Prolific singer-songwriter and bedroom producer of many recordings. Patrick Canning tries to tackle material and treat performances as passionately as he can. A visual artist by trade Patrick lives in St. John's where rent is cheap and where he can make as much work as possible unimpedied by the stress of big city life. Patrick is currently setting his sights on taking his material on the road across country in the near future.
Patrick is very involved in the indie singer-songwriter community and the experimental improv music community in St. John's and has a reputation as a very supportive fixture at downtown shows. Patrick also has a reputation as an obsessive record collector with wild, rare and eclectic tastes in music. The artists who most directly influence Patricks work are characters like Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, The Residents, The Art Bears, Brian Wilson, Can, Ali Farca Toure, Brian Eno, Steve Reich, Smog and so on. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.