Summer, Studio and...

I have left my Northern adventure and am preparing to go into the studio to record my album Little House which is all about living in Waskaganish, the small Cree community I spent the last two years in.


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Rain: Songs of Loss and Hope

The Waskaganish community album is finished and I am very proud of all the work that went into RAIN: Songs of Loss and Hope. The launch party was a huge success with two nights of concerts.

The photo is of the second night, and yes that is me playing an electric guitar!

Skag Launch

Little House

Derek is back in Waskaganish working on his upcoming album Little House, which is filled with stories of life on the James Bay in this small Cree community. The title of the album is the translation of the word Waskaganish. He has also been working hard with Darryl Hester producing the Waskaganish Cree Youth Music Program community album. There are a few pictures of Derek working on the community album at the WCYMP site.

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The Road Rolling Live a Rough Sea

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This summer was one of adventure; cycling through Central America. Having spent a long winter on the James Bay Derek arrived in Panama City where it was so hot that the camera lens would fog up from the humidity. While riding down roads with people working hard beating back the ever encroaching green with machetes, they would often raise their hands to wave at the strangers rolling by. Camping under mango trees, sweating out the winter, meeting so many kind people, as always on a bicycle the world was there with open arms.

The photo was taken in San Cristóbal de las Casas, a mountain town in Chiapas, Mexico.

 

Songwriters Magazine Article

There is an article about the Musicycle tour in Songwriters Magazine, look for it in your local magazine shop. Check out the Songwriters Association of Canada website HERE.

More about the new album and some instruments that I have been making soon...

London Free Press and OCFF

There was a nice article about the tour and the OCFF in the London Free Press, you can read the story HERE. This is the picture from the OCFF when I had a chance to play the Six String Nations Guitar again

New Site

Have a look around the site as lots has changed. There are lots of pictures from the Musicycle tour including the little house concert where I got to play the Six String Nation Guitar