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Don Ross and Pipo Romero at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre, Fredericton

PEI-based Indigenous guitarist/vocalist/composer Don Ross welcomes the great young Spanish guitarist Pipo Romero for a short string of dates in the Maritimes, including one night at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

Born and raised in Montreal to a Mi'kmaw mother and a Scottish immigrant father, Don Ross has established himself as one of the world's leading "fingerstyle" guitarists. He is also a professional orchestrator and composer of music for films, television and video games. After years in Montreal and Toronto, he and his wife have made their home in the Maritimes, including Prince Edward Island since 2021. He recently won the prestigious Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. His new album, slated for a May 10 release, is entitled WATER.

Madrid-based Pipo Romero hails from Cadiz in southern Spain. His music fuses the flamenco influences of his hometown with the innovation of playing his original music on a steel stringed guitar, as opposed to a traditional gut-strung instrument. The result is a thoroughly modern take on Spanish music, taking the tradition and growing it for the 21st century. His latest release is entitled IKIGAI, a Japanese word meaning, "What gives one's life worth."

The pair will bring their double-bill show to the Charlotte Street Arts Centre for one night on May 19, 2023.