The 2009 "Songs for Canada" tour...CONTACT:
[email protected]
780 716 2106
"You're coming back!!"-Rick Newberry, Atlin Festival
"Spearn's Sweetheart is Called Canada"-Natalie Appleton (Feature Headline, Arts section B, VERNON Morning Star, Aug 15 2008)
"A great big thank you for being on with us today..."-Jamie McDerment, CJNL Radio, Merritt, Aug 7, 2008
John...you are a national treasure!!"- OHASSTA
"Today's Pierre Berton of Song!"-Mamaguroove
"...We are particularily happy for the opportunity to alert you to John Spearn's important Canada Songs Project"- David & Rosaleen Gregory, Editors: Canadian Folk Music Magazine (Summer, 2007, Vol. 41.2).
"Music that matters"- Lynn Farvolden, Calgary Celtic Folk Club
"Powerful, original, Canadian acoustic music"- Rainer Mixer, Rain Dance Rubber Boots artistic teamOne voice . . . one guitar. And one of Canada's most "asked-to-come-back"* talents. Timeless, telling tributes and profound lyric...from one songwriter who has performed at festivals on the three shores of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans, and countless places in between.John Spearn (var. Spearin) is Canadianafolkrootsceltic. Catch it all...the rich vocals, scintillating guitar, and amazing on-stage moxie. This is pure unplugged art...there's no paint-by-number glitz!!! Three nationally-acclaimed, grant-supported CD's
Northern Sightlines (1999),
Canada Songs (2002), and the new off-the-floor
Lonely Heroes (2007) transcend him as a must-pick festival performer, workshop host...and multiple award-nominee.Here you have it...a true foot-stompin', heart-grabbin' troubadour: forgotten but deserving heroes, the humility and hilarity in our international image, and stories that need to be told.YOUTUBE!!!, videos...CLICK ON www.youtube.com and search JOHN SPEARN for HAIDA GWAII, or THE CRIMSON MAPLE LEAF, or KEEPER OF THE PEACE.
NOTE: John has shared the Festival/Workshop/Concert performing stage with ALL TOP 40 plus + MANY MORE + of the following friends:
