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CFMA nomination and Touring in AB, SK, ON with Christmas Caravan
We are happy to announce that we have been nominated for the 2016 Canadian Folk Music Awards for World Group of the Year with our new album SUBCONTINENTAL DRIFT. Even better, we have been invited to perform at the official awards gala, alongside Bruce Cockburn, Colin Linden, The Ennis Sisters, Red Moon Road, Klô Pelgag. The event takes […]
Subcontinental Drift on the Grammy Ballot!
Hello all! For many of you this may be your first email from me, even if you signed up on our email list a couple of years ago. Thanks for your patience while we worked out the kinks in the new system. And if you were already a subscriber, many thanks for sticking with us! We promise […]
Subcontinental Drift DELUXE Release Sept 9
Today is the day! Our brand new DELUXE & DIGITAL ONLY version of our album Subcontinental Drift featuring sitar master, Anwar Khurshid, and 5 NEW TRACKS, is available now through Cadence Music, Creative Entertainment Network and Proper Music Distribution as well as on iTunes worldwide at: http://apple.co/2c3ZIp4 Subcontinental Drift has, in some ways, been the most exciting project of our career […]
Canada Day in Trafalgar Square
We were so proud to represent Canada in London U.K. on July 1, 2016! We sang O Canada, world-music style, along with singer Alana Wall, who won the video contest to perform with us on the big day. It was also great to hear Canadian Nobel Prize winning scientist Dr. Arthur McDonald speak, and of […]
6-string violin for sale
Hello fellow fiddlers! I am selling my gorgeous 6-string violin made by Eric Aceto of Ithaca String. This is the Artist Model, and you can read about it in this post.
U.K./European Release April 29! … and U.K. tour June 18- July 3
We are excited to be releasing our new album through PROPER Distribution through the U.K. and Europe on Friday April 29! You can pre-order our new album Subcontinental Drift here http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0149DCAPQ And we are on tour from June 18- July 3. Click the TOUR link above for all the details!
Performing at Canada’s National Arts Centre – April 14
We are excited to be performing at Canada’s National Arts Centre on Thursday night! This is part of the 4th Stage Series, and will mark our Ottawa release of Subcontinental Drift. Ottawa is my hometown so I am especially thrilled about this. Listen to Chris and Anwar live with CBC’s Alan Neil today at 5:30 pm, talking about […]
Hello USA!
Hello friends! We have some exciting news to start 2016, our new album Subcontinental Drift featuring sitar master Anwar Khurshid will be released in the United States on Friday, February 5 with CEN through Sony/RED. We have made a preorder available through iTunes and if you order now you will receive “Enter the Gate” right away, […]
CTV Canada AM – Subcontinental Drift
Launch of Subcontinental Drift on CTV Canada AM, September 2015.
Christmas Fiesta with Sultans of String
Celebrate the Christmas season with a trip around the world in the world premiere of Christmas Fiesta! 2015 JUNO Award-nominees SULTANS OF STRING, along with the Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra, and special guest vocalist REBECCA CAMPBELL, deliver an exuberant performance featuring original world music, inspired classics and seasonal favourites to warm your heart on a cold winter’s […]
CD release concert, Friday, Oct 30 at Trinity St. Paul’s in Toronto!
Join us for a feast of ragas, reels and rumbas from our new release, Subcontinental Drift, with sitar master Anwar Khurshid at one of our favourite venues on the planet, Trinity St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor W, in Toronto. Friday Oct 30 at 8 pm.
New album Subcontinental Drift now on iTunes
We are super excited about a our album, released TODAY on iTunes as a pre-release and in stores September 25 through Fontana North. (and in the USA in January through CEN (Sony/RED). Available now on iTunes and MapleMusic.com (CDs).