Artist
Canada
Influences:
North American
, India
, Latin American
Genres:
folk,
symphony,
instrumental,
north american,
flamenco,
gypsy-jazz,
celtic,
spanish flamenco,
cuban,
jazz
IN THE CHARTS
3 times in the Global Top 40
January 2023
#13 - Global Top 40
Celebrate the Holydays - Sultans of String featuring Sweet Honey in the Rock (video)
December 2022
#22 - Global Top 40
Happy Xmas (War is Over) - Sultans of String featuring Ruben Blades and Luba Mason (video)
December 2022
#37 - Global Top 40
The Little Swallow (Carol of the Bells)/ Al Vuelo - Sultans of String (video)
PHOTOS
ABOUT
This multi-award-winning, 3x Juno-nominated and Billboard charting band creates “energetic and exciting music from a band with talent to burn!” (Maverick, UK). For more than a decade, Sultans of String have thrilled audiences with their genre-hopping passport of Celtic reels, Flamenco, Django-jazz, Arabic, Cuban and South Asian rhythms. The group celebrates musical fusion and human creativity with warmth and virtuosity, with world rhythms that excite audiences to their feet!
Since forming 10 years ago, Sultans of String’s CDs have hit #1 across Canada on Top Ten national radio charts and have received multiple awards and accolades, including 3 JUNO (Canada’s Grammy) nominations, 1st place in the ISC (out of 15,000 entries), 3 Canadian Folk Music Awards, plus special guest recordings and sharing the stage with artists such as Bruce Cockburn, Paddy Moloney and The Chieftains, Richard Bona, Benoit Bourque (Bottine Souriante), David Bromberg, Alex Cuba, Ruben Blades, Crystal Shawanda, and Ken Whiteley.
Since forming 10 years ago, Sultans of String’s CDs have hit #1 across Canada on Top Ten national radio charts and have received multiple awards and accolades, including 3 JUNO (Canada’s Grammy) nominations, 1st place in the ISC (out of 15,000 entries), 3 Canadian Folk Music Awards, plus special guest recordings and sharing the stage with artists such as Bruce Cockburn, Paddy Moloney and The Chieftains, Richard Bona, Benoit Bourque (Bottine Souriante), David Bromberg, Alex Cuba, Ruben Blades, Crystal Shawanda, and Ken Whiteley.
