Not performing in 2013

(AB)  Folk, Singer-Songwriter

http://www.joenolansongs.com/

Alberta’s Joe Nolan delivers a taste of what the gutsy, fresh wellspring of talent the legendary coffeehouses of the ’60s must have offered. The transplanted Edmontonian brings a grit and wisdom to his music that is at once confessional, complex, subtle and far beyond his 22 years. He shrugs off the label “old soul” but the depth of his lyrics and the emotion of his instrumental interpretation suggest a worldliness not often found in one barely past legal drinking age.

Listen for shivers of the blues, the darker rumble of rock and roll, and sometimes the shimmy of something close to pop in his gruff, sensitive voice and his complex guitar work. This young troubadour’s self-effacing charm is part of the package; during his live shows, his sincerity and honesty match his musicianship and charisma note for note. Just to make Nolan even more appealing, he doesn’t even take credit for being the source of the material in his haunting compositions, claiming he is “like a radio – like the song comes from somewhere and I send it out.”

FF/LS

Schedule:

When	Stage
Saturday 10:30am	Stage 2	Eve Hell & the Razors, and Joe Nolan 150
Saturday 11:45am	Stage 6	Party in the Root Cellar The Hackamores, Leeroy Stagger & the Wildflowers, Lowlands, and Joe Nolan 139
Sunday 11:45am	Stage 1	Song Contest Champs 65
Sunday 1:55pm	Stage 2	The Past is Present The Hackamores, Joy Kills Sorrow, Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three, and Joe Nolan 139
Sunday 4:20pm	Stage 6	Maple Music Leeroy Stagger & the Wildflowers, Dan Mangan, Joe Nolan, and Ian Tamblyn 373

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