Ken Whiteley, Fact Sheet:
• A 2004 Genie Award Winner / Best Original Song for “Tell Me”.
• A 6 time Juno Award nominee for his recordings in Blues, Roots and Traditional and Children categories.
• He has recorded and performed with John Hammond, Tom Paxton, Amos Garrett, Blind John Davis, Raffi, The Campbell Brothers, Stan Rogers, Leon Redbone, Guy Davis, Fred Penner and countless others.
• Recordings produced by Ken Whiteley have won 2 Juno Awards, 2 Grammy Nominations, 20 Juno Nominations, 4 American Gold Records for work with Raffi and Nancy Cassidy, 10 Canadian Gold and Platinum Records with Fred Penner, Raffi and his own Junior Jug Band.
• Ken is a master guitarist and mandolinist and accomplished on 20 different instruments.
• An award winning songwriter with over 300 compositions, his songs have been recorded by over a dozen other artists.
• His album “Bluesology” won the Jazz Report Blues Album of the Year.
• He received a Children’s Music Web Award for his contributions to children’s music.
• He has composed the music for films and TV including “Falling Angels” (a Ten Best Canadian Films of 2003 winner), Judaism: Quest for Meaning (12 part series).
• Recordings produced by Ken Whiteley have sold in excess of six million copies and received 9 Gold Records (Can.), four Gold Records (U. S.), 2 Juno awards, 2 Grammy nomintations, Parent's Choice Awards, Notable Children's Recordings Awards (A.L.A) and critical acclaim across the continent. He has personally had 6 Juno nominations, Toronto Music Award and Blues Album of the Year. For a list of his own albums, please see his discography.
What The Critics Say:
“One of Canada’s most respected and well traveled statesmen of roots music.”
• Scene Magazine
“Wonderful, uplifting music, elemental in form and soul stirring in intent.”
• Greg Quill, The Toronto Star
“The melodic beauty of his acoustic guitar and the orgasmic intensity of his mandolin were no less moving than the spiritual depth of his own song writing.”
• Elizabeth Courtney, Salt Spring Is. News, B.C.
“I can’t think of anyone better to have at a folk festival than Ken Whiteley.”
• Mitch Podolak, CBC Radio
“A Canadian Pete Seeger with a voice like Tony Bennett cranked to 11”
• Gordon Gibb, Peterborough Examiner
“Ken Whiteley is one of the best. I would rate him ‘Most Valuable Player’ at last summer’s Mariposa Folk Festival.”
• Michael Cooney, Sing Out!
“This Torontonian is a playing encyclopedia. The breadth of his playing was astounding.”
• Stephen Ostick, Winnipeg Free Press