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Lorne Clarke

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Moonlight and Cider and A SongaWeek.com Collection For more than 30 years, Canada's Lorne Clarke has been performing at festivals, clubs, house concerts and theatres across Canada and the United States. A powerful singer and gifted songwriter, he cut his teeth as a performing artist in the busy Toronto folk scene in the early 1970's - branching out into Bluegrass in the mid 1980's. In 1994 Clarke returned to the solo acoustic folk scene with a series of critically acclaimed performances on US Public Radio and TV.
Raised in the isolated mining community of Schefferville, Quebec, Lorne's music reveals his working-class roots as well as a strong humanist bent. He has worked as a ship's engineer, high-rise construction carpenter, a dairy farmer, a Toronto cop, and a power plant engineer in a paper mill. All of these experiences colour his songs and lend them a down-to-earth perspective. October 1999 marked the release of "Lorne Clarke" his eponymously titled debut CD. It is a powerful collection of 14 original songs in a rich acoustic package, featuring an outstanding musical cast and produced by internationally respected producer/engineer, George Graham. This album is available by direct order - just contact us via myspace.
Lorne's new CD, "Moonlight & Cider" is now complete. Recorded and mixed at James Gordon's "Pipe Street Studios" in Guelph, Ontario, the new CD, features 15 new original songs and now available. You can order on-line via Indiepool Records or download the music right now at the LorneClarke.com online store.
In addition to working, writing, and touring, Clarke is also involved in one of the top folk music concert series in the USA... The Old Lynn Concerts . This concert series has already brought such acclaimed acts as Jez Lowe, Michael Jerling, James Gordon, and James Keelaghan to the tiny farming village of Lynn, Pennsylvania since its début in September of 2000. Thus far the shows have been a huge success, earning the series a reputation as one of the most hospitable places in the northeast USA for traveling folk artists to perform.
BREAKING NEWS!! In conjunction with American Songwriter, Tom Flannery, Lorne has written and performed the soundtrack for the award-winning feature film, "Facing Sudan," a documentary about the ongoing genocide in Darfur. The film is currently being shown at festivals around North America. Learn more about the film and soundtrack at FacingSudan.com

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Member Since: 19/08/2006
Band Website: http://www.lorneclarke.com
Influences: Jez Lowe, Gordon Lightfoot, Peter Seeger, Bruce Cockburn
Sounds Like: Himself - and why not?
Record Label: Burnt Creek
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Song Added to Lorne Clarke's myspace

New Song From New CD!Pennsylvania's Jay Smar (www.jaysmar.com) - a top notch multi-instrumentalist and songwriter has released a new CD called,"Heritage & Coal Mining Songs of Northeastern Pennsylvani...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:03:00 GMT

Ndew Music Video/Montage

Greetings Friends!As I sit here and stew about the dolts who are trying to "kick-start" the economy I thought it might be worthwhile to post up my new music video montage for all to share.Try to keep ...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:01:00 GMT

Lorne Clarke, Dead Town

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U2sAfgk6A0 Check out this new music video
Posted by on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:32:00 GMT

The New CD Is Now Available

Moonlight & Cider Lorne Clarke's new CD is now available.  Leave a message to request details on ordering a copy.  More info coming soon.
Posted by on Fri, 25 May 2007 21:07:00 GMT