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Robert Priest
Robert Priest is one of the few Canadians to have achieved bestseller status as both a songwriter and a poet. He is the author of seventeen books of poetry, three plays, four novels, lots of musical CDS and two hit songs. His words have been debated in the legislature, posted in the Transit system, quoted in the Farmer’s Almanac, embedded in pavement and sung on Sesame Street. The fiery rock ballad, ‘Song Instead of a Kiss’, as sung by Alannah Myles spent two weeks at #1 in Canada and still receives airplay all around the world. He has released five CDs worth of his own songs, and his co-write with Indigenous balladeer Julian Taylor, ‘Seeds (They tried to Bury Us)’, achieved top five status on the CBC. His latest album of songs, Love Is Hard, produced by Bob Wiseman, has been receiving rave reviews. A new album, People Like You and Me has just been released by Vesuvius Records.