He has been increasingly influenced by Scottish folk music, an influence carried into the additional instrumentation in his group Colin Steele's Stramash.
Composers have also successfully used the part song medium to make contemporary arrangements of traditional folk song including that of Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland.
Over the years, Poor Man's Fortune has become well-respected as the top performer of Breton Music in North America, but with heavy doses of other traditional forms including Cajun Music, Music of Scotland, Irish Music, Music of Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias, Kwela, French folk music and the Music of Quebec.
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A blues and jazz musician by background who had studied Bach and Scottish folk music as a child, Bruce produced a debut effort that was musically diverse.