Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

Event Description

Arguably Canada’s most celebrated and gifted guitarist, Don Ross is a phenomenon. Every time he plays at the Rogue we are swamped with requests for tickets, and he must surely be one of our most popular performers. Don is the son of a Scotsman and a Mi’kmaq mother. He learned to play guitar at a young age and developed his own uniquely percussive - and very funky - style. Perhaps it has something to do with his early love of Motown, but there is something irresistibly syncopated about his compositions and his playing style. At the age of 28 he was Canada’s first U.S. National Fingerstyle Guitar Champion, winning the prestigious competition in Winfield Kansas which is based not just on technique but also on emotional depth and sensitivity. In 1996 he became the first person ever to... more...