An aspiring old folk singer/songwriter A nearly award winning recording artist A storyteller on The Halifax Ghost Walk An accidental author published by Conumdrum Press Once the best busker in a small seaside town as decided in a reader's poll

Dusty Keleher writes songs that tell a good story and searches out gems from the past that do the same.
When not performing music, Dusty guides tourists and locals alike on The Halifax Ghost Walk, sharing stories of the cities past and its folklore.

Dusty uses his study of folklore and Irish storytelling techniques as a tour guide with The Halifax Ghost Walk, leading tourists and locals alike through the streets of Halifax, Nova Scotia on dark summer nights.

He has been releasing work since the mid 90’s when he went by the name Dusty Sorbet. Putting out lo-fi 4 track cassette recordings and then making the big jump to compact disc(!)

In 2000 he released Unfinished Business on the No Records label

In 2002 he was voted best busker in The Coast Reader’s Poll, Halifax’s weekly newspaper.
He continues to busk most Saturday mornings at the Brewery Farmers Market in Halifax, NS.

In 2004 the independently released “Wanderers Grounds” was nominated for Best Folk/Roots recording by Music Nova Scotia (formerly known as The Music Industry of Nova Scotia MIANS).

In 2006 he dropped the Sorbet moniker for the family name and released Rain or Shine as Dusty Keeler and his band The Rusty Wheels (Phil Sedore guitar, Lukas Pearse bass and Benn Ross drums)

2007 Under the Radar and Over the Canyon a solo acoustic CD is released. Plays in Ireland and Wales

2008 – 2010 Studied Irish language, history and folklore at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, NS and spent a summer at National University of Ireland – Galway (NUIG) doing a language immersion program on a scholarship from the Irish Canadian University Fund. It was at this time that he had his name legally changed to the older spelling and pronunciation of the family name to Keleher. (Derived from the Irish Céileachair)

In 2009 a short run of two eps “East to Ireland” volumes 1 and 2 came out after he traveled to Ireland and started focusing his music on more traditional sounds.

2010 Starts working for The Halifax Ghost Walk as a storyteller. Combining his love of folklore, history and performance, he guides locals and tourists alike on this 2 hour walking tour through the city’s downtown core.

2015 “Not a Mile From Spancil Hill” a collection of pub songs and ballads with Benn Ross on percussion, Ellen Gibling on Harp and Glenn Coolen on whistles and uileann pipes.

2018 The Way to Grace (b/w The Road to Conamara) a double lp set of originals backed by a full band complimented by a collection of acapella songs is released.

facebook reviews “Dusty is a modern day bard, in every sense.”
“Dusty is an expert in story telling and building mystery and suspense”
“…a masterful storyteller. Dusty was enthralling and had me on the edge of my seat (even when I was standing!)”