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Avalon
Records
This is where you can purchase Oliver's
"Celtica" and "Celtic Devotion"
as well as "Voice of the Celtic Heart" with
Kate Crossan, and "Celtic Dance" with Casadh
An Tsugain. |
Ian
Bell
My
favourite renaissance man - blacksmith, historian,
musician, artist, impresario, singing school teacher,
you name it, Ian probably has a good idea how to do
it. |
The
Bill Hilly Band
Maniacs of any style of music at all.
A twisted crew. |
Angela
Browne
Photo
goddess most high, and my personal webinatrix. |
Darlene
Wanderer
of the back roads of life, singer, hula artist. |
Liu
Fang
Fabulous virtuoso of the pipa (Chinese
lute). Together we play in the Lotus Ensemble. |
Stephen
Fearing
Powerful
performer, brilliant wordsmith, funky dresser. |
David
Francey
Lyrical, poignant, a natural poet and
observer of life. |
Patrick
Graham
Explorer of new percussion techniques. |
Jack
Grunsky
Fresh
and compelling voice in Canadian Children's music.
I also grew up with Jack, so he's real special to
me! |
Gumboot
Café
This absolutely charming gem of a place
is in Robert’s Creek in the Sunshine coast.
Pure West Coast funkiness and charm. |
Hoven
Droven
Loud and proud purveyors of Swedish
trad-metal. |
Ithaca
Stringed Instruments
Eric
Aceto is a fine electric violin builder out of Ithaca,
NY. I am currently playing Eric’s fabulous NV
model. |
Jorane
A passionate and articulate cellist/singer
with a profound sense of drama in melody. |
James
Keelaghan
Historian, philosopher, musical priest,
road dog. |
Jamie
Kelley
Talented multi-media web movie guy
working out of Vancouver. |
Anne
Lindsay
An old fiddling friend, fellow stewed
tomato, has a beautiful album called Eavesdropping. |
Jenny
Lester
A lovely and true-to-the-heart BC bluegrass
singer and fiddler. |
Stuart
McLean
Brilliantly
funny Canadian journalist and broadcaster. Creator
of Vinyl Cafe CBC radio series and books. |
Loreena
McKennitt
Red-tressed
goddess of the Celtic harp. |
Mortal
Coil
Chix on Stix. You have to see’em
to believe it, these spectacularly becostumed stiltwalkers
defy description. |
Northwest
Fiddle Fest
In Smithers, I teach and mentor with
a great bunch of fiddlers. They have an album and
a fiddle festival in March every year. |
Brian
Pickell
Trad Canadian tune composer and musical
brother. |
| Quartette
Four
leading female singers in Canadian country music
team up for this vocal treat. |
Don
Ross
Canadian
acoustic combat finger-style guitar god. |
Karen
Savoca
A small gal with a HUUUGE voice. She
her partner Pete Heitzman make wild funky music together. |
Daniele
Sepe
A genius Neapolitan bandleader and
composer/arranger of new Italian trad/jazz. |
Gordon
Stobbe
Educator, fiddler, composer, &
master storyteller. |
Swinghammer
Artist,
musician, composer, conceptualist. |
Steve
Tavaglione
My eminently musical sax and ewi playing
friend from L.A. |
The
Tellery
Jane Jacobs Prize recipient Dan Yashinsky
is at the forefront of Canadian storytelling.
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Linda
Tillery & the Cultural Heritage Choir
A treasure trove of spirituals, work
songs, field hollers and slave songs. |
Brent
Titcomb
Great friend, singer, open heart, beacon
of sanity in this crazy world.
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Liam
Titcomb
Another great friend… (Brent’s
son) Liam was my apprentice on the fiddle for years.
Now he has a record deal with Sony singing his songs.
Not bad for 16 years! |
Ugarte
Anaiak
Brilliant Basque percussionists play
txalaparta. |
Valdy
An icon of Canadian music and still going strong and
making it happen.
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Jimmy
Webb
One
of the top American songwriters of the last 40 years. |
David
Woodhead
Bass lord, multi-instrumentalist, composer,
garden railway buff. |
A
Man Called Wrycraft
My
album designer, with an emphasis on EYE. Brilliant,
musical, prolific – the best. |