Winnipeg, Manitoba and holds a Masters of Environmental Studies from York University. Currently a 2024 PhD candidate at the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation. Awards 5 Juno Awards won with Blue Rodeo Juno nomination Most Promising Male Vocalist Gemini Award Nomination 2000 for Twitch City music Lifetime achievement award winner from CBC Radio 3 Presented with the Key to Bruno, Saskatchewan by the Mayor in 2008 Best Songwriter 2013 Now Readers Poll (runner up) 2015 Dan Galea 4th Wiseman Music of Sound Award 2017 Favourite cover of Exclaim! 25th anniversary issue. References External links 1962 births Living people 21st-century Canadian pianists Alternative rock pianists Blue Rodeo members Canadian alternative rock musicians Canadian country rock musicians Canadian people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent Canadian record producers Canadian male singer-songwriters Jewish Canadian musicians Jewish Canadian writers Musicians from Winnipeg Psychedelic folk musicians Writers from Winnipeg Glitterhouse Records artists