She plays a DIY-modified autoharp. He plays a 12-string he swapped for a bicycle. Together, Libby & Cal perform eclectic but surprisingly catchy indie-folk music. The Ottawa-based duo’s second album charted at #4 on Nanaimo's CHLY. Libby & Cal look forward to the release of their third album, "The Hagstrom-Schmidt Affair," and to their performance at the 2025 California Autoharp Gathering.

Libby and Cal met at a festival in 2015, and corresponded for several years before becoming musical partners in 2018. They are recognized for their honest songs, arresting harmonies, and down to earth approach at venues in Ottawa, as well as the Festival Folk et Guitares d’Aylmer and the Folk Music Notebook showcase at NERFA (North East Regional Folk Alliance) 2021. They have released two albums together, and are currently working on a third.

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Libby took up the autoharp in 2014 after many back-breaking years of lugging her electric piano to gigs. Under the name Elizabeth Bruce she released two albums of original music: "As We Sadden Each Other to Sleep" and "The Silent I Know."

 

Cal (AKA Doug Hendry) has been entertaining crowds with his musical talent since the age of four, singing in a choir in his native Scotland. As a teenager, he made his way playing street corners and folk clubs throughout Britain and Europe. Cal emigrated to Canada in 1991 and has played regularly in various bands including Odd One Out, Fiddlehead Soup, and Tripoly.