“Masterful and amazing!” ~ Tampa Acoustic Music Exchange

Ken Whiteley has been playing folk, blues, gospel and other roots traditions at the highest level for well over fifty years.  He has received many awards including a Canadian Folk Music Award, 7 Juno nominations, 18 Maple Blues nominations, a Genie Award (for Best Song in a Canadian Film) and Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Mariposa Folk Festival, The Maple Blues Awards and Folk Music Ontario but ultimately for Ken his music is all about making connection.   He loves to get people singing with him whether he’s on a concert stage, a folk festival, a church service or a yoga ashram.

Ken has made over 32 albums and his most recent one, “Long Time Travelling” was just nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award as Best Traditional Album this year. He has written over 400 songs that have won numerous awards and been covered by more than a dozen artists. Ken is a living link to the traditions of people he has sung and played with including Pete Seeger, The Georgia Sea Island Singers, Tom Paxton, John Hammond Jr., Blind John Davis and many others. He brings this vast experience to each performance as a way to allow all of us to come together through the power of song.

Long Time Travelling song introductions here.

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Still Singing!!!

At the end of May I performed at the beautiful stone Detweiler meeting house built in 1855. It’s the last one of its kind in Ontario, the room sounds amazing to sing in and folks came out ready to sing along. I’ve posted a little video of “So Glad I’m Here” and “Golden” from the show.

From August 7 through 10 I will be performing at the 40th Anniversary Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival. I’m thrilled that playing with me will be Ciceal Levy (vocals, percussion) and Ben Whiteley (string bass). There’s lots of great acts including Kim & Reggie Harris, Connie Kaldor, the Good Lovelies, the Barra MacNeils and dozens more. The incredibly picturesque historical town is the back drop for stages in the park, the wharf, old churches, the old Opera House and the main stage in a big tent up on the hill. For the full schedule, tickets, etc. go to https://www.folkharbour.com/.

Finally I want to let folks know that I’m working on a new, bluesy album titled “Keep Going”. I can’t wait for you to be able to hear it.

Keep singing!