.:Band of the Day:.

Patrick Watson

He is a very favorite artist of mine, which I have been familiar with for quite a while but had totally forgotten about him until I reassesed the music in my hard drive.

The Canadian singer and pianist Patrick Watson was raised outside Montreal, in Hudson, Quebec, singing in the local church choirs as a boy, studying jazz and classical piano performance, composition, and arrangement, and singing and playing keyboards in the ska band Gangster Politics in high school.

Experimenting with various musical styles, and following his trip to Vietnam, he decided to orientate towards chamber pop music.

The result was a 4-piece band which is comprised of fellow musicians and former bandmates, which escort him upon this solo project.

His style can be compared to those of Jeff Buckley, Andrew Bird, Nick Drake to name a few,while it manages in the meanwhile to maintain qualities that set him apart from others.

He has been noted for his successful co-operation with Cinematic Orchestra, on tracks from the

'Ma Fleur' album, including the very prominent 'To build a home'.