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Chris is currently working on "Walking Through the Fire", an album and concert of collaborations with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists across Turtle Island.
Leading Sultans of String, he is making this album in the spirit of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action, and Final Report that asks for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to work together as an opportunity to show a path forward. Artists include Crystal Shawanda, Don Ross, Duke Redbird, Leela Gilday, MJ Dandeneau, The North Sound, Marc Meriläinen (Nadjiwan), Métis Fiddler Quartet, Northern Cree, Raven Kanatakta, Shannon Thunderbird and more.

Chris is a recipient of the Dr. Duke Redbird Lifetime Achievement Award from JAYU Arts For Human Rights, and a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for his work creating community through music. As bandleader, he produces, composes and plays violin with Sultans of String, who’s CDs have earned three JUNO Award nominations for Instrumental and World Album of the Year, and six Canadian Folk Music Awards out of 11 nominations. As a producer he received Producer of the Year for the 2023 Canadian Folk Music Awards. His productions have hit the New York Times Hits List, the Billboard World Music Charts, and also won the SiriusXM World Music Award.