Nww Year Aspirations with Graham Lindsey

Published: Jan. 3, 2021, 1 p.m.

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Graham was nominated for his 2019 album \\u201cTradHead\\u201d by the Canadian Folk Music Awards in the Instrumental Solo Artist category (2020).His main project is the band \\u201cFrom Away\\u201d, and he regularly appears as a side-player with numerous artists including Anna Ludlow, Sarah Burnell, Lindsey & McGregor and more.A total of six of Graham\\u2019s compositions have been played on the Carillon (the 53 bells) in the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Canada\\u2019s Capital, Ottawa.\\xa0 Three were played through the summer of 2017 as part of the recital series on the Carillon (the bells that play daily at noon) in the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Canada\\u2019s capital, Ottawa. This was followed-up in 2019 by a performance of a fourth tune, \\u201cThe Carillonneur\\u201d, dedicated to Dominion Carillonneur, Dr. Andrea McCrady arranges many of the tunes she plays, and performs them daily, live!\\xa0 Two more tunes will ring from the bells in 2020!Graham\\u2019s compositions have also brought him to Sweden in January of 2017, where he was the \\u201cGuest Artist of the Year\\u201d at the Folk at Heart showcase festival, and he returned in 2018, 2019 and 2020 to collaborate internationally with different Swedish musicians.Graham released his debut solo CD in June 2019, and has previously recorded for artists including Sarah Burnell Band, Twin Flames, Trent Severn, Shelley Posen & Ian Robb, Sharon Hampson (of Sharon, Lois and Bram) and more.On-stage you\\u2019ll often see him with mandolins and banjo, percussion, and flutes and whistles. Off-stage Graham works with musicians, producers, record labels and more producing media (websites, video, etc.), is on the board of the Canadian Folk Music Awards and is involved in other Celtic festivals and Canada\\u2019s wider folk-music community.

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