Artist Profiles: Albert Arsenault
Albert Arsenault (fiddle, percussion, bass, vocals, dance) is the son of renowned Prince Edward Island fiddler Eddy Arsenault. Albert began to play the fiddle at…
Artist Profiles: Barachois
Barachois was created in the mid-1990s by siblings Hélène Bergeron and Albert Arsenault, cousin Louise Arsenault and unrelated musician Chuck Arsenault. The band played Acadian…
Artist Profiles: Debashis Sinha
Debashis Sinha is a Toronto based percussionist who specializes in the drums of the Arab world, Greece, and Turkey. His ability to uncover the rhythmic…
Artist Profiles: Ed Hanley
Ed Hanley began his tabla (north Indian classical percussion) training in Toronto, Canada with Ritesh Das, and has studied with master drummers Swapan Chaudhuri in…
Artist Profiles: Suba Sankaran
Toronto based vocalist, pianist and percussionist Suba Sankaran’s musical career began at an early age studying south Indian classical music with her father, master drummer…
Artist Profiles: autorickshaw
autorickshaw is a Canadian band led by vocalist Suba Sankaran and tabla player Ed Hanley that blends traditional Indian classical music with jazz and other…
Artist Profiles: Ashley MacIsaac
Ashley Dwayne MacIsaac was born on February 24, 1975 in Creignish, Nova Scotia, Canada. Growing up on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Ashley McIsaac never…
Artist Profiles: Andrea Beaton
Andrea Beaton is an energetic fiddler and piano player from Cape Breton Island who comes from a family of talented musicians that includes Kinnon and…
Artist Profiles: Lucy Amarualik
Lucy Amarualik was born October 16, 1934 in Povugnituk and has always lived there to this day. She has been married since 1955 and has…
Artist Profiles: Alacie Tullaugaq
Inuit artist Alacie Tullaugaq was born April 20, 1935 in Povugnituk and has always lived there to this day. She has been married since 1955…