The Ragged Flowers released their debut album Love to Burn in 2000, a live-off-the-floor recording co-produced with Toronto’s Lurch (aka Chris Rudyk) of Broadcast Lane Studios. The album quickly led to several premiere festival gigs such as Blue Skies Music Festival, Stewart Park Festival, and the Ottawa Folk Festival, as well as Ottawa TV appearances and airplay on CBC Radio and indie stations in the UK and USA.