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8 December 2016 / Read

Christmas comes to Fort Erie! (for our Buffalo fans) SATURDAY

We are really excited to bring our new Christmas Caravan concert to Ridgeway (Fort Erie).  Trust me it will be worth the drive over the international border when you can buy concert tickets and drinks at 2/3 the cost (with dollar conversion!) 2x JUNO Nom/2x CFMA winners SULTANS OF STRING NEW CHRISTMAS CARAVAN SHOW! World Music Inspired […]

22 November 2016 / Read

Christmas Concert Tix/Track Giveaway

    Hello Friends!  we are very excited about our Christmas Caravan concerts coming up! And to thank you for joining us on our musical journey, and being on this email list with us, we are giving away one pair of Tix to each Ontario city we are performing in. If you would like to come […]

4 November 2016 / Read

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 […]

17 October 2016 / Read

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 […]

9 September 2016 / Read

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 […]

3 July 2016 / Read

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 […]

20 April 2016 / Read

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!

12 April 2016 / Read

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 […]

18 January 2016 / Read

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, […]

4 December 2015 / Read

CTV Canada AM – Subcontinental Drift

Launch of Subcontinental Drift on CTV Canada AM, September 2015.

3 December 2015 / Read

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 […]

7 October 2015 / Read

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.