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SUMMARY:North Island Concert Society presents: John Wort Hannam
URL:http://www.harbourliving.ca/event/north-island-concert-society-presents-john-wort-hannam/
LOCATION:Port Hardy Civic Centre :: 7450 Columbia Street Port Hardy, V0N 2P0
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:2010 Contempory Album of the Year Winner -­ Canadian Folk Music Awards 2010 Juno Award Nominee -­ Roots and Traditional Album of the Year=0D=0A=
2009 Grand Prize Winner -­Calgary Folk Music Festival Songwriting Competition 2008 North American Folk Alliance Award Nominee=0D=0A=
2007 Double Western Canadian Music Award Nominee=0D=0A=
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=0D=0A=
2005 Western Canadian Music Award Nominee=0D=0A=
2004 Grand Prize Winner - Calgary Folk Music Festival Songwriting Competition=0D=0A=
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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.=0D=0A=
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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.=0D=0A=
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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.=0D=0A=
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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.=0D=0A=
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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.=0D=0A=
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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.=0D=0A=
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Ticket information is also available from Kathleen Davidson at (250) 949-7676.
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