Old Man Luedecke in Norman Wells
January 21, 2025 @ 7:30 pm
A East Coast Treat!
Old Man Luedecke is the recording and performing name of two-time JUNO award-winning and Polaris prize-nominated singer/songwriter Chris Luedecke. He’s a multiple East Coast Music Award winner known for his high-energy, banjo-driven stompers, touching guitar ballads, and dry, humorous stories. Old Man Luedecke has been making a soundtrack to an authentic life for nearly twenty years.
Born in Toronto and long-time resident of Chester, Nova Scotia, Luedecke began recording in the early 2000s DIY folk scene of Halifax. He made his two JUNO-winning albums for Black Hen Music in the late ‘00s, with Steve Dawson as producer, at Vancouver’s famed Factory studio.
Luedecke has kept up many worldwide concert appearances, playing in Europe and around Canada and the USA, and six trips to Australia, including a memorable tour where his whole young family travelled with him around rural Queensland for the Festival of Small Halls.
In May, 2022, Luedecke received an honorary doctorate from King’s University in Halifax for his cultural contributions.
LATEST RELEASE
She Told Me Where to Go is out now! I hope you love it as much as I do. From the beautiful artwork to the beautiful hooky playing of Afie Jurvanen, Darcy Yates, Joshua Van Tassel and Glenn Patscha, to the currents of many types of love running through it.
Old Man Ludecke on his new album, She Told Me Where to Go
In an Old Man Luedecke show, there will be some very modern sounding songs about love, family life, the importance of friends, and the search for meaning; some traditional music reminiscent of Appalachian old-time music, including high-energy banjo driven stompers; and some wickedly funny songs about the joy of cooking, sardines, and yodelling.
Richard Barry, Roots Music Canada
It’s quite a ride.
