Stephen Fearing - The Man Who Married Music: The Best Of (2009)

Canadian troubadour Stephen Fearing's first career-spanning anthology features 13 tracks culled from eight albums and two new songs to reassure fans that he hasn't the slightest interest in packing it in. Born in Vancouver and raised in Dublin, Fearing is a natural storyteller, and the appropriately titled The Man Who Married Music: The Best of Stephen Fearing builds a bridge between the Great White North and rocky shores of Ireland that contemporary folk fans of all persuasions will find both sturdy and stocked with magnificent views.