Music Resume / Discography
MUSIC EDUCATION
Canada Council Grant to Professional Musicians: Study Grant 2015 – Voice/Acoustic
Fingerstyle Blues Guitar (Rene Grant-Williams / Steve Dawson)
Canada Council Grant to Professional Musicians: Writing Grant 2012
Voice: Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwarz 2009
Canada Council Grant to Professional Musicians: Study Grant 2008
Clawhammer Banjo: Brad Leftwich, Ken Perleman, Paul Brown 2007
Acoustic Guitar: David Grier, Jack Tottle 2004
Bass Guitar: Lee Oliphant, Rene Wurst 1997
Accordion: Joan Michelson (childhood studies)
MUSIC WORKSHOPS, CAMPS ATTENDED
Louis J. Meyers Music Camp, Folk Alliance International, 2017
Augusta Heritage, Early Country Music Week 2015
REO Songwriter’s Retreat, 3 songwriting camps (one week each) 2003-2007
American Banjo Camp, 2 camps 2005/2006
Island Mountain Arts Blues Guitar workshop (4 days), Ken Hamm 2005
Canada Council, “Touring for Commercially Challenged Artist”, Gary Cristall 2005
Songwriting, Songwriter’s Association of Canada Workshop, Pat Pattison 2004
SAC Workshop, “Rhyming Techniques and Strategies” Pat Pattison 2003
AWARDS
BC Entertainment Hall of Fame, Pioneer Inductee 2016
1st Place Winner, Family Folk Chorale, for Be Your Own Light, 2016
Escape to Create Residency, Seaside, FL 2016
Contemporary Album of the Year, Canadian Folk Music Nominee, Rough Edges Ragged Hearts.
PANELIST
Banff Centre For Arts and Creativity: Cultural Leadership, 2017
Folk Alliance International: Making A Difference, Toronto, BC 2013
Ontario Council of Folk Festivals: Creating Diversity, Mississauga, ON 2013
Folk Alliance International: Songwriting Workshop, Memphis, TN 2012
Folk Alliance International: The New Tradition, Memphis, TN 2011
Northeast Regional Folk Alliance: Crossing Borders, Kerhonksen, NY, 2011
MENTOR
Nashville Home Workshops, 2017
North East Regional Folk Alliance: Mentor, 2016 & 2011
Folk Music Ontario: Youth Mentor, 2013
Ontario Council of Folk Festivals: Mentor, 2011
JUROR
FACTOR Juror 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2010
JUNO AWARDS: Judge, 2015, 2014, 2013
BREAKOUT WEST: Judge, 2013
INSTRUCTOR / WORKSHOP FACILITATOR
Instructor – Songwriting, Performance Techniques, Voice and Singing Workshops
Nashville Home Workshops, Nashville, TN 2017
Banff Centre For Arts and Creativity – Artist in Residence/Mentor, Banff, AB 2017
Smithers Guitar Camp - Songwriting/Performance Instructor, Smithers, BC 2018, 2017
Winter Folk Music Camp - Songwriting Instructor, Haliburton, ON 2017
Louis J. Meyers Music Camp: Songwriting Instructor, Folk Alliance International, Kansas City, MO 2016
Island Mountain Arts- Songwriting Camp Instructor, Wells, BC 2015
Folk Alliance International Conference: Writing Workshop, Kansas City, MO 2014
Folk Alliance International Conference: Instructor Panel, Toronto, ON 2013
Coldsnap Fest/Different Paths Workshop, Prince George, BC 2012
Maverick Festival: Easton, Suffolk, UK, Clawhammer Banjo Workshop, 2011
Ontario Council of Folk Festivals: Mississauga, Songwriting Workshop, 2011
Artswells Festival: Songwriting Camp 2010
Folk Alliance International Conference: Memphis, TN, Songwriting Workshop, 2010
Island Mountain Arts: Wells, BC, Summer Songwriting Camp, 2009
Island Mountain Arts: Wells, BC, Summer Songwriting Camp, 2008
South Country Fair – Songwriting Instructor, Fort McLeod, AB 2013, 2014, 2015
Shelter Valley Folk Festival – Workshop Knstructor, Grafton, ON 2016
Vancouver Island Music Festival – Workshop Instructor, Courtenay, BC 2015
Express Yourself Writing Workshops (founded in 2011)
New Folsom Prison, Folsom, CA 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
Sierra Conservation Centre, Jamestown, CA 2017
Mule Creek State Prison, Ione, CA 2017
Lincoln, NE Correctional Center for Men, 2017
Nebraska Correctional Center for Women, York, NE 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014
Geneva Youth Rehabilitation & Treatment Center, NE 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014
Greenwood Coalition, Port Hope, Ontario 2016, 2013
South Country Fair Outreach / Foothills Detox Centre, Fort McLeod, AB 2015, 2014
Victoria Regional Men’s Correctional Center, BC 2015
Shelterwood Therapeutic Boarding Schools, Independence, MO 2015, 2014
Halo Foundation, Kansas City, MO 2015, 2014
Escape 2 Create, Arts in Medicine, Sacred Heart Hospital, Santa Rosa Beach FL 2015
Escape 2 Create, Montesorri School, Seaside, FL 2015
Bread and Roses / Thunder Road Adolescent Treatment Center, Oakland, CA 2014
Excel Alternative High School Program, Ellensburg, WA 2014
Vancouver Island Music Festival, School district workshop, Courtenay BC 2014
Vancouver Island Music Festival, Songwriting Workshop, Courtenay, BC 2014
Plainsong Festival / Youth Rehabilitation Center, Geneva, NE 2013
Bread and Roses / Veteran’s Hospital, San Francisco, CA 2013
New Folsom Prison, Arts in Corrections, Folsom, CA 2013
Cariboo Action Training, Camp Trapping, Prince George, BC 2013
Prince George Regional Youth Correctional Center, BC 2013
Prince George Regional Women’s Correctional Center, BC 2013
Prince George Regional Men’s Correctional Center, BC 2013
St. Vincent de Paul Mary's Home Women's Shelter, Toronto, ON 2013
South Country Fair Outreach / Foothills Detox Centre, Fort McLeod, AB 2013
Coldsnap Festival/South Ft George Family Resource Centre, Prince George, BC 2013
Coldsnap Festival / McNaughton Centre, School Distric #28, Quesnel, BC,2013
Prince George Regional Women’s Correctional Center, BC 2013
Prince George Regional Men’s Correctional Center, BC 2013
Storefront Program, School District #57, Prince George, BC 2013
Truro Correctional Institute for Women, Truro, NS 2012
Westmorland Correctional Institute, Dorcester, NB 2012
Arts In Corrections, New Folsom Prison, 2012
Ashcroft Junior High School Music and Songwriting Workshop 2012
Ontario Council of Folk Festivals, Songwriting Workshop, Mississauga 2012
Youth Around Prince Workshop, Prince George, BC 2012
WORK EXPERIENCE
President 42RPM (Recording, Promotion, Management) 2005-present
Private Instructor: Songwriting, Bass Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Accordion
Publicity & Promotions, Merle Haggard’s Canadian Tour, Freedom to Grove, 2004
Vice-President of RANCH, non-profit society helping raise awareness of BC’s roots
music. Co-producer and stage manager of monthly events plus annual
festival. 1998 - 2003
Producer & Stage Manager, Silvertone Anniversary featuring 25 local acts. 2003
Producer & Host Songwriter’s Round-Up, featured highlights, Jenny Whiteley, Danny Michel, Andy Stochansky, Josh Finlayson and Andy Maize (Skydiggers), Christine Collister, Martyn Joseph, Slaid Cleaves, Gurf Morlix, 1999-2005
Executive Assistant: Theatre Dept., UBC, Vancouver, BC 1984-1989
Stenographer, Physics/Astronomy Dept., UVIC, Victoria, BC 1978-1984
SELECTED TELEVISION APPEARANCES
CBC Interview for Shadow Trails CD Release, Winnipeg, 2016
Farm Tracks – A Celebration of Roots Music, CMT documentary featured performer
Open Heart Symphony, Bravo TV Special filmed with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Also live CD recorded over two nights Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC
Intimate and Interactive, Much Music Special, Toronto, ON
SELECTED FILM/TV SONG PLACEMENTS AND ACTING
The Baby Dance, Actor, played accordion player in lead (Richard Lineback) band
Paper Moon Affair, Fairchild Films International, song placed “Hoot and Holler”
Party of Five, Season 6, Episode 5, song placed “Somewhere Along The Way”
SELECTED SOLO PERFORMANCES
Hugh’s Room, Toronto, ON 2018
Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival, 2016
Café Campus, CD Release Shadow Trails, Montreal, PQ 2016
The Station Inn, CD Release Shadow Trails, Nashville, TN 2016
St. James Community Hall, CD Release Shadow Trails, Vancouver, BC 2016
West End Cultural Centre, CD Release Shadow Trails, Winnipeg, MB 2016
Beneath the Arch Concert Series, Turner Valley, AB 2016
Hugh’s Room CD Release 50 Shades of Red 2014
Vancouver Island Music Festival, Courtenay, BC 2012
New Folsom Prison, Folsom, CA 2011-Present
Maverick Festival, Easton Suffolk, UK 2011
The Barbican Theatre, London, UK 2011
The Carter Family Fold, Hiltons, VA 2011
The Hank Williams Museum, New Year’s Celebration 2011
Roots on the Rails Fred Eaglesmith’s train trip across Canada 2005
Neko Case, Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC 2005
LINDA MCRAE – DISCOGRAPHY
Rant Maggie Rant, TBA 2016
Linda McRae, Shadow Trails, 2105
Linda McRae, Fifty Shades of Red, 2014
Kenny Butterill, 2014
Dan LaRocque, The Ballad of Les Battersby 2014
Willie P. Bennett Legacy Project, 2014
M.C. Hansen, He Was A Young Father, 2014
L. McRae, Rough Edges & Ragged Hearts, 2012
Loretta Hagen, Mud and Stone, 2011
Jason Eklund, Jason Eklund, 2009
Paul Hyde, Love & the Great Depression, 2009
Joanne Mackell, Brand New Lonesome, 2008
Linda McRae, Carve It To The Heart, 2007
The Boomchix, Surprise, Surprise 2007
Rodney DeCroo, War Torn Man 2006
The Knotty Pines, The Fabulous Sounds 2005
Linda McRae, Escovedo 101, Compilation, 2004
The Turaeward Family, Deep Rooted Beefs, 2004
Rodney DeCroo, Rodney DeCroo and the Killers 2004
Gurf Morlix, Cut’N Shoot 2004
Eric Westbury, Burnt Tongues and Blue Truths 2004
Linda McRae, Cryin’ Out Loud, 2004
Leslie Alexander, Savage Country 2003
John Guliak, The Black Monk 2002
Women & Songs 6, Compilation 2002
Jeff Gibbons, Love Tattoos, 2001
Neko Case, Furnace Room Lullaby 2000
Jim Whitford, Poison in the Well 2000
JT King, Ruby River, 2000
Nanaimo 8:38 Saturday Morning, Bob Bossin, 1999
Girls With Guitars, Volume 1, 1999
Bruce Cockburn, Where Have All the Flowers Gone, 1998
Linda McRae, Flying Jenny 1997
Spirit of the West, Open Heart Symphony Live with the VSO 1996
Spirit of the West, Two-Headed 1995
The Waltons, Cock’s Crow 1995
Spirit of the West, Upfront! Canadians Live On Stage Various Artists 1994
Spirit of the West, Faithlift 1993
The Wonder Stuff, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, 1992
The Wonder Stuff, Welcome To The Cheap Seats 1992
Spirit of the West, The Hanging Garden Joni Mitchell Compilation 1997
Spirit of the West, Go Figure 1991
Island of Circles, Donovan Compilation, 1991
Spirit of the West, Collected Works Compilation1991
Spirit of the West, Save This House 1990
Terminal City, CITR Tapeathon, 1988
Terminal City, Live – 1987
Easy Money, Standing in Your Shadow/Getting Lost 1981
CONTACT INFO:
Management/Booking: James Whitmire, 42RPM 615-952-2469 42management@gmail.com
Publicist: Heather Kitching, 604.838.4968 heather@heatherkitching.com
Radio Tracking: Linda Turu, Borealis Records 416-530-7692 linda@borealisrecords.com
Linda McRae Info: EPK: http://lindamcrae.com/epk
LINDA’S EXPRESS YOURSELF WRITING WORKSHOPS:
Mission: To transform the lives of people we work with by giving those whose voices have been disregarded a place to be heard. We hope to show through our field-tested exercises that it doesn’t matter what a person’s ethnic, educational or economic background is: THEIR VOICES MATTER!!
If you would like information about Linda’s writing workshops for at risk youth and the disenfranchised, please visit Express Yourself Writing Workshops: http://lindamcrae.com/workshops