Glenn Graham (fiddler)
Glenn Graham (born April 29, 1974) is a Canadian musician from Judique, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
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[edit] Music career
Graham has received music industry recognition for his solo recordings. His second solo release, "Step Outside", garnered nominations for "Male Artist of the Year" and "Roots/Traditional Solo Recording of the Year" at the 2002 ECMAs. In 2006 he received his fifth nomination at the ECMAs for his recording, "Drive", in the Roots/Traditional Solo Recording category.
In 2006, Graham authored the book "The Cape Breton Fiddle" published by the Cape Breton University Press.[1]
Graham and his cousin Rodney MacDonald, previously owned their own label, GlennRod Music Incorporated. Graham has since created his own label, Bowbeat.
[edit] Discography
- Let 'Er Rip (1996)
- Traditionally Rockin (1997, with Rodney MacDonald)
- Step Outside (2000)
- Cape Breton Fiddle and Piano Music (2004, with The Beaton Family of Mabou)
- Drive (2005)
- Decade: A Compilation (2007)
[edit] Family
Graham's parents are Gaelic singer Daniel ("Danny") and pianist Mary (Beaton) Graham.
Graham's began his performing in public at age seven, when he sang a Gaelic song with his father in a concert in Glendale, Nova Scotia. Glenn started taking fiddle lessons at age ten from his mother's brother, Kinnon Beaton, a well known Cape Breton fiddler.
Graham's grandfather, the late Donald Angus Beaton, was a legendary fiddler/composer, and his grandmother, Elizabeth Beaton, is a well known pianist. Graham and musicians from his maternal family, the Beatons, have been recorded by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Cape Breton Fiddle and Piano Music, "The Beaton Family of Mabou" was released in 2004.
[edit] Education
Graham studied political science at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, and obtained his Masters degree in "Atlantic Canada Studies" at Saint Mary's University, Halifax in 2004.
