This multi-award-winning, 3x Juno-nominated and Billboard charting band creates “energetic and exciting music from a band with talent to burn!” (Maverick, UK). For more than a decade, Sultans of String have thrilled audiences with their genre-hopping passport of Celtic reels, Flamenco, Django-jazz, Arabic, Cuban and South Asian rhythms. The group celebrates musical fusion and human creativity with warmth and virtuosity, with world rhythms that excite audiences to their feet!
We are now embarking on the most ambitious and important project of our career. We have released and are touring our ninth album, “Walking Through the Fire”, a powerful collection of collaborations with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists across Turtle Island.
We made this album in the spirit of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 calls to action, and Final Report that asks for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to work together as an opportunity to show a path forward.
Learn more about it here https://sultansofstring.com/2023/08/walkingthroughthefire
Physical copies https://merchmrkt.com/collections/sultans-of-string
SANCTUARY, the highly anticipated followup to our album Refuge. This ambitious, diverse, inclusive and passionately artistic album puts our band face-to- face with a VIP roster of global ‘ambassadors’, some of whom are recent immigrants and refugees to Canada, as well as important Indigenous voices. All are masters of world music that tell the story of how to communicate with others through the global language of music.
2023 CFMA for Global Roots Album, and Producer of the Year!
Order album now: https://lnk.to/SOSSanctuary
Physical copies https://merchmrkt.com/collections/sultans-of-string
Refuge is “a fantastic, moving, dreamlike, epic, timely album”, a collaboration with over 30 musicians for a wide-ranging treatise on displaced peoples. Featuring Ifrah Mansour, Robi Botos, Tamar Ilana, Amir Amiri, Dr. Duke Redbird, Ahmed Moneka, Fethi Nadjem, Anwar Khurshid, Anh Phung, Béla Fleck, Yasmin Levy and more.
More info: Read more about the album or listen/purchase now
Physical copies https://merchmrkt.com/collections/sultans-of-string
18 Oct 2025 - 4:30pm Sultans of String Folk Music Ontario Conference Ottawa, ON CA. ROOM # 2005! Delta Hotel Ottawa City Centre, 101 Lyon Street North. Meet and greet – pizza, popcorn and drinks! Walking Through the Fire Pop-Up Film Screening – meet the band! Along with Meriläinen Music friends Marc & Laura.
18 Oct 2025 - 11:00pm Sultans of String Folk Music Ontario Conference Ottawa, ON CA. Delta Hotel Ottawa City Centre – Room 420. 15 min showcase for conference delegates
18 Oct 2025 - 11:40pm Sultans of String Folk Music Ontario Conference Ottawa, ON CA. Delta Hotel Ottawa City Centre – Room 406. 15 min showcase for conference delegates
02-03 Dec 2025 - 11:00am Walking Through the Fire CAPACOPA Conference Ottawa, ON CA. Official Pitch Session for conference delegates
07
Dec 2025
- 3:00pm
Christmas Caravan
George Weston – Meridian Arts Centre
Toronto, ON CA.
With Orchestra Toronto! Featuring Rebecca Campbell, Ken Whiteley, Saskis Tomkins, Aviva Chernick and more!
Tickets
19
Dec 2025
- 7:30pm
Christmas Caravan
Burlington Performing Arts Centre
Burlington, ON CA.
PWYC! Featuring Amanda Martinez, Ken Whiteley, Saskia Tomkins, Rebecca Campbell, Kristine St-Pierre, Alberto Suarez, and the Oakville Choir for Children and Youth
Tickets
20
Dec 2025
- 7:00pm
Christmas Caravan
Brookside Music
Midland, ON CA.
Featuring Ken Whiteley, Saskia Tomkins, Rebecca Campbell, Kristine St-Pierre, Alberto Suarez
Tickets
21
Dec 2025
- 2:00pm
Christmas Caravan
The McMichael Gallery
Kleinburg, ON CA.
Featuring Aviva Chernick, Shannon Thunderbird, Donne Roberts, Ken Whiteley, Saskia Tomkins, Rebecca Campbell, Kristine St-Pierre, Alberto Suarez
Tickets
30
Jan 2026
- 8:00pm
Sultans of String
Stonecroft Folk
Ingersoll, ON CA.
Tickets
31
Jan 2026
- 8:00pm
Sultans of String
Newmarket Folk Society
Newmarket, ON CA.
Tickets
21
Feb 2026
- 7:00pm
Feature Film: Walking Through the Fire
Shantz Mennonite Church
Baden, ON CA.
Tickets
22
Mar 2026
Sultans of String
Redbird Cafe
Ottawa, ON CA.
Details TBA
Tickets
23 Mar 2026 - 7:00pm Sultans of String The Listening Room Perth, ON CA. Reservations: Call Sue at 613 267 7902 or email sue.tennant12@gmail.com
18
Apr 2026
- 7:30pm
Walking Through the Fire
Capitol Theatre
Windsor, ON CA.
With Windsor Symphony!
Tickets
19
Apr 2026
- 2:30pm
Walking Through the Fire
Capitol Theatre
Windsor, ON CA.
With Windsor Symphony!
Tickets
21 Apr 2026 Sultans of String Studio at the Park Sudbury, ON CA.
25
Apr 2026
- 7:30pm
Feature Film: Walking Through the Fire
Elliot Lake Entertainment Series
Elliot Lake, ON CA.
Tickets
07
May 2026
- 8:00pm
Sultans of String
Just Passing Through Concert Series
Richards Landing, ON CA.
Tickets
04
Jul 2026
- 6:00pm
Sultans of String
Old Church Theatre
Trenton, ON CA.
Tix available soon!
Tickets
Hey Folks! Meriläinen Music & Sultans of String are pleased to invite Folk Music Ontario delegates to our Saturday Meet ‘n’ Greet, and Pop-Up Film Screening at the Delta Ottawa Hotel. SUITE # 2005 Come SATURDAY 4:30-6:30 pm for gourmet pizza, drinks, and fresh popcorn. We can catch up with Marc and Laura Meriläinen from […]
Hello everyone! Chris McKhool here, and I am so excited to release the second single and video from my new family/children’s album Little Leaf! You can stream A PLACE IN THE CHOIR here: https://ChrisMcKhool.lnk.to/APITC ’A Place in the Choir’ sings of belonging, where every creature – large or small, ordinary or strange – has a […]
HELLO HAMILTON! You have seen Sultans of String at The Westdale… Now are you ready for EXTREME SURROUND SOUND?!? We are showing our Cannes World Film Festival winning FILM called Walking Through the Fire…. Tomorrow! SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27 at 7:30pm, at LIVELab – a cool space inside McMaster University. It is an engineering marvel. The sound […]
Hello everyone! I am so excited to release the first single and video from my new family/children’s album Little Leaf! Here is our new video of the title track. It has long been my dream to shoot a one-take video, and in fact we only took one take of this, filmed on an iPhone in […]
Hello everyone, I am very excited to share our fall touring schedule with you! With Sultans of String we are touring with our Indigenous collaborators in Walking Through the Fire, and we have the film playing at a few locations as well. Then in December we are touring Christmas Caravan with various guests including Ken […]
Hello Friends, I hope you are having a great summer! Just a quick note to let you know I have two fun shows this weekend if you are in Muskoka cottage country! Saturday at 7:30 pm: Don’t miss Sultans of String at the Theatre in the Woods! Billboard-charting, 3x JUNO nominees and Cannes World Film […]
Indigenous Artists and Sultans of String – Walking Though the Fire A Trailblazing Musical Response to the TRC’s 94 Calls to Action Title: Walking Through the Fire Artist: Sultans of String Category: Roots / Global Music Album Stream Album: https://sultansofstring.lnk.to/WalkingThroughtheFire Physical CDs: https://merchmrkt.com/collections/sultans-of-string Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sos-spotify YouTube Playlist https://tinyurl.com/WTTFvideos Watch our Video EPK What do […]
Addressing the struggles of life on Mother Earth has always inspired Toronto-based quintet, Sultans of String. On their visionary seventh album, Refuge, Sultans of String bring their unique brand of musical synergy and collaboration to bear on 13 songs that speak to the challenges facing the world’s displaced peoples–their stories, their songs, their persistence and their humanity.
Award-winning band the Sultans of String create “Energetic and exciting music from a band with talent to burn!” (Maverick Magazine UK). Thrilling their audiences with their genre-hopping passport of Celtic reels, flamenco, Django-jazz, Arabic, Cuban, and South Asian rhythms, Sultans of String celebrate musical fusion and human creativity with warmth and virtuosity.
Sultans of String in duo format: Chris McKhool (violin) and Kevin Laliberté (guitar), the songwriters behind the music, take you on a musical journey around the world!
The Sultans of String bring their fiery musicality to projects with symphony orchestras far and wide, in a program created in collaboration with Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Artist in Residence and Community Ambassador Lucas Waldin.
2015 JUNO Award nominees Sultans of String deliver an exuberant performance featuring originals, world music inspired classics, and seasonal favourites to warm your heart on a cold winter’s night.
Sultans of String for young audiences.
