Performance Art Ontario
NORM HACKING
August 1, 1950 –
November 25, 2007
For more than 30 years, Toronto (Canada) singer-songwriter Norm Hacking won winning loyal fans and critical acclaim for his beautifully crafted songs.
James Gordon
Performance Art Ontario
gormorse@sentex.net
“solo singer-songwriter and with the ground-breaking trio Tamarack”
gormorse@sentex.net
Doc Higgins
Performance Art Ontario
Doc Higgins has been singing and writing thoughtful and topical songs for many years. He performs with his acoustic 6 and 12 string guitars sprinkled with harmonica lines, and he brings along his Les Paul for some clean, mellow, solid-body sounds. Doc’s songs are mostly folk with roots, jazz, blues, country, and popular influences.
Herb Dale
Performance Art Ontario
Country Singer Songwriter, Open Mic Host, Solo Performance, Duo, 4 Piece Band as The McDales
Melwood Cutlery
Performance Art Ontario
“It’s not a ‘what’ or a ‘where’ … it’s a ‘who’. With a name as eccentric as he is, Melwood Cutlery is an enigma wrapped in a riddle. An inveterate presence on the Canadian Roots music scene, he has delighted audiences from DawsonCity, Yukon to Austin, Texas. Drawing on over three decades of wide ranging influences, Melwood offers a little bit of somethingfor everyone. He’s a songwriter’s songwriter- and a master guitarist, piano player and singer, to boot. His lyrics and the stories they tell cover a lot of territory- from his Highway 7 roots to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. He creates classic folk music that is as subtle as it is disarming. With his instrumentation that includes acoustic guitars, piano, harmonica, a sprinkling of blues and a pinch of jazz…”