Gordon Grdina

Gordon Grdina is a Canadian guitarist from Vancouver, British Columbia, whose style blends jazz, world music and avant-garde influences.Stuart Derdeyn, [https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/vancouver-jazz-guitarist-and-oud-player-gordon-grdina-showcases-very-different-chops-on-two-new-releases "Vancouver jazz guitarist and oud player Gordon Grdina showcases very different chops on two new releases"]. Vancouver Sun, February 21, 2024. He is most noted for his 2018 album China Cloud, which won the Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2019.Annie Howard and Etan Vlessing, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/juno-awards-2019-winners-list-full-1180913/juno-fan-choice-award-7/ "Juno Awards: Full List of Winners"]. The Hollywood Reporter, March 17, 2019.

In addition to fronting his own Gordon Grdina Trio and Gordon Grdina Septet, he has also recorded and performed with Peregrine Falls, Haram and Qalandar, and as a guitarist and songwriting collaborator with Dan Mangan.Alex Hudson, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/dan_mangan_blacksmith_member_gordon_grdinas_guitar_stolen_in_germany "Dan Mangan + Blacksmith Member Gordon Grdina's Guitar Stolen in Germany"]. Exclaim!, September 26, 2015. With Mangan, Kenton Loewen and John Walsh, he was a SOCAN Songwriting Prize nominee in 2012 for "Post-War Blues" from Mangan's album Oh Fortune.[https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/music/2012/09/11/songwriter-john-k-samson-hears-another-echo "Songwriter John K. Samson hears another Echo"]. Winnipeg Free Press, September 11, 2012.

He received a second Juno nomination for Instrumental Album of the Year for Prior Street at the Juno Awards of 2021.Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/here-are-the-2021-juno-award-winners-1.6036001 "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners"]. CBC Music, June 4, 2021.