In this episode, I’m doing something a little different. One of the goals I’ve had for
Process Driven from the beginning has been to expand the scope of the conversations I have beyond visual arts as an exploration into how and where creativity overlaps, regardless of the discipline. In this episode I’m sitting down with Glenn D’Cruze, a Canadian musician who records under the name North Atlantic Explorers. I was introduced to Glenn’s music by a listener of my other podcast, On Taking Pictures who emailed and asked if he could send me one of Glenn’s CDs. I’m so grateful that he did. 
My Father was a Sailor
is a gorgeous atmospheric homage to Glenn’s late father, who was an engineer on merchant ships in the North Atlantic during the 1950s. After his father died, Glenn embarked on a journey of his own that ultimately took him from his home in Vancouver to the seas sailed by his father nearly six decades earlier — and it all began with a pair of drum sticks and a stack of cardboard boxes.

 

LINKS
BBC Shipping Forecasts
Sailing By
Freedy Johnston –
We Will Shine
Belle & Sebastian –
A Space Boy Dream
Dream Academy –
Life in a Northern Town

 

FEATURED SONGS

Into the Blue Sea

Glasgow, Circa 1952

Hebrides, Bailey, Fair Isle

Yarborough

The Sailor & The Stenographer

 

CONNECT WITH GLENN
Website: North Atlantic Explorers
Twitter: @northatlanticxp

 

MUSIC
Please Listen Carefully
 (Jahzzar) / CC BY-SA 4.0

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