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Anne is a unique Canadian performer: fiddler extraordinaire, singer of songs old and new, composer, improviser and multi-instrumentalist--a musician's musician whose musical explorations into both old and new seem to know no bounds. She has been called "a national treasure" (Gary Cristall/Vancouver Folk Festival), "one of the most talented musicians in the country" (Derek Andrews/Harbourfront Centre), an "an amazing artist" (Richard Flohill/Mariposa). She is strongly rooted in several Canadian musical traditions, old and new ­ Metis and French-Canadian, Scots-Irish, Eastern European and African. She sings in several languages and is also an inspired player of mandolin, piano, bones, feet and jawharp.

Originally from Manitoba, Anne Lederman has also done extensive research into the fiddle traditions of that province, especially those of Native and Metis peoples. She has written about these traditions academically (Master's Thesis: Old Native and Metis Fiddling in Two Manitoba Communities) and for several shcolarly and popular Jounals, including Native Studies, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, The Canadian Encyclopia of Music and, most recently Fiddler Magazine. Her original 4-album collection of field recordings is due to be released in the Fall of 2003 as a 2-CD set in the National Museum of Civilization Archive Series.

". . .an exciting and optimistic vision of what might unite Canada's musical past with its future." Kitchener Echo

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