Forty odd years after his first foray into music, Murray has twenty albums to his credit on both True North Records and Capitol Records. His songs have been covered by many other artists as well as being featured in high school text books. He has played, both solo, and with bands in every major hall in Canada, from Massey Hall in Toronto, to the Orpheum in Vancouver and all the Jubilees in between as well as extensively in the U.S.
Murray’s latest release is a double album set, also available on much coveted vinyl, called
“Murray McLauchlan ReCovered, The Kensington sessions. It was recorded at the “Mussel Shoals of the North” as Murray calls it; Kensington Sound studios in the middle of historic Kensington market in Toronto with outstanding musicians Al Cross, Victor Bateman, Burke Carroll and Vezi Tayyeb. Background vocals were performed by Lunch at Allen’s alumni Cindy Church and Marc Jordan.
After finding out that his catalogue of master recordings had been sold without his knowledge to an American company, Murray decided to do what artists such as Taylor Swift or John Fogerty had done and re record all his classic songs as well as personal favourites.
He would own his own master recording.
As the project developed though, it became much more than that. It was a chance to revisit those songs with a lifetime of experience behind him. As a performer, he inhabited the songs with a purpose and intensity that surpassed the energy of the originals. Arrangements were re done and lyrics updated. The sessions were pure joy. The result is a work of art by a master songwriter that will undoubtedly stand the test of time. Plans to tour the album with this band in 2027 are under development.
