With a top 5 album on the Roots Music Report: Top 50 Canada Album Chart in 2019, and a nomination for Best New Act at the 2018 Maple Blues Awards, the Lucas Haneman Express is a soulful, fun-filled, and electrifying musical ride! Frontman, Lucas Haneman, serves up distinctive and explosive guitar work. With Megan Laurence (vocals), Martin Newman (bass), & Val Nehovora (drums), Haneman found his true means of self-expression, with a unique sound drenched in the blues. Lucas Haneman has opened for or performed alongside musicians in a range of styles including The Dave Matthews Band, the late great Jeff Healy, legendary bluesman Robert Cray, The Down Childs Blues Band, and blues legend James Cotton. LHE has been a two-time winner of the Ottawa Blues Challenge, a 2018 Maple Blues nominee, and Lucas, along with Megan Laurence, competed for the second time at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in 2020. LHE's latest album Catch The Westbound shows a deep, unique connection to the blues tradition, with gritty passionate material.