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		Bio Recordings:     North Wind Audio Sample Upcoming Gigs Reviews Buy Online Artist's Homepage Recipient of Medal in Honour of The Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Awarded the "New Folk Songwriting Award" from the 2002 Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas Winner of the"Songs From The Heart" award from the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals "Fool's Gold" nominated "Folk/Roots Album of the Year" by Canada Music Week Nominated "Touring Artist of the Year" by the British Columbia Touring Council Photo credit: Peggy McCarthy
	Aengus Finnan Described as "Disarmingly Artful" by The Toronto Star, and "A Travelling Archivist" by Saturday Night Magazine, maverick balladeer Aengus Finnan writes story-style songs that explore the beauty, grace, grit and sorrow of time and humanity. He is a new voice on the international music scene, but his work reveals honest and potent observations of life, inspired by a dramatic and dynamic past. Born in Dublin Ireland to perfroming parents, and raised in Shelter Valley Ontario on an organic cooperative farm, Aengus studied Visual Arts on Vancouver Island and Drama Therapy in Montreal, worked as a research diver, actor, and ornithologist, before eventually taking a position as a schoolteacher on the remote Canadian James Bay coast. At 27 Finnan decided to leave the security of a teaching career in favour of writing songs about the triumphs and struggles of the underdog, of the wonder in day to day life, and the long forgotten tales of the past. Since the independant release of his 1999 debut album "Fool's Gold" he has been quietly garnering some mighty high praise, including the prestigious New Folk Songwriters Award at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas, and a national decoration in the form of the "Medal in Honour of The Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II" for his artistic and humanitarian work in Canada. Aengus has performed at venues and festivals across Canada, the Arctic, and throughout the US (including the Kennedy Center in Washington DC), as well as performances in Japan and Australia, sharing stages and marquee's with the likes of Ian Tyson, Garnet Rogers, James Keelaghan, Stephen Fearing, Valdy, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Tish Hinojosa, Sarah Harmer, Lennie Gallant, and John Renbourn. Most recently Aengus has spearheaded the Arts Alive Community Outreach initative for the Ontario Council of Folk Festival, organized a series of Gordon Lightfoot Tribute concerts in Canada and the US, had an original song included on the first-ever Gordon Lightfoot Tribute album, and is fouder and Artistic Director of the Shelter Valley Folk Festival.
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