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Artist
Les Finnigan
12+ albums
fingerstyle guitarguitar
about
2014 Western Canadian Music Award nomination - Instrumental Album of the Year 2007 Canadian Folk Music Award nomination - Best Instrumentalist - Solo 2003 Western Canadian Music Award nomination - Outstanding Instrumental Recording Canadian acoustic guitarist Les Finnigan specializes in composing, recording and performing new original pieces for solo acoustic guitar. His compositions combine polymodal and counterpoint techniques, standard and alternate tunings, and hybrid picking (fingerstyle and flatpicking), to create music that is artistic, thought provoking, and rich with melodic motifs. Les Finnigan has independently released 7 CDs and 2 DVDs and has sold over 15,000 copies to fans all over the world. He is regularly heard across Canada on several CBC Radio programs. His music has also been used in films, documentaries and television commercials. He is a tireless entertainer and performs over 325 days a year at venues ranging from coffee shops and restaurants to concert halls and outdoor festivals. He is also the producer of the West Coast Guitar Night, which has been a popular annual concert in Vancouver since 1999. Three of his albums have been nominated for awards: two Western Canadian Music Award nominations (Instrumental Album of the Year - 2014 and Outstanding Instrumental Recording - 2003), and a 2007 Canadian Folk Music Award nomination for Best Instrumentalist - Solo. Before Finnigan started his recording career he was the winner of the National Guitar
