Gordon Grdina

Gordon Grdina is a Canadian guitarist from Vancouver, British Columbia, whose style blends jazz, world music and avant-garde influences. ^[1] He is most noted for his 2018 album China Cloud, which won the Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2019. ^[2]

In addition to fronting his own Gordon Grdina Trio and Gordon Grdina Septet, he has also recorded and performed with Peregrine Falls, Haram and Qalandar, and as a guitarist and songwriting collaborator with Dan Mangan. ^[3] With Mangan, Kenton Loewen and John Walsh, he was a SOCAN Songwriting Prize nominee in 2012 for "Post-War Blues" from Mangan's album Oh Fortune . ^[4]

He received a second Juno nomination for Instrumental Album of the Year for Prior Street at the Juno Awards of 2021. ^[5]

References

1. Stuart Derdeyn, "Vancouver jazz guitarist and oud player Gordon Grdina showcases very different chops on two new releases". Vancouver Sun , February 21, 2024.
2. Annie Howard and Etan Vlessing, "Juno Awards: Full List of Winners". The Hollywood Reporter , March 17, 2019.
3. Alex Hudson, "Dan Mangan + Blacksmith Member Gordon Grdina's Guitar Stolen in Germany". Exclaim! , September 26, 2015.
4. "Songwriter John K. Samson hears another Echo". Winnipeg Free Press , September 11, 2012.
5. Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.