Linda McRae Supports D.R.E.A.M.S: June 6
Linda McRae Supports D.R.E.A.M.S: Thursday, June 6. Doors: 7:30 / Show 8:00pm. $15 /$10 students/all artists.
This former Spirit of the West Troubadour is on tour from Nashville and is helping to raise money for the Hamilton D.R.E.A.M.S team to
build houses in the Dominican. Mimi Shaw & The Highnote Ramblers will open. Linda earned a Juno nomination and double Platinum triple Gold recording status as bassist and accordionist with Celtic/Roots group Spirit of the West. When she left the band after 8 years, she resumed her solo career combining old-time sounds with the universal themes of heartbreak and redemption, offering an intriguing sepia postcard from the past that is vibrant and alive in the present. She performs on clawhammer banjo, acoustic guitar, accordion, and porchboard stompbox; her credits include numerous recordings and performances with musical luminaries such as Bruce Cockburn and Neko Case. You will even find her at New Folsom Prison, California’s infamous maximum-security prison, performing in concert and facilitating songwriter workshops for the inmates. McRae’s recent album Rough Edges And Ragged Hearts has been nominated for Album Of The Year Canadian Folk Music Awards. Quotes: “one of the most pure, soulful, honest and distinctive voices in Roots music, period!” Allison Brock, Wide Cut Country, CKUA “Linda McRae stands tall, singing and playing music with honest soul and humility, cutting through the fog with her timeless clarity.” Colin Linden, Songwriter, Producer, Guitarist. www.lindamcrae.com Listen: http://lindamcrae.com/files/Song_Files/11_Be_Your_Own_Light.mp3
Linda also writes a column for BC Musician’s Magazine entitled “This Winding Road” and for KickAss Music Women entitled “Rough Edges”. She is endorsed by EnRoute Music makers of the PorchBoard andSchatten Design Acoustic Pickups.
