Folk Roots Radio... With Jan Hall

Linda McRae is getting ready to release a great new solo recording "Going to the Well" (October 1). The new album actually came out of house concert put on by fellow singer-songwriter Deni Gauthier in St Thomas ON, who suggested that Linda might like to record a few tracks in his studio. What followed is a new stripped down recording that's really just Linda McRae singing with her guitar or banjo, alongside some great cameos from Gurf Morlix and Bill Kirchen on guitar and backing vocals, Deni Gauthier on guitar and duet vocal, and Shara Gustafson on backing vocals. The new album features solo versions of three Linda McRae songs from her 2015 "Shadow Trails" album, a new lovely Linda McRae and Kelly Kessler co-write, with a poignant political message, "Empty", and some wonderful covers including solo banjo versions of David Bowie's "Heroes" and "Ashes to Ashes", Richard Thompson's "Dimming of the Day", Bill Kirchen's "Man in the Bottom of the Well" and Willie P Bennett's "Caney Fork River". We caught up with L