Linda McRae March 1, 2016

Linda McRae is a Canadian folk-roots-Americana musician. A multi-instrumentalist (clawhammer banjo, acoustic and electric guitars, accordion, bass, and porchboard stomp box) singer-songwriter,
Her musical career began in 1980 playing bass with Victoria group “Easy Money”. After relocating to Vancouver, she would join the group Spirit of The West earning two platinum and three gold records.
She left the band to resume her solo career and has since released six critically acclaimed recordings: Flying Jenny with producer Colin Linden (Bruce Cockburn, Bob Dylan), Cryin’ Out Loud, producer Gurf Morlix (Lucinda Williams, Mary Gauthier), Carve It To The Heart with Marc L’Esperance and herself as producers. Rough Edges and Ragged Hearts she also produced with L’Esperance and featured performers including the Sojourners, Doug Cox, Gurf Morlix, Ray Bonneville and Samantha Parton. Linda’s song "Burning Bridges" was also included on the Skydiggers summer 2013 CD entitled No. 1 Northern which included songs by Canadian artists Gordon Lightfoot, Ron Sexsmith, and Neil Young. Montreal Gazette, Metro Winnipeg, and the Nova Scotia Herald included her as among these Canadian "greats". Other co-recordings and performances include those with Bruce Cockburn, The Wonder Stuff, Neko Case, Alejandro Escovedo, and Ray Waylie Hubbard, and another with Gurf Morlix. In 2014 she released 50 Shades of Red, followed by Shadow Trails in September of 2015.
Her performances include Plainsong Festival in Nebraska, Yukon Arts Centre, Vancouver Island Music Festival in British Columbia; South Country Fair in Alberta; Barbican Theatre, London; Maverick Festival, UK; and the Bluebird Café, Nashville, Tennessee; because Nashville is where she currently resides. For more information, visit Linda McRae.Com . Our thanks to James Whitmire, Erin Moriarty and Tom Gough for this month's updates and information.

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