Brian Hughes is one of the most popular and richest Musician who was born on May 5, 1955 in Vegreville, Canada.
Hughes grew up in Alberta, Canada and studied at Grant MacEwan College (now MacEwan University) in Edmonton and the Banff School of Fine Arts with jazz guitarists Ed Bickert and Gene Bertoncini. In 1981 he moved temporarily to Los Angeles where he studied at the Guitar Institute with Pat Martino, Joe Diorio, and Robben Ford.
In 1987 Hughes moved to Toronto where he began working with harpist Loreena McKennitt. In 1991 he recorded Between Dusk…and Dreaming, his first album as a leader, for Justin Time Records, followed by Under One Sky the next year. He started his label, Sylvan House Music, which was distributed by Warner Music Canada and licensed to Higher Octave Music/EMI in the U.S. and abroad. He recorded three more albums (Straight to You, One 2 One, and Shakin’ Not Stirred) under this arrangement before releasing Along the Way with A440 Music Group in 2003. He returned to his Sylvan House Music imprint for the release of Live (2007), No Reservations (concert DVD, 2009), and Fast Train to a Quiet Place in 2011. He moved to Los Angeles in 2000. Many of his works can be heard on The Weather Channel’s Local on the 8’s and on Sirius XM’s Watercolors channel.
