Calum Graham
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Calum Graham
| image = JFD13918.jpg
| caption = Calum Graham at the 2016 Canadian Guitar Festival
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|10|29}}
| birth_place = Fort St. John, British Columbia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| genre = Fingerstyle guitar
| occupation = Musician, composer, singer-songwriter
| instrument = Guitar, vocals
| years_active = 2004–present
| label = CandyRat
| associated_acts = Andy McKee, Don Ross, Antoine Dufour, Lulo Reinhardt
| website = {{URL|calumgraham.com}}
}}
Calum Graham is a Canadian fingerstyle guitarist and singer-songwriter. He has classical guitar training, but uses a percussive technique. He has released four albums. When he was 22 he was listed by Acoustic Guitar magazine as one of their 30 "great guitarists under 30".{{cite web|url=http://www.acousticguitar.com/News-Features/30-Great-Guitarists-Under-30|title=30 Great Guitarists Under 30|publisher=Acousticguitar.com|accessdate=November 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209063224/http://www.acousticguitar.com/News-Features/30-Great-Guitarists-Under-30/30-Under-30-Part-3-Sean-de-Burca-Newton-Faulkner-Sofia-Gleeson-and-Calum-Graham|archive-date=December 9, 2014}}
Early life
At the early age of 12, Graham developed a passion for the guitar during occasional lessons with his father. After graduating from secondary school, Graham began studies in Classical Guitar at the University of Calgary and Mount Royal University. During an electric guitar lesson, he was exposed to the album "Bearing Straight" by fingerstyle guitarist Don Ross. At this point, he began informal studies within the same genre.
In 2009 Graham won the Calgary Stampede Talent Search, and also the ensuing national-level talent contest.{{cite web|url=http://www.highriveronline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9687&Itemid=59|title=Stampede Talent Search Winner Calum Graham from High River|publisher=Highriveronline.com|accessdate=November 27, 2014}} He came second in the fingerstyle guitar competition at the 2009 Canadian Guitar Festival, and won it in 2010.{{cite web|author=Joe Warmington|date=August 3, 2010|url=http://www.highrivertimes.com/2010/08/03/calum-graham-achieves-goal-at-canadian-guitar-festival|title=Calum Graham achieves goal at Canadian Guitar Festival|work=High River Times|accessdate=November 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204114001/http://www.highrivertimes.com/2010/08/03/calum-graham-achieves-goal-at-canadian-guitar-festival|archive-date=December 4, 2014|url-status=dead}}
In 2011 he won the Canada's Walk of Fame "A Song For Canada" song contest. The prize included C$25,000 in cash, and time in a recording studio.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/alberta-teen-wins-walk-of-fame-song-contest-1.1055169|title=Alberta teen wins Walk of Fame song contest|date=September 1, 2011|publisher=Cbc.ca|accessdate=November 27, 2014}}{{failed verification|date=August 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/09/01/alberta-guitar-virtuoso-19-wins-canadas-walk-of-fame-song-contest/?__federated=1|title=Alberta guitar virtuoso, 19, wins Canada's Walk of Fame song contest – National Post|author=Melissa Leong|date=September 1, 2011|work=National Post|accessdate=November 27, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140616202956/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/09/01/alberta-guitar-virtuoso-19-wins-canadas-walk-of-fame-song-contest/?__federated=1|archive-date=June 16, 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.highrivertimes.com/2011/09/05/graham-adds-another-notch-to-his-belt|title=Graham adds another notch to his belt|work=High River Times|accessdate=November 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204114003/http://www.highrivertimes.com/2011/09/05/graham-adds-another-notch-to-his-belt|archive-date=December 4, 2014|url-status=dead}}
Discography
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| style="text-align:center;"|Album Title
! style="text-align:center;"|Year |
|---|
| Sunny Side Up
|2009 |
| Indivisibility (EP)
|2010 |
| 12:34
|2013 |
| Phoenix Rising
|2013 |
| Tabula Rasa
|2016 |
| Thread of Creation
|2019 |
| Sympatheia
|2022 |
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Category:Canadian male singer-songwriters
Category:21st-century Canadian male singers