20 Questions: Country singer Lawrence Maxwell’s favourite movie is Anchorman
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Nation music singer-songwriter Lawrence Maxwell is entering into the vacation spirit together with his new single Christmas Morning Espresso.
He is a two-time Music P.E.I. award winner and an East Coast Music Awards nominee.
His music video for Again to Cape Breton was a finalist within the Canadian Unbiased Music Video Awards and his music Higher You was chosen within the prime 100 for CBC/Toyota Searchlight in 2022.
Maxwell’s newest album is Ballad of Miles.
We requested him 20 Questions.
Responses could have been edited barely for size and readability.
1. What’s your full title?
Lawrence Maxwell Harry Koughan
2. The place had been you born and the place do you reside at this time?
I used to be born on the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown and now I stay in Clyde River.
3. What’s one factor you prefer to folks to find out about you?
I’m within the technique of placing collectively a ebook of authentic poems.
4. What would folks be shocked to find out about you?
I used to be a AAA rugby all-star and provincial champion in highschool.
5. What’s the hardest factor you’ve ever completed?
Digging myself out of a psychological rut and coaching to run three marathons.
6. Are you able to describe one expertise that modified your life?
There was one evening throughout my time within the Navy once we had been crusing again from an operation within the Caribbean Sea. We’d simply gotten via a giant storm and had lastly reached calm water. The one mild we may see was from the moon and stars. It was a lovely evening that made me admire the folks in my life and the alternatives that had been forward of me. It was really a magical expertise that modified the course of my life.
7. What’s your biggest indulgence?
Lime frozen yogurt from Goji’s with strawberries, tapioca pearls and gummy worms.
8. What’s your favorite ebook?
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
9. What’s your favorite film?
Anchorman
10. What music do you wish to take heed to?
I like older nation music (Merle Haggard, George Jones); ’70s R&B (Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin); folks (John Prine, Jackson Brown); basic rock (Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones); alt-country (Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell) and rap/R&B (Kendrick Lamar, Frank Ocean). That basically solely scratches the floor.
11. How do you wish to chill out?
Looking for sea glass on a quiet seaside.
12. What are you studying or watching proper now?
I’m at present watching basic Christmas films and each Toronto Maple Leafs sport that I can. I’m studying The Delusion of Regular by Dr. Gabor Maté, although I all the time have a group of poetry books that I’m thumbing via.
13. What’s your biggest concern?
My biggest concern shouldn’t be having the ability to conquer concern … and sharks.
14. What’s your biggest pleasure?
Having the ability to pursue music as a profession and having the love and help of my household.
15. What’s your most treasured possession?
No matter is within the fridge.
16. What’s the most effective recommendation you bought from a guardian or mentor?
Love everybody and inform the reality.
17. What would you say is your highest quality, and what would you say is your worst high quality?
My highest quality is kindness. It’s not all the time simple to practise, however I believe I’m fairly good at discovering it for folks and issues.
My worst high quality is typically getting caught up in my very own little world and forgetting the larger image.
18. The place is your favorite place on this planet?
The recording studio. It’s such a magical place the place creativity is at its peak.
19. Who do you comply with on social media?
Mates, household, athletes, musicians, comedians and anybody who I need to hold tabs on.
20. Which three folks would be a part of you to your dream feast?
Leonard Cohen, Anthony Bourdain and Milton Acorn.
