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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!

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New album out now!

Indigenous Collabs w Sultans of String & Friends

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 out now!

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 out now

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

 

 

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Recent happenings

22 September 2023 / Read

NEW VIDEO ALERT

Hello Friends, and here is a new video to get your Friday morning moving! Black Winged Raven is the new single off “Walking Through the Fire” by Sultans of String. It is a song that celebrates the project featuring Ts’msyen artist Shannon Thunderbird, who is originally from the Pacific Northwest coast of British Columbia: Gilut’sau […]

12 September 2023 / Read

New Album out now! and help us climb the charts!

Hello everyone! We are so excited, our new album Walking Through the Fire is out now! You can read all about it in our Record World cover story by clicking on the image below     Thanks! Thanks to everyone who has voted so far to help us climb the charts in the Indigenous Music […]

18 August 2023 / Read

Click for our new album! And help us climb the charts!

Hello friends, we are so excited, our new album that we have been working on for the last two years is finally available for pre-order! What do Crystal Shawanda, Leela Gilday, Northern Cree powwow group, a dozen other Indigenous artists, and Roots/Global band Sultans of String have in common? They have all come together in the spirit of the […]

28 July 2023 / Read

NEW VIDEO, LIVE CONCERTS

Hi everyone! To help make your Friday afternoon a little more fun – check out this new video with our awesome collaborator Crystal Shawanda! WATCH VIDEO HERE: https://youtu.be/rGa2OjdJgrI Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sos-spotify Full album pre-order: https://igg.me/at/sultansCD “The Rez” is a collaboration between 2x JUNO Award winning blues and country music artist Crystal Shawanda and 3x JUNO nominated, […]

10 July 2023 / Read

The coolest tour of our career – tix on sale now across Ontario!

Hello friends! And welcome to new subscribers :)  We look forward to seeing some of you at Home County in London this weekend, and Hillside in Guelph at the end of the month. As you may know, for the last year we have been working on the coolest and most ambitious project of our career, a […]

13 June 2023 / Read

Our feature film this week! Waterloo, Hamilton, Toronto, St Catharines

Hello everyone!  We are excited to present our feature film to you! I hope you can join us for one of these screenings this week and beyond…  This film includes amazing interviews and music spanning our two most recent albums, Refuge and Sanctuary. Enjoy! 6x CFMA winning SULTANS OF STRING Honour World Refugee Day with a special Screening Tour […]

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Listen and shop

Sanctuary

Refuge

O Canada

Christmas Caravan

10 – Ten Years of Music (vinyl)

Subcontinental Drift

Symphony!

Move

Yalla Yalla!

Luna

The Complete Collection

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Upcoming shows

28 September 2023 Walking Through the Fire Flato Markham Theatre Markham, ON CA. Promo Code SOS15 – World premiere of our Walking Through the Fire tour! Featuring Marc Meriläinen, Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk, Shannon Thunderbird, Leela Gilday, Don Ross, The North Sound, Dr. Duke Redbird and more! 8:00pm. Tickets

29 September 2023 Walking Through the Fire Stratford Symphony Orchestra Stratford, ON CA. Featuring Marc Meriläinen, Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk, Shannon Thunderbird, Leela Gilday, Don Ross, The North Sound and more! 7:30pm. Tickets

30 September 2023 Walking Through the Fire Niagara Symphony Orchestra St Catharines, ON CA. Featuring Marc Meriläinen, Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk, Shannon Thunderbird, Leela Gilday, Don Ross, The North Sound and more! $24 (adults) and $15 (students/18 and under) incl taxes & fees with promo code FIRE24 or FIRE15 7:30pm. Tickets

01 October 2023 Walking Through the Fire Niagara Symphony Orchestra St Catharines, ON CA. Featuring Marc Meriläinen, Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk, Shannon Thunderbird, Leela Gilday, Don Ross, The North Sound and more! $24 (adults) and $15 (students/18 and under) incl taxes & fees with promo code FIRE24 or FIRE15 2:30pm. Tickets

02 October 2023 Walking Through the Fire FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre St Catharines, ON CA. An IMPACT Education Series performance for students Tickets

03 October 2023 Walking Through the Fire Brantford Symphony Orchestra Brantford, ON CA. Featuring Marc Meriläinen, Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk, Shannon Thunderbird, Leela Gilday, Don Ross, The North Sound and more! 7:30pm. Tickets

04 October 2023 Walking Through the Fire Flato Academy Theatre Lindsay, ON CA. Featuring Marc Meriläinen, Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk, Shannon Thunderbird, Leela Gilday, Don Ross, The North Sound and more! 8:00pm. Tickets

10 October 2023 Walking Through the Fire Café Heritage Sudbury, ON CA. Salle Trisac Centre (College Boréal) 7:00pm. Tickets

11 October 2023 Walking Through the Fire Capitol Centre North Bay, ON CA. 7:30pm. Tickets

12 October 2023 Walking Through the Fire O’Gorman High School Timmins, ON CA. Tickets avail at Timmins Museum. Info: phone 705-360-2617 or email museum@timmins.ca. 8:00pm.

13 October 2023 Walking Through the Fire Geraldton Concert Series Geraldton, ON CA. 7:30pm. Tickets

14 October 2023 Walking Through the Fire Sleeping Giant Folk Music Society Thunder Bay, ON CA. 7:30pm. Tickets

15 October 2023 Walking Through the Fire Dryden Entertainment Series Dryden, ON CA. 7:30pm. Tickets

16 October 2023 Walking Through the Fire Sioux Hudson Entertainment Series Sioux Lookout, ON CA. 7:30pm. Tickets

17 October 2023 Walking Through the Fire Red Lake Entertainment Series Red Lake, ON CA. 7:30pm. Tickets

18 October 2023 Walking Through the Fire Lake of the Woods Concert Group Kenora, ON CA. 7:30pm. Tickets

19 October 2023 Walking Through the Fire Tour de Fort Entertainment Series Fort Frances, ON CA. 7:30pm. Tickets

22 October 2023 Walking Through the Fire Burlington Performing Arts Centre Burlington, ON CA. Inc Special Guests Tom Wilson and Din! Use Promo Code FIREWALK for $25 tickets! 7:00pm. Tickets

23 October 2023 Walking Through the Fire Burlington Performing Arts Centre Burlington, ON CA. EDUCATION SHOW 12:30pm. Tickets

12 November 2023 Walking Through the Fire Victoria Jubilee Hall Walkerton, ON CA. 2:00pm. Tickets

19 January 2024 Sultans of String Centrepointe Theatre Ottawa, ON CA. 8:00pm. Tickets

23 January 2024 Walking Through the Fire Kingston Grand Theatre Kingston, ON CA. Education show Tickets

23 January 2024 Walking Through the Fire Kingston Grand Theatre Kingston, ON CA. Evening show Tickets

25 January 2024 Walking Through the Fire Brampton Rose Theatre Brampton, ON CA. Evening show

25 January 2024 Walking Through the Fire Brampton Rose Theatre Brampton, ON CA. Education show Tickets

30-01 January 2024 Walking Through the Fire River Run Centre Guelph, ON CA. Education shows Tickets

01 February 2024 Walking Through the Fire River Run Centre Guelph, ON CA. Evening show Tickets

02 March 2024 Walking Through the Fire Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra – Burton Cummings Theatre Winnipeg, MB CA. 7:30pm. Tickets

03 March 2024 Walking Through the Fire Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra – Burton Cummings Theatre Winnipeg, MB CA. 2:00pm. Tickets

15-16 April 2024 Walking Through the Fire Flato Markham Theatre Markham, ON CA. EDUCATION SHOWS

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Bands and programs

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FYC: Walking Through the Fire – Indigenous Collaborations

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: Global Music Album Release date:  September 15, 2023 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 […]

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Refuge / Sanctuary Project

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.

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Sultans of String
Full Band

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, Gypsy-jazz, Arabic, Cuban, and South Asian rhythms, Sultans of String celebrate musical fusion and human creativity with warmth and virtuosity.

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With Anwar Khurshid

The Sultans of String with Anwar Khurshid.

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Duo Show

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!

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Symphony Pops Concert

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.

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Christmas Caravan Concert

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.

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For young audiences

Sultans of String for young audiences.

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