Eight-time Alberta Country Music Award (ACMA) nominee Karac Hendriks has a number of shows slated for 2020 and is working on new music. Based on his single of the same name, “Karac Hendriks: This Road Is Mine” is a concert experience based on his life growing up in east-central Alberta. Karac and his band recently performed for the Manitoba Arts Network and the Alberta Arts Touring Alliance in hopes of bringing this show to communities across Canada in 2021 and beyond. As well, Karac is currently writing songs with twice-nominated Canadian Country Music Association “Songwriter of the Year” Troy Kokol for a series of singles to be released beginning this fall.
Often compared to country music icons Vince Gill, Brad Paisley and Keith Urban, Karac is an electric-guitar-wielding performer that delivers his original songs with dynamic, soulful vocals on stage and in studio. After closing last year’s ACMAs with a performance of his 13-week Top 100 Nielsen/Billboard Canadian Country Airplay single “This Road Is Mine” (written with JUNO Award winners Clayton Bellamy and producer Mike Little), Karac released “Some People’s Kids” (written with Little and Drew Gregory) based on his and Drew’s experiences growing up in rural Alberta and now each raising boys of their own.
Often compared to country music icons Vince Gill, Brad Paisley and Keith Urban, Karac is an electric-guitar-wielding performer that delivers his original songs with dynamic, soulful vocals on stage and in studio. After closing last year’s ACMAs with a performance of his 13-week Top 100 Nielsen/Billboard Canadian Country Airplay single “This Road Is Mine” (written with JUNO Award winners Clayton Bellamy and producer Mike Little), Karac released “Some People’s Kids” (written with Little and Drew Gregory) based on his and Drew’s experiences growing up in rural Alberta and now each raising boys of their own.
Produced again by Little (Road Hammers, George Canyon), “Some People’s Kids” finds Karac continuing to draw on his traditional influences while embracing today’s popular sounds. The song also features one of Karac’s most unique and meaningful birthday gifts: drums by Kenny Aronoff (John “Cougar” Mellencamp, John Fogerty, Smashing Pumpkins). Little and Candace Lacina surprised Karac via FaceTime on his birthday from their Legion Lounge Studio in Calgary with the news that the iconic drummer on so many of his favorite songs since he was a kid would be playing drums on HIS song!
For many years, Karac worked as a highly sought-after supporting guitarist and harmony vocalist for some of Canada’s biggest country acts. But with a dream to one day take center stage himself, Karac took a final bow and kicked off his solo career in a big way, debuting a self-titled album with two radio singles “Youth” and “Can’t Help Loving You”, and an ACMA Album of the Year nomination. The album also features “Feel the Magic”, the official song inspired by the athletes of the Special Olympic Canada Winter Games in St. Albert, which Karac performed at the Opening Ceremonies.
For many years, Karac worked as a highly sought-after supporting guitarist and harmony vocalist for some of Canada’s biggest country acts. But with a dream to one day take center stage himself, Karac took a final bow and kicked off his solo career in a big way, debuting a self-titled album with two radio singles “Youth” and “Can’t Help Loving You”, and an ACMA Album of the Year nomination. The album also features “Feel the Magic”, the official song inspired by the athletes of the Special Olympic Canada Winter Games in St. Albert, which Karac performed at the Opening Ceremonies.
