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\"Sultans

Sultans of String<\/p><\/div>\n

Chris McKhool has learned that there\u2019s no better way to travel than with a violin strapped to your back.<\/p>\n

The Toronto-based musician has traveled the world, including to the Canadian Arctic, Indonesia, France and Guatemala. Most of it was done with a violin in hand. With music as an international calling card, McKhool found himself invited into bar rooms and living rooms to jam with the locals.<\/p>\n

\u201cMusic is such a great excuse to get to know people,\u201d McKhool said in an interview. \u201cYou can learn so much about a culture from its music.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Dr.

Dr. Zoo<\/p><\/div>\n

McKhool will bring that cultural knowledge to the Sean O\u2019Sullivan stage on March 2 with his world music group, Sultans of String<\/a>. The show is a double bill with the Alberta-based group Dr. Zoo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Attendees of the show can expect a multicultural experience in the form of fun, upbeat world music, McKhool said. Sultans of String describe themselves as a mixture of Spanish, Cuban and Middle Eastern music.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of times, our audiences walk away saying \u2018I don\u2019t know what that was, but I really like it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

McKhool founded Sultans of String with guitarist Kevin Lalibert\u00e9, who has toured extensively with Jesse Cook. McKhool says many of his travels were vacations, business or performing. On all of them, he took an instrument.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes you get a gig that pays you to go there, then you take your time once you\u2019re there,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

In India, he took violin lessons from a respected local violinist. In Cuba, he played with bands in the plaza.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you have a musical instrument on your back, it\u2019s a pretty magical thing,\u201d he says. \u201cPeople are by and large super friendly and a lot more open to you. They\u2019ll wave you over and say \u2018come over and play with us,\u2019 and before you know it, you\u2019re playing on someone\u2019s front porch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Zoo has a similar multicultural background. Randal Arsenault, who also teaches environmental science and ecology at Lethbridge College<\/a>, is a native Newfoundlander who has traveled throughout southern Africa. While getting a PhD in zoology in Africa, he learned the international rhythms from the culture\u2019s music, developing a unique \u201cAfro-Celtic-reggae\u201d combination. African and Celtic music are compatible, he says.<\/p>\n

In developing the sound, \u201cI realized there are similarities between Celtic music and what I heard in the Congo.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sultans of String and Dr. Zoo<\/strong>
\nMarch 2, 2011
\n7:30 p.m.
\nTickets – $42
\narts.brocku.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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