Linda with her autoharp

Linda Parker Hamilton
The Northern Nightingale

The newly-released Strike the 'Harp Christmas CD includes Linda's whistling/autoharp rendition of the haunting "The Huron Carol"
Linda is a Canadian whistler who operates out of the Toronto area. She is the Owner / Moderator of the Orawhistle Global Whistlers' Forum, the world's online whistling community.

Nominated in 2006 and 2007 for both the International Whistling Entertainer of the Year and the Whistling Hall of Fame, Linda has years of whistling experience.

Linda's whistling is included in composer John Oswald's soundscape, "A Time to Hear for Here," for the Spirit House in the new Crystal wing of the Royal Ontario Museum. She has also performed on CBC Morning TV and City Breakfast TV in Toronto and on radio for CBC Metro Morning, CFRB Nightside, Toronto, the Colin McEnroe Afternoon Show on WTIC NewsTalk 1080 AM in Hartford, Connecticut, the Kool 106 Morning Show, Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Augusta Maine Morning Show, Toledo, Ohio, and Louisburg, North Carolina. She has also soloed at the Puckerama Benefit Concert in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In addition to whistling, Linda plays autoharp, celtic harp, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, and flute. She accompanies her whistling with autoharp and celtic harp.

Linda also appears and whistles in "Pucker Up: the fine art of whistling," an award-winning documentary by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner about the 2004 International Whistling championship.

Linda is available for performances in Toronto and surrounding areas.

Whistling Samples

Some Samples with Autoharp Accompaniment

Linda whistling and playing Celtic harp

linda@northernnightingale.com