Joel Fafard (born November 18, 1968) is a Canadian finger-style and

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ist from Saskatchewan. He now lives on the

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in British Columbia. Fafard has released six albums featuring original and traditional folk/blues instrumentals and songs. He won a Western Canadian Music Award in 2006 and was nominated for a

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in 2007 for his album ''...and another thing..''. In 2009, he was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award for his album ''Three Hens Escape Oblivion'.'' With Fafard's latest album, ''Fowl Mood'', he builds on his previous success, with a collection of new songs in the southern blues and Appalachian traditions. Fafard studied guitar with Jack Semple and music at Capilano College in British Columbia, and was a member of the

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-based band Scruj MacDuhk, which later evolved into the Celtic fusion band,

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. Fafard's 2013 album, ''Borrowed Horses'', was a collaboration with Toronto-based guitarist Joel Schwartz. Schwartz and Fafard toured with Canadian sculptor

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, performing at the sculptor's exhibition openings across Canada. The album's title, ''Borrowed Horses,'' is a reference to Joe Fafard's sculpture of running horses, which graces the CD cover.

Discography

*2016 �
Fowl Mood
*2013 �
Borrowed Horses
*2010 – Cluck Old Hen *2008 – Three Hens Escape Oblivion *2006 – ...and another thing... *2003 – Rocking Horse *2001 – Head Smashed In *1991 – Farmer's Tan

Awards and nominations

2009 Canadian Folk Music Award nominee; 2009 International Acoustic Music Award runner up; 2009 Western Canadian Music Award nominee; 2007 Juno nominee; 2006 Western Canadian Music Award Winner; 2006 Canadian Folk Music Award nominee; 2004 Western Canadian Music Award nominee

References

External links

* Joel Fafard – Websit

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fafard, Joel 1968 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Canadian folk guitarists Canadian male guitarists Musicians from Saskatchewan Musicians from British Columbia