Growing up in Westville, a coal town on the northern shore Nova Scotia’s mainland, Kris MacFarlane knew from an early age that music would either drag him kicking and screaming to glory or leave him in ruins.

    In addition to his love of pop and rock music and the influence of his musical home (his father and two brothers are musicians while his sister is a dance teacher and his mother is very patient), Kris spent his summers dragging around a 40 pound snare drum for some of the many Scottish pipe bands that litter his part of the world and the rest of the year studying jazz, big-band and classical music at three separate high schools at the same time. He has since built a name for himself as a sought after freelance drummer, multi-instrumentalist and producer.

    Kris has had the opportunity to record and play live with many artists including Great Big Sea, Denny Doherty of The Mamas and the Papas, Dave Gunning, The Paperboys, Nathan Wiley, Lennie Gallant, Kilt, Barry Canning, George Canyon, Patricia Conroy, Crush, Janelle Dupuis, Paul Lamb, Slainte Mhath, Sons of Maxwell and Hawksley Workman.

    He has most recently appeared as producer on the self-titled third album from Nova Scotia hard rock band Beyond Ash, played drums on Dave Gunning’s “House For Sale”, is on Dave Carroll’s “Perfect Blue” playing drums and accordion and is on Great Big Sea’s upcoming release “Fortune’s Favour”.