Gordon Belsher, from P.E.I. and a side man with Richard Wood is in the limelightthis year with the release of his new CD entitled, Reel in the Flickering Light in 2002 and is nominated to ECMA 2003 as Root/Traditional Solo Artist of The Year.

Gordon had a busy year in 2002, as Richard was touring a lot with The Chieftains,so he had time to produce his solo CD in his own studio called, Guernsey CoveParlour Productions. As well, he produced Cynthia MacLeod's debut CD entitled,Head Over Heels. Cynthia, a top 17 year old fiddler and winner of many P.E.I.Music Awards in 2002, had a chance to tour with Gordon in P.E.I. in 2001 and inOctober performed with Gordon at the Rocton Worlds Fair in Ontario. Gordonsince joining Richard Wood in 1997, toured extensively across Canada in everyProvince, 9 tours to the UK (England, Scotland, Wales), Europe (Ireland, DenmarkBelgium, germany) and performed as part of the cultural delegation for TeamCanada in Toyko, Japan in 1999.

Gordon has been entertaining audiences inCanada and around the world for more than a quarter of a century. Turning 50years old, his new CD was the 50th produced in his ECMA nominated studio. Hiscareer spans 30 years, beginning as a teen with a rock and roll band and hespellbound audiences on his own with a warm and enchanting mixture of folk andpop tunes.

He has personality, a charming voice and plays a variety of instruments.In the late 70's he formed a Maritime Celtic Band called, Jar O'Comfort and during16 years as a group, they released four albums and toured across Canada. Then in1995, he went solo and moved on to help establish one of the world's great Celticfiddlers, Richard Wood. He has been an important factor in Richard Wood'sgrowing international reputation. For more information regarding Gordon and hismusic, click into his posted aboved website address.

UP-DATE AS OF JUNE 2006

Gordon just released his new CD in June 2006 entitled, CALL UP ALL THE NEIGHBOURS A collection of 12 songs in which Gordon wrote and co-wrote some of the songs, some are traditional while others are written by other writers. Review of this CD can be seen on this website under New Releases.Gordon also tours with PEI fiddler, Cynthia MacLeod to the New England States as well as Ontario. They also perform together at various venues on P.E.I.