The Andrew Collins Duo

$40/30

Mando maestro Andrew Collins finds himself through no actual fault of his own at the epicentre of Canada’s burgeoning acoustic/roots music scene. He didn’t invent it but he's certainly been a contributor, having co-founded seriously noteworthy Canadian bands like the Creaking Tree String Quartet, the Foggy Hogtown Boys and, more recently, his namesake Trio. That’s not to mention the fact that this prolific, robust performer comfortable on mandolin, fiddle, guitar, mandola and mandocello, composes, produces, arranges, writes and teaches across multiple genres, including a popular collision of folk, jazz, bluegrass, celtic, and classical.

As Collins gathers up innumerable JUNO nominations (5) and Canadian Folk Music Awards (7) won by his various ensembles, he’s zeroing in on the work he does with in-the-pocket James McEleney holding it down on the bass, guitar and vocals. Showcasing a dizzying number of styles and instruments on stage, Collins and McEleney appear to live by the old adage, idle hands are the devil’s workshop, likely keeping them just ahead of his grasp. Bending and blending genres, these musical shape shifters land somewhere between the re-imagined worlds of Bela Fleck and Newgrass invader, David Grisman.

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