Aengus Finnan

Who is Aengus Finnan?

Aengus Finnan is a Canadian folk musician, who grew up on an organic farm in Shelter Valley, Ontario, and currently lives in Toronto, Ontario.

He attended St. Mary's elementary school in Grafton, St. Mary's Secondary School in Cobourg, and was awarded a two year scholarship to Lester B. Pearson United World College near Victoria, B.C. where he studied Fine Art, before attending Concordia University in Montreal to study Theatre. He later attended Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario to study Native and Northern Education, graduating as Valedictorian for the 1994 Faculty of Education.

He taught elementary school in Moosonee, Ontario for two years, and in Inuvik, NWT.

He released two albums, Fool's Gold, produced by Paul Mills in 1999, and North Wind, which Finnan co-produced with Paul Mills in 2002, featuring his touring band-mates Trevor Mills and David Rogers along with backing vocals by Serena Ryder. For 6 years he toured the North America folk festival and club circuit with invitational performances at the Kennedy Centre in Washington DC, the Yukon International Storytelling Festival in Whitehorse, the Stan Rogers Festival in Nova Scotia, and international dates in Australia and Japan.