Roy Johnstone, PEI FiddlerFiddling as an ART
New CD "live at Loon " is now available
"Mesmerizing", "Unbelievable", "Friendly", "Awesome" and so on. The Blues and Gypsy pieces went down particularly well...... I haven't had so much fun since I was a fly on the wall at a Johnny Cunningham gig."
Neuroscience and What it is to Be Human or "The Brain and the Fiddle"
The field of neuroscience had been making many amazing discoveries about how our brain functions and these new insights have important ramifications for our understanding of what it is to be human.
fiddle world another informative and useful web site
This is another site I recently came across. Some useful forums on fiddling and some helpful tips on instruments . Covers all styles of music and a wide variety of instruments. Congrats to Adam for another great fiddler resource.
This site has moved so you'll have to do a search to find the new url.
About Roy Johnstone
"Roy Johnstone has the heart of a poet, the spirit of an adventurer and plays like the Devil."
Atlantic Gig Magazine
"One of the Island's most accomplished fiddlers "
Doug Gallant, the Guardian
Roy Johnstone has been active in the East Coast musical community for the past thirty years. Not only is he one of the most accomplished fiddle players in Atlantic Canada but he has also received accolades for both his music compositions and his studio production. He is an active recording artist and has 4 solo albums to his credit for which he has multiple nominations for ECMA awards. His most recent CD, entitled "Longshore Drift" with Steve Sharratt was released in the fall of 2008 and he recently re-released in digital format his ECMA nominated recording Rolling Waves.
His music has also been featured in award winning NFB and independent film productions and he has been invited to perform with many of the region's most noted artists such as J.P. Cormier, Laura Smith, Lennie Gallant and jazz pianist Doug Riley. The Highland Council of Scotland commissioned Roy to write music to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Scottish settlers coming to Prince Edward Island. This music is featured in a new international recording entitled An-t Eilean, the Island.
His musical career has taken him to Iceland, Scotland, Mexico, Cuba, and the United States. He was presented with a Government of PEI Official Musical Ambassador award and he is often requested to highlight many dignitary events such as the recent Governor General's visit to Charlottetown, two Royal Visits, a Canadian Trade Mission to Iceland, Maritime tourism promotion to New England, a Maritime Premiers Conference and an Ireland Trade Commission in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
