Reporting to the Outreach and Education Program Coordinator, the successful candidate will assist in the delivery of various youth programs in the City of Winnipeg.
These programs include the a new high school music project, the youth apprenticeship program, education outreach for the Folk Exchange, and components of the Guests for a Day program.
Please send resume, cover letter, and a list of references to resume@winnipegfolkfestival.ca by April 27, 2010.
The Resource Development Assistant will provide support to the Manager of Resource Development and the Executive Director. Duties will include assistance in planning of on-site hosted events, sending invitations and managing guest lists, hospitality coordination, database management, assistance in activation of sponsor areas, signage coordination and assistance in donor recognition activities.
Please send resume, cover letter, and a list of references to resume@winnipegfolkfestival.ca by April 27, 2010.
The Music Store Assistant will provide retail and customer service support at our downtown store, the music store at the Festival site. Duties will include set up and maintenance of the on-site Festival store, working at the downtown music store, store inventory, customer service, ticket sales, maintenance of database of artists’ merchandise, and assistance in artist signings and in – store performances.
Please send resume, cover letter, and a list of references to resume@winnipegfolkfestival.ca by April 27, 2010.
This position will provide support critical to the pre-production and set up of the Festival site, production during the event and tear down following the event.
Duties will include: working with suppliers, obtaining quotes, selecting suppliers, purchasing for the festival production, working with volunteer coordinators to resource supplies for the festival, organize shipping and delivery schedule to the festival site, attend planning meetings and write a follow up report.
Please send resume, cover letter, and a list of references to resume@winnipegfolkfestival.ca by April 23, 2010.
This position is responsible for the administration and sales of in house festival event tickets and backstage passes.
Duties include: Representing the Winnipeg Folk Festival in front line ticket sales, daily and weekly reporting of sales and comparative statistics, coordination of tickets for special needs audiences, tracking of passes, reconciliation of daily sales, oversee inventory, work in box office areas during the festival event, work with festival volunteers.
Please send resume, cover letter, and a list of references to resume@winnipegfolkfestival.ca by April 27, 2010.
This position is responsible for assisting the Winnipeg Folk Festival’s Green initiatives and providing production support to the campground.
Green initiatives include composting and recycling program, as well as on site alternative energy demonstrations and usage and a green event audit.
Please send resume, cover letter, and a list of references to resume@winnipegfolkfestival.ca by April 23, 2010.
This position will provide front-line support to customers and volunteers of the Winnipeg Folk Festival through administrative and reception services related to the summer festival.
Duties will include answering phone inquiries, assist in office management, maintain office services during the Winnipeg Folk Festival, provide general clerical support to the Winnipeg Folk Festival staff and helping to compile, produce and distribute festival manuals and materials.
Please send resume, cover letter, and a list of references to resume@winnipegfolkfestival.ca by April 23, 2010.
The Performer Services and Promotions Assistant will provide support to the artistic and the marketing staff of the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
Duties will include preparation of promotional materials for artists, hotel accommodation arrangements, preparation of artist passes and packages, media coordination for artist promotion, assistance with artist contracts and payment, media accreditation, and media event planning.
Please send resume, cover letter, and a list of references to resume@winnipegfolkfestival.ca by April 27, 2010.
| April 9, 2010 | ||
| 7:15 pm | to | 10:15 pm |
Ladies of the Canyon, Friday, April 9, Live @ the Folk Exchange.
Concert starts at 8:00 p.m., doors open at 7:15. Tickets $12 in advance at the Winnipeg Folk Festival Music Store, $15 at the door.
Ladies of the Canyon are four friends who got together in their living rooms to write and sing songs influenced by their favourite bands – The Eagles, the Band and Fleetwood Mac.
Musicians and songwriters Maia Davies (vocals, guitars, mandolin, keyboards), Senja Sargeant (vocals, guitars, mandolin), Jasmine Bleile (vocals, guitars) and Anna Ruddick (electric and upright bass, vocals) have their distinct tone and personality, but when they come together for harmonies, it’s a gorgeous, soaring blend.
Their debut full-length album, Haunted Woman (Kindling / Warner Music Canada) was produced by Colin Cripps. Already recognized as one of Canada’s premiere guitarists, Cripps previously produced critically acclaimed albums by Kathleen Edwards and Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy. Through his production work, Cripps has deftly showcased the wide range Ladies of the Canyon confidently explore; both as songwriters and vocalists.
Their flexibility as artists can be seen through many of their tracks. Senja sings lead on four songs, including the first single, “Follow Me Down.” “War & Glory” is also sung by Senja, yet these two tracks couldn’t be further away in vibe and delivery. “Follow Me Down” is sunny pop inspired by one of Senja’s recent relationship travails. “I was conquering some personal troubles and didn’t realize I could have better and get better,” she recalls. “That’s what that song is about – waking up and seeing the light.”
For the darker “War & Glory,” Senja called upon Maia to help crystallize the song. “I knew what it was about, but I couldn’t put the lyrics to it myself because I was a mess so I had to ask Maia to write the lyrics for it after I told her what it was about.”
Maia calls Senja “outrageous,” marveling how she’ll start dancing “out of nowhere” and doesn’t care what people think. Onstage, she has been known to announce her ex-boyfriend’s phone number.
Maia takes lead on songs such as “No Deliverance,” the stirring war-time ballad “Haunted Woman” and light, wistful acoustic “Goodbye Gold & Blue.”
“No Deliverance” is real-deal, old-school Nashville country that would make Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette proud. “I was pretty influenced on that by Dolly and Tammy,” Maia says. “The song’s a story I’d written in my dreams about a girl born in the beginning of the century in farmland California. I have no idea why I dreamed that.”
Senja refers to the raven-haired Jasmine as the groups’ “mama bear,” calling her the most grounded of the four. “You can go to her with anything and she’ll be there for you,” Senja says.
Jasmine’s toddler keeps her company on the road. She can be heard on lead vocals singing “Every Minute” and the sagely “Lonely Town,” which was written for a 55-year-old friend who’s still single. “Its words of encouragement that you can find love at any age,” says Jasmine. “That lyric doesn’t have the same impact as the message of the song because ‘lonely town’ makes it sound like a sad song, but it’s about finding love and getting older.”
The group’s bassist, Anna, brought her own songwriting skills to the album by contributing the track, “Hard To Find Love,” on which Jasmine sings lead. “Her main thing was bass for so long,” Jasmine says, “but we’ve since discovered that she has this gorgeous voice.” Anna comments: it was important for me to have an emotionally lyrical contribution to the writing, and “Hard To Find Love” was actually about the other girls and my relationship with them as I stood by them through their struggles.
Anna adds “I studied jazz at McGill and transitioned into being a full-time employed bassist in many different projects. I eventually joined (LOTC) because of my friendship with the girls. Music was always a career for me, but also a passion. The natural progression of being a working musician is that the nature of the work takes you to unexpected musical places, but I’m so glad I found myself in LOTC because it became a really fulfilling creative experience for me. I also have a great passion for singing and popular songwriting now, and this has become so much more than just playing in another band for me, it’s a part of me and I of it.
Off stage, it’s Anna and Senja who provide hours of entertainment on the road when Ladies of the Canyon tour. Jasmine is the voice of reason, while Maia makes sure all business is in order. But when they get on stage, these four women make one wonderful sound. They’ve been doing so for the last two years, and with the release of Haunted Woman, this next year will be more of the same.
| April 6, 2010 | ||
| 7:15 pm | to | 10:15 pm |
Old Man Luedecke, Tuesday, April 6, Live @ the Folk Exchange.
Concert starts at 8:00 p.m., doors open at 7:15. Tickets $12 in advance at the Winnipeg Folk Festival Music Store, $15 at the door.
On April 9th, Old Man Luedecke will release the follow up to his Juno Award-winning album Proof Of Love. Entitled My Hands Are On Fire and Other Love Songs and recorded largely “live off the floor” in Vancouver, this album brings a unique band sound to Old Man Luedecke’s timeless material. The album also features bluegrass legend Tim O’Brien on every song and once again pairs Old Man Luedecke with award-winning producer Steve Dawson, who has produced all 3 of his releases so far.
One man alone on stage with his banjo. A driving rhythm punctuated by the stomping of his boots on a wooden floor. Old Man Luedecke’s name and choice of instrument may suggest a world gone by, but the lyrics and melodies that he creates are contemporary. Yet if you listen carefully, somewhere inside the propulsive grooves, you can still hear the unbroken line that connects Luedecke’s music to the bygone
world of Bascom Lunsford, Ralph Stanley and Pete Seeger.
It’s a sound that’s clearly winning Luedecke more fans. His recent, ‘Proof of Love’ won the Juno award for the best roots album of 2009, and hot on the tail of that release he returned to the studio with Steve Dawson once again assuming production duties. Over the course of three days, the pair - aided and abetted by Keith Lowe (Fiona Apple, Bill Frisell) on bass, John Raham (Be Good Tanyas, Po’ Girl) on drums, and Grammy award-winning bluegrass legend, Tim O’Brien (Hot Rize, Steve Earle) on fiddle mandolin and locals laid down the tracks for the eleven new songs that make up ‘ My Hands are on Fire and other Love Songs.’
The results sing for themselves, and the chemistry of the musicians soars and crackles on every tune. On an album like this one, it’s hard to pick a standout track, but hurting has never sounded as sweet as on ‘Mountain Plain’ when Luedecke’s banjo and O’Brien’s mandolin and high lonesome vocals meet at the crossroads of this song.
On ‘The Rear Guard’, which should have been subtitled My Hands are on Fire, Luedecke sings not of the avant-guard but of “Bringing up the rear guard/ coming in dead last/ trying to find the smiles that don’t fade so fast.’ He invokes imagery of Icarus’s flight to the sun to stick up for the outsider in a thrilling and memorable way.
“Good music is honest to its time. The old blues and country artists I love were singing about the world they lived in. When they sang about trains and telephones, they weren’t being ironic. It was new and what they saw around them.”
“I want the songs I write to be catchy, but not at the cost of being true. I hear so many songs that have beautiful melodies, but I don’t know what they’re about and I can’t feel them. I try to write about my life in a way that I’d like to read about somebody else’s life.”
The songs on ‘My Hands are on Fire and other Love Songs’ go a long way towards achieving that, and represent a considerable leap in Luedecke’s song craft. Each of the ten new tracks rings with roots authenticity, while still retaining a natural and unforced vibe. The eleventh, ‘Caney Fork River’ is a cover and tribute to Willie P. Bennett, a legend of Canadian song.
For a solo artist, a full band record may have been risky. As Luedecke explains, “I love the simplicity of being a solo player. But, this time, I’ve enjoyed learning to use the studio as a creative place to imagine a song. This is a bunch of great musicians making it with my songs. A recording can have its own identity that’s distinct from how the songs are presented in a live show.’ For the first time, with songs like ‘The Palace is Golden’ I’ve had the experience of shaping songs in the studio with these really great players.” The sad tale of infertility gets a dirgefull stomp that is as exciting as it is heartbreaking.
“Old Man” is quite a handle for a performer as young as Chris Luedecke to live with. But, after spending a little time with his music, it doesn’t take long to realize that it’s a more apt and descriptive moniker than one might first think. “I put the name on my first gig poster and it stuck“, says Luedecke. “In a way, it gives me the space I need to be a performer.”
It goes without saying that Old Man Luedecke is an original. Intense, committed and blessed with a purity that can’t be faked, Old Man Luedecke is the real thing. Honouring, but not trapped by tradition, ‘My Hands are on Fire and other Love Songs’ is music for the ages. Keep your ears open for when this old man comes rolling into your town.
| April 29, 2010 | ||
| 8:00 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
As a special reward for friends of the Winnipeg Folk Festival, we are offering a pre-sale for this concert, Friday, February 26. Pre-sale password is Halifax.
Thursday, April 29, 2010, 8:00 p.m., at The Park Theatre Tickets $17 advance, available at ticketmaster.ca and the Winnipeg Folk Festival Music Store, 211 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg.
Amelia Curran is a seeker. Rich in metaphor, language and instrumentation, Curran’s latest album Hunter, Hunter speaks to unrequited longing, the notion of belonging and reflections on love both lost and found.
A songwriter by trade, but a writer at heart, Curran believes language is everything. She describes the craft of song-writing as an act of “expressing the inexpressible, a means of describing the indescribable.”
Links: AmeliaCurran.com | Facebook | MySpace | CBC Radio3
Upon hearing Rose Cousins for the first time, the clarity and range of her voice is what is initially striking. Her music combined with her witty onstage banter makes it customary to both laugh and cry during a live show.
Rose has recently released her 2nd full-length album “The Send Off”, produced by Luke Doucet. She has toured across both Canada and the USA in support of “If You Were for Me” and received a variety of awards including: East Coast Music Awards Female Recording of the Year (2009).
Links: RoseCousins.com | Facebook | MySpace | CBC Radio3
| April 24, 2010 | ||
| 7:15 pm | to | 10:15 pm |
Festival Preview: Jon and Roy, Saturday, April 24, Live @ the Folk Exchange.
Concert starts at 8:00 p.m., doors open at 7:15. Tickets $15 in advance at the Winnipeg Folk Festival Music Store, $17 at the door.
Vancouver Island natives Jon and Roy – now made up of Jon Middleton (guitar, vocals), Roy Vizer (drums, percussion), Dougal Bain Maclean (violin, mandolin) and Ryan Tonelli (bass) – are still trying to get used to their sudden international attention. Soon after its release, songs from Jon and Roy’s debut album, Another Noon, found their way into the scores of many movies and TV shows, and even garnered an offer from Volkswagen. Suddenly, a band that had focused more on its rehearsal space and local fan base now began a more frenetic pace as it addressed a growing audience worldwide.
With their sophomore effort, Homes, set to hit shelves on April 14, 2010, Jon and Roy are ready to leave the studio and hit the stage.
Catch 2010 Winnipeg Folk Festival performers Jon and Roy live, Saturday, April 24, at the Folk Exchange, 211 Bannatyne Ave – Main Floor.
Tickets on sale Saturday February 27 at the Winnipeg Folk Festival Music Store in person or order by phone (204) 231-1377. Tickets $15 in advance, or $17 at the door.
| April 17, 2010 | ||
| 7:15 pm | to | 10:15 pm |
Linda McRae and David Lang, Saturday, April 17, Live @ the Folk Exchange.
Concert starts at 8:00 p.m., doors open at 7:15. Tickets $12 in advance at the Winnipeg Folk Festival Music Store, $15 at the door.
‘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 her timeless clarity. Linda is one of the true, soulful pioneers of honest roots music. Her singing and playing brings honour to her heroes and to her friends and fans.” Colin Linden (Grammy Nominee, Producer, Guitarist for Bruce Cockburn, Emmy Lou Harris, Krauss & Plant)
Linda is a Canadian singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who earned 2 Platinum and 3 Gold records during her tenure as bassist/accordionist with former Canadian Celtic/Roots group Spirit of the West. Linda left the band to resume her solo career and has since released three critically acclaimed recordings. Flying Jenny produced by Colin Linden (Bruce Cockburn, Emmy Lou Harris), 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) have all received the highest praise from reviewers world-wide.
In recent years Linda has turned her attention to the study of traditional roots music, it’s history and it’s traditions studying acoustic blues guitar with Juno Winner Ken Hamm, clawhammer banjo with leading authority Brad Leftwich and songwriting with Grammy winning songwriter Jon Vezner. Her most recent work illustrates this, each aspect becoming an integral part of her songwriting and live performance. Linda’s evocative and powerful voice is well supported by her acoustic finger-style and flat-picked rhythm guitar, accordion, clawhammer banjo, dulcimer and Porchboard bass, an endorsement for EnRoute Music. She is also endorsed by Wyres Strings.
Linda’s musical journey has taken her to Nashville where she now lives. Linda is a compelling entertainer and her personality and storytelling add an intimacy to her shows regardless of the size of venue. Her busy tour schedule reflects her love for performing having completed 200 shows last year alone. Linda also writes a monthly column for BC Musician’s Magazine entitled “This Winding Road”.
Smart words, smart chords, smart clothes - Dave Lang has had a fondness for smartness since someone told him he had a smart mouth. Inspired by Louis Armstrong, Cole Porter and Lenny Bruce, Lang writes smart songs that make you smile.
“Even the love songs are biting and satirical” - Geoff Berner
Dave Lang loves jazz, loves writing songs and loves having fun. Since his two year residency in an old vaudeville theatre in rural Saskatchewan he’s made jazz music that brings the genre back to the bars, drunks and drug addicts that first breathed life into it. Referential without being reverential, he writes new standards from a modern Canadian perspective. Lang tours Canada regularly and has appeared on record alongside musicians such as Neko Case, Corb Lund, Geoff Berner and Carolyn Mark. He has written music for film and television and received glowing reviews online and in print magazines such as The Georgia Straight and Spin.
| April 3, 2010 | ||
| 7:15 pm | to | 10:15 pm |
Ingrid Gatin, Saturday, April 3, Live @ the Folk Exchange.
Concert starts at 8:00 p.m., doors open at 7:15. Tickets $8 in advance at the Winnipeg Folk Festival Music Store, $10 at the door.
Ingrid Gatin makes eclectic beautiful. With accordion, piano, vocals, handclaps, foot-stomps, and tambourine, she is a little bit gypsy, a little bit soul, and a lot of passion. One of Winnipeg’s own up-and-coming singer/songwriter/arrangers, Ingrid is getting ready to take Canada by storm.
Ingrid has been touring by train, writing music in a cabin in the woods–dancing, singing, playing on instruments and banging on the floors and walls, you’ll hear her coming your way.
Ingrid Gatin on MySpace
| April 3, 2010 | ||
| 8:00 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
Winnipeg Folk Festival presents
April 3, at the West End Cultural Centre
Toronto, Ontario artists Jason Collett, Zeus and Bahamas have announced a North American revue tour featuring all three artists performing together and alone during a night long set of incredible music. The three acts have a long history of collaboration, as intertwined as their musical lineage. Instead of the typical show in which each act plays its own set, Collett, Zeus and Bahamas will all take the stage together, playing songs by all three.
At times you will find Collett strumming softly on the guitar alone; Zeus pounding out their rich pop numbers; or Bahamas melting the rocks in your glass; then find them all back together again in full force. The energy, the creativity, the inherent knowledge each musician brings to the stage, of their fellow musician, will make for a unique and exciting night, each and every night along the tour.
Saturday, April 3, 2010, 8:00 p.m., at West End Cultural Centre
Tickets $17 advance, available at ticketmaster.ca and the Winnipeg Folk Festival Music Store, 211 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg.
