Bob Ardern

New age. Free.

press release: Bob Ardern combines masterful finger-style guitar playing with melodies that conjure vivid images and pulls it all together into a captivating sound.  The music delights and excites while it soothes and entertains. With influences from Celtic, Classical and Jazz, Bob's guitar stylings take the listener on a spectral journey of emotions.

 "Ardern's music...reflects an "elegant simplicity" coupled with an utter lack of pretension. Ardern seems to instinctively know how to shed artifice and meaningless showmanship and allow the true goodness of a melody and a rhythm to come to the forefront." - Bill Binkelman - Binkleman's Corner, Zone Music Reporter

In the last few years. Bob has played Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival, Brampton Folk Festival, Barrie Roots Music Festival, Live From the Rock Music Festival, Trout Forest Music Festival,  LaHave Folk Festival, and the Orillia Folk Society's FridayFolk series.  He recently completed a tour of Eastern Canada and two tours of the Northeastern United States, playing as feature at several Arts Centers and Concert Series as well as at Coffeehouses and House Concerts.