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Murray McLauchlan
Posted in: Featured, Musicians by mkgraham on June 16, 2011
For nearly 40 years, Murray McLauchlan has been performing lyrical sleights of hand, taking insights about himself and observations about the world around him and spinning them into songs that are both meaningful and memorable. His sensitive tales of growing up and growing old, his razor-sharp portraits of the downtown and the downtrodden and his wry depictions of love lost and love found are all gathered here. Taken as a whole, this collection – 36 songs – including three previously unreleased tracks, represent a formidable body of work, one that places McLauchlan firmly in the forefront of Canada’s best songwriters.
During his career Murray McLauchlan has been nominated for 23 Juno Awards and has won 10 including Best Songwriter (1974) for his song “Farmer’s Song” and an astounding 7 wins for Country Male Vocalist of the Year (76 – 77, 80, 84-86 & 89). He has received two SOCAN Big Classics awards commemorating over 100,00 radio performances for the songs “Whispering Rain” and “Down By The Henry Moore” and has 3 Gold Records to his credit. A member of the Order of Canada McLauchlan was recently bestowed an Honorary Degree from the University of Calgary.
Murray’s songs have been covered by a number of artists: Blackie & the Rodeo Kings, Tom Rush, Junkhouse, John McDermott and the Ennis Sisters to name a few, and over the course of nineteen albums McLauchlan has recorded and worked with a veritable who’s who of Canadian music. A number of Canada’s finest musicians have performed on Murray’s records including: Amos Garret, Carol Pope, David Wilcox, Ben Mink, Domenic Troiano, Greg Godovitz and Bruce Cockburn .
McLauchlan continues to write, record and perform songs, both as a solo artist and as a member of the songwriter ensemble Lunch at Allen’s, with Cindy Church, Marc Jordan and Ian Thomas. It’s what Murray McLauchlan does best and loves most of all. Songs From The Street is just that – a labour of love from one of Canada’s finest voices and songwriting talents.
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