Dustan Townsend, the lead vocalist and cellist behind Fish in a Birdcage, is based out of Calgary Alberta and studied music at Red Deer College. Though Fish in a Birdcage is predominantly Dustan, he often invites guests to participate in his music. Fish in a Birdcage describes its music as modern Renaissance, Electronica to folk strings.

Fish in a Birdcage released its first and eponymous EP Fish in a Birdcage on November 2nd 2014 and has released one EP, four albums, and three singles to date.

"The idea behind fish in a birdcage is that the fish is an able bodied creature with the potential to "fly" just not in that environment. I relate to that personally, being an artist confined or caged into a place where I cannot "fly" or live up to my full potential because of the caging of my environment." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.