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Linda McRae

folk / roots from Nashville Tennessee

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Linda McRae

Instruments: Guitar, Vocals, Accordion, Composition/Songwriting, Bass & Clawhammer Banjo details
"Whether roots music is your cup of tea or not, this standout recording is a consciousness-raising journey through a challenging emotional landscape that also embraces hope and redemption."
Lesley Mitchell-Clarke - Current Reviews - Pot Pourri Shadow Trails by Linda McRae

California’s Folsom State Prison occupies a hallowed place in the history of country music. As the location of several Johnny Cash performances and the subject of his song “Folsom Prison Blues,” it has become a symbol of the “outlaw” element of outlaw country. Now, some 60 years after Cash first put it on the map, the California State Prison complex has had a transformational impact on another country roots musician: Canada’s Linda McRae.


After answering a call to host a song-writing workshop at New Folsom in 2011, McRae and her husband, James Whitmire, were moved to develop song-writing workshops for at-risk youth – to try and prevent them from ending up behind bars in the first place. Her new, Steve Dawson-produced album, Shadow Trails, is inspired by that work.


Though perhaps best-known for her eight-year tenure as a member of the platinum-selling band Spirit of the West, Linda McRae had alread... show more
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Daughters of Blood and Bone
songwriter/banjo/guitar/porchboard/accordion/vocals
2012 - present
Linda McRae
songwriter/banjo/guitar/porchboard/accordion/vocals
1997 - present

Past Projects

The Knotty Pines
bass/vocals
2005 - 2006
Linda McRae and Cheerful Lonesome
guitar/vocals
2003 - 2006
Spirit Of The West
bass/accordion/vocals
1989 - 1997
Bolero Lava
bass/vocals
1987
Terminal City
bass/vocals/songwriter
1984 - 1989
Squirrels In Bondage
Bass/Vocals
1981
Easy Money
bass/vocals
1978 - 1981

Musician Articles

Linda McRae – ‘Dimming of the Day’
Linda McRae has a special place in our hearts here at Roots Music Canada, and not just because she’s such a great person. Notwithstanding her busy schedule of touring, recording and teaching songwriting workshops, she also was one of the very first peop
Author: Heather Kitching
Published by: Roots Music Canada

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