Sponsored By: Town of Wolfville
- Friday 8:35 PM Festival Theatre
- Saturday 3:15 PM Al Whittle Theatre
Meredith Moon arrived at folk music the way few artists do – by living it from the very beginning. Daughter of legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, she grew up immersed in the language of song, and spent her teenage years busking coast to coast, from Halifax to Vancouver, developing the singular voice and restless artistic instinct that define her today. That early, road-worn education is audible in everything she does: there is, as one critic notes, “a richness, a warmth, a homeliness, and an enthralling honesty to her music” that can only come from the real thing.
Her sound is a world unto itself – clawhammer banjo, fingerstyle guitar, lap dulcimer, and piano woven together beneath vocals that are by turns haunting and powerful. Rooted in old-time and Appalachian traditions yet restlessly boundary-pushing, Moon blends folk, blues, folk-rock, and old-time jazz into something that feels both timeless and entirely her own. Americana Highways puts it plainly: “She conjures up songs awash in rich, moody melodies that catch the ear in a way that many don’t get close to.”
Her recorded work traces an artist in confident, accelerating motion. Her debut Forest Far Away (2018) announced a major new voice; Constellations (True North Records, 2023) earned a Canadian Folk Music Award nomination and landed on the Folk Alliance International Top 10 Albums Chart for two consecutive months. Now her third album, From Here to the Sea – produced by Colin Linden and featuring Jerry Douglas, Rebecca Lovell of Larkin Poe, and Julian Taylor – arrives on Compass Records, showcasing the full breadth of her ambition and craft.
On stage, Moon is a commanding and captivating presence, equally at home in an intimate room or on a festival main stage. She has toured extensively across North America, Central America, the UK, and Europe; opened for her father on his final cross-Canada tour in 2022; and made her NPR Mountain Stage debut in 2024. A Deep Roots appearance from Meredith Moon is, simply put, unmissable.
I heard this song performed by Paul Reddick last month at the Cameron and I was seriously moved. Upon searching for the lyrics to cover it, I discovered it was written by my friend (and producer) Colin Linden, what a nice surprise!
This is my first time recording video with my mic, I know the guitar’s a little quiet but it’s better than my phone…
