The Heartaches is a labour of love for the husband and wife duo of Amanda Lynn Stubley and Martin Horak. Amanda Lynn plays the guitar and banjo and is a professional Appalachian folklorist, while Martin is the ‘fiddlin’ professor’ from Western University. Joining them for the KSS concert are mandolin master James Cummins, and bassist Jedd House, whose rock-steady rhythm rounds out the oldtimey stringband sound.
The music they play is rich in Canadian roots with a bit of down South thrown in for extra measure. The choir will add to the evening with sparkling arrangements of folk songs and the uplifting lyrics of Gordon Lightfoot and John Denver.
