J.P. CORMIER @ THE MARBLE ARTS CENTRE

Sunday, April 27th, 2025 at 7pm

One of Canada’s most influential guitarists and musicians, J.P. Cormier has had a wild and exciting career – before turning 20, he had already become a sideman for Stompin’ Tom Connors and a staple at Studio H recordings in Halifax. In the mid nineties, he exploded onto the trad music scene in the east coast and Cape Breton as a fiddler, performing some of the most difficult music ever produced by legends like Winston Fitzgerald and Angus Chisholm. Born in Ontario to Cape Breton parents, east coast music is in his bones. He put out his first lead album, Another Morning, in 1997. It did incredibly well and to this day, songs off that album have deeply influenced some of the biggest names in the business. People like Dave Gunning, Matt Andersen, David Myles, and Joel Plaskett… all of which will tell you: that Juno-nominated and ECMA-winning record changed things.

Since then, Cormier’s career has continued to flourish. Sixteen albums followed the success of Another Morning, winning 12 more ECMAs, another Juno nomination, a Canadian Folk Music Award and 5 Music Nova Scotia Awards. Each album was a snapshot of each thing that he can do. There are fiddle albums, mandolin, banjo, guitar, tribute records, songwriting collections, a purely astounding spectrum of talent and musical vision. His catalogue of recordings and the 150 or so records he’s produced on other artists, resemble the tapestry he weaves in live performance. Where he used to carry 3 and 4 piece bands, he tours alone now.

Audiences leave his shows amazed and wondering… Did they see a storyteller? A songwriter? Arguably one of the best guitar players in the business today? Someone who crosses between different instruments like there are no lines? J.P. Cormier is one of the biggest names in Canadian music, and you’re not going to want to miss his one night in town.

“…One of the most important guitar players of his generation.” – Chet Atkins

Learn more at https://jp-cormier.com.

TICKETS: $32.50 HST

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