Edward's life has been a mosaic of colourful stories from exotic journeys to intensive creative originality, all reflected in his honest and heartfelt musical expression... read on!

BIO: Considered today one of the world's leading acoustic fretless guitarists, Edward is perhaps the only the playing an authentic Indian style on a fretless guitar thanks to his double decade pilgrimage with the sitar. On top of this Edward is also an accomplished oud player and has brought the makam language also to the fretless guitar captured in sounds coming from the instrument he designed and built himself which is a combination of a sarod and an oud. Recording artist, performer, teacher, instrument builder, traveler.. read Edward's full BIO.

TEACHERS:

'70
'76...
'77
'78
'79
'80
'83
'86
'89-'91
'90
'91-'94
'03-'05
'06-07
'06-07

Sid Keates: cello
Layne Powell: Western music theory, guitar
Rene Worst: bass guitar
Craig Mckaw: electric guitar
Bob Hadley: acoustic folk guitar
Don Ogilvie: jazz guitar
Ted Quinlan: jazz guitar
Fred Fimio: voice
Batuk nath Mishra (Benares, India): sitar
Sri Kesur Mishra (Benares, India): tabla
Sri Budhaditya Mukherjee (India): sitar
Ross Daly (Crete): modal traditions
Necati Celik (Istanbul): oud
Faruk Turunz (Istanbul): luthiery

JOURNEYS:

'65
'75
'85
'86
'88-'97
'91-'00
'95
'98.....
'03
'05
'06-'08
'09-'10

Sweden
Scotland
London
UK, Spain, Greece, Turkey
India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan)
Italy
Morocco
semi-residence in Central Europe
Crete
Crete
Istanbul
Cairo

BANDS:

'78-'83
'85
'87
'88
'92-'93
'93-'94
'96-'99
'98-'01
'98-'04
'01-'02
'03-'06
'02-'07
'08....

Paradox/Tempest (Vancouver)
Dermittlegang (Vancouver/London)
Midnight Hour (Vancouver)
3 Man Gang (Vancouver)
Monsoon Mood (Italy)
Culture Shock (Vancouver)
Worldream (Roma)
Kailash (Prague)
Friedsitar (Prague)
Kumura (Prague)
Blind Dolphin (Vienna)
Edward Powell group
Ragmakam Ensemble