Old Man Luedecke

Folklore Sessions presents Old Man Luedecke with Pierce Joyce on 1 July 2026 at The Folklore Rooms.

Old Man Luedecke is the recording name of two-time JUNO Award-winning and Polaris Prize-nominated singer-songwriter Chris Luedecke. A multiple East Coast Music Award winner known for his high-energy, banjo-driven stompers, touching guitar ballads, and dry, humorous stories, Luedecke has been making a soundtrack to an authentic life for nearly twenty years.

Born in Toronto and a longtime resident of the countryside near Chester, Nova Scotia, Luedecke began recording in the early 2000s DIY folk scene of Halifax. He made his two JUNO-winning albums for Black Hen Music in the late 2000s with Steve Dawson as producer at Vancouver's Factory Studio. While on a tour of England in 2009, he met and supported folk and roots musician Tim O'Brien, who produced Luedecke's next two albums. Tender Is the Night was recorded at John Prine's Butcher Shoppe Studio in Nashville in 2012, and 2015's Domestic Eccentric was recorded in a cabin Luedecke built at his home in Nova Scotia. In 2019, Luedecke recorded Easy Money at the Banff Centre in Alberta and at Hotel2Tango in Montreal.