Murray McLauchlan – Saturday March 3, 2012

Most artists spend their entire careers chasing that “middle space;” few artists find it. Then there are artists like Murray McLauchlan who don’t search at all. They exist and create within it. For over 40 years, that “middle space,” the space between where our world exists and where it exists in song, is a world McLauchlan has meticulously woven through his melodies, poetry and most of all, stories. It’s a world he most recently explores on his new album, Human Writes (True North Records, 2011).After the release of McLauchlan’s last album, Gulliver’s Taxi, he was content to close the door on his solo career. However, a meeting with True North Records president, Geoff Kulawick encouraged him to head back to the studio once more.“Each album I’ve released comes from a very personal, creative space. Sometimes your fans connect and join you in that space, and sometimes, unfortunately, they don’t,” says McLauchlan.