In the past few years, AHI has already won the Singer-Songwriter/Folk Award from the Canadian Songwriting Competition, and the Stingray Rising Star Award at the Folk Music Ontario (FMO) conference, and he’s been signed to the U.S.-based record label Thirty Tigers and booking agency Paradigm Talent. In a brief chat, he reacts to the latest accomplishment, his first JUNO Award nomination (for Contemporary Roots Album of the Year); the making of the record that earned the nomination, In Our Time; and his songwriting process.