Jessee Havey is the quintessential product of the Winnipeg music scene. Raised by folky musician/social activist parents, she has been performing professionally for most of her life. At 18, days shy of her high school graduation, she was recruited by Winnipeg band entrepreneur Leonard Podolak to take the role of lead vocalist for his new band, the Duhks. In 2007 she amicably left the band after five glorious years, to take a break from the road and step out on her own. Highlights of her life as a Duhk include a full-page photo spread in the 2006 Rolling Stone calendar, a Grammy nomination, three Juno nods and one win, and performing with such artists as Ruthie Foster, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, Al Kooper, and most recently Billy Ray Cyrus, with whom she recorded “Put a Little Love In Your Heart” on his new album, Home At Last.  For her first solo endeavour she is joined by band mates Mark Penner on guitar, Nathan Reimer on keyboard, Julian Bradford on bass, and Ben Reimer on drums.

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