Lorne Clarke (singer)

Lorne Clarke (singer)

Lorne Clarke is a Canadian singer/songwriter and concert promoter who first began performing in the mid-1970s in the Toronto folk scene. Raised in the isolated mining community of Schefferville, Quebec, Clarke has since worked at a number of "careers"... including engineer on Great Lakes vessels, high-rise construction carpenter, dairy farmer, Toronto police officer, and a power plant operator at a paper mill. It is perhaps understandable that his songs often reveal his working-class background.

Over the years, he has performed his music across the United States and Canada. His debut studio CD, "Lorne Clarke" was released in 1999 and in 2007 released his second studio CD titled "Moonlight & Cider."

In 2000, he became the artistic director and promoter for The Old Lynn Concerts in Lynn, Pennsylvania. This unique, free, concert series runs to packed houses and presents concerts by contemporary folk artists from all over the world.

Clarke is widely know for his continuing work with American song writer, Tom Flannery - specifically the two theme-based song cycles: "Rwanda Songs" in 2004 and "Hands in the Dark" in 2006. These song cycles tackle the difficult issues of genocide and child sexual abuse crisis by Catholic clergy, respectively. Both are available for free download through the artists' web sites.

In addition, in 2006, Clarke and Flannery composed and performed the soundtrack to the award-winning feature-length documentary film, Facing Sudan, directed and produced by Bruce David Janu of Chicago, Illinois. Clarke's song, "How Do We Sleep At Night?" is the opening theme song to the film.

Current projects include another film score (Crayons & Paper) and a musical stage play.

External links

[http://www.songaweek.com/lorne/ Lorne Clarke's Homepage]
[http://www.myspace.com/lorneclarke1 Lorne Clarke's MySpace page]
[http://www.oldlynnconcerts.org/ Old Lynn Concert Series]
[http://www.songaweek.com Songaweek.com]
[http://www.facingsudan.com/sudan.html Facing Sudan: Official Site]
[http://www.songaweek.com/rwanda/ A Rwandan Song Cycle]
[http://www.songaweek.com/handsinthedark/ Hands in the Dark Song Cycle]


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