February 8, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
“The first time I heard her I was captured…unable to walk away. There was such a haunting quality to her voice, it was like some mystic rare bird singing in the wilderness.”
Bruce D. Miller – Musician and Songwriter
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Leanne Lightfoot, grew up in a house filled with music, on a little farm outside of Salmon Arm, British Columbia. This was the start on her path to becoming a successful competitive Dressage rider and trainer, and would ultimately play an integral part in her music. The undeniable influences that horses have had on her life, are woven subtly into her music and noted with appreciation by those who share her love for the animals.
Lightfoot’s credits many influences in her music, Willy Nelson, Ian Tyson and Emmylou Harris, to name a few amongst many. But, It wasn’t until she first heard a live recording of singer/songwriter Iris Dement that something really changed for her. “I had never heard anything like it. It was startling, I started writing.”
Ten years after releasing the ‘Redtail Flyer’ album, Leanne Is back in the studio, working on her second album. Bringing her smoke laced vocals, and timeless writing to the forefront, her new tracks harness the many influences of her early years, and temper them with the life lessons that come with the profoundly joyous and sorrowful experiences of a life lived in the pursuit of personal truths, art, passion, and being human.
Born and raised in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Cathy Hawley grew up in a musical family. Don Messer, old-time music and country were her childhood influences. In her early teen years, she was introduced to folk, bluegrass, Baez, Doc Watson, Bill Monroe, and that whole acoustic sixties music scene brought to life by music festivals – Mariposa, Berkshires, and in particular, Mike Seeger and John Cohen of the New Lost City Ramblers. Cathy mostly played living room concerts with friends and still loves those “oldies” that her contemporaries brought to that setting.
Acoustic performer Henk van Ginneken backs up vocals with harmonicas, guitars, mandolin and 6-string banjo. As well as headlining, he has opened for the likes of Bill Bourne, Tim Williams, Oscar Lopez, Barachios, Jerusalem Ridge and Ken Hamm, to name a few. Primarily as a solo act, Henk has been performing at festivals, coffee houses and folk clubs, as well as a lot of busking for well over 40 years.
Doors open at 6:30 pm
