Multi-instrumentalist
Kevan Corbett began music studies in the public school system,
went to Rock Camp at 15, and worked his way through a Bachelor
of Music (percussion with a minor in bass), at Mount Allison
University (1995) before moving to Halifax. Since then, he has
collaborated in projects nominated for ECMAs in Jazz - Instrumental
(Knifey Moloko - 1998), Best New Artist (Amelia
Curran - 2002), and Francophone Album of the Year (Blou
- Blou Blanc Rouge - winner 2004).
Kevan has also worked with John Curtis Sampson (drums), Carol
Ritchie (drums and bass), The MacLean Sisters (Percussion),
the Band of the Ceremonial Guard on Parliament Hill (Percussion),
Grand Derangement (Drums), was the house band drummer for the
opening of the recent World Acadian Congress, and played in
front of 60,000 people on Parliament Hill with Blou. Kevan started
in Blou as the bass player, played bass and guitar on the album,
and is now the drummer.
He enjoys national and international travel (so far: every province
in Canada, plus England, Ireland, France, Holland, Denmark,
Norway, Italy, USA, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Brazil, Panama,
China, Guatemala, and Costa Rica) and has a busy schedule of
grasshoppers to teach this year (Styles?: Funk, Punk, Celtic,
Country, Military, Classical, Blues, Jazz, TradFolk, NeoFolk,
NeoTribe, Cajun/Zydeco, Metal, Pop, New Age… any requests?)
on drums, bass, and percussion. Kevan has developed a method
of his own for Djembe.
Nice fella, too… See Kev’s website:
www.clumsy.ca
Part
of a musical family (his father a piano tuner and his mother
a piano instructor), Anthony started on drum kit at the young
age of 8. He performed in church alongside his parents who played
piano and organ. At the age of 13, Anthony began recording and
touring with diverse bands ranging from rock and punk, to traditional
and folk (including ECMA nominees The Danette Eddy Band and
Potbelly).
After moving to Vancouver in the mid-90s, he discovered African
and Latin percussion, pursuing studies on congas and djembe,
as well as collecting many kinds of traditional percussion instruments.
His insistence on learning authentic African drumming led him
to follow the career of Alpha Yaya Diallo, whose percussionists
came all the way from Guinea to perform and give workshops.
Upon his return to the east coast in 1998, he was invited to
join the group El Viento Flamenco, wherein he perfected the
complex hand clapping so integral to the art, as well as adding
cajon (Òbox drumÓ), bongos and the middle-Eastern doumbek (aka
darabuka) to the group's sound.
In 2001 Anthony moved to Halifax and joined the African percussion
group Fola. He continues to perform, record and give workshops
in the various drum techniques he has perfected. Recent points
of interest: - percussionist for El Viento Flamenco with Symphony
Nova Scotia (2004, 2006) - participated in many festivals including
the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival (2002, 2005), DrumFest (Halifax
2002-06), Atlantic Superstore Festival of Lights (Charlottetown
2005), JazzFest (Halifax 2004-06) - African drum workshop assistant
for Famoudou Konate (2004 and 2006) and Mohamed Kalifa Kamara
(2005-06).
