I wrote this song, sitting on a bench in Battery Park, New York, a year after 9-11, wondering how it would feel looking up to the sky with eyes darkened and scarred by the memory of loves lost and a way of life gone forever. How it would feel if you lost someone and looked up into a window and saw someone that reminded you of them and how painful it would be to look up. The Buddha Hat is a hat of healing, an offering to a city I love.

Buddha Hat

I wrote this song a long time ago in 2005, which seems an eternity ago, but it remains one of my favourite songs. It is about the children in Africa and around the world who needlessly suffer while we spin around on our merry go round of luxury seemingly oblivious to their plight. It is indeed a strange world of paradox, that seems clear and beautiful through the eyes of a child.

Like A Child

Glenn Marais is a singer/songwriter who uses his music for healing and hope.  He is an accomplished blues musician whose delta blues originals and fiery slide work power his music. His originals are a unique blend of folk, rock and blues and are distinguished by his soaring vocals and brilliant fretwork.
Glenn has been nominated for a Juno award, received the Donald Cousens Community Impact Award for 2021, Wilfrid Laurier’s 30 in 30 Graduate Student Association Award, Member of Parliament’s Medal for volunteer service as part of Canada 150 Celebrations, The Queen’s Jubilee Award in 2023 and numerous other accolades in his work empowering and educating our young people to become the voice of change that we need to see in our world.

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