Ted is a critically acclaimed, multi-award nominated singer/songwriter originally from Newfoundland, but currently calls Dartmouth, Nova Scotia home. His youth in Newfoundland was the start of his vagabond journey, it was spent traversing the island in a single engine airplane with his father, going into the wilderness, exploring, fishing, camping, and just generally being out there, up in the air. He learned how to live going from place to place carrying very little and needing even less.
He has spent much of his life since then being a traveler, a wanderer, and a seeker, including time in England, Sweden, New York City, Chicago, and a long list of other stops along way in various parts of Canada and the United States. "I looked beyond where I was from and felt I needed to explore".
The sounds and stories of the south captured his imagination as a child. "The first time I heard blues music, I wasn't very old, and had no idea what any of it meant, but it captivated me". From Blues to Country, Folk to Rock and Roll, and RandB to Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, and with influences like Muddy Waters, Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, and The Band, with powerful, poignant, pretty and sometimes politically driven lyrics Ted has created a diversity of songs that cover the spectrum of the Americana experience. His live shows range from topical social commentary, to fun and humorously ridiculous tales, to the poetry of love, loss, loneliness, and longing.
Songwriting has been one of the only constants in his life, a life that has been shaped by the many people, places, and things he has encountered along the way. Some fantastic, some strange, some he wishes he had never seen, and others he wishes he could see at least one more time. He at one point lived in a village in Sweden, true story.
When not working as a singer/songwriter, he enjoys spending time with his family, fishing with his son, swimming in the ocean, practicing yoga, playing soccer and working in his garden.
In 2012 he was nominated for two Music PEI awards for the album 61 Dorchester, Male Solo Recording of the Year and Roots Contemporary Recording of the Year and in 2010 as a member of Slung for the album Superfecta, for Bluegrass/Country Recording of the Year.