* News! *

Ken's CBC Recording from the Edmonton Acoustic Blues Summitt
is now available on CBC Radio2's Concerts on Demand
Have a Listen

Looking for Ken's music? Click on Store
OR download now from iTunes - Check it out.
Ken's new distributor is OUTSIDE MUSIC

Attention Guitar Players: Booking your summer holidays? Book into Ken's 4-day guitar workshop in Wells, BC, July 28-31 (click for more info) .

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KEN HAMM is a Western Canadian blues and roots music artist with an international reputation.  Emerging from early coffeehouses and Northern Ontario bluesbands, to festivals and concert halls, Ken has been playing professionally since the late 1960’s. He has a reputation as a dynamic, moving performer, mixing hot slide fingerstyle acoustic blues with original songs based on his travels and encounters.

Although Ken is as comfortable playing a house concert in your living room as playing on main stage, recent performances have included Edmonton Folk Festival, Calgary Folk Festival, Saskatoon Jazz Festival, and Vancouver Island Musicfest.

Recent reviewers of  LIVE 05, his latest release, have recognized Ken as “a shining example of how talent and feeling can transcend time and region.”  In his music, “country, blues and folk merge into a pure roots style that is Hamm's own.” (See full review.)  This latest CD will be followed by a LIVE 05 DVD, to be released in 2007.

Ken has been a teacher of guitar playing most of his life, and includes a busy schedule of workshops and private lessons as he tours. Plans are afoot for a series of song-by-song instructional DVD’s to be released beginning in 2007 as well.

On top of all this, and after several decades on the west coast, Ken and his partner Heather Peat have relocated to southeastern Saskatchewan! Look for more news from near Moose Mountain soon...

Check out Recordings on the menu to see what's in the new double CD and click on Store to order a copy.

 

Upcoming Concerts & Workshops
(see workshops below)...

CONCERTS

See Schedule for Complete Listing

April 29 - Wawa, ON Rock Island - ph: Tarmo (705) 856-9867

April 30 - Wawa, ON Guitar Workshop - ph: Tarmo (705) 856-9867

May 2 - Sudbury, ON House Concert - ph: Scott (705) 674-0422 Please make reservations.

May 3 - Ottawa, ON House Concert - ph: Ken for info (250) 668-0178

May 7 - Peterborough, ON The Spill - ph: Dennis (705) 745-8936

May 8 - Cannington, ON Rhythm Cafe - ph: (705) 432-8407

May 9 - Port Hope, ON House Concert - ph: (905) 885-3730

May 10 - Meaford, ON Irish Mountain Folk Club - ph: (250) 668-0178

May 12 - Kincardine, ON House Concert - ph: Brad (519) 396-7325

May 15 - South River, ON Renee's Cafe - ph: Lori (705) 386-0977

May 16 - Greenbank, ON Greenbank Folk Club - ph: Moens (905) 985-8351

May 17 afternoon - Camden, ON Camden Bookstore Cafe - ph: Mary Ann (613) 378-1102

May 19 - Toronto, ON Freetimes Cafe - ph: (416) 967-1078

May 20-22 - Picton, ON The Waring House - ph: 1-800-621-4956

May 23 - Montreal, QC Petit Campus - ph: Matt (514) 524-9225

May 24 - Belleville, ON House Concert - ph: Louise (613) 962-0658

May 29 - Iron Bridge, ON Red Top - ph: Toll-free 1-877-843-2100

May 30 - Iron Bridge, ON Red Top - ph: Toll-free 1-877-843-2100

May 31 - Sault Ste. Marie, ON House Concert - ph: Robin (705) 649-2880

WORKSHOPS

April 30 - Wawa, ON Guitar Workshop - ph: Tarmo (705) 856-9867

May 5 - Ottawa, ON Guitar Workshop - ph: Arthur at Ottawa Folklore Centre (613) 730-2887

May 11 - Kincardine, ON Guitar Workshop - ph: Brad (519) 396-7325

June 7 1:00-4:00 pm - Sioux Lookout, ON Guitar Workshop (Beginner to Intermediate) - ph: Mike (807) 737-1515

For Booking Information contact:

Ken Hamm
Box 68 Forget, SK S0C 0X0
Tel (306) 457-2426
Email


photo: Andy Ford

To see Ken's complete schedule, click here.

"...Plays and sings the blues like he was born and bred in the Mississippi
Delta... maintains their original character while infusing them with his
own interpretive flavor." - 'Guitar Player' Magazine
  Fingerlicks
Released: 2003 / Format: CD
Coloured Aristocracy * Fisherman * Spanish
Fandango * Redhaired Shake * Buckbreak
Last Steam Engine Train * Soldier's Joy *
Robbed In Reno * …and more!
To hear more of Fingerlicks and other recordings by Ken click here.
  
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