Time: 8 p.m.
Cover: $10
Linda mcRae is also hosting a workshop for youth in th eafternoon.
Rough
Edges & Ragged Hearts Linda McRae’s highly anticipated fourth solo
release doesn’t describe the gold and platinum polish enhancing a
musical career spanning 25 years. Produced by Marc L’Esperance her new
recording features performances by Marc, Gurf Morlix, Doug Cox, Ray
Bonneville, Stephen Nikleva, Samantha Parton (The Be Good Tanyas), and
The Sojourners. The CFMA’s nomination confirms Linda’s maturing
distinction as a quality songwriter and recording artist.
Not
only does 2012 mark Linda’s 25th anniversary as a Canadian recording
artist it also marks the launch of her new record label 42RPM. The
nomination and glowing reviews make the success of 42RPM’s first release
all that much more signicant. In the first month of its release the
recording went to #1 on CKUA Radio, was Alison Brock's Pick of the week
at CKUA, was #4 in the Folk DJ’s list of Top Canadian Albums, #1 & 2
Top Canadian Songs for Rough Edges & Ragged Hearts and Be Your Own
Light and #8 in Top Canadian Artists. It also hit #16 on the Freeform
American Roots Chart.
Linda earned a Juno nomination and double
Platinum triple Gold recording status as bassist and accordionist with
Celtic/Roots group Spirit of the West. Departing the band after eight
years she resumed her solo career consecutively producing three
critically acclaimed recordings: Flying Jenny, producer Colin Linden
(Bruce Cockburn, Emmy Lou Harris), Cryin’ Out Loud, producer Gurf Morlix
(Lucinda Williams, Mary Gauthier) and Carve It To The Heart producers
Marc L’Esperance (Po’ Girl, Headwater).
Performing on clawhammer
banjo, acoustic guitar, accordion and porchboard stompbox, Linda
combines old-time sounds with universal themes of heartbreak &
redemption offering an intriguing sepia postcard from the past that is
vibrant and alive in the present. Recordings and performances with
musical luminaries include Bruce Cockburn, Neko Case, Alejandro
Escovedo, Gurf Morlix, and Ray Waylie Hubbard.
Recent performance
highlights include The Carter Family Fold, VA, The Hank Williams
Museum, AL, Barbican Theatre, UK, Maverick Festival, UK and New Folsom
Prison, California’s infamous maximum-security prison performing in
concert and facilitating songwriter workshops for the inmates. Her
workshops and concerts were so well received, she’ll return to
participate in the program in March 2012. The concert and workshops
permitted inmates freedom of expression while giving Linda a rare
opportunity to assist in that expression.
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 and Schatten Design Acoustic Pickups.
Quotes:
“I
predict that 25 years from now the folksingers of the day will still be
borrowing songs from this disc. While she does a great cover of Hank
Williams’s Ramblin’ Man, McRae’s own songs are up there with the great
master.”
Mike Sadava, Penguin Eggs
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