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"Masterful and amazing!" Tampa Acoustic Music Exchange
Ken Whiteley is a Canadian roots music legend. His musical journey has taken him from jug band, folk and swing to blues, gospel and children's music. Among numerous accolades, he has won a Canadian Folk Music Award, Genie Award for Best Original Song in a Canadian film, Lifetime achievement awards from the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals and Mariposa Folk Festival. Ken has been nominated for 7 Juno awards and 13 Maple Blues Awards. Ken’s live performances showcase his outstanding musicianship on guitars and mandolin, award winning original songs and his powerful vocals, called "...a cross between Pete Seeger and Tony Bennett on 11!" Whether leading his own group, solo or collaborating with peers at blues, folk, children’s festivals and concerts of all sizes, his “...deep knowledge and infectious passion” guarantee good times for all. As a producer of over 125 recording projects, Ken’s productions have garnered 10 Canadian Gold and Platinum records, 4 American Gold records, 22 Juno and 2 Grammy nominations, and sold over 8 million copies.
Summer News...
I'm holding a 4 day songwriting workshop in Wells, BC (July 27-30) and then playing at the ArtsWells Festvial of All Things Art (July 30- August 2). In August, I'm heading east to the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival (August 5-8, w/ Ben, Geoff Arsenault, Kim & Reggie Harris) and then back to Ontario for the Haliburton Forest Festival (August 22, Ken's Gospel Revue w/ Amoy Levy, David Wall, Pat Patrick, Bucky Berger, Ben). For more details, click on Shows.
The first of the unreleased Jackie Washington recordings are now available for download. These are tracks of Jackie with Graham Townsend and Reg Schwagger, Terry Wilkins and Bucky Berger, and a solo track, which was one of the last recordings Jackie did. Click on Jackie to be redirected to these songs.