Tracy K and Jamie Steinhoff
Manitoba - Canada

A chef by trade, when he's not cookin' in the kitchen he's cookin' on guitar. It didn't take long before his secret was found out, and Ms. K pulled him outta the kitchen and stuck him onstage. Now Jamie Steinhoff and Tracy K cook together. Known internationally for wailing on harmonica and beltin' out the blues, Tracy K's desire to form an acoustic duo was fulfilled after moving to Thunder Bay, Ontario in 2004 where she met Steinhoff. Woodshedding for over thirty years, his dedication to folk and blues from the 1920s - 40s is revealed in his swampy Delta slide, Piedmont fingerstyle and gritty soulful vocals. The duo's contemporary originals and vintage gems in the blues-folk tradition make up their sound. Acoustic tracks from Tracy K's cds find a home in this show, amidst song choices unheard in her electric set, and a couple of Jamie's clever originals. Jamie has an impressive knowledge of early blues history and Tracy K remains the consummate Ukrainian hostess with that small-town prairie hospitality. Jamie recorded on both of Tracy K's award winning songs which are part of their repertoire, and the duo released a five-star awarded debut recording "Canned Heat" in 2011. 

Gracing stages for three decades in many guises, Tracy K settled into a solo career in 2000. Tracy K was selected to perform at the Toronto Blues Society's 'Blues Summit', their 'Harmonica Workshop', and their 'Women's Blues Revue'. She has won nine awards and appeared with a  band in two Hollywood movies. While living in Thunder Bay Tracy K created and hosted a weekly Sunday Night Blues Jam at the local Legion. She also performed as a member of tribute troupe The Thunder Bay Legends, posing as Janis Joplin, Ronnie Spector, Bobby Gentry and Brenda Lee. Tracy K was in concert twice with the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra and in several women's blues concerts including the International Women in Blues Showcase in Memphis three years in a row. Together Tracy K and Jamie keep busy with public and private gigs, from house concerts to theatres. They have been recorded by CBC Radio One’s “Bandwidth” and Radio Two’s “Canada Live”, and co-wrote the epigrammatic tribute song, “This Axe is Your Axe” for CBC’s Jowi Taylor’s Six String Nation Guitar tour. The duo has shared workshop stages with Bill Bourne, Tim Williams, Fred Eaglesmith, Matt Anderson, Harrison Kennedy and many, many more. Their favourite highlights are when they opened for Ramblin' Jack Elliot on tour and were hired for a private performance in the Carribean with John Sebastian. The duo represented Thunder Bay Ontario in the solo/duo category at the 2014 International Blues Challenge in Memphis Tennessee. They captivated a crowd of 1500 people at the prestigious IBC FedEx International Showcase and wowed the judges during the competition.

 

Tracy K and Jamie moved from the top of Blues Highway 61 in Thunder Bay and now live in rural Manitoba, Canada where they are mad gardeners. Preserving, pickling, fermenting, foraging and dehydrating anything that they can, their show and music is a reflection of how they live. When not performing, you might find them selling 'Snakeman's Canned Heat Salsa' and 'Tracy K's Stolen Apple Jelly' alongside her cds at farmer’s markets near their quiet country home in Beausejour, Manitoba. And, if you find yourself at the market at the right time, you just might be lucky enough to hear them belt out a blues tune or two as the 'house band'. Because, well, that’s just the way Tracy K rolls these days, same way she always has: going with the flow, seizing the moment, and living every incarnation of life to the fullest.

Canned Heat
Details

Label: Self-Release

Genres: Folk

Styles: Folk

Songs on the Album

Track # Song Title Style Genre
1 Canned Heat Folk Folk
2 Chauffeur Blues (Feat. David Angel & Stu Green) Folk Folk
3 Atlanta Moan Folk Folk
4 Ditty Wah So (Feat. Tracy K) Folk Folk
5 Everybody Loves My Baby Folk Folk
6 Tailor Made Folk Folk
7 Cowboy Blues (Feat. Stu Green) Folk Folk
8 Stolen Apple Jelly (Feat. Tracy K) Folk Folk
9 Lovin' Sam (Feat. Stuart Green) Folk Folk
10 Heaven's Joy (Olga's Song) (Feat. Emily Kohne) Folk Folk