Folk, Rhythm & Poetry.
Marcel Desilets has blended these elements into one to
provide an enjoyable listening experience for the thinking ear. Some of his
songs are humorous, some are sweet, and some are downright cosmic, but all of
them are loving celebrations of life. Marcel adds to his poetic sense of lyric
just a beautiful touch on guitar, giving way to original songs that come with
over thirty-five years of writing.
Marcel was raised in Norwood,
St. Boniface (Winnipeg).
Music was around him from an early age in the form of Dobro guitar and
harmonica (both of which his dad played), and his mom’s singing and harmonizing
to the old standards. It was the seventies however, and “After The Gold Rush”
that really started his love of music. The sometimes rock, sometimes folk song
styles of Neil Young, and later the finger picking virtuosity and mellow song
compositions of Bruce Cockburn, truly helped shape his appreciation of music
and the direction his songwriting interests would take.
From his beginnings at learning to play guitar his interest
has always been in creating his own songs, so with his first few chords taught
to him by his dad on an old $10 guitar, he was on his way to developing his
art. Marcel’s influences come from the profound and the usual, the deep and the
day to day, what’s going on within, and what he observes around him. Marcel has
added banjo, Dobro, harmonica, mandolin, and fiddle to …
Folk, Rhythm & Poetry.
Marcel Desilets has blended these elements into one to
provide an enjoyable listening experience for the thinking ear. Some of his
songs are humorous, some are sweet, and some are downright cosmic, but all of
them are loving celebrations of life. Marcel adds to his poetic sense of lyric
just a beautiful touch on guitar, giving way to original songs that come with
over thirty-five years of writing.
Marcel was raised in Norwood,
St. Boniface (Winnipeg).
Music was around him from an early age in the form of Dobro guitar and
harmonica (both of which his dad played), and his mom’s singing and harmonizing
to the old standards. It was the seventies however, and “After The Gold Rush”
that really started his love of music. The sometimes rock, sometimes folk song
styles of Neil Young, and later the finger picking virtuosity and mellow song
compositions of Bruce Cockburn, truly helped shape his appreciation of music
and the direction his songwriting interests would take.
From his beginnings at learning to play guitar his interest
has always been in creating his own songs, so with his first few chords taught
to him by his dad on an old $10 guitar, he was on his way to developing his
art. Marcel’s influences come from the profound and the usual, the deep and the
day to day, what’s going on within, and what he observes around him. Marcel has
added banjo, Dobro, harmonica, mandolin, and fiddle to the list of instruments
that he enjoys playing.
As well as performing solo, his love of these other
instruments has led him into an accompanying and collaborating role for and
with other musicians.
Marcel has released 5 full length CDs of all original material, including one all instrumental album.
