The youngest of eight children, Ottawa singer-songwriter Lynne Hanson was exposed to a diverse array of musical eras and styles as she grew up, resulting in a hybrid brand of roots music that merges universal themes with Texas soul-country. Her music has been decribed as “Porch music with a little Texas red dirt.” Lynne has been attracting critical praise since the release of her debut CD “Things I Miss” in late 2006. River By My Side won the 2006 Blues Award for the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals "Songs from the Heart" contest, while the title track was chosen as one of the best songs of 2006 by the Indie Acoustic Music Project.

Old Man Luedecke is a  banjo songster – a rare type of musician, indeed. A songwriter and performer in the bi-gone tradition of solo banjo men and women of days gone by such Dock Boggs, Bascom Lunsford and Roscoe Holcomb, Old Man Luedecke sings his songs accompanied only by his loving five string, foot stomps and the occasional yodel. His songs are melodic gems blending old time sensibilities with an unusual vision and poetic sense.  This is a bizarre type of music Dock Boggs might have made if he’d studied poetry.

www.lynnehanson.com

www.oldmanluedecke.ca