Ian Sherwood

Huge congrats to my beautifully talented friend Coco Love Alcorn on her nabbing the Contemporary Singer of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards #CFMA2021 last night! Looking forward to sharing a Zoom screen with you soon, buddy!!

It’s been a crazy few months. From recording some great tunes by @danieljamesmcfadyen and Sarah Sutton, music for @shelley.thompson.2017 s new film with Scott MacMillan, having @lennie_gallant in the space for some writing and vid shoot, drumming session with @geoffarsenault, recording a massive project at the @rosscreek centre for the arts and still managing to get some show-shoeing in, there’s been little time to process it all. ... and now we’re selling our house. And we start all over again. A new creative space, a new neighbourhood, a new home... a lot of feelings. Looking forward to sharing the next phase with you all.

I grew up listening to classic folk music along with lots of jazz and musical theatre so my music doesn't always fit neatly into a particular genre...

What does a live-off-the-floor eight person + 4 piece band podcast recording look like?! Kinda like this. So many cables... super fun though. Thanks @rosscreek for this experience!! #liverecording #podcast #livetheatre #everywheretogo #bringthelight

Hey folks. I've been silent for a while. I've been doing some thinking. Building. Writing. There is so much I look forward to sharing with you in 2021! I spent most of the last 10 months constructing a creative space for myself and I'm finally at a place where the "making" can start. That doesn't mean I haven't been creative lately, however. In fact, as I mentioned in the autumn, I teamed up with the crew at Village Sound to start recording a podcast. And now we have plenty ...of episodes available on line! It's called Connected to the Land and it's all about my journey to become more connected to the land we live on and what that means as an urban dweller in the modern age. I've been speaking to folks about bee keeping, raising backyard chickens, indigenous cuisine, urban farming, ice fishing, you name it! It's been a trip. And the trip combines!! If you like podcasts and want to learn, with me, about our ever-changing connection to the land and how others are nurturing it, then take a listen! Thanks folks! https://open.spotify.com/show/7pIy79zxGsz7R4ajvQPCTS

Another addition to the Live in Lunenburg sessions. Recorded by @analogsongs back in July for @folkharbour. #livemusic #ohmarydontyouweep #lunenburg #musicnovascotia

Just uploaded a new tune to the inter-web! Recorded this past summer in Lunenburg by Analog Songs and made possible by Lunenburg Folk Harbour Society. Fun reminder of when I used to play music with people in the same room... More to come! https://youtu.be/LTadjqnQqdM

Hey FB hive! I'm making a Spotify list of some of my favourite Canadian female songwriters and singers. Who are some of your favs I can add to the list?

A little throw back to that time in quarantine...

Wow. This message and song say so much of what I’m thinking. Malia, you are one thoughtful, talented and compassionate human. So grateful to have been involved in this project.

This project was such an honour to work own. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Shoe Project, check it out! Due to the pandemic they weren't able to share their stories live so they came to my place to record them (I have a room that's isolated with its own entrance, in case anyone is worried we broke protocol, lol). https://theshoeproject.online/covid-us

Not sure what to do this festive weekend? Well, if I were you I might think about heading out to see my pal the ledendary Lennie Gallant at the Marquee Ballroom this weekend!! https://www.bandsintown.com/e/102356581