Farrell Boyce, based in Burlington, Ontario, is a renaissance type. An environmental scientist at the Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Boyce was Hamilton, Ontario "Environmentalist of the Year" in 1992 for his environmental activism. He is also a painter and musician. From school days on he wrote poetry and strummed the guitar. It was Stan Rogers who inspired him to put the two together.

Boyce is a member of two bands, Raspberry Jam (folk) and Hot Biscuits (swing). Raspberry Jam's repertoire includes many songs written by Boyce on its two cassette releases, Band in the Park and Innocent Bystanders. Boyce also supports the band on guitar, banjo, mandolin and accordion. Several of Boyce's songs have been performed and recorded by other artists, notably Magpie, Eric Nagler, and Ken Lonnquist.

Boyce's rich baritone voice is one of the hallmarks of his solo CD Whatever Happened to That Golden Glow? featuring sixteen of his new songs. The album also includes a Stan Rogers' "Rawdon Hills," a lumbering song from Quebec, and a Rogers and Hart tune. With a large supporting cast of musical friends, this eclectic album, produced by Farrell Boyce and Steve Didemus, covers a lot of ground and covers it well.

Whatever Happened to That Golden Glow?
1996 Farrell Boyce (RJE9501CD)

Barrachois Trout; Whatever Happened to That Golden Glow?; Disneyland; The Ski Tour Song; Dravons la gatineau; Looking for N; A Song for Skedans; Behead; Chico Mendez; Northern Dancer; Twelfth of March; The Hard-Rock Men; Buffalo Jump; G.I. Joe Breaks Down and Cries; The Rawdon Hills; My Romance; Falling into Jupiter; Be Thou My Vision; Turning to the Light; Be Thou My Vision (reprise) 62:35