No. 2-4-2012
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Matt Gower likes to wear hats – he owns lots of them. Some of the different hats he’s been known to wear include the “banjo player hat”, the “mandolin player hat” and the quite fashionable “lead singer for local band Capital Grass and the No Men hat”. When he’s not organizing his extensive hat collection, [...]
Alicia Borisonik was born in 1965 in the Argentinean province Buenos Aires. As a child she started playing recorder, organ, and guitar, and by 12 she was composing music and writing poetic lyrics for her songs. Fascinated by harmonies, she taught herself by playing music, recording it, and playing over it. The accordion – the [...]
Ottawa needed a hero and G-Girl came to the rescue. Picking up where G-Man left off in his fight against dirt and disorder, G-Girl (aka Elizabeth Foster) brings her keen knowledge of music theory and non-abrasive solvents to the scene. When not at the Folklore Centre Elizabeth likes to work on her fiddle chops and [...]
Connor McGuire was raised by super intelligent bears who were able to play Elvis Presley records for him in their cave. He possesses an inordinate amount of knowledge regarding electronics, Russian history, and Randy Bachman. When he isn’t teaching his son Finn how to scoop honey from a jar, Connor is creating acoustic arrangements of [...]
Kara has been a long time member of the Folklore Family and it’s great to finally have her on board behind the school desk. She has been a long time performer and participant of the Ottawa music scene. Ask her about her new album ‘Clover to the Hive.’
Brendan Allistone is our new retail manager. Formerly referred to as the G-Man during his storied battles with dirt and detritus, Brendan now hails under the moniker of R-Man. Brendan wields the Instrument-Polish Cloth of Justice and has spent over a decade training in a secret merchant dojo on the outskirts of Angkor [...]
Luke is a native of the Peterborough area who has recently planted his roots in Ottawa after studying at Carleton University. As a blues fanatic and closet country junkie Luke has played guitar in numerous local bands including the Jesse Greene Blues Band also accompanying Paul Roberto and The Dusty Drifters on Banjo and slide [...]
Ross came to Ottawa in 2007 and has since established himself as a recognized performer and teacher within Eastern Ontario He attended Michigan State University and the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam where earned degrees in Music Performance and Music Theory/History. He has studied bagpipes with Ed Bush and Brian Williamson and currently [...]
Joel’s musical interests and endeavors range across many styles. He’s played french canadian traditional music out west, accompanies flamenco dancers on guitar here in Ottawa and is currently playing lead guitar and lapsteel for up and coming Ottawa band The Murder Plans. Dabbling in the arcane arts of instrument building, he earned himself a Certificate [...]
Alan has a B.A. in Music Performance and has regularly taught guitar students part-time through the Carleton University performance program. He has experience performing as a soloist, with string quartets, flutists, small guitar orchestras, jazz bands, funk, folk, blues bands, flamenco, celtic, and is featured on several Ottawa area band and solo/instrumental recordings. He is currently [...]
