Meself, I think you are right. He gets attention (Dan MacKinnon) in his own small community, but he's not around (playing) that often. On the East Coast music scene, he's not much seen. Frankly, he's 'not my type', although a good singer, his chosen songs have not moved me, although that's unfair because I haven't heard him recently. He seems to have avoided, rather than participated in, the local music milieu.