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Fiddlesong
Fiddlesong is a tour de force of original and traditional sound. With a searing
voice and a fiddle that swizzles, Anne Lederman is joined by Debashis Sinha on
percussion, Tom Leighton on piano, Ian Bell on guitar and Laura Cesar on bass
to bring you a truly new Canadian music, born of the musics of many of the
peoples who call Canada home. Fiddlesong brings you tunes to dare the devil
and songs to save your soul. This is roots music that swings, cries, burns and
jumps for joy.
“Anne Lederman's Fiddlesong really wowed a large
and appreciative audience for their Cloud debut. It
was as if each instrumentalist was telling a story, and
Rana Sodhi, April, 2001
what a tale unfolded!”
Fiddlesong has performed at:
The Viljandi Traditional Music Festival
Studio 2 (TVO)
Mariposa Folk Festival (Barrie, Ontario)
“Earth, Air, Fire and Water” (Goderich)
Fiddle Encounters (St. John’s, Nfld)
Cuckoo’s Nest (London)
Hugh’s Room, Acoustic Harvest and the
Flying Cloud Folk Club (Toronto)
Contact:
[email protected] PH: (416)538-9036
www.annelederman.com
The Band: A gathering of the country’s finest
Anne Lederman: Fiddler, singer, composer, improvisor, multi-instrumentalist and champion of Canadian traditions,
Anne has pioneered her own special combination of voice and fiddle. Having immersed herself in both new and old
Canadian musics, from Klezmer to Celtic, African to Métis, she is both a traditional musician and an innovator,
bringing a dynamic cross-cultural dialogue to her performances. She sings in English, French, Gaelic and Yiddish.
Her music is a testament both to where we have come from and where we can go. From The Vinyl Café to Road to
Avonlea, from Muddy York and The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band to Njacko Backo and Kalimba Kalimba!, with
Fiddlesong, a new adventure begins.
Tom Leighton: A piano/accordion player and multi-instrumentalist whose eclectic musical influences have taken him
from Taiwan to Britain. With long-standing partner, Mark Haines (as Haines and Leighton), he has released three
CDs and was recently featured in Needfire.
Debashis Sinha: A percussionist who seeks out the threads that bind disparate musical and percussive traditions,
Deb performs Arabic, Greek, Turkish, Flamenco, Balkan, Jazz, Celtic, Quebecois and new music, and is a member of
Maza Meze and Mernie .
Ian Bell: On guitar, mandolin, feet, button accordion, harmonica, whistle, bagpipes and voice, Ian is a songwriter,
storyteller, museum curator and musician par excellence, and contributes regularly to CBC's Fresh Air and The
Vinyl Café.
Laura Cesar: Joining us from Switzerland, bassist Laura Cesar is a former member of The Flying Bulgar Klezmer
Band, and has played with such jazz luminaries as Clark Terry, Bobby Shew, Charlie Mariano, Al Porcino, Sandy
Patton, the Vince Benedetti Trio, and her own band, Blues me Jazz
Sometime Guests:
Kwazi Dunjo:
Dunjo Master drummer from Ghana, Kwasi teaches West African Drumming Ensembles at both the
University of Toronto and York University, as well as for WORLDS OF MUSIC TORONTO. He has performed
at Festivals throughout Canada and the U.S. and frequently teaches in the Caribbean. Kwasi also leads his own
traditional ensemble, Kwekele, in Toronto.
Njacko Backo : Traditional Kalimba player from Cameroon in Central Africa, Njacko is also a drummer,
singer, composer, and leader of seven-person ensemble, Kalimba Kalimba!. Njacko has been performing and
teaching in Canada for 14 years, first in Montreal, then in Toronto, after several
years of work with African Dance and Drum ensembles in France and Holland.
Hear the Band on their newest release:
"It sounds traditional; it sounds brand new. Mostly it just sounds damn good."
Les Siemieniuk, Penguin Eggs
" . . .she pulls it all together, bowing her way deftly across continents."
Patrick Langston, The Ottawa Citizen
“. . . creates something both traditional and new, and it's a thing of beauty.
Sound Bytes
This is Fiddlesong.”
“. . . truly a great example of Canadian music at its finest.”
The Observer. Hartland, New Brunswick
“. . . an exciting and optimistic vision of what might unite Canada's musical past with its future.” Kitchener Echo
“. . .demand that your local music store get and carry some copies of Fiddlesong. This is a disc and an artist worth
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the extra effort. Rated a perfect 5 out of 5.”
“ A truly Canadian world music CD. ..here’s hoping she . . .continues her fiddling odyssey.”
Chris O’Brien, Chiliwack Progress Weekend