North Island Concert Society presents: John Wort Hannam

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Saturday, April 12th, 2014
7:30 PM

2010 Contempory Album of the Year Winner -� Canadian Folk Music Awards 2010 Juno Award Nominee -� Roots and Traditional Album of the Year
2009 Grand Prize Winner -�Calgary Folk Music Festival Songwriting Competition 2008 North American Folk Alliance Award Nominee
2007 Double Western Canadian Music Award Nominee
2007 New Folk Winner -�Kerrville Texas New Folk Songwriting Competition 2007 Grand Prize Winner -�Calgary Folk Music Festival Songwriting Competition 2005 Double Canadian Folk Music Award Nominee
2005 Western Canadian Music Award Nominee
2004 Grand Prize Winner - Calgary Folk Music Festival Songwriting Competition

For five years John Wort Hannam taught grade 9 language arts on the largest reserve in Canada � The Kainai Nation, part of the Blackfoot Confederacy. But in 1997 he heard a Loudon Wainwright III record and was hooked by the music and the stories. In 1998 he bought a guitar and learnt some chords. In 2002 he quit teaching and began to pursue the dream of being a working musician.

John Wort Hannam comes from a long line of people who make a living using their hands. His great-great grandfather drove horse and buggy for the village doctor. His great-�grandfather was a stevedore, his grandfather, a farmer and his father still works as a master carpenter. Wort Hannam now carries on the tradition making his living writing songs and playing music.

He independently released his debut CD �pocket full of holes� in 2003 and his 2nd CD �Dynamite and �Dozers� in 2004. His third CD �Two-�Bit Suit� was released by Black Hen Music in the spring of 2007. In May of 2009 John went back in the studio and recorded "Queen's Hotel". In 2012, he released �Brambles and Thorns�, this time recording with producer Leeroy Stagger and releasing the record on Borealis Records.

He was commissioned to write the official 2011 Alberta Winter Games song �Like The Northern Lights� and the 2012 official song for the 100th Anniversary of the Empress Theatre.

He tours actively as a solo, duo, trio, and at times as a four piece band with John on guitar, tenor guitar, and harmonica and Tyson Maiko on upright bass, Scott Duncan on fiddle, and Brad Brouwer on percussion.

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The 2013-2014 tickets are available at The Fall Fair, Cafe Guido, Port Hardy Museum, Port McNeill Flower Shoppe and from Gail Neely in Port Alice at: (250) 284-3927.

Ticket information is also available from Kathleen Davidson at (250) 949-7676.