Time: 8 p.m.
Cover: $20 members, $25 non-members

The Lethbridge Folk Club presents Fort Macleod songwriter John Wort Hannam and Lethbridge songwriter Jared Rusty Klok, Feb. 15 at the Moose Hall.

John Wort Hannam
(with Band)
Opener – Jared (Rusty) Klok
Saturday, February 15, 2014


“You’re dead a long time” chants Juno nominated John Wort Hannam’s mantra, “so you better get out there and play.”  John Wort Hannam’s winsome, lonesome and then some style of acoustic roots music is a fusion of lyrically driven songs and soaring melodies.  John’s lyrical style reveals a woven textile of metaphor, phrasing, irony, and rhyme that reads with ease like well written prose.  He is one of the new torch-bearers of a vast songwriting tradition in the styles of  John Prine, Louden Wainwright III, and Steve Earle.  With a stage presence made up of a cutting sense of humour, a pinch of cynicism, and a genuine graciousness for being invited to perform, John Wort Hannam is sure to satisfy the roots music ache in your belly.  John has released 5 albums and captured 7 Grand prize/First place awards for his songwriting as well as a Juno nomination for Best Traditional/Roots album and a Canadian Folk Music Award for Album of the Year.

 John Wort Hannam http://www.johnworthannam.com/

In 10 years of being a working musician, John has released 5 albums, capturing a Juno nomination for Best Traditional/ Roots album and a Canadian Folk Music Award for Album of the Year.

“You’re dead a long time” chants Juno nominated John Wort Hannam’s mantra, “so you better get out there and play.”

John Wort Hannam and the Blue Collars’ winsome, lonesome and then some style of acoustic roots reveals a woven textile of metaphor, phrasing, irony, and rhyme that reads with ease like well written prose.

He is one of the new torch-bearers of a vast songwriting tradition in the styles of  John Prine, Louden Wainwright III, and Steve Earle but proudly Canadian.