Calum Graham

Calum Graham is a Canadian fingerstyle guitarist and singer-songwriter. He has classical guitar training, but uses a percussive technique. He has released four albums.[1] When he was 22 he was listed by Acoustic Guitar magazine as one of their 30 "great guitarists under 30".[1]

Calum Graham
Calum Graham at the 2016 Canadian Guitar Festival
Background information
Born (1991-10-29) October 29, 1991
Fort St. John, British Columbia
GenresFingerstyle guitar
Occupation(s)Musician, Composer, Singer-Songwriter
InstrumentsGuitar, vocals
Years active2004–present
LabelsCandyRat
Associated actsLulo Reinhardt, Antoine Dufour, Don Ross
Websitecalumgraham.com

Early Life

At the early age of 12, Graham developed a passion for the guitar during occasional lessons with his father. The intrigue continued into his teenage years when he and his fellow classmate formed a garage punk rock band called “Deform”. After graduating from secondary school, Graham began studies in Classical Guitar at the University of Calgary and Mount Royal University. During an electric guitar lesson, he was exposed to the album “Bearing Straight” by fingerstyle guitarist Don Ross. At this point, he began informal studies within the same genre.

In 2009 Graham won the Calgary Stampede Talent Search, and also the ensuing national-level talent contest.[2] He came second in the fingerstyle guitar competition at the 2009 Canadian Guitar Festival, and won it in 2010.[3]

In 2011 he won the Canada's Walk of Fame "A Song For Canada" song contest. The prize included C$25,000 in cash, and time in a recording studio.[4][5][6]

Discography
Album Title Year
Sunny Side Up 2009
Indivisibility (EP) 2010
12:34 2013
Phoenix Rising 2013
Tabula Rasa 2016
Thread of Creation 2019

References
  1. "30 Great Guitarists Under 30". Acousticguitar.com. Archived from the original on December 9, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  2. "Stampede Talent Search Winner Calum Graham from High River". Highriveronline.com. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  3. Joe Warmington (August 3, 2010). "Calum Graham achieves goal at Canadian Guitar Festival". High River Times. Archived from the original on December 4, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  4. "Alberta teen wins Walk of Fame song contest". Cbc.ca. September 1, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  5. Melissa Leong (September 1, 2011). "Alberta guitar virtuoso, 19, wins Canada's Walk of Fame song contest – National Post". National Post. Archived from the original on June 16, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  6. "Graham adds another notch to his belt". High River Times. Archived from the original on December 4, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
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