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{{Short description|Canadian musician}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Colin Linden
| image           = EmmylouHarris ColinLinden 2008.jpg
| caption         = Colin Linden performing with [[Emmylou Harris]] in 2008
| birth_name      = Colin Kendall Linden
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1960|4|16}}
| birth_place     = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| genre           = [[Blues]]
| occupation      = Musician, songwriter, record producer
| instrument      = Guitar
| years_active    = 1970s–present
| label           = [[Yellow Dog Records|Yellow Dog]], [[True North Records|True North]], [[Compass Records|Compass]],
| associated_acts = [[Blackie and the Rodeo Kings]], [[Bruce Cockburn]]
| website         = {{URL|colinlinden.com}}
}}

'''Colin Kendall Linden''' (born 16 April 1960) is a Canadian guitarist, songwriter and record producer. Linden plays acoustic and electric guitar, specializing in slide guitar, country blues, and ragtime fingerpicking, who frequently collaborates with [[country music|country]] and [[folk music|folk]] performers.<ref name="allmusic" />

He is a member of [[Blackie and the Rodeo Kings]] with [[Stephen Fearing]] and [[Tom Wilson (musician)|Tom Wilson]], and has worked with [[Bruce Cockburn]], [[Lucinda Williams]], [[T-Bone Burnett]], [[Kevin Gordon (musician)|Kevin Gordon]], [[Colin James]], [[Emmylou Harris]], [[Leon Redbone]], [[Rita Chiarelli]], [[Chris Thomas King]], [[The Band]], [[Keb' Mo']], [[Charles Esten]] and [[Bob Dylan]].