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Sultans of String coming to region for three shows
Fresh off the heels of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) where the Sultans of String’s award-winning song ‘Snake Charmer’ was included in the new film Hotel Mumbai, these string slingers are now set to take their Christmas Caravan show to venues across Canada and US for a special fundraising world music tour that is making three stops in the East Kootenay.
Along the tour, they’ll be making a much anticipated return appearance at Invermere’s Pynelogs Cultural Centre, Thursday, Nov. 29, 7 p.m. They’re also performing with the Symphony of the Kootenays on Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m. at Cranbrook’s Key City Theatre and a special young audience show with the symphony on Dec. 2, at 2 p.m. at Kimberley’s McKim Theatre.
Joining the band on stage is Canada’s shimmering guest vocalist Rebecca Campbell (Jane Siberry, Lynn Miles, Parachute Club).
Sultans of String are fundraising partners with the United Nations Agency for Refugees in Canada (UNHCR). UNHCR is the world’s leading organization aiding and protecting people forced to flee their homes due to violence, conflict and persecution. UNHCR provides shelter, food, water, medical care and other life-saving assistance to refugees around the world.
Recorded and co-produced with JUNO Award winning engineer John ‘ Beetle’ Bailey, Sultans of String’s Christmas Caravan isn’t your typical holiday album. You may recognize a few titles, but you’ve never experienced seasonal music quite like this before.
Sultans of String’s acclaimed world music tapestry has been amplified on this release through its embrace of orchestration and pop, and spurred on by a stellar cast of guest musicians, bringing even more colour to their lively palette.
“We wanted to make a real contribution to the Christmas repertoire, and hopefully create some new standards,” said bandleader/violinist and Queens Diamond Jubilee recipient Chris McKhool. “This is a Christmas album, but approached from the perspective of a world-music band. We explored diverse genres, from Quebecois fiddle tunes to collaborating with a traditional Turkish string ensemble, and jump around from the classic sounds of the Andrews Sisters, to a Himalayan sleigh ride, African roots music, Gypsy-jazz, rumba flamenco, ska, and the grandeur of the symphony.”
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