A native of Newfoundland, Keith is a highly respected traditional singer and guitar player based in Brattleboro, VT. He performs in many configurations including with the Hanneke Cassel Band and has a duo with Yann Falquet featuring songs of Quebec and Newfoundland.
Keith performs solo showcasing his song repertoire and with his Band of Amber, a grouping that performs music related to his most recent solo project, Bright As Amber (June 2023). He also worked extensively with traditional song icon, Tony Barrand but his most enduring musical collaborator is his wife and fiddler Becky Tracy with whom he often performs. Keith is a faculty member of the Brattleboro Music Center (BMC) and the artistic director of the BMC’s Northern Roots Traditional Music Festival in Brattleboro Vermont which he founded in 2008.
He is an accomplished composer and arranger in the realm of traditional music and has also composed for theater and film. Several of his compositions were prominently featured in the Ken Burns’ documentary on the Roosevelts. He is a featured performer on well over a dozen recordings and a guest musician on numerous others. He has four highly regarded solo recordings.
