Music Monday – Scott Parsons
Scott Parsons is a multi-disciplined Island musician who has consistently utilized his accomplishments to enrich both himself and his community. His involvement with theatre, film, radio and television has sparked an artistic creativity that carries over to his work with disabled and high-priority youth.
Scott’s body of work spans nearly five decades and he has played too many benefits, bars and small venues to be named. His folk festival appearances have included the Mariposa Folk Festival (Toronto), Winnipeg Folk Festival, Calgary Folk Festival, Vancouver Folk Festival, the Islands Folk Festival (Vancouver Island), Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival, Deep Roots Festival (Wolfville, NS), the Wymarsh Festival (Ontario), Seattle Folklife Fair, Montreal Celtic Festival, Gene MacLellan Song Festival (PEI), PEI Jazz and Blues Festival, and the Stan Rogers Festival.
He has done two extensive tours of Switzerland and has played across Canada, the U.S., England, Wales, Scotland and the Orkney Islands. He has opened for Blue Rodeo, Jesse Winchester, backed up the infamous Daisy Debolt and was bass player for Gene MacLellan. He was also honored to do a concert at Metro Detroit’s “Gilda’s Club,” dedicated to comedian Gilda Radner.
Awards and Honours
- The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, awarded to Islanders for service to their community and country (2012).
- The Father Adrian Arsenault Senior Arts Award, Province of Prince Edward Island (2012).
- Blues Recording of the Year for Live at Mahogany Hall, Music PEI (2011).
- PEI Blues Artist of the Year for Nice To Wear, Music PEI (2003-4).
- African-Canadian Recording of the Year for Nice To Wear, East Coast Music Awards (2003).
- Best Soundtrack for a Short Film for Grimm, PEI Film Festival (2002).
- “What I Am” (Jupiter Wise) selected as the theme song for the United Nations International Conference for the Rights of the Child (1993).
