Brookfield North

Week Thirty-Eight - Fossil and Bone

Relationships in fiction can be as powerful and tragic as those in real life — take Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and Count Vronsky, whose sad tale of mistrust and rejection still resonates with readers today. The pair are the inspiration for…

Week Thirty-Seven - In the Silence

It’s hard to believe this atrocity continues. We released In The Silence just after the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - hopefully there’s a chance this unlawful conflict will end soon.
Like so many of us who’ve been watching…

Week Thirty-Six - Ordinary Day

Ordinary Day is about finding your way back from heartache to true love. It celebrates the distance between a couple, where love survives without binding. It defines commitment, attraction and love without failure.

This week's poem is from my collection…

Week Thirty-Five - I Wish It Would Rain

One July a number of summers ago, our little town was in the midst of a heat wave. You could see the heat haze on the streets, people became short tempered, there was violence in my neighbourhood. One afternoon I…

Week Thirty-Four - Each and Everyday

Each and Everyday is track three from our Medicine Lands album. It was one of my first open tuning songs, giving the piece a wider stereo pallet if you listen carefully. It’s all about the mystery of love - it…

Week Thirty-Three - My Little Boat

My Little Boat is a true story of how a refugee named Assef left his home due to war and prejudice. Assef’s story traces a journey over land and sea, his rejection of citizenship everywhere he turned, and finally, his…

Week Thirty-Two - I Must Go (The Brooks Sisters)

I Must Go was a standard in the early days of Brookfield (North). It was a fun song about moving from traditional folk and exploring other styes. This recording is from the The Brook’s Sister’s album, The Carport Sessions, I…

Week Thirty-One - Immigrant's Son

Immigrant’s Son is the last cut from our first album Medicine Lands. It deals directly with loss of my dear friend Enzo. I reminisce throughout the song; the here and now, the memories, the power of his faith, the sparkle…

Week Thirty - My Heart Belongs To You

This song is track seven from our Leave This Blue album, 2025.

My Heart Belongs To You was written for Joy. The verses trace where we are now, our history in the early years, and what lies before us. The…

Week Twenty-Nine - Bye Bye Blue

Bye Bye Blue is track eleven from our Medicine Lands album, it started as a jam then morphed into a completed song. The lyrics are simple, just a blue’s expression that we gave a live smokey bar feeling.

This week’s…

Week Twenty-Eight - Last Time I Saw Anna

Last Time I Saw Anna was written after the passing of my life long friend Enzo. It was sudden, on a Christmas Day a week after his marriage. It was gut punch for everyone, impossible to understand, he seemed so…

Week Twenty-Seven - Elijah

After watching interviews with spouses of career military members, one interview inspired me to write the song Elijah, about the partner of a soldier. Each night after the children went to bed she left a light on above their back…

Week Twenty-Six - Oh Marie

Oh Marie dates back to a bygone era that portrays a colourful view of the union dance. All the characters mentioned here are real life personalities, and my father and mother are the main protagonists . My father was an…

Week Twenty-Five - Billie

Billie was written as a homage to one of the greatest jazz vocalists of all time. The first time I heard “what a little moonlight can do,” I was hooked. The way she manipulated the phrasing and groove of the…