While living in Vancouver, Canada, Gwen played bass guitar with “The Vaqueros,” performed in a country duo with Kelly Brock (BCCMA Female Vocalist of the Year nominee), and led her own pop/rock and blues bands. Gwen was runner-up for the position of multi-instrumentalist/backup singer for Sarah McLachlan’s “Solace” tour and starred in an award-winning TV commercial for Larrivee guitars that ran for two years.

A Nashville resident for the past decade, Gwen recently toured with The Rhythm Angels (Highhorse Records), playing percussion, harmonica and singing background vocals.

Gwen graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, where she studied songwriting and majored on piano.

Gwen has had over a dozen of her original songs recorded by independent artists in the U.S. and Canada. So far this year, “She Ain’t Got Jack” (performed by Kori Jean Olsen) reached #7 on the Roots/Americana Chart and has been receiving about 800 plays/week on country radio. Gwen also co-wrote the TV theme song for a weekly Canadian show called “Powerplay.” She’s had holds with Martina McBride and Jessica Andrews. Additionally, she penned and performed successful radio jingles for AccountNet!, which received heavy rotation on Nashville’s Lightning100.