Welcome to our 2008-2009 Season line up!
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Jez
Lowe
Jez has been described as Northeast England’s chief ambassador for folk music. “Lowe is a songwriter from his tradition, full of an Englishman’s ironies, practical jokes and tomfoolery. His music sounds traditional, but it’s a new tradition he’s making up as he goes along.” |
Pan
Canadian
New Folk Ensemble Kim Barlow, Christine Fellows, and Old Man
Luedecke are cherished
Canadian artists who span a wide geography as
well as lyrical subject
matter and musical styles. They will
share the
stage with accompanists on violin, cello and percussion. |
Multi-instrumentalist,
producer and multi-award winner Steve Dawson
has evolved into a musical chameleon. Steve’s arsenal of instruments always grows, but includes all kinds of guitars, banjo, ukulele, Weissenborn Hawaiian guitar, dobro, lap steel, and most recently the pedal steel. His studio work as a musician adds up to over 50 albums |
Outlaw Social is a five piece band from Victoria, born out of friendship and tempered by a mutual passion for traditional string music. Three talented and uniquely emotive lead vocalists are carried by equally spectacular playing on traditional string instruments and electric guitar, making for a sound that is vibrant and original. Their repertoire includes powerful original songwriting, thoughtful interpretations of traditional music, and a few try inspired covers of contemporary songs. |
Tom Russell
A first for the Folk Club, there will be no opening act so that we may enjoy an entire “evening with Tom Russell”. Powerful songwriter of the American West, Russell has recorded 21 albums of original material, appeared numerous times on Letterman, had material recorded by the likes of Johnny Cash, k.d. lang and scores of others, and his songs have appeared in a dozen films. |
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Julia Beattie |
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