Colin Newell - Singer/Songwriter - Canada

From an early age, Colin had been at the piano. With a mom who was a classical pianist (who had the good fortune of playing with jazz great Oscar Peterson in the late 1950’s), Colin had music in his DNA.

After several years learning music at a local convent (long story), Colin dropped the ivories for the six-strings. By the mid-1980’s Colin had played in a variety of very unsuccessful juke-box bands, quickly pivoting to music engineering and production.

In total, Colin had his mark on around a dozen projects from 1981 until the early 2000’s – mostly folk rock soloists or combo’s. By 2008, he was ready for his own thing and joined troubadour Charlie Burton creating their debut album – Island Standard Time by the folk duo “Two Old Goats…” They received modest radio play on CBC and NPR in the U.S.A. garnering a top-50 spot next to the likes of Cher on CBC Radio 3! Colin co-wrote the song 'Canadian World' with Simon Byrne in 2025 as a tribute to Canada during the tumultuous period when Canadian sovereignty was being threatened.