Blair Emmanuel Sparrow (born January 13, 1979) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and producer from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. He is a lifelong songwriter and master 12 string guitar player. He was discovered and encouraged to record by his best friend and bandmate John Donovan after hearing some of the new songs he was writing. He is the nephew of Canadian folk icon Allister Macgillvray and cousin of the award winning The Cottars. BE Sparrow his debut album and the Cat Lady album were recorded at Lakewind Sound Studios and engineered and co-produced by Mike Sheppy Shepherd and Fred Lavery.