Meghan Maike & The Cactus Flowers
In true country tradition, this Canadian singer-songwriter found inspiration on the road – from Montreal to Mississippi, and now Melbourne.
Born into folk and honed in country, Maike’s influences (from the greats; Emmylou, Gram, Neil, Lucinda, to indie heroes, The Sadies) spurred her to process the world through songwriting. Sights, sounds, places, experiences, and seasons, find their way to the page.
After childhood in a folk community on Canada’s west coast, Maike was drawn to the buzzing music scene of Montreal – a move that lasted a decade…until the next calling, and it was no mistake that Maike landed in the vibrant musical tapestry of Melbourne. Circumstances brought Maike to live in Clarksdale, Mississippi, for seven years. With some time on her hands, and absorbing the magnetic musical energy of the delta, songs arrived. The album, Dead Horse Creek represents a time and place, and a relationship to the land.
Settled back into Melbourne, she’s assembled a stellar band of musicians to lend the songs new light.