Ian Cameron is a Canadian fiddler and composer based in

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

. He also plays guitar and mandolin. He has performed and recorded with several bands, including

Strange Advance Strange Advance is a Canadian new wave band formed in 1982 in Vancouver, British Columbia. They were nominated for a 1983 Juno Award as Most Promising Group of the Year and again in 1985 as Group of the Year. Their first two albums, 1982's ' ...

, Faith and Desire, and the duo Ruckus Deluxe. He collaborated with Arun Shenoy on the Grammy-nominated album ''Rumbadoodle''.

Early life

Cameron was born in

Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

. He studied classical violin.

Career

Cameron joined the band

as a session player on their 1985 album ''

2WO ''2WO'' is the second studio album by Canadian new wave band Strange Advance released in February, 1985. It featured two hit Canadian singles, "We Run" and "The Second That I Saw You". Along with their first album, this was a Canadian gold re ...

'' . He toured with them in Eastern Canada and also contributed to their 1998 album

The Distance Between ''The Distance Between'' is the third studio album by Canadian new wave band Strange Advance. It was released in 1988, and featured the Canadian hit single "Love Becomes Electric". The album was remastered and re-released on CD in 2016 with tw ...

. After the breakup of Strange Advance, Cameron joined the quartet Faith and Desire, which performed internationally and which had released two albums by 2012. In 2002 Cameron was a member of the celtic band Tiller's Folly in British Columbia. In 2003 the band recorded an album of celtic-style folk music with original songs, ''A Ripple in Time''. Cameron and guitarist Chad Oliver formed the band Ruckus Deluxe, based in Whistler, BC, in which Cameron plays fiddle, mandolin and electric guitar. The pair played a mix of country, rock and pop music, and released an album, ''Better at Night''. In 2013, while living in

Coquitlam Coquitlam ( ) is a city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Mainly suburban, Coquitlam is the List of cities in British Columbia, sixth-largest city in the province, with a population of 148,625 in 2021, and one of the 21 municipa ...

, Cameron recorded on the album ''Rumbadoodle'', and co-wrote two of its songs. The album was a project of Arun Shenoy, and much of the music was created through long-distance collaboration. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award as Best Pop Instrumental in 2013. Cameron also contributed to Shenoy's 2016 release ''A Stagey Bank Affair''. As a member of the tribute band Atlantic Crossing, Cameron traveled to

Alert, Nunavut Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost continuously inhabited place in the world, ("Twice a year, the military resupply Alert, the world's northernmost settlement.") on Ellesmere Island (Queen Elizabeth Island ...

in 2014 to entertain at the

Canadian Forces Station A Canadian Forces base or CFB (french: links=no, base des Forces canadiennes, BFC) is a military installation of the Canadian Armed Forces. For a facility to qualify as a Canadian Forces base, it must station one or more major units (e.g., army r ...

there."Most northerly concert in the world
''The Aurora Newspaper'', Jan 30, 2014

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cameron, Ian Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century Canadian violinists and fiddlers Canadian rock violinists Musicians from Vancouver Canadian male violinists and fiddlers