Ian Tamblyn

Given birth to in Thunder Bay, this longtime folk musician performed within the Ottawa-Hull area for quite some time in the past due ’60s and early ’70s. Not just one to remain with just one single moderate, Ian Tamblyn can be a playwright, having penned many plays through the entire years. Musically though, it wasn’t until Sylvia Tyson performed one of is own tunes on the favorite Canadian tv program Ian & Sylvia that Tamblyn got his big break. In 1976, he released his debut self-titled recording, which garnered him a Juno Honor. In 1978, this is followed by Nearer to House on Posterity Information. Some albums along with a best-of collection adopted, but Tamblyn was by no means content with existence on the highway like fellow Canadian folksingers such as for example Joni Mitchell and Bruce Cockburn, rather opting to reside in Chelsea, Quebec. The author of some 1,500 tunes, Tamblyn began an Acoustic Waves concert series in Ottawa that continues to be very popular. He in addition has scored several movies and has been section of numerous travel expeditions to Greenland and Iceland, where both journeys resulted in albums. In 2001, Tamblyn released his 14th recording, Voice within the Wilderness. He proceeds performing around Ontario around the folk event circuit. He in addition has created albums for Alex Haughton and Furnaceface.