BRUCE COUGHLAN
songwriter, vocals, guitar, woodflute & whistles

Bruce is a true bard (a collector of songs) and the founding member of The Tiller's Folly. He started his career at a young age as a solo pub performer touring throughout Western Canada. This incited his interest in the little known history of the region while giving him a solid background in performing and music. Bruce's songwriting and musicianship came to the fore in popular BC bands Bare Facts and The Hightops and on his solo CD Any Day Soon.

In early 1996 Bruce was searching for an outlet for his vision of a Folk/Celtic band singing songs about the other Maritime province and The Tiller's Folly was born. His love and passion for the characters and tales of The Pacific North West provided fertile ground for his well developed songwriting skills which led to "The View From Here and " Ghosts of The Mighty Fraser". This has been honed to a new brilliance on the recently completed CD "A Ripple in Time". Bruce is a talent to watch and will soon be recognized as a Great Canadian songwriter in a class with the great storytellers like Gordon Lightfoot, Stompin Tom and Stan Rogers.