Colin is an award-winning songwriter with 35+ years worth of collaboration and co-writes with dozens of other writers. He loves classic American styles: folk, blues, country, jazz, swing, soul and rock and roll. He has participated in and facilitated songwriting workshops and residencies for folks of all ages. He is happy to spend every day working on songs in some way or another!
Colin’s Songwriting Credits
2015: Christine Malcom covered Colin’s song Gypsy Boy on her release Crickets, Coyotes and the Big Yellow Moon.
December 3rd, 2012: Colin won 1st Prize in the USA Songwriting Competition Jazz song category with his song Old Porch Swing. Shauna Antoniuc recorded her version in 2011 on her stellar record Simple.
2011: Housetop did a great version of Colin’s tune Your Feet Look Good.
December 2010: Colin ended up a finalist in the USA Songwriting Competition folk category with his song Blue Mt. Whiskey. In the same year, Fairview Avenue released their version of the song.
May 2009: Colin won First place in the Merlefest Bluegrass Category – Chris Austin Songwriting Contest with Love Gone By, co-written with Carol Hausner.
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- 2003: Colin placed 3rd in the Solarfest Singer-Songwriter competition.
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- Colin’s song Never Get The Nerve To Call was sung by Shauna Antoniuc on I Heard The Highway, a great record by Vermont Western Swing and Country legend Rick Norcross and the Ramblers.
- Colin co-produced Mother Goose’s Never-Ending Tea Party, a new children’s record with Rebop Records and the Vermont Center For The Book. The project features old folk songs, Mother Goose Rhymes put to new music, as well as new songs by Colin and his daughters
Listen to Colin’s Music
Stream Colin’s latest album, The Cobbler’s Child, on Spotify:
Stream Colin’s 2006 full-length release, Tired of Town, on Apple Music: