Bird’s Eye

Guitar and fiddle duo Gammons & Knorr will release their debut EP Bird’s Eye for streaming on April 23.

Originally from Regina, SK, Ray Knorr grew up competing in fiddle competitions and attending camps across Western Canada. As a three-time Saskatchewan and two-time Grand North American Fiddle Champion and a four-time finalist at the Canadian Grandmasters, he has earned his reputation as one of Canada’s rising fiddle talents.

It was out West that Ray met Tom Gammons in 2016, a guitarist from Montana with dreams of pursuing a career in traditional music in the Maritimes. Now, Tom is embedded in PEI’s music scene, a graduate of the Holland College School of Performing Arts and member of the JUNO Award-nominated trad trio Inn Echo. When Ray decided to embark on a cross-Canada road trip from Vancouver to the tip of Newfoundland in the summer of 2023, he reached out to Tom, thinking he’d visit PEI for a week or two. That trip turned out to be a permanent move and the start of a new project. 

Bird’s Eye includes original compositions, traditional tunes and a feature from Vermont fiddler Romy Munkres. It was developed in the duo’s home in Stratford, PEI, recorded by Sergey Varmalov at Crabbe Road Productions, and mastered by John McLaggan at Parachute Mastering. Artwork by Brooklyn-based painter Robin Gammons. 

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