Biography
2009 Grand Prize - Calgary Folk Festival Songwriting Competition
2008 North American Folk Alliance Award Nominee
2007 Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Winner
2007 Two-time Western Canadian Music Award Nominee
2007 Grand Prize - Calgary Folk Festival Songwriting Competition
2006 Best Performance - Calgary Folk Festival Songwriting Competition
2006 Smithsonian Folkways Recording Artist
2005 Two-time Canadian Folk Music Award nominee
2005 Western Canadian Music Award nominee
2005 CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award Winner
2005 National Campus Radio Association Song Writing Competition Winner
2004 Grand Prize - Calgary Folk Festival Song Writing Competition
From the Canadian prairies in southern Alberta comes one of Canada’s best folk/roots songwriters, John Wort Hannam. John is known for his unique take on the simple day-to-day dramas of common folk through songs that map the landscapes of both the human heart and this vast continent of ours.
With comparisons to Gordon Lightfoot, James Keelaghan, and John Prine, John is a born story- teller with a keen eye for the quirky and lyrics that create stories behind the songs. John has achieved some fine accolades in a few short years.
For five years John Wort Hannam was a fulltime school-teacher on the largest First Nations reserve in Canada – The Kainai Nation, part of the Blackfoot Tribe. He taught creative writing to grade 9 students. In 1997 a friend played him a Loudon Wainwright III record and John was hooked by the music and stories. In 1998 he bought a guitar and learnt some chords. In 2003 he quit teaching to pursue the dream of being a working musician.
He released his debut CD “pocket full of holes” in 2002 followed up with “Dynamite and ‘Dozers” in 2004 and then his third full-length CD “Two-Bit Suit” in spring of 2007. John’s fourth CD “Queen’s Hotel” was released in Sept. 2009.
His many appearances have included a 2009 mainstage performance at the Kerrville Folk Fest, a 2008 performance at London's Trafalgar Square, and the 2006 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC.
Thriving on live performance, John Wort Hannam is truly happy when he is on the road playing and connecting personally with an audience. John Wort Hannam has performed as a solo, duo, and trio at concerts and festivals and tours extensively in Canada and the US. Recently he returned home from a highly successful mainstage set at the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas and will now spend the year touring his new CD “Queen’s Hotel” across the country and into the US.
FESTIVALS
Kerrville Folk Festival (TX)
Edmonton Folk Music Festival (AB)
Calgary Folk Festival (AB)
Canmore Folk Festival (AB)
North Country Fair (AB)
South Country Fair (AB)
Mariposa Folk Festival (ON)
Stan Rogers Folk Festival (NS)
Smithsonian Folk Ways Festival (Washington DC)
Islands Folk Fest (BC)
Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival (NS)
Summerfolk (ON)
Shelter Valley Folk Festival (ON)
Prince George Folk Fest (BC)
Toronto City Roots Festival (ON)
East Coulee Spring Folk Festival (AB)
Alberta Songwriter’s Sessions (AB)
FOLK CLUBS/CONCERT SERIES/THEATRES
Forestburg Concert Series (AB)
Bulkley Valley Folk Music Society (BC)
Kitimat Performing Arts (BC)
Prince Rupert Concert Society (BC)
Houston Concert Association (BC)
Rosebud Folk Club (AB)
Broadway Theatre, Saskatoon (SK)
Empress Theatre, Fort Macleod (AB)
Ann Portnuff Theatre, Yorkton (SK)
Festival Place, Sherwood Park (AB)
Nancy Appleby Theatre, Athabasca (AB)
Engineered Air Theatre, Calgary (AB)
Northern Alberta Jubilee, Edmonton (AB)
Athabasca Hall, Peace River (AB)
Rasputin's, Ottawa (ON)
Okotoks Cultural Centre (AB)
Beneath the Arch Concert Series, Turner Valley (AB)
Hillhurst Sunnyside Concert Series, Calgary (AB)
Benders Concert Series, Swift Current (SK)
Mill Bay Folk Club, Mill Bay (BC)
Calgary Folk Club (AB)
Cowichan Folk Guild, Duncan (BC)
Nickelodeon Folk Club, Calgary (AB)
Lethbridge Folk Club (AB)
Gabriola Folk Club (BC)
Bragg Creek Performing Arts (AB)
Mayne Island Folk Club (BC)
Stettler Variety Showcase (AB)
Victoria Folk Society, Victoria (BC)
Edson Chatauqua Arts Council (AB)
Heartwood Folk Club, Athabasca (AB)
Northern Lights Folk Club, Edmonton (AB)
Barrhead Arts Council (AB)
Kinosoo Performing Arts Society - Cold Lake (AB)
Vermilion Folk Club, Vermilion (AB)
Newell Concert Association, Brooks (AB)
Medicine Hat Folk Club (AB)
Cowichan Folk Guild (BC)
Horizon Stage Concert Series (AB)
Amherst Island Music Series (ON)
Central Alberta Theatre, Red Deer (AB)
SHOWCASES
Folk Alliance Region West (Portland) Official Showcase
Folk Alliance Canada (London) Official Showcase
SouthWest Region Folk Alliance (Austin) Official Showcase
Folk Alliance Midwest (Chicago) Official Showcase
North American Folk Alliance, (Memphis, TN)
North American Folk Alliance, (Austin, TX)
SXSW
Western Canadian Music Festival (AB)
North American Folk Alliance (Montreal)
Folk Alliance Canada - RendezvousFolk (BC)
Alberta Showcase
Ontario Contact
Folk Alliance Canada, (Nashville, TN)
Manitoba Contact
Junofest
Saskatchewan Showcase of the Arts
Pacific Contact (BC)
SONGWRITING WORKSHOPS AND INSTRUCTION
Young Author’s Conference (AB)
AFA Alberta Centennial Songwriting Project
Hudson Hope Arts Council Songwriting
BOOKING AGENT (CANADA)
Bob Wilson
Live Tour Artists
Email: bob@livetourartists.com
Website: www.livetourartists.com
Tel: (toll free) 1-866-400-1003 ext. 242
BOOKING AGENT (US)
Cathy Woolsey
TSC Booking
TSC Booking
8625 - 70th Ave,
Vero Beach, FL 32967
Email: Booking@TSCbooking.com

Website: www.tscbooking.com
Tel: 772-528-1534
LABEL (CANADA)
Alice Dawson
Black Hen Music
Box 74661
Kitsilano
Vancouver, BC
Canada V6K 4P4
Email: info@blackhenmusic.com
Website: www.blackhenmusic.com
Tel: 604-224-5717
PUBLICITY
Ken Beattie
Killbeat Music
P.O. Box 2136
Station Main
Vancouver, BC
V6B 1T6
Email: kb@killbeatmusic.com
Website: www.killbeatmusic.com
Tel: 604-683-2124
JOHN WORT HANNAM (CANADA)
Box 1904
Fort Macleod, AB
Canada, T0L 0Z0
Email: johnworthannam@telus.net
Website: www.johnworthannam.com
Instrumentation
John Wort Hannam - Lead Vocals, Guitar, Tenor guitar, Harmonica
Tyler Bird - Upright Bass, Accordion, Backing Vocals
Scott Duncan - Fiddle
Brad Brouwer - Percussion, Backing Vocals
Discography
Coming September 15, 2009 - "Queen's Hotel" - full length CD - produced by Steve Dawson - Label: Black Hen Music, Distributor in Canada: Fontana North, Distributor in UK and Europe: ROUNDER
2007 - "Two-Bit Suit" - full length CD - produced by Steve Dawson - Label: Black Hen Music, Distributor in Canada: Fontana North, Distributor in UK and Europe: ROUNDER
2004 - "Dynamite and 'Dozers" - full length CD - produced by Barry Allen and John Wort Hannam - independent release
2002 - "pocket full of holes" - full length CD - Produced by Barry Allen and John Wort Hannam - independent release
2000 - "ROUGH CUTS" EP - produced by John Wort Hannam
COMPILATIONS
2006 - Smithsonian Folkways Collection "Alberta - Wild Roses and Northern Lights" produced by the Smithsonian Institution
2006 - "For the Sake of the Song" - 2 CD compilation of international artists produced by the International Folk Alliance
2005 - "GROW UP! - Hold Your Ground IV" - 16 Song compilation of Alberta artists produced by The Activist Network
2005 - "Dig Your Roots" - 15 Song compilation of Canadian artists produced by national Campus Radio Association
2005 - "Alberta.cow" - 15 Song compilation of Alberta artists produced by Alberta.cow
2004 - "Made in Alberta" - 14 Song compilation of Alberta artists produced by The Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Links
| http://www.johnworthannam.com |
| John Wort Hannam on My Space |