Liam Cole

Liam Cole is a drummer and songwriter from Kingston, Ontario. A remarkably deep and lyrical percussionist, Liam studied jazz performance at Humber College before becoming vibrantly active in the Ontario music community, performing live and on records with Little Kid, Michael Cloud Duguay, Dorothea Paas, Poolblood, HIGHS, Chris Brown & Kate Fenner, and many more. After years of patient urging from his close friends and bandmates, Liam turned to his longtime collaborator, producer and composer Michael Cloud Duguay (Scions), to help refine years of private songwriting into a cohesive collection of recorded material. Duguay encouraged a simple process, working with their mutual friend and regular bandmate, engineer and bassist Jason Mercer (Ron Sexsmith, Ani Difranco) at his studio on Wolfe Island, Ontario. The trio worked out the artful and sensitive arrangements heard on Warm Soup At The Big Rain in the studio, showcasing Liam’s distinctive jazz-influenced expressive syncopation, Duguay’s trademark emphasis on drone and rich and articulate use of synthesizer, piano, and accordion, and Mercer’s tasteful cadence in the pocket. The arrangements were filled out by jangly water... more...