Bruce Guthro
Encyclopedia
Bruce Guthro is a Canadian
singer / songwriter
, from Cape Breton Island
, Nova Scotia
. Guthro has recorded as a solo artist, and in 1998 also joined Scottish
folk rock
band Runrig
, whilst still pursuing his solo career. Guthro has received several ECMA's (East Coast Music Awards), and was also host of Canadian TV show 'Songwriters Circle', on which guests included of Alan Doyle
, from Canadian Band Great Big Sea
.
He appeared at Tønder 2007 Festival.
He resides in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
singer / songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, from Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It likely corresponds to the word Breton, the French demonym for Brittany....
, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
. Guthro has recorded as a solo artist, and in 1998 also joined Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
folk rock
Folk rock
Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...
band Runrig
Runrig
Runrig are a Scottish Celtic rock group formed in Skye, in 1973 under the name 'The Run Rig Dance Band'. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included songwriters Rory Macdonald and Calum Macdonald. The current line-up also includes longtime members Malcolm Jones, Iain Bayne, and more...
, whilst still pursuing his solo career. Guthro has received several ECMA's (East Coast Music Awards), and was also host of Canadian TV show 'Songwriters Circle', on which guests included of Alan Doyle
Alan Doyle
Alan Thomas Doyle is a Canadian musician and actor, best known for his work as one of the lead singers of Celtic band Great Big Sea.-Life and career:...
, from Canadian Band Great Big Sea
Great Big Sea
Great Big Sea is a Canadian folk-rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs including sea shanties, which draw from the island's 500-year-old Irish, English, and French heritage...
.
He appeared at Tønder 2007 Festival.
He resides in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Albums
| Year | Album details | CAN Country | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds) |
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| 1994 | Sails to the Wind Sails to the Wind Sails to the Wind is the 1994 debut album from Canadian artist Bruce Guthro. As of 2010, copies of the album are extremely hard to find.-Track listing:# "Running Away" – 4:05# "I'll Surrender" – 4:06# "Him and God and Me" – 3:23...
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| 1998 | Of Your Son Of Your Son Of Your Son is the 1998 second album from Canadian artist Bruce Guthro. The album produced the singles Walk This Road, Falling, Good Love and Love Lives On... EMI Records EMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide... |
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Canadian Recording Industry Association Music Canada is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, artists, manufacture, production, promotion and distribution of music in Canada... : Gold |
| 2001 | Guthro Guthro Guthro is the 2001 third album from Canadian artist Bruce Guthro. The album produced the singles Disappear, Factory Line, Livin' A Lie and 4 A.M.... |
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| 2005 | Beautiful Life Beautiful Life (Bruce Guthro album) Beautiful Life is the 2006 fourth album from Canadian artist Bruce Guthro. The album produced the singles "Beautiful Life", "Montreal", "Holy Road" and "Touch".-Track listing:# "Beautiful Life" – 3:11# "Wait" – 3:15# "Touch" – 3:25... |
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| 2009 | No Final Destination
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| 2011 | Celtic Crossing
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Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | ||
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| CAN Country | CAN AC | CAN | |||
| 1997 | "Walk This Road Walk This Road "Walk This Road" is a single by Canadian folk music artist Bruce Guthro. Released in 1997, it was the first single from Guthro's Of Your Son album. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in February 1998 and also reached #16 on the RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... " |
1 | 16 | — | Of Your Son |
| 1998 | "Falling" | 15 | 12 | 39 | |
| "Ivey's Wall" | 12 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | "Two Story House" (with Amy Sky Amy Sky Amy Sky is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, theatre actress, and television host. Sky started classical music lessons at the age of five , and plays piano, guitar, cello and recorder.... ) |
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| "Good Love" | — | 27 | — | ||
| 2001 | "Factory Line" | * | * | — | Guthro |
| "Disappear" | * | * | — | ||
| "Livin' a Lie" | * | * | — | ||
| 2007 | "Touch" | — | — | — | Beautiful Life |
Samplers
| Year | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | "Four Strong Winds" (with Raylene Rankin) | Over Canada (Soundtrack) |
| 2010 | "Acadie, Sing Me Home" (with Blair Douglas) | Celtic Greatest |
Guest appearances
| Year | Title | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | "Fiddle & Bow" | Natalie MacMaster Natalie MacMaster Natalie MacMaster, CM is an award-winning fiddler from the rural community of Troy in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada who plays Cape Breton fiddle music.... |
No Boundaries |
| 2008 | "Acadie, Sing Me Home" | Blair Douglas | Stay Strong |