It was 1985 when one of the most iconoclastic fingerstyle geniuses to walk the planet made a counterintuitive decision to shake up his established instrumental legacy by adding his voice. Michael Hedges, on Watching My Life Go By, surprised fans with a vocal album that met with mixed reactions from a fan base which had come to expect only fretboard gymnastics. Fast-forward to 2016 and fingerstyle wizard Calum Graham has also, déjà-vu like, unleashed a vocal talent on his new CD Tabula Rasa to wonderfully…

My first exposure to the music of Calum Graham was a record he made with Don Ross called 12:34, back in 2013. Don Ross was the acknowledged king of fingerstyle guitar, and when he deemed young Calum Graham (21 at the time) worthy of making a duo album it gave instant credibility to Graham. 

Tabula Rasa is Calum Graham’s sixth album, with his debut recording having been released when he was just 17 years old. Hailing from High River, Alberta and now located in Toronto, he lists his guitar influences as Don…

March 28, 2016 · Stonebridge Guitars International 

Earlier this month, Calum Graham released an exceptional new full length album called Tabula Rasa.  It’s a 12 song solo album featuring instrumentals, vocals, and new songs written on the harp guitar with guest performances by Michael Manring and Antoine Dufour. 

Luke Michielsen:  For those who don’t know, what is the meaning of the title Tabula Rasa? 

Calum Graham: Tabula rasa means blank slate in latin. 

LM: Your album has an amazing ‘sound’…

Calum is a man of many guitars.
He’s the recent recipient of a Charles Shifflett Harp guitar, and some of his other guitars include a Lowden 0-25, Charles Shiflett Classical Guitar (Brazilian Rosewood/Cedar), Stonebridge G24SK-A, and a Stonebridge Baritone among others.

In this podcast we cover: 

• Composing with Don Ross on album 12:34
• His latest project…

Calum has been named one of Acoustic Guitar Magazine’s 30 Best Guitarists Under 30 and has won a number of music and talent competitions including the Canadian Fingerstyle Guitar Competition at the Canadian Guitar Festival in 2010.…

Calum Graham just turned 23 at the end of October this year, and has already enjoyed a career that would be the envy of artists double his age.

Born in British Columbia and raised in High River, Alta., this guitarist and singer/songwriter has released four acclaimed albums, won major musical competitions, performed at the Olympic games in both Vancouver and London, and has racked up phenomenal views on YouTube.

Canadian singer/songwriter Calum Graham

This…