Graeme Kirkland

Graeme Kirkland

Graeme Kirkland was a producer, composer, musician, and performance artist during the late 1980s and 1990s. He was probably best known for his street drumming using overturned buckets and other available surfaces for his performance. [cite news
last = Johnson
first = Brian D.
title = Drumming Finds New Popularity
work = Maclean's Magazine
publisher = Rogers Publishing Ltd
date = 1996-07-29
url = http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0010966
accessdate = 2008-03-25] After his musical career, he became a financial adviser. [cite news
title = Drummer's New Beat
work = Now
publisher = Now Communications Inc
date = 2001-08-16
url = http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2001-08-16/news_upfront2.html
accessdate = 2008-03-25]

Kirkland was a popular performer in Toronto, Ontario consistently being voted "Best Drummer" by NOW Magazine's readers for 6 years (1996 – 2001) [cite news
title = Best of Toronto 2001 Reader's Poll Award
work = Now Magazine
publisher = NOW Communications Inc
url = http://www.nowtoronto.com/minisites/bestof/2001/artists.html
accessdate = 2008-03-27] Fact|date=March 2008 in their annual Reader's Poll. The runner-up in each of these 6 years was the famous Canadian drummer, Neil Peart of Rush.

References

External links

* [http://www.bravofact.com/shorts/details.asp?ANDOR=AND&DisciplineID=2&projectID=1645&provID=8 Beat Truths, a video profile of Kirkland's street drumming]


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