Foothills Bluegrass Music Society presents: Miles Zurawell live at The Irish Cultural Society in Bowness (6452 35 Ave NW, Calgary AB)!

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Join us Saturday, January 24, 2025. Doors open at 7:00PM, show starts at 7:30PM.

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Miles Zurawell will be joined by Jarred Albright on fiddle, Elliot Dillabough on guitar, and Jill McKenna on bass.

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Miles Zurawell is a multi-instrumentalist, performer and composer of acoustic music on dobro and banjo based in British Columbia, Canada. His debut full length album, Far Afield, was released October 1st, 2023. Expressive, soaring and soulful, the record is an exploration of diverse modern and traditional acoustic instrumental music.

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Born and raised in Ardrossan, Alberta, Miles Zurawell was exposed to a diversity of acoustic music through the Canadian folk music scene. A pianist and guitarist in his formative years, he discovered the dobro, banjo and the bluegrass of Bill Monroe and Earl Scruggs through a university biology professor in 2011. Leaving the biology profession aside, he studied with dobro masters Ivan Rosenberg, Billy Cardine, and Mike Witcher. For more than a decade he has performed and toured internationally with acclaimed bluegrass, old-time, and roots artists including Zachary Lucky, Greg Blake, John Lowell, Blaine Sprouse, and more.

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Having grown up in the Canadian prairies mostly isolated from the bluegrass playing community and American dobro players, Miles has developed a unique voice on the instrument. During five years living on the west coast of Canada, he’s been taking inspiration from the melodic approach of players local to the Pacific Northwest such as John Reischman and becoming interested in fiddling traditions beyond bluegrass that are more often heard on the coast. Rather than stick to well-trodden bluegrass territory, he began exploring what tunes from Appalachian old-time, celtic, Quebecois, and Métis traditions could sound like on dobro and 5-string banjo, as well as delving into the roots of slide guitar music from Hawaiian to western swing. Along with his long track record as an accompanist for song-writers, what has emerged from this exploration of diversity is an instrumentalist with a distinct musical voice.

‍Miles' Website

‍Listen to Far Afield and more here

Foothills Bluegrass Music Society presents: The Wardens live at The Irish Cultural Society in Bowness (6452 35 Ave NW, Calgary AB)!

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Join us Saturday, February 21, 2025. Doors open at 7:00PM, show starts at 7:30PM.

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The Wardens stories and mountain music rise from the very land they’ve protected as Canadian national park wardens collectively for over 50 years.

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The band have performed widely across western Canada and in the US from Alaska to California. They've shared the stage with Blue Rodeo, Pharis & Jason Romero and Ian Tyson and performed at Folk Alliance International, Canmore Folk Festival's main stage and for a royal audience in Edmonton, Alberta.

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The Wardens consists of Scott Ward (songwriter, fingerstyle guitar), Ray Schmidt (songwriter, upbright bass, mandolin, guitar), and Scott Duncan (fiddle).

Find their website here.

Foothills Bluegrass Music Society presents: The Andrew Collins Trio live at Rosscarrock Community Hall (4411 10 Ave SW)!

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Join us Saturday, March 7, 2025. Doors open at 7:00PM, show starts at 7:30PM.

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Please note that this concert will be at the Rosscarrock Community Hall, and not the Irish Cultural Society.

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7x CFMA winner/5x JUNO nominee mando-maestro Andrew Collins is joined by fellow Trio string-meisters Adam Shier and James McEleney to showcase a popular collision of folk, new acoustic roots, chambergrass and jazz, not tomention a dizzying number and energetic interplay of instruments on stage.This dynamic genre-hopping show is propelled even further by Andrew’s captivating lead vocals paired with James’ and Adam’s soaring harmonies.

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Their most recent offering of 2024, The Rule of Three continues in the Trio’s playful exploration into musical adventure, was nominated for three Canadian Folk Music Awards.

Find their website here.