About

Origins

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Metis singer-songwriter Cynthia Hamar was born in Drayton Valley and raised in the small mining town of Entwistle, west of Edmonton, where she took to the stage for the first time at age 7, singing Amy Grant songs to accompaniment tracks in the local church. With four older music-loving siblings to guide her, Hamar delved into the world of music with both feet, picking up the guitar as a teenager. She moved to B.C. with her husband and raised three children, recording “Fairytale” in 2007, “Acous.tical.ly” in 2010, and eventually “The Son & I” in 2016 with her eldest son Zadok Hamar. Her fourth album, “Joint & Marrow,” released in the fall of 2022, was a career-defining collection of rich and soulful Americana. The seven songs reflected her growth as a singer-songwriter, veering from the catchy pop-folk to piano-driven ragtime romps and light reggae touches. These songs were rife with hard-learned life lessons, but the album’s closing gospel-tinged song, “Little Bird,” brings it all together with the repeated line, “Let there be joy in the journey.”

Hamar’s upcoming album, “The Wind The Wood,” promises to be a pivotal moment in her career, set to begin rollout in Spring 2025. Stay tuned for many tasty surprises.