New Release!
‘Twisted Canoe’ is a new collection of songs and melodies about people and places: some hot, some cool, some funny, some not so much, mostly real, all interesting.
Available now!
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CD available for $20 including delivery. Email bruce@hansenmusic.ca for more information. Stay tuned for more purchasing and listening options.
Bruce Hansen
Bruce Hansen is the author and composer of a growing catalogue of songs and instrumental compositions ranging from bluegrass, folk, country, traditional roots to a bit of swing and poetry to impressionistic guitar works; all based in Canadian life and work from the Maritimes to the Prairies.
Bruce's voice is described as being a cross between the late, great composers and musicians, Johnny Cash and Stan Rogers. Reviews include such comments as:
- “3 stars for Controlled Burn... The Masters know the trade.”
- Hanx
- “Calls up the feeling of Cash, while the arrangements are more refined without losing power.”
- Rootstime
- “Great playing and a fine voice.”
- Borealis
- “A wonderful and contagious CD.”
- Wanted Productions
- “Hansen shines with intelligent lyrics and melodies that stick.”
- “Insightful, melodic, rich in image, intriguing, gritty and sometimes amusing.”
Critical acclaim for Bruce Hansen's music:
Shows
2020
February 1 — 7pm, at MJL Black Library Thunder Bay ON for CLLS Lecture Series
February 7 — 7pm, at Hilldale Lutheran Church for ALG, Thunder Bay ON
February 12 — 6:30pm, at Bethami Thunder Bay ON
March — 2pm, at Superior High for Music in the Schools
2019
January 30 — 7:30pm at Southridge Thunder Bay ON
February 5 — 7pm, at MJL Black Library Thunder Bay ON
February 3, 10, 17 — 10am at First Wesley United Church Thunder Bay ON
March 5 — 2pm at Superior High MPTF Music in the Schools program, Thunder Bay ON
March 6 — 7pm at The Urban Abbey for The CLLS Music Festival
March 18 — 7pm at Waverly Auditorium Thunder Bay ON
March 28 — 7pm at Roseview Lodge Thunder Bay ON
April 10 — 7pm at Waverly Auditorium Thunder Bay ON
July 22 — 7pm at Waverly Park Thunder Bay ON (with the Lighthouse Players)
July 29 - Aug 2 — Porphry Island for CLLS
August 18 - 24 — Algomatrad St. Joseph Island ON
September 1 — 4:30 - 6pm at Hymer Fall Fair - Hymers ON (with Twisted Canoe)
2018 Projects & Shows
August 12-18 — Algomatrad Richards Landing ON
December 2 — The Differ Tribute at the Outpost. Lakehead University, Thunder Bay ON – 7 pm
December 6 — Roseview Lodge Thunder Bay ON – 7pm
In 2018 we have also been concentrating on finishing the composition and arrangements for our Lake Superior Suite. This is a broad collection of instrumental and vocal works describing the people and places of the world’s Greatest Lake. Over many years we have sailed it end to end, flown many search and rescue missions, canoed, scuba dove, worked on it and served on lake management committees. We know its people and its moods, its dangers and pleasures. A number of test performances of the music have been done and we are looking to bringing more of the finished works to stages in 2019. Watch for it.
2017
May 10 — Hilldale Lutheran Church, Thunder Bay, ON. Time: doors at 7:30-9:45 pm. With very special Celtic and Bluegrass Guests
June 24-26 — Bluegrass at the Falls – time: check the schedule – Kakabeka, Ontario
Aug 13-20 — AlgomaTrad – St. Joseph Island Richards Landing ON
2016
April 10, April 17, May 15, May 22 — First Wesley United Church – Thunder Bay ON time 10am- 1030 - excerpts from the Lake Superior Suite
June 25 — Bluegrass at the Falls – time: check the schedule – Kakabeka, Ontario
July 16 — Feathers of Hope Time 2-7pm (with Mila Granberg) Best Western Hwy 61 (Thunder Bay ON)
August 14–20 — Algomatrad – Richards Landing St Joseph Island Ontario
August 28 — Chippewa Park – 2-4 pm Summer in the Parks - Thunder Bay ON
Sept. 15 — Roseview Lodge 7-8 pm _ Thunder Bay
Oct 2 — Metis Cultural Centre May St. Thunder Bay – 2-4pm (with Mila Granberg)
Discography
Twisted Canoe
Released 2016
‘Twisted Canoe’ is a new collection of songs and melodies about people and places: some hot, some cool, some funny, some not so much, mostly real, all interesting.
Available now!
Amazon Music:
Apple Music / iTunes:
Google Play:
CD available for $20 including delivery. Email bruce@hansenmusic.ca for more information. Stay tuned for more purchasing and listening options.
Controlled Burn
Released 2007
“3 stars for Controlled Burn... The Masters know the trade.”
Hanx
‘Controlled Burn’ is Hansen's debut album, featuring a great cast of musicians and production of a number of unique arrangements have taken the material from its earthy beginnings to a diverse array of musical, smart and just plain fun stuff.
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