Remember This Place demo

Fear Of Flying

Breathe In Breathe Out

Running In The Rain

Life Carries On

Solo and So Low (Demo)

Two Ships (demo)

Where Now (demo)

This is Paradise (demo)

I wrote this song after driving through the forest fires in BC last summer. The
reality of climate change is hitting hard, and sometimes it’s hard to know what to do, how to cope and how to help. So in this song, I was interested in the societal dissonance about saying we value nature, yet we carry on with the normalities of life while the world burns. The image of the magpie comes from when I was growing up; when the magpies sit by the window and wake us up every morning with its harsh, rattling call. We’d complain, then go about our day and forget about it, then complain again the next morning. Somehow it felt fitting for this song.

Cry Of The Magpie

This song talks about how when we're young we often dismiss where we're from, assuming anywhere else is better.  We can learn we were wrong, and coming back can be the right thing.  Lana del ray had a baby with Zachary Bryan kinda vibe.

Bred In My Bones (demo)

inspired by summertime at the family cabin, sitting on the verandah.

Sunset Bay (demo)

Thinking of the genius of Kris today. Kind, thoughtful, loyal, sexy, he was everything we need now. That moment when he sang this song with Sinead O’Connor was one of those beautiful moments.

help me make it through the night (demo)

I drive across western Canada regularly and it's beauty always takes my breath away.  This song is inspired by the 17 hour drives across the west.

transcanada hwy demo

Challenge was to write a country song, and wrote this one with my cousin once removed (such a strange expression).  A country road song about coming home to the prairies.

Easy on the Eyes (demo)

thinking of small towns hit by hard times

Reviver (demo)

Street Cat and a Man

Christmas of '76

Wild like an Animal (FAWM demo)

even in the loneliest places, being alone can be better than being in the crowd

Winter (FAWM demo)

saw an hourglass in a store and went in deep on the metaphor

Hourglass (demo)

magnussen (demo)

ugly pretty city (demo)

lose it to find it (demo)

any better (demo)

all the money

Poets & the Misfits is an homage to the determined spirit found in artistic expression. Throughout history, artists have used their creative outlets to raise awareness and advocate for social, political and environmental causes. Poets & the Misfits, tells the story of finding a worn-out-worn-down poet in a “ragged old café” who continues to express ideas and convictions without reservation. 

Poets & the Misfits

The single, Carry Them With Me, explores themes of family connectiveness and the importance of “knowing where you come from”

Carry Them With Me

Moira Chicilo is an indie/folk-rock singer-songwriter who lives in Vancouver, BC. Her influences are Roots/Americana artists such as Lucinda Williams or Gillian Welch. Vocally she sounds like Aimee Mann (in the personability of her delivery), with a Randy Newman depth and quirk to her songwriting.

Moira Chicilo

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