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Connie Kaldor - Saturday, March 8, 2008

There's probably nothing more special for a performer who is a parent too, than performing with your family. Here's a picture of Connie performing in Bragg Creek with her husband Paul, and their sons.

Connie Kaldor is a legend in the Canadian music scene. She's a Juno award winner and she's appeared all over Canada. She's been to Bragg Creek in 2000 and 1992-1993. She appears at the Calgary folk clubs every couple of years and we're so pleased that she'll be in Bragg Creek in 2008.

I'd heard of Connie Kaldor but I'd never heard her perform, until Showcase 2006. It was amazing when she first started, she opened her mouth and the hall was filled with the power and beauty of her voice. Connie was at the top of our list of performers we wanted to bring to Bragg Creek this season. If you've heard Connie before you'll want to hear her again. If you've never heard her, don't miss the opportunity.

"Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, something roars in and it turns you about."

Connie Kaldor wrote this and more about the unexpected twists and turns of life and love for her latest album Love is a Truck. She could well have been writing about her personal artistic complexities. Music pundits have tried to define the essence of the prairie-born acoustic performer for over two decades but even the most eloquent have fallen short of perfection.

Fact is, Connie Kaldor is a performer without borders. A contradiction in terms. She is a Juno-award winning singer who has flourished on the folk music scene for over two decades yet her repertoire of original material blurs musical boundaries, embracing elements of gospel, rock, country and western, folk, blue grass and adult contemporary.

She is an artist of substance without pretension, witty and urbane without condescension. She is a fearless chronicler of the human experience without the folksong angst. She has recorded nine albums, sold tens of thousands of copies, but has never had a commercial hit.

Her live performances are legendary and her fan base broad and fiercely loyal. People come back to see her again and again because a Connie Kaldor performance is about more than just the power of music. It is also about the power of personality. What she says between songs is as intriguing as the lyrics she sings.

 She has travelled prairie backroads to visit modest community centres and sold out concert halls in major cities. From Bejing to New Dehli to Saskatoon to Washington, Connie has triumphed with a mix of song and spoken word honed in pacing and tone by the many years she spent performing.

Like many prairie girls in the 5os and 6os, Connie grew up singing in the church choir and listening to Patsy Cline and The Beatles on her record player. But it wasn’t until the 1980s after four years spent performing with an avant garde theatre company in Toronto that Connie turned to music full time and was welcomed by the folk scene.

A musical bard whose music and lyrics have diverse appeal-appropriated for everything from anger management workshops for men to economic news letters to soundtracks for film. "She’s tough and she’s tender. She sings with love and with anger…indecently talented. " Toronto Star.

Workshop

Bragg Creek Performing Arts is sponsoring a workshop with Connie Kaldor. The workshop will be two hours and the subject will be song writing. The workshop will be held at Bragg Creek Centre on March 8, 2008. We'll provide time, cost (nominal), and sign-up information closer to the concert date. If you'd like to read some of Connie's thoughts on songwriting, here is a link to a section on Connie's web site.

Tracks

You can hunt around on Connie's web site and look for some tracks (lots if you can find discography). If you want to get hyper, then relaxed, take a Coffee Break with Connie Kaldor.

Reviews

Blessed with a rich, amber voice that adds depths of meaning to the simplest phrases, Kaldor is a singer for all reasons, equally comfortable with an uptempo rocker or a whispery dirge.
- Toronto Star

No wonder audiences are so wild about singer Connie Kaldor- she’s just like them. Well, at least, part of her is: Kaldor’s kidding, folksy, friendly side is everbody’s best friend. But her musical half is unlike anybody they’ve ever heard…she seems able to summon emotion at will and writes terrific songs to match. Funny, campy, dramatic, heartfelt-she was all of these.
- Winnipeg Free Pres

Kaldor is absolutely mesmerizing. You find yourself hanging on every word.
- Regina Leader-Post

Web Site

Connie Kaldor's web site. This is not your standard web site. You have to work a bit to find information. There's lots of information on the site. See what you can find. Hint: Make sure you mouse over the various bars.

Sarah Clark

Opening for Connie will be singer/songwriter Sarah Clark who has just released her first album Hold On!

Sarah has been singing and composing her own songs since she was 5 years old. Her angelic voice moves audiences with original songs and lyrics that demonstrate depth far beyond her 13 years.

Sarah's musical style is contemporary/pop with undertones of blues and jazz. Her songs explore the experiences and emotional issues that happen to her or people around her.  She has a wide variety of musical interests and enjoys listening to many different artists.  She has a very unique style that captivates listeners.

In late 2007 at the age of 13, Sarah released her first major collection of original compositions on a CD entitled "Hold On".  The songs on this CD highlight her strong vocal skills and her wide ranging abilities as a songwriter, from the blues mood of 'Don't you realize' to the deep thought provoking lyrics and sounds of 'World of War'. 

Sarah is currently promoting her current CD, building a new collection of original songs for her next CD due to be recorded and released in late 2008 and expanding her live performance experiences.

 

2008 - 2009
Season

John Wort Hannam
Sept. 27, 2008

Matt Anderson
Nov. 1, 2008

Shooglenifty
Nov. 22, 2008

Bottom Line Duo
Feb. 7, 2009

Carlos del Junco
March 7, 2009

Keri Lynn Zwicker
April 4, 2009

Harry Manx
May 2, 2009

Bragg Creek
Festival
May 29 & 30, 2009