Oliver Schroer dies at 52

Posted on | July 9, 2008 | No Comments

Sad news this morning on CBC Radio 1: Toronto fiddler Oliver Schroer died from leukemia on July 3, 2008.

I had only recently discovered Oliver’s music and blogged about it at length. Sensitive obits from TheStar.com here and here.

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