Time: 8 p.m.

Tickets: $20 for members, $25 for non members

Linda McRae www.myspace.com/lindamcrae or lindamcrae.com

'When all the trends fade and become dated, and all the music from the cutting edge becomes dull, Linda McRae will continue to stand tall, singing and playing music with honest soul and humility, cutting through the fog with timeless clarity. Linda is one of the true, soulful pioneers of honest roots music. Her singing and playing brings honor to her heroes and to her friends and fans." - Colin Linden

Linda is a Canadian Recording Artist and multi-instrumentalist who, during her tenure as bassist/accordionist with former Canadian Celtic/Roots group Spirit of the West, earned a Juno nomination and 2 Platinum and 3 Gold recordings. Linda left the band in 1997 to resume her solo career and has since released three critically acclaimed Folk/Roots recordings. Flying Jenny produced by Colin Linden (Bruce Cockburn, Emmy Lou Harrris), Cryin’ Out Loud produced by Gurf Morlix (Lucinda Williams, Mary Gauthier) and Linda's current release Carve It To The Heart produced by Linda and Marc L’Esperance (Po’Girl, Be Good Tanyas) all have received the highest praise from reviewers nationally as well as internationally.

Linda studied songwriting with Grammy winning songwriter Jon Vezner and clawhammer banjo aficionado Brad Leftwich with the help of a Canada Council Study Grant. She also studied blues finger style guitar with Juno winner Ken Hamm.

Linda's busy tour schedule reflects her love for performing having completed 200 shows last year alone. She is a compelling entertainer and her personality and storytelling add an intimacy to her shows regardless of the size of venue. Her evocative and powerful voice is well supported with the addition of her acoustic finger-style and flat picked rhythm guitar, clawhammer banjo, and Porchboard bass.

In addition to her busy touring schedule, Linda writes a monthly column for BC Musician Magazine entitled "This Winding Road" and is currently working on her next recording.

Ken Hamm http://www.kenhamm.com/
KEN HAMM is a Western Canadian blues and roots music artist with an international reputation.  Emerging from early coffeehouses and Northern Ontario bluesbands, to festivals and concert halls, Ken has been playing professionally since the late 1960’s. He has a reputation as a dynamic, moving performer, mixing hot slide fingerstyle acoustic blues with original songs based on his travels and encounters.

Although Ken is as comfortable playing a house concert in your living room as playing on main stage, recent performances have included Edmonton Folk Festival, Calgary Folk Festival, Saskatoon Jazz Festival, and Vancouver Island Musicfest.

Recent reviewers of  LIVE 05, his latest release, have recognized Ken as “a shining example of how talent and feeling can transcend time and region.”  In his music, “country, blues and folk merge into a pure roots style that is Hamm's own.” (See full review.)  This latest CD will be followed by a LIVE 05 DVD, to be released in 2007.

Ken has been a teacher of guitar playing most of his life, and includes a busy schedule of workshops and private lessons as he tours. Plans are afoot for a series of song-by-song instructional DVD’s to be released beginning in 2007 as well.

On top of all this, and after several decades on the west coast, Ken and his wife Heather have opened Village Music in southeastern Saskatchewan! Look for more news from near Moose Mountain soon...