Until I started writing for my new album, Aurora 12, I wasn’t aware each gift in the song, Twelve Days of Christmas, relates to a Christian symbol. The gift of the first day of Christmas in the traditional…

You never really know how fans or music critics will react to certain songs until you put them to the test. 

My brother, who is my webmaster and unofficial music promoter, was recently invited to submit one of the songs…

Deion Blackman isn't exactly the Little Drummer Boy - he's a beat boxer and he's not so little anymore. But like Little Drummer Boy, from the same titled Christmas song, Deion can certainly hold a beat and he does it…

Many years ago I was lucky enough to have a best friend I worked with, we played in a party band and wrote music together and even shared a house for a short time. We went through several studio iterations…

We started Aurora 12 with an idea that we needed to contribute to what I saw as a gap in Christmas music, a space where Indigenous people were not represented as much as I would like to have seen. 

What…

I was thinking about the northern lights today and the mystique that surrounds them. It’s a fitting thought for the kind of magic that we experience at this time of year, and yet, I wonder if this year will be…

As we approach the launch of a new album, I am reminded of the importance of a day that might not get the attention that it deserves this year. 

With increased focus and precautions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, let’s…

Things are really starting to come together for the release of my new album. And, yes, we’ve settled on a name for this collection of songs – a name that was recently endorsed by Elders Dr. Reg and Rose Crow…

I recently ventured out to a secluded location on the Elbow River, near Stampede Park in Calgary, with photographer Ramsey Kunkel and my long-time friend Heather Petrie Hill in tow. We were going on a photo shoot for a new…