Canadian Folk Music Award nominees The Bombadils are Luke Fraser and Sarah Frank, a vibrant husband and wife duo playing traditional and original music with front porch style and classical grace. Drawing from Canadian, American, and Celtic folk traditions, the two pour the spirit of story-telling and kitchen parties into their songwriting. Luke brings guitar, mandolin, and home-grown east coast vocals in harmony with Sarah's sweet but powerful singing, lyrical fiddle playing, and claw-hammer banjo. 

The Bombadils met in 2009 while studying music at McGill University in Montreal, QC, initially performing as an Irish pub band as a fun way to break up their studies. In the years to follow, they began recording and touring throughout Canada, and internationally. Tour highlights include Koerner Hall in Toronto, ON, Tivoli Gardens in Denmark, and Wintergrass music festival outside Seattle, WA. In 2015 they released full-length album, "Grassy Roads, Wandering Feet," quickly followed by "New Shoes" in 2016 which was nominated for two Canadian Folk Music Awards and won Folk Music Ontario's Album of the Year award.

Musician in search of my expression in sound and rhythm.

Though original piano is the instrument I started with, I left it to long standing in the corner to be able to express myself on it. Nowadays I'm mainly playing - and still discovering my expression on - the Irish frame-drum the bodhràn. I'm playing primarily on a Seamus O'Kane and a 14In Brendan White, the latter with horseskin. The ones in my profile-picture are a Hedwitschak Light-Line 2.0, my second new-bought bodhrán, and a MOS. I don't consider myself a soloist. I love the rhythmical accompanying of other musicians, synchronizing, getting a resonance in playing together and the interaction. Making energy. I like it!

A couple of years ago Robbie posted a multi-tracked percussion piece on a media site. Brian liked the piece and decided to play along with it, all of the time recording his ideas. Over the next year more material went back and forth using all of the instruments at their disposal

The music came together organically as neither musician had any preconceptions of how the parts would develop. Brian found himself walking on a musical path gently pushed by the music itself. Robbie felt free to meander as he created these paths, leaving space for Brian’s melodies to emerge 

They decided they needed one more creative contributor and that was Paul.
Over the next year the addition of bass cemented the percussive and melodic aspects of the music into one whole

Robbie re-imagined the original percussive scores to allow the soaring segments of flutes, whistles, voice and accordion and the equally exciting bass lines to create a cohesive trio

Brian Masterson’s mixing and mastering ensured a rich trio soundscape that fully accented the quality of musicianship

The title came about as one listener described it “Its like folk music but I’m not sure from which country”

These are motifs from the Blue Sphere.

Electronic music producer based in Kent, UK

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