Scottish-born children’s singer-songwriter Eddie Douglas has a musical mission – to seek out the best sing-able poems for young listeners and record them as songs. His material comes from a variety of children’s poetry - traditional, classic, contemporary, or from musings that sometimes erupt from his own pen. Eddie took his musical cues from a family of dancers and entertainers. In his teens, he honed his skills playing dancehalls and clubs throughout Scotland with an eight-piece Glasgow soul band, and later with a five-piece pop outfit. After coming to Canada, he turned his attention toward finger-style acoustic guitar. The songster’s passion for making music with poetry gained momentum over a decade ago when he was given the green light by award-winning poet and author Dennis Lee to record some of his work. Eddie’s sophomore recording, featuring poems by other highly regarded Canadian children’s writers, and set to his own music, earned him a JUNO nomination in 2008. On his latest CD, SLEEPY SKY LULLABY, newly written musical settings of popular works from centuries past form the core of the album’s material, along with original lullabies and songs for night-time.