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Grant Lawrence (born July 30, 1971) is a Canadian broadcaster, musician and writer based in Vancouver, primarily associated with CBC Radio 3. Lawrence was also the vocalist for the indie rock group The Smugglers.〔Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack and Jason Schneider, ''Have Not Been the Same: The Can-Rock Renaissance 1985-1995''. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-55022-992-9.〕 In addition to his regular shifts on Radio 3 itself, Lawrence was the host of Radio 3's Saturday night program on the CBC Radio 2 network until March 17, 2007, when that program was discontinued. He is also regular host of the service's monthly podcast, which is the most widely downloaded Canadian podcast on the Internet as of 2006. ''Spin'' magazine dubbed it the best podcast in Canada. In 2012, he also hosted the summer series ''The Wild Side'' on CBC Radio One. Lawrence began his association with the CBC in the 1990s, filing stories about life on tour with the Smugglers for David Wisdom's show ''Night Lines''.〔 When ''Nightlines'' ended in 1997, Wisdom and Leora Kornfeld, the former host of ''Realtime'', went on to host the new series ''RadioSonic''. Lawrence initially worked for the show as a researcher, and later became a producer, and became host of ''RadioSonic'' in 2001 after Wisdom and Kornfeld left the program.〔 In the summer of 2013, Lawrence and director Brent Hodge did a cross-country tour called ''The Beetle Roadtrip Sessions'', which was distributed as a web series on CBC Music and other streaming video sites. It followed Lawrence across Canada visiting various musicians and other personalities along the way, including the Darcys, Hollerado, Sam Roberts, Theo Fleury, Hawksley Workman and others. ''The Beetle Roadtrip Sessions'' won an award for Best Original Program or Series produced for Digital Media – Non-Fiction at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards.〔(“Watermark,” “My Prairie Home” up for Canadian Screen Awards ). ''Real Screen'', January 13, 2014.〕 Lawrence co-founded and currently plays ice hockey for the Vancouver Flying Vees, an amateur hockey team staffed largely by Canadian musicians.〔(the flying vees )〕 Lawrence published his first book, ''Adventures in Solitude: What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and Other Stories from Desolation Sound'', in 2010.〔("Grant Lawrence Taking 'Adventures in Solitude' to a Town Near You" ). ''Hour'', October 16, 2010.〕 A memoir of his visits to the Desolation Sound area of British Columbia, the book was a shortlisted nominee for the 2011 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction and the 2011 Edna Staebler Award.〔("Nominees for Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-Fiction announced" ). ''National Post'', September 20, 2011.〕 Lawrence published his second book, ''The Lonely End of the Rink: Confessions of a Reluctant Goalie'', in 2013. Both Lawrence's books won the BC Book Prize for Book of the Year in their respective years. Lawrence is currently working on a third book about his touring days in the Smugglers. He is married to singer-songwriter Jill Barber.〔Surgeoner, Brae (November 2008). "(Jill Barber: This is no faded love )", ''BeatRoute''. Retrieved April 19, 2010.〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grant Lawrence」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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