James Hill and Vancouver Island Music Fest

James Hill and Vancouver Island Music Fest

James Hill is known to some as the world’s best ukulele player. Obviously, that is a very subjective label, but it must say something about his creativity and skill. James has previously toured a solo show, where he sings and plays his ukulele. This show...
Musical Inspirations – March 2019 – Shane Cook

Musical Inspirations – March 2019 – Shane Cook

In the depths of northern winter Fiddelium, the fiddle group I am a part of, decided to attend the annual sourdough rendezvous in Whitehorse. This is an annual festival that has musical performances as well as traditional competitions. This year the musical headliner...
Musical Inspirations – February 2019 – Liz Carroll

Musical Inspirations – February 2019 – Liz Carroll

There are many fiddlers that really speak to me in a very inspiring way, but often there are only a few ways that these fiddlers inspire me. Not with Liz Carroll. She writes so many different types and styles of tunes and plays them in so many creative ways that it...
Canadian Grand Masters and more…

Canadian Grand Masters and more…

Canadian Grand Masters and more… Over the summer, since I wasn’t in school, I had lots of time to do festivals, gigs, camps and just fun jams with other musicians. It’s always sad when the summer ends, but at least we can still reminisce, so let me tell you...
Musical Inspirations – June 2018 – Trent Freeman

Musical Inspirations – June 2018 – Trent Freeman

For those of you who don’t know who Trent Freeman is, he is an amazing fiddler/musician. Trent has traveled the world playing with the group The Fretless, he also is part of a duo act called Speaker Face, in which they cover a lot of techno style music with some...