Jun
04
Wed June 4th, 2014
10:00PM
Main Space
Minimum Age: 18+
Doors Open: 9:30PM
Show Time: 10:00PM
Event Ticket: $12
Day of Show: $15
free for members
Sultans of String with special guest Anwar Khurshid.
Canadian Folk Music Award winners & JUNO nominees (Canada’s Grammy)
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Sultans of String with special guest Anwar Khurshid
2010 JUNO Award nominees and “Canada’s ambassadors of musical diversity” Sultans of String thrill their audiences with their global sonic tapestry of Spanish Flamenco, Arabic folk, Cuban rhythms, and French Manouche Gypsy-jazz, celebrating musical fusion and human creativity with warmth and virtuosity. Fiery violin dances with rumba-flamenco guitar while a funk bass lays down unstoppable grooves. Acoustic strings meet with electronic wizardry to create layers and depth of sound, while world rhythms excite audiences to their feet with the irresistible need to dance.
For this show, Sultans of String meet the electricity of special guest, sitar master Anwar Khurshid. Anwar’s music has been featured in Oscar-winning film Life of Pi as well as The Love Guru. He’s performed across Europe, North America and Asia – and with musicians from a bevy of stylings, including Jazz, African, Middle Eastern, Blues, Japanese and Chinese music. This innovative collaboration with Sultans of String serves up a spicy musical passport that defies categorization.
The band is riding a wave of success from their sold out Yalla Yalla! and MOVE Canadian CD release tours, to their national features on CTV’s CanadaAM and CBC’s Canada Live, and their quadruple nomination for the 2012 Canadian Folk Music Awards, winning World Group of the Year. Their CDs soared to #1 across Canada on Top Ten national radio charts, and Sultans of String won the award for Best Variety Act from Festivals & Events Ontario as well as the International Songwriting Competition! The buzz extends into the U.S., with acclaimed promoter David Wilkes (Emmylou Harris, Bela Fleck, Jesse Cook) now representing the band.
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal recipient and 2009 JUNO Award Nominee, six-string violinist/bandleader Chris McKhool grew up in a house bursting with music and diversity. His paternal Makhoul grandparents immigrated to Canada from Lebanon in the early 1900’s. His Egyptian-born mother is a piano and theory teacher. Growing up Chris was fed a steady diet of delicious musicality along with Middle Eastern cuisine and violin lessons.
From a very young age McKhool was taught the Canadian values of tolerance, respect for all peoples and celebration of culture. His passion for exploring the rhythms and melodies has led him to the far corners of the world, collecting instruments and styles everywhere he went. Travels to the Canadian Arctic, Indonesia, France, England, Cuba, Peru, Guatemala, Costa Rica and the Indian Himalayas to perform and conduct music workshops have added to his depth of musical and spiritual understanding of our global community.
When McKhool first heard founding guitarist Kevin Laliberté’s rumba rhythm, their musical synergy created Sultans of String’s signature sound – the intimate and playful relationship between violin and guitar. From this rich foundation, the dynamic duo has grown, featuring such amazing musical friends as 2nd guitarist Eddie Paton (Robert Michaels), bass master Drew Birston (Chantal Kreviazuk, Amanda Martinez), and Cuban percussionist Chendy Leon (Parachute Club, Alex Cuba), as well as special guests such as folk pop darlings Dala, The Chieftains’ Paddy Moloney, ukulele giant James Hill, and now, internationally recognized sitar virtuoso Anwar Khurshid!
“Chris McKhool and the boys are fantastic!”
Bob Ezrin (Producer–Pink Floyd. Kiss)
• 2014 SiriusXM Indie Awards- World Group of the Year nominees– winners tba
• 2014 IMA Independent Music Award Finalist – Instrumental Song —winners tba
• 2014 IMA Independent Music Award Finalist Chris McKhool – Music Producer – “Symphony!” – winners tba
• 2013 Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for bandleader Chris McKhool
• 2013 ISC International Songwriting Competition Finalist (out of 19,000 entries)– Instrumental –winners tba
• 2013 Festivals & Events- Performer of The Year
• 2013 ISC International Songwriting Competition Finalist – Instrumental
• 2013 SiriusXM Indie Awards – World Group of the Year
• 2013 Folk Music Ontario-Songs of the Heart Award Winner – Instrumental
• 2012 Canadian Folk Music Awards winners– World Music Group of the Year
• 2012 Canadian Folk Music Awards nominees – Instrumental Group of the Year
• 2012 Canadian Folk Music Awards nominees – Pushing The Boundaries
• 2012 Festivals & Events-Entertainer of The Year
• 2011 Ontario Contact – Artist of the Year
• 2011 International Acoustic Music Awards Finalist – Instrumental
• 2011 Independent Music Award Finalist – Instrumental Album
• 2011 Independent Music Award Finalist – World Beat Album
• 2011 ISC International Songwriting Competition Finalist – Instrumental
• 2011 ISC International Songwriting Competition Finalist – World Music
• 2010 JUNO Nominees – “Instrumental Album of the Year”
• 2010 International Songwriting Contest 1st Place Winners – Instrumental
• 2010 Indie Awards Nominees – Favourite World Artist/Group
• 2009 Canadian Folk Music Award winner – Instrumental Group of the Year
• 2009 International Songwriting Competition winner – Instrumental