Jig (2016)

I composed this jig while on my first road trip through British Columbia in 2016. One morning, as we were driving in the Kootenay Mountains, there was a blanket of clouds outside, but because we were so high up the mountain, the clouds were below us, and this eerie-sounding tune came to mind.

I was honoured to be named a winner of the 2017 Canadian Songwriting Competition for this tune, as well as “The Kettle Valley Railway”.

RECORDED ON: Kyle Burghout: The Prism Within, Track 7 (2017)