Sitting in the historic Sharon Temple lit only by candle light, you will listen to the wonderful music of Muddy York and hear a talk given by Wayne Reeves, Chief Curator, Museum Services for the City of Toronto. Mr. Reeves will speak on the conflicting loyalties and uncertain commitment to war on the part of ordinary Upper Canadians during the War of 1812.

About Muddy York
Muddy York is Anne Lederman and Ian Bell who started playing music together in Toronto in 1978. Anne is originally from Winnipeg Manitoba and Ian grew up in Southwestern Ontario. Along with Kate Murphy they formed the folk group Muddy York, with an eye towards presenting the traditional songs and dance music of Canada, especially that of Ontario, to a new audience. They performed at major folk festivals, historic sites, concerts, folk clubs and barn dances in Ontario and the western provinces until Kate left the group in 1982. Ian and Anne carried on as a duo and in 1984 they created the album Scatter the Ashes - Music Of Old Ontario. In 1986 a four-piece version of the band performed at Expo 86 in Vancouver along with Wade Hemsworth (legendary composer of the Blackfly Song, and Log Driver's Waltz).
In the intervening years Ian and Anne worked on a wide variety of projects from collecting, teaching, and promoting folk music, to working on CBC Radio and operating community museums. Both of them continue to perform and record in solo and group settings and they regularly call on each other for studio work and concert appearances. In 2011 Anne and Ian re-released Scatter The Ashes on CD and began to perform again as Muddy York, this time re-inventing the old tunes once again with a varied group of musical friends.

Anne plays fiddle, mandolin, tenor guitar, clogs and sings. Ian sings and plays guitar, button accordion, concertina, flute and smallpipes. For this evening's performance they will be joined by Pat O'Gorman on Irish and Scottish pipes, flute and whistle.