Terry Brennan

FROM YORKVILLE VILLAGE TO THE PACIFIC COAST...A SONGWRITER'S JOURNEY From the tradition of Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, John Prine and Steve Earle comes a troubadour straight out of the heart and soil of this fair, wide land. Brennan's teen years were spent haunting the clubs of Yorkville Village in Toronto, eventually sharing the same stages as some of his heroes, Phil Ochs, Erik Anderson, Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot, Tom Rush, Buffy St. Marie...the university for this aspiring young guitar player. The winner of numerous songwriting contests and awards, Terry Brennan has been honing his craft for decades. Throughout his years as a cowboy, a forest ranger, an actor, a mountaineer, a miner and more, he has been writing and singing of the people and places he's known. His songs have a deceptive ease, which leaves us with the sense that they have already been with us for a long time. Brennan is one of Vancouver Island's most outstanding performers. He is an urban country folk artist, blending the raw honesty of rock and country with the poetics and intelligence of the folk tradition. His extensive repertoire feat... more...