of the people I've worked with over the past few years: Basia Bulat, David Myles, Elizabeth Sheppard, The Wailin' Jennys, Sandro Perri, The Creaking Tree String Quartet, Theodore Bikel (yeah!), DJ SoCalled, Joel Schwartz, Joanna Borromeo, Josh Van Tassel, Monica Fedrigo, Bogdan Djukic, Brenna MacCrimmon, Ben Grossman, Sasha Luminsky, Charlie Finlay, Christine Bougie, Dennis Song, Colin Kingsmore, Michael Davidson, Harley Card, Christian Overton, Parmela Attariwala, Glenn Buhr, Scott Good, Tania Gill, Lee Pui Ming, Marilyn Lerner, Tony Quarrington, Jake Oelrichs, Alex Kontorovich, Tim Shia, Anne Lindsay....others
Influences
The usual suspects....The last 10 Cds I've listened to and enjoyed:
1) Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind
2) Jesse Harris - Watching The Sky
3) Jill Barber - Chances
4) M. Ward - Hold Time
5) Bill Frisell - History Mystery
6) Alison Krauss - Live
7) Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter - Oh, My Girl
8) Iron and Wine - Around The Well
9 ) U2 - The Joshua tree
10) The Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
Sounds Like
I'm playing exactly the right notes at exactly the right time...ideally
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Bret is a full time member of Canadian folk group Great Lake Swimmers, jazz-folk fusion
group 'The Outlanders', Canada's leading klezmer
group, 'Beyond the Pale', improvising chamber ensemble 'Mirobolus String Trio', Carly Blasutti and Mark Hart's project 'Carly and Mark', and Jon Feldman's 'Zebrina'. Additionally, he has performed and/or recorded with many luminaries of the jazz and folk music communities.
The recipient of numerous scholarships and arts
grants, Bret performs extensively in Toronto, and has toured throughout Canada, the United States and Europe.
Special highlights of his performance career include a 2005 performance at the Canadian Govenor General Awards at the National Arts Centre in
Ottawa, performing at Molson Amphitheatre with Great Lake Swimmers and Serena Ryder as the opener for Robert Plant and Alison Krauss in 2008, and performing at New York City's Carnegie Hall in 2009 with Beyond The Pale as special guests at the 85th birthday of ledgendary actor and theatre personality Theodore Bikel.
Dude, I'm absolutely loving diaphanous charms. You have to hook me up with that awesome music that makes me want to dance in a non-clubbing 8 dollar drink sort of way
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