アン・マレー Anne Murray
アン・マレー
出典: フリー百科事典『ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
アン･マレー（Anne Murray、本名：Morna Anne Murray、1945年6月20日 - ）は、カナダ出身の女性歌手。
1970年、初のヒット「スノーバード」が米ビルボード誌HOT100で8位まで上昇。「ラブ・ソング」（ケニー・ロギンズ作。ケニーは彼女に「ダニーの歌」も提供している）で1974年度グラミー賞の最優秀カントリー女性歌手賞、「辛い別れ」（ランディ・グッドラム作）で1978年度グラミー賞の最優秀ポップ女性歌手賞を受賞。
「辛い別れ」は米ビルボード誌HOT100で第1位を記録した。これはカナダ出身の女性ソロ・シンガーとしては史上初の快挙である。これ以降も「思い出にさようなら」（カーペンターズと競作。全米12位）、「月影のふたり」（全米25位）、「愛の残り火」（全米12位。ヒューマン・リーグのものとは同名異曲）、「デイドリーム・ビリーバー」（モンキーズのカバー。全米12位）、「踊りましょう」（映画『アーバン・カウボーイ』挿入歌）など、バラードを中心にヒット曲を連発した。
2007年にはセリーヌ・ディオン、サラ・ブライトマンら豪華なゲスト陣を迎えたアルバム“Duets - Friends & Legends”を発表。現在もカナダをベースとして現役で活動中である。
オリジナル楽曲のほか、ビートルズ（「ユー・ウォント・シー・ミー」「デイ・トリッパー」
「すてきなダンス」）、
モンキーズ、エヴァリー・ブラザーズ（“Walk Right Back”。アンのバージョンの邦題は「淋しい日々」）などの往年のヒット曲を数多く取り上げている。
また、逆に彼女のデビュー・ヒット「スノーバード」はエルヴィス・プレスリーによってカバーされている。
Anne Murray
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Background information
Birth name Morna Anne Murray
Born June 20, 1945 (age 64)
Origin Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada
Genres Country, pop, adult contemporary
Occupations Singer
Instruments Vocals, guitar
Years active 1968–present
Labels Arc, Capitol, Captiol NashvilleLiberty, SBK, EMI Canada, Straight Way, Manhattan
Website http://www.annemurray.com/
Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS (born June 20, 1945) is a Canadian singer. Murray has performed in pop, country and adult contemporary styles. So far, her albums have sold over 54 million copies.
Murray was the first Canadian female solo singer to reach #1 on the U.S. charts, and also the first to earn a Gold record for one of her signature songs, "Snowbird" (1970).
She is often cited as the woman who paved the way for other Canadian international success stories such as Céline Dion, Sarah McLachlan and Shania Twain.She is also the first woman and the first Canadian to win "Album of the Year" at theCountry Music Association Awards for her 1984 album A Little Good News.
Murray has received four Grammy Awards, 24 Juno Awards (she continues to hold the record for the most Junos awarded to an artist), three American Music Awards and three Canadian Country Music Awards. She has been inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, the Juno Hall of Fame and The Songwriters Hall of Fame. She is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame Walkway of Stars in Nashville, and has her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles and on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto.
Murray was named the world's best female celebrity golfer by Golf For Women magazine in 2007.
Early career
In 1965 Anne Murray appeared on the University of New Brunswick student project record "The Groove" (500 pressed). She sang two songs on the record - "Unchained Melody" and "Little Bit of Soap". On the label her name was misspelled "Anne Murry".
While at university, Murray was encouraged to audition for the 1960s CBC musical variety television show Singalong Jubilee, but Murray was not offered a singing position. Two years later she received a call fromSingalong Jubilee co-host and associate producer, Bill Langstroth, and was asked to return for a second audition. Following that second audition, Murray was cast for the show.
After a summer of singing in local venues across the Maritimes, Murray began teaching Physical Education at a high school in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. After one year of teaching, she was offered a spot on a television show Let's Go, and returned to Singalong Jubilee.
As a regular member of the "Singalong Jubilee" cast, Murray appeared on the Singalong Jubilee Vol. III soundtrack and Our Family Album - The Singalong Jubilee Cast records released by Arc Records. The show's musical director, Brian Ahern, advised Murray that she should move to Toronto and record a solo album. Murray's first album, What About Me, was produced by Ahern in Toronto and released in 1968 on the Arc label.
Success
Murray's debut album was on the Canadian Arc label, titled What About Me (Arc AS 782).
The lead single was the cut of the same name, was written by Scott McKenzie, and was a sizable Canadian radio hit.
The project was produced by Brian Ahern, and covered songs by Joni Mitchell, Ken Tobias and John Denver. After a year-long stint on Arc, Murray switched to Capitol Records in 1969 to record her second album, This Way Is My Way, which was released in the fall of the same year. This album featured the single that launched her successful career, "Snowbird," which became a #1 hit in Canada. "Snowbird" became a surprise hit on the U.S. charts as well, reaching #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1970.
It was also the first of eight #1 Adult Contemporary hits for Murray. The song led to Murray being awarded the first Gold record ever given to a Canadian artist in the United States (RIAA certified Gold on November 16, 1970).[4] As one of the most successful female artists at that time, Murray became in demand for several television appearances in Canada and the United States, eventually becoming a regular on the hit U.S. TV series The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour.
After the success of "Snowbird", Murray had a number of subsequent singles that charted both pop and country simultaneously. During the 1970s and early 1980s, her hits included Kenny Loggins' "Danny's Song" (1972) (peaked at #7 on the Hot 100) and "A Love Song" (1973);
Loggins & Messina
"He Thinks I Still Care"
and her Top 10 cover of The Beatles' "You Won't See Me" (1974);
her all-time career-peaking #1 Hot 100 hit "You Needed Me" (1978)
— oddly, though, the biggest pop and commercially successful hit of her career (and, she claims, her personal favourite song in her entire repertoire) stalled out at #4 on Billboard's country singles chart and #3 on Billboard's U.S. Adult Contemporary chart; "I Just Fall in Love Again,"
The Carpenters - I just fall in love again
"Shadows in the Moonlight,"
and "Broken Hearted Me" (all from 1979);
her revival of The Monkees' 1967 #1 hit "Daydream Believer" and "Could I Have This Dance" from the Urban Cowboy motion picture soundtrack, both from 1980;
"Blessed Are the Believers" (1981);
"Another Sleepless Night" (1982);
"A Little Good News" (1983);
1984's "Just Another Woman in Love"
and "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" (a duet with Dave Loggins of 1974's "Please Come to Boston" fame and cousin of Murray's frequent songwriter Kenny);
and "Time, Don't Run Out On Me" from 1985.
She performed "O Canada" at the first American League baseball game played in Canada on April 7, 1977, when the Toronto Blue Jays played the Chicago White Sox at Exhibition Stadium. Murray reprised the Canadian national anthem prior to Game 3 of the1992 World Series at SkyDome.
Murray was a celebrity corporate spokeswoman for The Bay, and she also did commercials and sang the company jingle ("You Can Count on the Commerce") for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC).
Murray's last Hot 100 charting pop hit was "Now and Forever (You and Me)" from 1986; it also was her last #1 on both American and Canadian country charts.
Her last charting single in the U.S. was 1991's "Everyday," which appeared in Billboard's Country Singles chart,
and her last charting single in Canada was 2000's "What a Wonderful World".
Murray was ranked #24 in Country Music Television's 40 Greatest Women of Country Music in 2002.
Murray is a Companion of the Order of Canada, the highest honour that can be awarded to a Canadian civilian. She was a recipient of the Order of Nova Scotia in its inaugural year.
In 1996, Murray signed on with a new manager, Bruce Allen, who also has managed careers for Bryan Adams, Michael Bublé, Martina McBride and Jann Arden. She recorded her first live album in 1997 and in 1999, she released What A Wonderful World, a Platinum selling inspirational album, which went to Billboard #1 Contemporary Christian, # 4 Country and #38 on the pop charts. She released Country Croonin’ in 2002, the follow-up to her successful 1993 album, Croonin’. In 2004, she released I'll Be Seeing You in Canada only, which features a collection of songs from the early 20th century through to the mid-1940s. The American version, titled All of Me, features a bonus disc containing many of her hit singles, followed in 2005.
In 2006 Murray received a tremendous honour: the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame chose Anne Murray and Leonard Cohen as recipients of the prestigious Legacy Award for their extraordinary contributions to and support of the Canadian songwriting industry. Murray was recognized for her unfailing support of Canada’s songwriters, through her performances and her recordings.
On June 29, 2007, Canada Post issued the limited edition Anne Murray Stamp. She was recognized along with three other iconic Canadian recording artists: Paul Anka, Gordon Lightfoot and Joni Mitchell.
Murray's final studio album Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends, was released in November 2007 in Canada and January 2008 in the U.S. The album comprises 17 tracks that include many of Murray's biggest hits over her four-decade career, re-recorded as duets with other established, rising, and – in one case – deceased female singers. These artists included Canadian superstars Céline Dion and Shania Twain along with other fellow Canadians k.d. lang, Nelly Furtado, Jann Arden, a CD-closing French-language duet with Québec's Isabelle Boulay, and Murray's daughter, Dawn Langstroth; Australia's decades-long veteran Olivia Newton-John; Nashville's Emmylou Harris, Martina McBride, Shelby Lynne, and pop/country/contemporary Christian crossover artist Amy Grant; songwriting and recording legend Carole King; influential folk-rock duo Indigo Girls; Irish sextet Celtic Woman; Britain's late blue-eyed soul legend and close personal friend of Murray's, Dusty Springfield; and a duet of her landmark, career-establishing #1 hit from 1970, "Snowbird," with world's biggest selling soprano, Sarah Brightman.
Anne Murray Duets: Friends and Legends was recorded in four cities - Toronto, Nashville, New York and Los Angeles. According to Billboard magazine, the album reached #2 on the Canadian pop album charts and was certified Double Platinum in Canada after merely two months, representing sales of over 200,000 units. Anne Murray Duets: Friends and Legends was the second-highest debuting CD on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart for the week ending February 2, 2008. It entered the chart at #42, making it her highest-charting U.S. CD release since 1999's What a Wonderful World, which peaked at #38 on the Top 200 and was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Also for the week ending February 2, 2008, the CD debuted at #8 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart and at #3 on its Top Internet Albums chart. Murray was nominated for the 2008 Juno Award for Album of the Year and Pop Album of the Year.
Murray's album What a Wonderful World was re-released in July 2008 in North America as a 14-song package. A new Christmas album, titled Anne Murray's Christmas Album with bonus DVD was released in October 2008, and Sony BMG Music released an Elvis Presley Christmas album, titled Elvis Presley Christmas Duets, on October 14, 2008 featuring a virtual duet of "Silver Bells" with Anne Murray.
According to Linda Thompson (Elvis Presley's girlfriend from 1972-1976), Presley was a fan of Murray.
On October 10, 2007, Murray announced that she would embark on her final major tour. She toured in February and March 2008 in the U.S., followed by the "Coast-to-Coast – One Last Time" tour in April and May in Canada. Anne Murray's final public concert was held at the Sony Centre in Toronto on May 23, 2008.
On August 25, 2008 Murray appeared on the popular TV program Canadian Idol as a mentor.
In January, 2009, Alfred A. Knopf Canada announced that Murray, in collaboration with author Michael Posner, would be writing a memoir of her private life and 40-year career in show business. The autobiography, titled All of Me, was released on October 27, 2009. The autobiography is a self-portrait of Canada’s first great female recording artist. All of Me documents Murray's life, from her childhood in the tragedy-plagued small coal-mining town of Springhill, Nova Scotia, to her success on the world stage. The book remains on Canada's non-fiction best sellers list.
Following the release of her autobiography, All of Me, Murray embarked on a 15-city book signing tour, starting in Nashville on October 27, 2009 and ending in Ottawa on November 24, 2009. The tour also included a special In Conversation interview with Michael Posner at the International Festival of Authors in Toronto on October 30, 2009.
On February 12, 2010, Murray was one of the eight Canadians who carried the Olympic flag during the opening ceremonies of the XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.
出典: フリー百科事典『ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
アン･マレー（Anne Murray、本名：Morna Anne Murray、1945年6月20日 - ）は、カナダ出身の女性歌手。
1970年、初のヒット「スノーバード」が米ビルボード誌HOT100で8位まで上昇。「ラブ・ソング」（ケニー・ロギンズ作。ケニーは彼女に「ダニーの歌」も提供している）で1974年度グラミー賞の最優秀カントリー女性歌手賞、「辛い別れ」（ランディ・グッドラム作）で1978年度グラミー賞の最優秀ポップ女性歌手賞を受賞。
「辛い別れ」は米ビルボード誌HOT100で第1位を記録した。これはカナダ出身の女性ソロ・シンガーとしては史上初の快挙である。これ以降も「思い出にさようなら」（カーペンターズと競作。全米12位）、「月影のふたり」（全米25位）、「愛の残り火」（全米12位。ヒューマン・リーグのものとは同名異曲）、「デイドリーム・ビリーバー」（モンキーズのカバー。全米12位）、「踊りましょう」（映画『アーバン・カウボーイ』挿入歌）など、バラードを中心にヒット曲を連発した。
2007年にはセリーヌ・ディオン、サラ・ブライトマンら豪華なゲスト陣を迎えたアルバム“Duets - Friends & Legends”を発表。現在もカナダをベースとして現役で活動中である。
オリジナル楽曲のほか、ビートルズ（「ユー・ウォント・シー・ミー」「デイ・トリッパー」
「すてきなダンス」）、
モンキーズ、エヴァリー・ブラザーズ（“Walk Right Back”。アンのバージョンの邦題は「淋しい日々」）などの往年のヒット曲を数多く取り上げている。
また、逆に彼女のデビュー・ヒット「スノーバード」はエルヴィス・プレスリーによってカバーされている。
Anne Murray
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Background information
Birth name Morna Anne Murray
Born June 20, 1945 (age 64)
Origin Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada
Genres Country, pop, adult contemporary
Occupations Singer
Instruments Vocals, guitar
Years active 1968–present
Labels Arc, Capitol, Captiol NashvilleLiberty, SBK, EMI Canada, Straight Way, Manhattan
Website http://www.annemurray.com/
Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS (born June 20, 1945) is a Canadian singer. Murray has performed in pop, country and adult contemporary styles. So far, her albums have sold over 54 million copies.
Murray was the first Canadian female solo singer to reach #1 on the U.S. charts, and also the first to earn a Gold record for one of her signature songs, "Snowbird" (1970).
She is often cited as the woman who paved the way for other Canadian international success stories such as Céline Dion, Sarah McLachlan and Shania Twain.She is also the first woman and the first Canadian to win "Album of the Year" at theCountry Music Association Awards for her 1984 album A Little Good News.
Murray has received four Grammy Awards, 24 Juno Awards (she continues to hold the record for the most Junos awarded to an artist), three American Music Awards and three Canadian Country Music Awards. She has been inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, the Juno Hall of Fame and The Songwriters Hall of Fame. She is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame Walkway of Stars in Nashville, and has her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles and on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto.
Murray was named the world's best female celebrity golfer by Golf For Women magazine in 2007.
Early career
In 1965 Anne Murray appeared on the University of New Brunswick student project record "The Groove" (500 pressed). She sang two songs on the record - "Unchained Melody" and "Little Bit of Soap". On the label her name was misspelled "Anne Murry".
While at university, Murray was encouraged to audition for the 1960s CBC musical variety television show Singalong Jubilee, but Murray was not offered a singing position. Two years later she received a call fromSingalong Jubilee co-host and associate producer, Bill Langstroth, and was asked to return for a second audition. Following that second audition, Murray was cast for the show.
After a summer of singing in local venues across the Maritimes, Murray began teaching Physical Education at a high school in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. After one year of teaching, she was offered a spot on a television show Let's Go, and returned to Singalong Jubilee.
As a regular member of the "Singalong Jubilee" cast, Murray appeared on the Singalong Jubilee Vol. III soundtrack and Our Family Album - The Singalong Jubilee Cast records released by Arc Records. The show's musical director, Brian Ahern, advised Murray that she should move to Toronto and record a solo album. Murray's first album, What About Me, was produced by Ahern in Toronto and released in 1968 on the Arc label.
Success
Murray's debut album was on the Canadian Arc label, titled What About Me (Arc AS 782).
The lead single was the cut of the same name, was written by Scott McKenzie, and was a sizable Canadian radio hit.
The project was produced by Brian Ahern, and covered songs by Joni Mitchell, Ken Tobias and John Denver. After a year-long stint on Arc, Murray switched to Capitol Records in 1969 to record her second album, This Way Is My Way, which was released in the fall of the same year. This album featured the single that launched her successful career, "Snowbird," which became a #1 hit in Canada. "Snowbird" became a surprise hit on the U.S. charts as well, reaching #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1970.
It was also the first of eight #1 Adult Contemporary hits for Murray. The song led to Murray being awarded the first Gold record ever given to a Canadian artist in the United States (RIAA certified Gold on November 16, 1970).[4] As one of the most successful female artists at that time, Murray became in demand for several television appearances in Canada and the United States, eventually becoming a regular on the hit U.S. TV series The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour.
After the success of "Snowbird", Murray had a number of subsequent singles that charted both pop and country simultaneously. During the 1970s and early 1980s, her hits included Kenny Loggins' "Danny's Song" (1972) (peaked at #7 on the Hot 100) and "A Love Song" (1973);
Loggins & Messina
"He Thinks I Still Care"
and her Top 10 cover of The Beatles' "You Won't See Me" (1974);
her all-time career-peaking #1 Hot 100 hit "You Needed Me" (1978)
— oddly, though, the biggest pop and commercially successful hit of her career (and, she claims, her personal favourite song in her entire repertoire) stalled out at #4 on Billboard's country singles chart and #3 on Billboard's U.S. Adult Contemporary chart; "I Just Fall in Love Again,"
The Carpenters - I just fall in love again
"Shadows in the Moonlight,"
and "Broken Hearted Me" (all from 1979);
her revival of The Monkees' 1967 #1 hit "Daydream Believer" and "Could I Have This Dance" from the Urban Cowboy motion picture soundtrack, both from 1980;
"Blessed Are the Believers" (1981);
"Another Sleepless Night" (1982);
"A Little Good News" (1983);
1984's "Just Another Woman in Love"
and "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" (a duet with Dave Loggins of 1974's "Please Come to Boston" fame and cousin of Murray's frequent songwriter Kenny);
and "Time, Don't Run Out On Me" from 1985.
She performed "O Canada" at the first American League baseball game played in Canada on April 7, 1977, when the Toronto Blue Jays played the Chicago White Sox at Exhibition Stadium. Murray reprised the Canadian national anthem prior to Game 3 of the1992 World Series at SkyDome.
Murray was a celebrity corporate spokeswoman for The Bay, and she also did commercials and sang the company jingle ("You Can Count on the Commerce") for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC).
Murray's last Hot 100 charting pop hit was "Now and Forever (You and Me)" from 1986; it also was her last #1 on both American and Canadian country charts.
Her last charting single in the U.S. was 1991's "Everyday," which appeared in Billboard's Country Singles chart,
and her last charting single in Canada was 2000's "What a Wonderful World".
Murray was ranked #24 in Country Music Television's 40 Greatest Women of Country Music in 2002.
Murray is a Companion of the Order of Canada, the highest honour that can be awarded to a Canadian civilian. She was a recipient of the Order of Nova Scotia in its inaugural year.
In 1996, Murray signed on with a new manager, Bruce Allen, who also has managed careers for Bryan Adams, Michael Bublé, Martina McBride and Jann Arden. She recorded her first live album in 1997 and in 1999, she released What A Wonderful World, a Platinum selling inspirational album, which went to Billboard #1 Contemporary Christian, # 4 Country and #38 on the pop charts. She released Country Croonin’ in 2002, the follow-up to her successful 1993 album, Croonin’. In 2004, she released I'll Be Seeing You in Canada only, which features a collection of songs from the early 20th century through to the mid-1940s. The American version, titled All of Me, features a bonus disc containing many of her hit singles, followed in 2005.
In 2006 Murray received a tremendous honour: the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame chose Anne Murray and Leonard Cohen as recipients of the prestigious Legacy Award for their extraordinary contributions to and support of the Canadian songwriting industry. Murray was recognized for her unfailing support of Canada’s songwriters, through her performances and her recordings.
On June 29, 2007, Canada Post issued the limited edition Anne Murray Stamp. She was recognized along with three other iconic Canadian recording artists: Paul Anka, Gordon Lightfoot and Joni Mitchell.
Murray's final studio album Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends, was released in November 2007 in Canada and January 2008 in the U.S. The album comprises 17 tracks that include many of Murray's biggest hits over her four-decade career, re-recorded as duets with other established, rising, and – in one case – deceased female singers. These artists included Canadian superstars Céline Dion and Shania Twain along with other fellow Canadians k.d. lang, Nelly Furtado, Jann Arden, a CD-closing French-language duet with Québec's Isabelle Boulay, and Murray's daughter, Dawn Langstroth; Australia's decades-long veteran Olivia Newton-John; Nashville's Emmylou Harris, Martina McBride, Shelby Lynne, and pop/country/contemporary Christian crossover artist Amy Grant; songwriting and recording legend Carole King; influential folk-rock duo Indigo Girls; Irish sextet Celtic Woman; Britain's late blue-eyed soul legend and close personal friend of Murray's, Dusty Springfield; and a duet of her landmark, career-establishing #1 hit from 1970, "Snowbird," with world's biggest selling soprano, Sarah Brightman.
Anne Murray Duets: Friends and Legends was recorded in four cities - Toronto, Nashville, New York and Los Angeles. According to Billboard magazine, the album reached #2 on the Canadian pop album charts and was certified Double Platinum in Canada after merely two months, representing sales of over 200,000 units. Anne Murray Duets: Friends and Legends was the second-highest debuting CD on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart for the week ending February 2, 2008. It entered the chart at #42, making it her highest-charting U.S. CD release since 1999's What a Wonderful World, which peaked at #38 on the Top 200 and was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Also for the week ending February 2, 2008, the CD debuted at #8 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart and at #3 on its Top Internet Albums chart. Murray was nominated for the 2008 Juno Award for Album of the Year and Pop Album of the Year.
Murray's album What a Wonderful World was re-released in July 2008 in North America as a 14-song package. A new Christmas album, titled Anne Murray's Christmas Album with bonus DVD was released in October 2008, and Sony BMG Music released an Elvis Presley Christmas album, titled Elvis Presley Christmas Duets, on October 14, 2008 featuring a virtual duet of "Silver Bells" with Anne Murray.
According to Linda Thompson (Elvis Presley's girlfriend from 1972-1976), Presley was a fan of Murray.
On October 10, 2007, Murray announced that she would embark on her final major tour. She toured in February and March 2008 in the U.S., followed by the "Coast-to-Coast – One Last Time" tour in April and May in Canada. Anne Murray's final public concert was held at the Sony Centre in Toronto on May 23, 2008.
On August 25, 2008 Murray appeared on the popular TV program Canadian Idol as a mentor.
In January, 2009, Alfred A. Knopf Canada announced that Murray, in collaboration with author Michael Posner, would be writing a memoir of her private life and 40-year career in show business. The autobiography, titled All of Me, was released on October 27, 2009. The autobiography is a self-portrait of Canada’s first great female recording artist. All of Me documents Murray's life, from her childhood in the tragedy-plagued small coal-mining town of Springhill, Nova Scotia, to her success on the world stage. The book remains on Canada's non-fiction best sellers list.
Following the release of her autobiography, All of Me, Murray embarked on a 15-city book signing tour, starting in Nashville on October 27, 2009 and ending in Ottawa on November 24, 2009. The tour also included a special In Conversation interview with Michael Posner at the International Festival of Authors in Toronto on October 30, 2009.
On February 12, 2010, Murray was one of the eight Canadians who carried the Olympic flag during the opening ceremonies of the XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.