Daniel Payne (accordion, tin whistle, flute and bodhran)
Daniel comes from a long line of traditional accordion and fiddle players from Cow Head on the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland. He is a well-known singer, actor and multi-instrumentalist who teaches at the Vinland Music Camp in Gros Morne National Park. Daniel has performed both as a musician and actor throughout North America, Australia and Europe. He is a recipient of the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council's Emerging Artist Award and played a leading role in the Newfoundland-Ireland production of the TV miniseries, Random Passage, a portrayal of life in early Newfoundland. In 2004 Daniel started DOP Productions, which has since released four titles, an album of accordion music entitled The Four Stops, two button accordion instructional DVDs, and his first solo album, released in summer 2008 and entitled Chain.