sultans of string Archives - Toronto Guardian https://torontoguardian.com/tag/sultans-of-string/ Toronto Guardian - Toronto News, Events, Arts & Culture. Mon, 22 May 2023 17:20:40 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://torontoguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cropped-TorontoGuardian_FaviconLogo512_C1V1-32x32.jpg sultans of string Archives - Toronto Guardian https://torontoguardian.com/tag/sultans-of-string/ 32 32 Five Minutes With: Roots Band Sultans of String https://torontoguardian.com/2023/07/toronto-music-sultans-of-string/ Fri, 21 Jul 2023 07:33:36 +0000 https://torontoguardian.com/?p=101089 3x JUNO nominees and SiriusXM winners Sultans of String create, “Energetic and exciting music from a band with talent to [...]

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]]> 3x JUNO nominees and SiriusXM winners Sultans of String create, “Energetic and exciting music from a band with talent to burn!” (Maverick Magazine UK). Thrilling their audiences with their genre-hopping passport of Celtic reels, flamenco, Django-jazz, Arabic, Cuban, and South Asian rhythms, Sultans of String celebrate musical fusion and human creativity with warmth and virtuosity. Fiery violin dances with rumba-flamenco guitar, while bass and percussion lay down unstoppable grooves. Acoustic strings meet with electronic wizardry to create layers and depth of sound, while world rhythms excite audiences to their feet with the irresistible need to dance.

Sultans of String

Name:

Sultans of String

Genre:

Roots / Global

Founded:

2006

Last Single:

Sultans of String feat. Marc Meriläinen – A Beautiful Darkness

Last Video:

Favourite musician growing up:

Peter Gabriel

Favourite musician now:

Marcus Miller

Guilty pleasure song:

Land of Skoden by NADJIWAN

Live show ritual:

Finding locally-owned cafés for Espresso shots

Favourite local musician:

Saskia Tomkins who plays the Swedish nyckelharpa

EP or LP?

LP – love the large format of vinyl

Early bird or night owl?

The music starts to flow when the stars come out

Road or studio?

Love em both, and also take the studio on the road for down days

Any shows or albums coming up?

We are recording “Walking Through the Fire”, a powerful collection of collaborations with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists across Turtle Island/Canada, and we start touring it in the fall.

Where can we follow you?

Website | Facebook | Twitter | Youtube

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Rapid Fire Toronto Qs

Favourite local restaurant:

Albert’s Real Jamaican on St Clair Ave. W – best Jerk Chicken!

Favourite street in Toronto:

Augusta in Kensington Market

Favourite park in Toronto:

Cedarvale Park for the walking paths and wide open nature

Favourite music venue in Toronto:

Hugh’s Room wherever it pops up

Favourite music store in Toronto:

Paul’s Boutique in the Market

 

 

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]]> “Five Minutes with” Chris McKhool of Sultans of String https://torontoguardian.com/2020/06/sultans-of-string/ Fri, 05 Jun 2020 04:30:28 +0000 https://torontoguardian.com/?p=73982 Over the past dozen years and six albums, Sultans Of String have thrilled listeners around North America with their genre-hopping [...]

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]]> Over the past dozen years and six albums, Sultans Of String have thrilled listeners around North America with their genre-hopping fusion of Celtic reels, flamenco, Gypsy jazz, Arabic, Cuban, and South Asian rhythms, Sultans of String celebrate diversity and creativity with warmth and virtuosity.

Sultans of String

Name: Chris McKhool of Sultans of String

Founded: 2006

Number of Albums: 6

Latest Video:

Favourite local Restaurant: 

Dim Sum King

Favourite band as a teenager:

Peter Gabriel

Favourite band now:

The Once

Guilty Pleasure Song:

I sing Roar with my daughter

Live Show Ritual:

Hopping up on caffeine, 90% chocolate, and Chinese food

Favourite local artist:

Flutist extraordinaire Anh Phung

Sneaky Dees nachos, pasta from Terroni or a superfood salad from Fresh?

Sneaky Dees nachos

Queen or College St?

Outdoors on Queen Street on a Friday night, College book and record stores on a Saturday afternoon

Trinity Bellwoods or High Park, Riverdale or Kew Gardens?

High Park / Kew Gardens

EP or LP?

Listening to an LP with headphones lying on a thick shag carpet

Early bird or night owl?

Both, with a disco-nap in the middle

Road or studio?

Studio

Swiss Chalet or Roti?

Roti!

Where can we follow you?

Official Website

Facebook

Twitter

Any shows or albums coming up?

We are just releasing our new epic world music album called Refuge, collaborating with over 30 musicians including Béla Fleck, Robi Botos, Ifrah Mansour, Demetrios Petsalakis, Imad Al Taha, Amir Amiri, Sammy Figueroa, Twin Flames, and 30 others on wide-ranging treatise on displaced people and the struggles of life on Mother Earth.

You can check it out here. And here is our EPK.

 

 

 

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