Kate Weekes

BIO (100 words)

Kate Weekes is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter based in the Gatineau Hills of Quebec.  Her songs and story telling are influenced by her adventures working as a canoe, hiking and dog mushing guide in northern Canada and Scandinavia.  Ranging from Appalachian-influenced ballads, to anthemic folk-pop to whimsical instrumental waltzes, Kate's music is buoyed by her distinctive approach to clawhammer banjo, fingerstyle guitar and her crystalline voice.  Her most recent album, 'Rideau  Roots', reflects on the settler narrative of the Rideau Canal, Kate's hometown river. The project is inspired by a floating musical residency Kate led by canoe with 9 additional songwriters. 

RIDEAU ROOTS BIO (SHORT)

Few albums arrive with a backstory rivalling that of Rideau Roots, the gorgeous, sonically sprawling, and very of-the-moment fifth album from singer-songwriter and wilderness guide Kate Weekes. In May 2022, Weekes fulfilled a long-held dream: she and a group of fellow artists paddled the famed Rideau Canal along unceded traditional lands from Kingston to Ottawa, reflecting on their settler status and the majesty of their surroundings as filmmaker Stephen Fuller captured footage for later release as music videos. Song ideas sparked by that “canoe-based musical residency” were recorded with longtime Weekes collaborator, producer and multi-instrumentalist James Stephens at Stove Studios in Chelsea, Quebec, resulting in the dynamic “contemporary original folk” that is as much Weekes’ trademark as her sparkling banjo and crystalline voice.

RIDEAU ROOTS BIO (LONG)

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