Winner
Estelle Klein Award
2016Anne Lederman has been called:
"a national treasure" (Gary Cristall)"one of the most talented musicians in the country" (Derek Andrews)
"an amazing artist" (Richard Flohill)
"She "brings to life the traditions of our country's people and she does it all well" (Cristall)
" . . . a country of such diversity couldn't have a better ambassador" (Singout Magazine).
Anne performs solo, with Lea Kirstein (Cello, viola) with Ian Bell as Lederman/Bell, with James Stephens and Emilyn Stam as Eh?! and with Njacko Backo as Kalimbas at Work. She also composes for Theatre and has written her own play about Indigenous Fiddle traditions in Manitoba, Spirit of the Narrows (called the Best of 2015 by Hamilton's View)
Released: Nov. 11, 2015
A special tribute to the Metis tradition and to the man who was my first way in.Distributed by Borealis Records
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"Well done! This is a wonderful collection that preserves more of the traditional Metis tunes and demonstrates the variations that the older players put on some of the standards."
John Arcand, SaskatchewanWhat a fine project this is!The quirky nature of many of the tunes is a real highlight and far outside the box of what we consider Canadian fiddle. I enjoyed the tunes, your playing and Ian's fine guitar work.
Gord Stobbe, Nova Scotia
Check out the website:
www.grandyproject.ca
for info and recordings of Grandy Fagnan
Spirit of the Narrows A Play for 2 Musicians MORE INFO HERE
Ian Bell and Anne in Estonia
Grandy's D Tune
Tamarack'er Down
African Suite: The Call
Old Man's Table
FiddleSong
"Spirit of the Narrows"
Njacko Backo
Spirit Horse
Dancing
Articles
Lederman/Bell have a new Youtube Channel! Songs and Tunes from
the Blyth Festival Theatre April, 2015
The original 1984 Muddy York recording,
re-mastered for the 21st century
Tamarack'er Down:
A Guide to Celtic-Canadian
Fiddling Through Rhythm order now
Eh?!
www.ehtunes.com
Emilyn Stam, Anne Lederman,
James Stephens
Check out the CD
"Fiddling" Article
Encyclopedia of Music in Canada