Bio
A long time fixture in the Edmonton music scene, Cam has played his own style of fiddle music in clubs and festivals across the prairies and around the world. From the street to the concert hall, his musical journey has spanned the gamut of styles from traditional fiddling to jazz . Cam has spent the last two years under mentorship, tracing the route of the Roma from India through Turkey, the Balkan’s, France and Spain and studying and composing music inspired by this journey.
“The Rd to Django” is a show that is based on these compositions. This show has been performed using as many as fifteen musicians and dancers to a solo show using foot rhythms and looping technology . The music is a seamless blending of traditional fiddle tunes with blues and jazz sensibilities flavored with the sounds of the balkans.
Cam has an instructional DVD called “Fiddle Improv” which was recorded on Vancouver Island with Doug Cox. He has two recordings of original music, “Beats Crime“, a collection of music that has been called “jug jazz” and ,“The Cam Neufeld Connection - Live @ Bonnie Doon Hall“. This recording features musicians he has played with in various combinations and bands. The Cam Neufeld Connection plays original music that has been described as "a grab bag of tangos, jigs, waltzes, swing numbers and blues-all performed with verve and immaculate taste"
Recently Cam has produced a DVD “The Road to Django” of a live performance in Edmonton which integrates the music of India, Turkey, the Balkans , Spain and the Gypsy jazz of Django Reinhardt.
Selected Performances
Balkan Buskerfest – Skope, Macedonia
J. H. Ambani Saraswati Vidyamandir Surat India - Johar Ali Kahn
Molly’s café - Istanbul , Turkey -Cam Neufeld
Malaganba Bucharest , Romania - Cam Neufeld and Bilie Zizi
Blues on White - Kevin Cook
Vancouver Island Folk Fest - Cam Neufeld Trio
Edmonton Folk Festival- Ben Sures
Northern Lights Bluegrass Festival -Billie Zizi and the Nomad
Works Gala at MacDonald Hotel - Swing Manouche
Chante Festival - Swing Manouche
Winspear Center - Swing Manouche
Wayne Fest - Swing Manouche
Yardbird Suite - Back Porch Swing
Bonnie Doon Hall - Cam Neufeld Connection
North Country Fair - Cam Neufeld
South Country Fair - Bach Porch Swing
Spruce Meadows Bluegrass festival - Back Porch Swing
Sidetrack Café - the Digs
Works Festival - Jim Findlay Trio
Present Bands
The Cam Neufeld Trio, The Rd to Django, Jim Findlay Trio, Swing Manouche, Kevin Cook, and Back Porch Swing
Previous Bands
The Digs, Atlas Quartet ,Sask. Power, Grassland boys, Crooked Creek, Friends of Old Tyme Music, Sidewinder, The Baim Sisters, The Eclectic Cowpunchers, The Fractals, Coel Na Gael, Twang! , Joanne Myrol Band, Joie du Vive
Film Scores
One more mile -Documentary - Vicom Media Productions
G and G soup- Jeff Burke
Ridin’ the rails- Lorna Thomas Productions
Recordings
Beats Crime - Cam Neufeld
Live at Bonnie doon Hall - Cam Neufeld Connection
The Road to Django - Dvd of show at the Artery,
on other projects....
Jez Hellard - Blood and Honey
Scott Cook - Long way to wander
Dana Wiley Band - The Unruly Ones
Dana Wiley Band - Something’s gonna happen here
John Henry - Charmin’ Billy
Kevin Cook - Western Union
Kevin Cook - Calahoo
Andrea House - Heartbreak Hotel
Andy Northrup - Cardboard Logic
Back Porch Swing
Back Porch Swing - Ridin’
Crooked Creek-Treeplanters Tango
Crooked Creek - Lucky Stone
Crooked Creek - Crooked Ness
Arlette -Tribe of One
Coel Na Gael
Byron Olsen and Susan Bond - Babies, Birds and Bones
Twang! - Six Pack
Scott Cook - Goin’ up the River
Jack Millikin
Grassland Boys
Bahm Sisters
Teaching
1988 - present - private studio in Edmonton
2005 - present - Grant McEwan outreach program
2004 - 2010 -Alberta Society of Fiddlers workshop
2004 - Bluegrass camp at Camp He-Ho- Ha
2004 -2005- Guitar workshops - St. Paul
2002 - 2005 -Fiddle Workshops - Victoria School of Performing Arts
1993 - 2005 - Northeastern Music Association (NEMA)