Folk Society Events
Local Folk Radio
Listen to "Paddling off the Mainstream" with Kris Kadwell
Every Thursday 7:00 - 9:00pm
and
"The Blue Canoe" with Zoe Chilco every Tuesday 7:00-9:00pm
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Open Stage
Every third Saturday
8:00pm
66 Museum Road
Next HCFS Open Stage
Saturday, September 20, 8:00pm
66 Museum Road
Haliburton, Ontario
705-457-2760
Host: TBA
There is a wealth of talent in this county and much of that talent appears at our Open Stages.
Next Concert
The Fall/Winter 2008/2009 series
Aengus Finnan
September 26
Haliburton Highlands Museum
66 Museum Road
Haliburton, ON
$18 before
$20 at the door.
Described as "Disarmingly Artful" by The Toronto Star, and "A Travelling Archivist" by Saturday Night Magazine, maverick balladeer Aengus Finnan writes story-style songs that explore the beauty, grace, grit and sorrow of time and humanity.
He is a new voice on the international music scene, but his work reveals honest and potent observations of life, inspired by a dramatic and dynamic past. Born in Dublin Ireland to perfroming parents, and raised in Shelter Valley Ontario on an organic cooperative farm, Aengus studied Visual Arts on Vancouver Island and Drama Therapy in Montreal, worked as a research diver, actor, and ornithologist, before eventually taking a position as a schoolteacher on the remote Canadian James Bay coast. At 27 Finnan decided to leave the security of a teaching career in favour of writing songs about the triumphs and struggles of the underdog, of the wonder in day to day life, and the long forgotten tales of the past. Since the independant release of his 1999 debut album "Fool's Gold" he has been quietly garnering some mighty high praise, including the prestigious New Folk Songwriters Award at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas, and a national decoration in the form of the "Medal in Honour of The Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II" for his artistic and humanitarian work in Canada.
Aengus has performed at venues and festivals across Canada, the Arctic, and throughout the US (including the Kennedy Center in Washington DC), as well as performances in Japan and Australia, sharing stages and marquee's with the likes of Ian Tyson, Garnet Rogers, James Keelaghan, Stephen Fearing, Valdy, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Tish Hinojosa, Sarah Harmer, Lennie Gallant, and John Renbourn.
Most recently Aengus has spearheaded the Arts Alive Community Outreach initative for the Ontario Council of Folk Festival, organized a series of Gordon Lightfoot Tribute concerts in Canada and the US, had an original song included on the first-ever Gordon Lightfoot Tribute album, and is fouder and Artistic Director of the Shelter Valley Folk Festival.
November 21 The Laws
January TBA
Past Concerts (2006-2008)
Acoustic Eidolon with Thomas Loefke
Friday May 2, 8:00pmHaliburton Highlands Museum (see map)
66 Museum Road
Haliburton, ON
Tickets $15
Joe Scott and Hannah Alkire have combined their musical talents to create an exciting new acoustic instrumental sound. Joe plays an instrument he invented: the double-neck guitjo, a custom acoustic guitar with two necks, built exclusively for him. This one-of-a-kind instrument has incredible range and tonal qualities, sounding at times like a piano, dulcimer or beautiful harp. Combine that with Hannah's stunning tone and impeccable cello-playing, and you have the ingredients for some very moving music. Acoustic Eidolon's recordings are a rich blend of both artists' musical influences and have been described as pure musical poetry.
The bell-like quality of Joe's unique double-neck guitjo provides a lovely counterpoint to Hannah's elegantly inspired cello. It is truly a different and enchanting sound. Their live shows are very entertaining and include a few vocal selections, as well as pieces that borrow from Celtic, contemporary, bluegrass and Latin influences.
Dalis Allen - Producer Kerrville Folk Festival - "Acoustic Eidolon gave an excellent performance at the Kerrville Folk Festival. I enjoyed every minute of their set. It was delightful to watch Joe and Hannah's music and presence on the stage be so be unanimously embraced and supported by our audience. I have already invited them back to Kerrville."
Georgia Good Life Magazine - "The irreplaceable sound of the guitjo in conjunction with Joe and Hannah's musical ability, creates some of the most beautiful music on the scene today. It is truly a different and enchanting sound."
Thomas Loefke
Thomas' music easily spans the confines of both style and time. From the sounds of the Celtic Middle Ages, the centuries-old music of Ireland's nomadic bards and the lively dances of Irish folk music, to his own original compositions, each of Thomas' works has its own special sound, texture, atmosphere and story to tell. Thomas is also the leader of the pan-Celtic group Norland Wind (which includes Maire Breatnach, and the Duggan Brothers from Clannad).
Acoustic Eidolon (Joe Scott, Hannah Alkire) & Thomas Loefke have recently toured in Colorado, Idaho, and Germany.
Two of Joe Scott`s composition Walking Stones and Beyond Words are on Thomas Loefke's new CD "Northern Isles".
Acoustic Eidolon’s sixth CD "Barefoot" features a collaboration with Thomas Loefke on his composition Tor Mor.
Here are some web links
Eve Goldberg
Friday, March 7, 8:00pm
Museum Road, Haliburton ON.
The 100% guarantee is in effect.
Imagine a kitchen party where Mother Maybelle Carter, Ella Fitzgerald, Mississippi John Hurt, Bessie Smith, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, and Patsy Cline show up, and you begin to get a sense of what it feels like inside songwriter Eve Goldberg's head. Never one to restrict herself to one genre of music, Eve has performed her trademark mixture of folk, blues, country, bluegrass, old time, and jazz in venues ranging from small house concerts to the prestigious Kennedy Center in Washington DC since 1990.
Eve was born in the Boston area but has called Toronto, Ontario home since 1981. As a child, she was dragged to folk concerts by the likes of The Weavers, Doc Watson, Arlo Guthrie, the Watersons, and countless others. Eventually it sank in, and as a teenager she began to devour all kinds of contemporary and traditional roots music. She began performing in 1990, and hasn't looked back since. Along the way she's earned the respect of legendary musicians like Peggy Seeger, Geoff Muldaur, and Penny Lang.
Her watercolour voice and solid guitar style has become a favourite at festivals, folk clubs, and concert series across Canada and the US. With an equal passion for traditional music, and for the art of songwriting and interpretation, Eve's performances are intimate and relaxed, moving effortlessly from folk classics to original gems, all wrapped up in her clear, pure voice and dynamic guitar playing. She has released two albums to widespread acclaim -- 1998's "Ever Brightening Day" released on her own Sweet Patootie Music label, and 2003's "Crossing the Water," released by The Borealis Recording Company. Her instrumental tune "Watermelon Sorbet" was used for years as the opening theme to the popular CBC national radio show "Richardson's Roundup."
Her new album "A Kinder Season"was released in September on Borealis Records (US Release: Jan 9, 2007). Recorded in the months after her mother's death, the album is a remarkable personal testament to the joy and hope that lurks somewhere beyond the heartache, and the sweetness that can be found even in the bitterest seasons of life.
Produced by Ken Whiteley, "A Kinder Season" features twelve new originals that firmly establish Eve as a compelling and thoughtful writer whose songs draw honey from the rock of human experience. As legendary blues musician Geoff Muldaur put it, "As far as I'm concerned, Eve Goldberg is on the verge of riches. Big name folks would want to get hold of this stuff."
You can listen to some of her songs and find out more about Eve at:
About Cass Marie and the Black Feather Band
This fine-feathered quartet combines a relaxed, comfortable folk sound with anything from rock 'n roll to country to jazz and soft pop, and even dips a toe in a gospel-inspired song. Their tunes are as unique as they are individuals and their talent is just as diverse. Songwriter/vocalist Cass Marie explores issues of dependence, independence, self-actualization, body image, the trials of love and the search for happiness in the band's first full-length independent album entitled Love's Uncertain (release date to be announced.) The music combines dynamic vocals and gritty, honest lyrics with haunting cello lines, upbeat fiddle reels, grounding guitar rhythms and jazzy bass lines. There is something for everyone in this poetic, non-traditional "feather-folk." Some performances of note include an opening act for Canadian folk legend, Willie P. Bennett, and for PEI's up-and-coming folk sweetheart, Rose Cousins. " You would never know that this brash singer has any stage fright as she exudes confidence...Cass Marie is an exceptional example of the home grown talent that is flourishing in the Highlands." -Erin Lynch, The Highlands Communicator "To quote one of her songs, there is "Nothin' Sweeter" than the sound of her voice..." -Kris Kadwell, 100.9 CANOE FM
Jory Nash and Buddy Mondlock
Friday, January 25, 8:00pm.
Museum Road, Haliburton ON.
The 100% guarantee is in effect.
Jory Nash and Aengus Finnan have been organising an annual Gordon Lightfoot tribute show at Hugh's Room for several years now. Buddy Mondlock is coming to Canada to take part in the 3 night run of the tribute. We are fortunate to be able to have him and Jory come to Haliburton.
Jory Nash blends elements of folk, jazz, blues, soul and pop into an original stew of sound. He has recorded 5 critically-acclaimed CDs. His most recent CD is called "FolkJazzBlues&Soul", which was released in 2007.
A master storyteller and a lover of hats, Jory tours across North America, playing mostly solo. Acoustic guitar, piano and banjo are Jory's main instruments. Jory is a fixture on the summerfolk festival circuit, having played at Hillside, Summerfolk, Mariposa, Winterfolk, Toronto City Roots, Home County, Live From The Rock, Shelter Valley. Jory's music can often be heard on CBC Radio, and on college stations across North America. Listen to some of Jory's songs at
Buddy Mondlock's songs have been recorded by Guy Clark, Nanci Griffith, Garth Brooks, Joan Baez, Peter, Paul & Mary, Janis Ian, David Wilcox, Edwin McCain, Art Garfunkle,Cry, Cry, Cry... the list goes on. He has recorded five CD’s
including “Everything Waits To Be Noticed,” a songwriting and recording
collaboration with Maia Sharp and Art Garfunkel.
His most recent is “The Edge of the World.
Here's what others have said of him:
“Buddy Mondlock is the most startling new songwriting talent I’ve heard this year.
This guy is an American Original, a folk poet whose vision veers effortlessly from
Bob Snider
with Thom Lambert
Saturday, Dec 8
8:00pm
Tracey's Bistro and Grill
Haliburton, ON
Singer-songwriter Bob Snider has played on the street and in the concert hall. He's been called a "national treasure", a "living legend" and "author of some of the best Canadian songs of the decade". After a hiatus from performing and recording, Bob Snider returns with a new album "A Maze in Greys". Produced by David Baxter, the new CD contains 13 new songs that are quintessentially Bob. Songs that are direct, beautiful, sometimes quirky, sometimes funny but above all, songs that go straight to the heart.
In Bob's own words:
"The devil does not drag you kicking and screaming into hell. The devil makes you a deal. I don't believe in the devil. I'm just using it as a metaphor, OK? But nobody's forced. People make deals. They're talked into it. Everybody around them is nervous and worried about the future and security and all this stuff. So you get sucked into the machine. But I was never tempted. It just revolts me, the whole thing. I guess that's why I'm a folk singer."
Bob's songs have been covered by a who's who of Canadian musicians including Ashley MacIsaac, Meryn Cadell and the Leslie Spit Tree-O. His earlier recordings include two cassettes, "Live at the Free Times Cafe" and "You" and three CDs, "Caterwaul and Doggerel", "Words and Pictures" and "Stealin' Home". "Poetreason", a Bob Snider tribute concert recording dating back to 1996, includes performances by the likes of The Barenaked Ladies, Change of Heart and Moxy Fruvous, to name a few.
Bob is an exceptional live performer with his warmth and wit putting just the right off-beat spin on his live shows.
Jonathan Byrd with Corin Raymond (Undesirables, Sundowners)
Saturday, November 3
8:00pm
$15 including GST
"So come take a chance on a nationally touring singer/song-writer who will take you on a magical musical tour and see if he speaks to you like he speaks to me."
We are really proud and excited to be bringing Jonathan Byrd to Haliburton. It's a real bonus having Corin Raymond doing an opening set.
Jonathan is a Kerrville New Folk winner, 2003.
Previous Kerrville competitors include Nanci Griffith, Lyle Lovett and Steve Earle.
"This rootsy North Carolinian may be the most buzzed-about new songwriter in folkdom. He displays John Prine's gift for stark little songs that tell big, complex stories, Guy Clark's lean melodicism, Lyle Lovett's wry mischief, and Bill Morrissey's knack for the revealing image." - Scott Alarik, Boston Globe
"Jonathan Byrd doesn’t sing songs;
he sings truth."
- performingsongwriter.com -
"Jonathan's delightful, substantive songs are rich with imagery and textures of influences from Appalachian, country, early American balladry, modern atmospheric Mideastern, urban and old timey folk music. A stalwart of modern folk music, Jonathan is constantly evolving in new musical directions and each incarnation has proven to be masterful. Like a gourmet chef, Jonathan does not create the same dish twice, so we're not sure what he will bring to the table tonight. But if music were a meal, Jonathan would prepare us a banquet. Catch this Kerrville New Folk winner as often as you can; you'll never get 'full', your appetite will only grow." -Uncle Calvin's Coffeehouse, Dallas, TX
Folk legend Tom Paxton discovered Jonathan Byrd's music and sent him a quick email, saying, "What a treat to hear someone so deeply rooted in tradition, yet growing in his own beautiful way." He had just released "Wildflowers," in late 2001, simple tales of love and death that seemed to be a hundred years old or more. In 2003 Byrd released his second album, "The Waitress" and won the prestigious New Folk competition in Kerrville, TX. That year, he set CD sales records at the festival.
For his third album, Jonathan approached his friends, the critically acclaimed world-music duo known as Dromedary, often featured on National Public Radio's All Things Considered. "The Sea and The Sky" is the result, a vast, poetic suite of music that weds world sounds to deeply rooted folk balladry.
A native of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Jonathan grew up singing in the Southern Baptist church, where his father preached and his mother played piano. After four years in the Navy, he returned to Chapel Hill to play in rock bands in that legendary underground music scene. A friend of Jonathan's invited him to an old-time fiddle festival in the mountains of southwest Virginia, where his writing began to change. Assimilating the sounds of southern traditional music, Byrd wrote new songs in an ancient style.
One of those first songs was "Velma," a murder ballad based on the true story of Velma Barfield, the last woman to be executed in North Carolina (in 1984) and the murderer of Jonathan's own grandfather. This was the track that prompted Tom Paxton to respond so eloquently to Byrd's music.
As Jonathan grows into a contemporary artist of increasing influence, his traditional roots are always evident in his simple, poetic storytelling and classic flatpick guitar style. But, as quoted in a recent interview for Dirty Linen magazine, Jonathan says, "Everything I do is a departure from what I've done." "The Sea and the Sky" is certainly evidence of that. Keep an ear out for an upcoming electric album, sure to take us further out on a limb without forgetting our roots.
"I thought I was listening to a young Doc Watson." - Jay Moulon, Southeast Performer Magazine -
Sunday, May 20
Rails End Gallery and Arts Centre23 York Street
Haliburton, Ontario
8:00pm
Juno-award-winning guitarist Ken Hamm brings his repertoire of original and traditional
blues and roots material to town for a concert at the Rails End Gallery. Over the past 34 years
Ken has built an international reputation through extensive touring in Canada, Africa,
the UK, and continental Europe. He has 8 CDs to his credit and is currently touring to
promote the release of Live '05, a double CD set of live recordings of blues and original
favourites.
"He got up and introduced his first song and started playing on an old Gibson acoustic and I think I said to Brian sitting next to me 'man this guy can play'. He did a few more on the Gibson then grabbed his 1927 National Steel, put on his slide and I swear I saw sparks as he moved it up and down the neck of the guitar."
- Keith Rodger, 'Blues News - MBS Newsletter'
"Ken Hamm opened the evening with a classic Leadbelly number "Bourgeois Town". It was immediately apparent why he is in such demand across this country, as well as in Europe and Britian, for his accomplished steel and acoustic guitar playing. In the third piece of his set, "Northwind Blues", his National 1930 steel guitar seemed to be singing on its own. Ken Hamm has a voice that resonates deeply of the south, with crooning richness that flows out of him as he smiles and nods and bends into chords and notes that roll from his guitar like a conversation."
- From the book MANY VOICES "Finding Our Roots" 2004
Ken will offer a guitar workshop on Sunday morning May 20, 9:30-12:30 at the Rails End Gallery
$50/person. Call 457-8902 to register
Ken is also well-known as a guitar instructor, offering courses from two hours to five
days in length. His hard-driving fingerstyle and slide techniques are the envy of many
players and he is pleased to share his knowledge in a workshop setting.
For more information on Ken's music and to hear sound bites, visit www.kenhamm.com.
"Ken's inclusive approach in workshops, combined with his remarkable skills, have drawn students back again and again."
Friday, April 20, 8:00pm
House concert with Bill Houston, Thunder Bay Singer/songwriter
at the home of Fay Martin and Michael Fay
1166 Horseshoe Lake Road
take Hwy 35 north out of Minden
immediately after the Gull River bridge, turn right
within 1 km ~ first house on the right
Tickets: $10 at the door
For information call 705-286-3668
There's space for 20-30 chairs. It might be wise phone ahead to get a seat.
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Last summer, members of the Folk Society had the good fortune to see
perform on the summer folk festival circuit. We were impressed and
wanted to see more. You have an opportunity to join us to see and hear
this amazing duo on
When asked to provide a little self promotional material, Corin Raymond
sent an email that he said was coming Muhammid Ali style. It started:
“Folks of Haliburton,
On Saturday, February 10th THE UNDESIRABLES come
to Haliburton. My name is Corin Raymond, I am one half of THE
UNDESIRABLES. I sing and my partner, Sean Cotton, plays the guitar and
sings with me. We play songs we've written together over the past
fourteen years. Doesn't sound too extraordinary, does it? One guitar?
Two voices? How good can it be? We've seen it before. Well, I'll tell
you right now, you've never seen anything like us. We deliver an evening
that will defy any expectations you might have. And one of the best
things about my job is that I get to say these outrageous things because
they're true.”
He goes on to say,
“It's folk-theatre-- it's a SHOW, it's real entertainment, it's
beautiful harmonies, a guitar player's guitar player and two guys who
were BORN to sing together, BORN to write together. It's a marriage.
It's till the grave and it's unstoppable. It's two guys who bring a
performance ethic that has been mostly forgotten in the world of folk
music. The Undesirables is about asking for an inch and giving ten miles
back. The inch is just showing up to see us. We take care of the ten
miles. What more can I say?”
A bit brash... sounds over the top...but it is true. They make sure you
get your money’s worth.The Undesirables have been honing their songs and
their music for 14 years, paying their dues, and are now getting
recognized for the fine performers that they are.
The Undesirables have been busy the last two years playing summer
festivals, headlining concert series, as well as opening shows in
theatres and concert venues for many top-notch acts including Prairie
Oyster, Jesse Winchester, Fred Eaglesmith, The Rheostatics, and Stephen
Fearing. In February 2006 they showcased (unofficially) at the Folk
Alliance conference in Austin, Texas.
In July of 2006 The Undesirables won The Toronto Blues Society's annual
Blues Talent Search.
This month they will be opening for Serena Ryder.
"Sean Cotton and Corin Raymond are the Undesirables. Together, they have
the most riveting stage presence I've seen in a long time..."
Rachel Jagt's review after seeing them at Hugh's Room.
"A refreshing folk duo led by the inimitable Corin Raymond, a generous
performer who, by the end of the night, you'll have known your whole life."
Brad Wheeler
The Globe and Mail
The Undesirables are a refreshing and infectious songwriting duo who kick out heat like an old woodstove. Guitarist/harmonist Sean Cotton and lyricist/singer Corin Raymond deliver a brand new vibe with roots clout.
It all began in Sean's basement in Georgetown, Ontario. Corin & Sean met while still in high school, and their fast friendship was sealed by a mutual love of raw, unadulterated American roots music. Pouring over album liners of small-town staples like The Doors and The Rolling Stones led them to the songwriters that would truly rip their hearts out; guys like Howlin' Wolf, Blind Willie McTell, and Slim Harpo. They discovered the blues together, and soon were on a steady diet of southern sounds: gospel, old-school R&B, rag and the music of New Orleans. To ask The Undesirables to list their influences is to spark a conversation that will leave you smiling at their enthusiasm and knowledge, and respect for those who came before.
It was in Georgetown, 10 years ago, that they wrote their first song, California Wine - still a requested favourite. As a songwriting team, they each brought an ingredient the other lacked. Sean, who was playing lead guitar in his father's country band at age fourteen, brought the music - a unique style of guitar playing that provided solid rhythm, rich colour, and an unexpected fullness of sound. Corin brought the words. His childhood was filled with stories, poems and the songs of Broadway wordsmiths. In his adolescence he devoured Dylan Thomas, Robert Frost, and Edna St. Vincent Millay. He brought a respect for words and a workman-like attitude to writing lyrics. One goal occupied both their minds: to write good songs.
In performance, The Undesirables are a mesmerizing unit. They perform with total commitment. Corin hand-delivers each lyric with entrancing conviction while Sean digs into the guitar with mastery and taste and their voices blend with sibling harmony.
Their sound fills the room like the smell of onions frying on an iron skillet. Hips start swaying accidentally. Spirits rise.
Sunday, November 5, 2006 7:30pmNorthern Light Pavilion for the Performing Arts (see map)
Haliburton ON
"Just when you think you've got it all figured out, something roars in and it turns you about."
Connie Kaldor wrote this and more about the unexpected twists and turns of life and love for her album Love is a Truck. She could well have been writing about her personal artistic complexities. Music pundits have tried to define the essence of the prairie-born acoustic performer for over two decades but even the most eloquent have fallen short of perfection.
Fact is, Connie Kaldor is a performer without borders. A contradiction in terms. She is a Juno-award winning singer who has flourished on the folk music scene for over two decades yet her repertoire of original material blurs musical boundaries, embracing elements of gospel, rock, country and western, folk, blue grass and adult contemporary.
She is an artist of substance without pretension, witty and urbane without condescension. She is a fearless chronicler of the human experience without the folksong angst. She has recorded nine albums, sold tens of thousands of copies, but has never had a commercial hit.
Her live performances are legendary and her fan base broad and fiercely loyal. People come back to see her again and again because a Connie Kaldor performance is about more than just the power of music. It is also about the power of personality. What she says between songs is as intriguing as the lyrics she sings.
She has travelled prairie back roads to visit modest community centres and sold out concert halls in major cities. From Bejing to New Dehli to Saskatoon to Washington, Connie has triumphed with a mix of song and spoken word honed in pacing and tone by the many years she spent performing.
Like many prairie girls in the 50s and 60s, Connie grew up singing in the church choir and listening to Patsy Cline and The Beatles on her record player. But it wasn't until the 1980s after four years spent performing with an avant-garde theatre company in Toronto that Connie turned to music full time and was welcomed by the folk scene.
A musical bard whose music and lyrics have diverse appeal-appropriated for everything from anger management workshops for men to economic newsletters to soundtracks for film. "She's tough and she's tender. She sings with love and with anger…indecently talented. " Toronto Star.
Two Maple Blues award winners on the same stage!!
Sunday, January 22, 2006 8:00pm
Northern Light Pavilion for the Performing Arts (see map)
Haliburton ON
Rick Fines has been on the road playing for 23 years now. At 41, he is a veteran of the folk and blues circuits in North America. He won the MapleBlues Award for Acoustic Act Of The Year twice (98, 99) and was nominated three times for the MapleBlues Songwriter of the Year award. In 2004 Rick was nominated for the third time for MapleBlues Songwriter of the Year, as well as the Best Male Vocalist award. His 15 years with Jackson Delta won recognition from both the Juno and the Handy Awards.
Suzie Vinnick is an award-winning singer, songwriter and musician. She recently won 1st place in the Blues Category of the International Songwriting Contest (ISC) for her co-write entitled "The Honey I Want", was awarded the 2003 Canadian Maple Blues Female Vocalist of the Year, and was nominated again as the 2004 Canadian Maple Blues Female Vocalist of the Year.
Suzie has been featured nationally on CBC Radio on Holger Petersen's show Saturday Night Blues, on Stuart McLean’s Vinyl Café, and has performed across Canada and the US, and for Canadian Peacekeepers in Bosnia and the Persian Gulf. She performs powerfully as a solo act or with her tasteful side players, and is also a member of the groups Betty & the Bobs, the Marigolds (with Gwen Swick and Caitlin Hanford of Quartette), and the folk-pop trio, Vinnick Sheppard Harte (VSH).
Saturday, February 25, 2006 8:00pm
Northern Light Pavilion for the Performing Arts (see map)
Haliburton ON
For almost 17 years now, Stephen Fearing has been penning some of the most literate, stirring and emotionally charged "folk" music on this planet. Couple this with stunning guitar work, and a smooth intimate voice, and you have the elements of the unique performer that is Stephen Fearing.
After a year of touring throughout Canada and the United States singer/songwriter and guitarist Stephen Fearing is back with a new studio album. “That's How I Walk” is the sixth solo album for this four time JUNO nominee, and follow up to the critically lauded "So Many Miles."
Fearing’s new work blends a raw, streetwise edge with evocative soul-searching imagery to produce music of quiet passion and depth. Ranging in subject from love's loss to poverty, from faith to sexuality, Fearing's work taps the full spectrum of human experience.
For information about Stephen Fearing visit:
Saturday April 22, 2006 8:00pm
Northern Light Pavilion for the Performing Arts (see map)
Haliburton ON
Karen Savoca puts her heart into a song the way a great actor throws herself into a role. Her supple, soulful alto charms with an infinite range of expression. She can even sing several notes at once, her own brand of throat singing she calls vocal hydroplaning. Savoca is also a gifted songwriter, drawing you into her world with humor and compassion, telling her stories with such grace and ease, you feel as though you've been invited to her table for supper. Though she composes and records on a variety of instruments, Savoca opts for the primal combination of voice and drum in live performance, and her groove is wide and satisfying.
Pete Heitzman can make his guitar sound like a cello, a pedal steel, a rutting elk, and some things only imagined. With this broad pallet of tones and textures he paints the ideal landscapes for Savoca's songs. An innovative and sensitive acccompanist, Heitzman is so full of surprises that he has been called “a human aurora borealis”.
Wednesday May 31,2006 8:00pm
Northern Light Pavilion for the Performing Arts (see map)
Haliburton ON
David Francey's list of achievements in the folk music industry keeps on growing.
Hot on the heels of consecutive JUNO awards in the Roots and Traditional Album of the Year - Solo category for both Far End of Summer and Skating Rink, David's fourth CD, Waking Hour earned him yet another nomination in the same category!
David's song "Saints and Sinners" from his debut CD, Torn Screen Door, took first place in the folk category of the 2004 USA Songwriting Competition.
David has also been the proud recipient of the Penguin Eggs Magazine's Album of the Year award for Skating Rink, Far End of Summer and Waking Hour.
This January David appeared on CMT in the television documentary, Four Strong Winds, celebrating Canadian singer/songwriters and their impact on the world of popular music. David's song "Skating Rink" aired during the 2004 nationwide CBC broadcast of the Canadian Heritage Classic Hockey Game and aired before the Montreal vs Toronto game as part of Hockey Day in Canada.
Friday, July 21st, 2006 8:00pm
26 York Street
Haliburton ON
Jory Nash is a Canadian contemporary singer-songwriter based in Toronto, Ontario. His primary instrument is the acoustic guitar, which he both finger picks and flat pick strums with regularity. Jory also plays piano and banjo and often incorporates a variety of sounds on his CD's and during his live shows. Jory has traveled extensively throughout much of North America playing house concerts, club gigs, folk festivals and radio shows which has resulted in the creation of large, fiercely dedicated grassroots following. His music has been played on over 200 radio stations across North America and his CD's have sold over 2,000 copies, all independently.
