough, New Brunswick, Brian now lives in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia. Brian has performed in concert at the Steel Recital Hall, University of Prince Edward Island, the Charlottetown Confederation Centre of the Arts, P.E.I., the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, and The Sir James Dunn Theatre, Halifax, Nova Scotia and has recorded several sessions for CBC national and regional radio produced by Glenn Meisner, past producer of the Ocean Limited and currently the producer of Atlantic Airwaves. In 2003 he showcased at the East Coast Music Awards Roots Room in Halifax, Nova Scotia. On October 23-24, 2008, he appeared in concert with The Ruddick Sisters, Peggy Seeger, and The Men of the Deeps in Springhill, Nova Scotia, receiving a standing ovation from the hometown crowd for the title song of his CD, “Springhill”, later released in February 2009. Songs from Springhill are now being played internationally on stations in Australia, New Zealand, Israel, throughout the United States, and across Canada. In May of this year Springhill became the second most played Canadian, folk album on CBC Galaxie Radio. In July 2009, Roch Parisien, music and multi-media critic, past Juno Awards juror, and current programmer of CBC Galaxie Folk Radio, Canada’s premier folk music station, named Springhill his number three choice of international folk albums.