
Sultans of String
Photo by Kurt Firla
Artist Pitch
Music
National Arts Center
Tuesday, December 2
11:00 a.m
Led by Queens Diamond Jubilee Medal recipient Chris McKhool, these 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, and Cuban rhythms, Sultans of String celebrate musical fusion and human creativity with warmth and virtuosity.
The band is now touring their ninth album, “Walking Through the Fire”, a powerful collection of collaborations with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists across Turtle Island. This album was made in the spirit of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 calls to action, and Final Report that asks for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to work together as an opportunity to show a path forward, with the accompanying film winning at the Cannes World Film Festival.