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Gregory Hoskins is a Canadian singer/songwriter, Montreal born in 1964, and has remained just below the radar for most of his career.
He was first signed to True North Records in 1991 and released 2 recordings for that label, 1991's Moon Come Up and 1993's Raids on the Unspeakable, "... quite possibly, the best Canadian album you've never heard."
The recordings were critically acclaimed, released in Canada, Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
In 1994 Hoskins dropped out of sight, "not a bid for enigma or an overdeveloped sense of privacy, as I feel (the answers) are all there in the songs anyway, but an attempt to honour the people in my life, and the transitions that life brings," he says by way of explaining – Hoskins re-emerged in 2001 with the remarkable solo CD, The King of Good Intentions, praised by critics for its "quiet soul," the singer's "haunting voice" and "lyrics (that) speak of the hard lessons he has obviously learned over the last decade."
Between February 2007 and May 2008, he will have realeased 3 recordings: the new studio venture, The Beggar Heart; Pleasure and Relief, his first live recording/dvd ; and a “solo accoustic” rendering of some of his material called Alone In The Mayor’s House...Almost for a label in the US.
At 43 and the father of three teens, Hoskins, known among peers as a reclusive, even reluctant artist, is learning to enjoy the fruits of his labours. He is entranced by the reaction his songs seem to get from audience old and new, much more so than the acclaim that goes along with being in the music business. “I was never really all that comfy with heads turning in the donut shop,” he offers,“ being followed in the mall, or yelled at from cars. To be honest, that part of it all played with my head. Notariety is one thing, being recognized for talent is another, but fame... it was never a reason I began writing and performing.” Hoskins long ago abandoned notions of conventional success. "I don't even know what that means. All the rules have changed, the landscape is nothing like it was when I had a record deal. I have no choice but to make it up as I go along.”
How does he measure success? “Song by song, it would seem. Word by word.”
[edit] Sources
www.fatpaulie.com/2000/10/cd_review_gregory_hoskins.html www.thestar.com/comment/columnists/article/279607
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