Interview with Murray McLauchlan
b'With a music career that has spanned 40 years,\\xa0Murray McLauchlan\\xa0writes and performs songs that capture slices of life and the human experience in his songs. From\\xa0"Farmer\'s Song"\\xa0to\\xa0"Down By The Henry Moore"\\xa0to\\xa0"Whispering Rain", you\'ll find yourself transported into the scenes he\'s capturing with his voice, melodies and lyrics. Each of those songs has received a\\xa0SOCAN Classic Music\\xa0Award.\\xa0\\n\\nBorn in Scotland, Murray came to Canada when he was five years old.\\xa0At 17, he began playing at coffeehouses in Toronto\'s Yorkville area and later attended Central Tech as an art student before deciding to become a full-time musician.\\n\\nMurray has\\xa0eighteen albums of songs\\xa0to his credit and has won\\xa0eleven JUNO awards\\xa0as well as RPM Big Country and Toronto Music awards. In 1993, he\\xa0received\\xa0The Order Of Canada. He was the host of the national CBC radio program\\xa0Swinging on a Star\\xa0for five years. With over a quarter of a million listeners every Saturday, this show focused attention on the artistry of distinguished and famous writers as well as the new and upcoming.\\xa0\\n\\nTune in to hear this\\xa0Canadian music legend\\xa0talk about his songs and share them with us.'