{"id":1107,"date":"2018-10-21T13:46:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T19:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/?page_id=1107"},"modified":"2025-09-30T22:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T04:00:19","slug":"mike-rud","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/index.php\/artists\/mike-rud\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Rud"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2106\" src=\"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/MikeRudPhoto2020-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/MikeRudPhoto2020-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/MikeRudPhoto2020-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/MikeRudPhoto2020-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/MikeRudPhoto2020.jpg 1364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><strong>Mike Rud<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mike Rud is a Juno Award-winning guitarist and composer, who has performed alongside such musicians as Herb Ellis and Joey DeFrancesco. In New York City in 1996, Mike studied with the great Jim Hall and recorded his debut album featuring Jorge Rossy, Joe Martin, Bill McHenry, and John Stetch. More recently, Mike renewed his connection with great American jazz guitarists, performing with John Stowell, Chris Flory, and of course Peter Bernstein, who Mike has known since 1992.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mike\u2019s 2014 Juno Award-winning album <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notes on Montreal, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a critically acclaimed tour-de-force, features his lyrics and compositions. It was inspired by literature set in Montreal (Michel Tremblay, Gabrielle Roy, etc.), and sung by Sienna Dahlen. Mike\u2019s 2015 solo release, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miniatures, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">delighted audiences across Canada, creating the effect of a small group with only his voice and his guitar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond writing and arranging, Mike is a music educator, and has taught at McGill University, Western Washington University, Carleton University, and Selkirk College. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently based out of LOCATION, Mike is the proud father of two daughters, Kelly and Abby.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikerud.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MikeRud.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mike.rud.7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1002 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Circle-Icons-Facebook-e1539828467902.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BRR Releases<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MikeRud_TheParanormalAdventuresOfUncleMike_CoverArtwork-digital.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3079\" style=\"width:287px;height:287px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MikeRud_TheParanormalAdventuresOfUncleMike_CoverArtwork-digital.jpg 1000w, 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class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/index.php\/albums\/paranormal-adventures\/\">MIKE RUD \u2013 <em>The Paranormal Adventures of Uncle Mike<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/MikeRud_SalomesDance_Cover_150ppi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2070\" style=\"width:287px;height:287px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/MikeRud_SalomesDance_Cover_150ppi.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/MikeRud_SalomesDance_Cover_150ppi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/MikeRud_SalomesDance_Cover_150ppi-300x300.jpg 300w, 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In New York City in 1996, Mike studied with the great Jim Hall and recorded his debut album featuring Jorge Rossy, Joe Martin, Bill McHenry, and John Stetch. More recently, Mike renewed &#8230; <a title=\"Mike Rud\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/index.php\/artists\/mike-rud\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":1231,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1107","page","type-page","status-publish"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"RoboGalleryMansoryImagesCenter":false,"RoboGalleryPreload":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"menu-87.2793x36":false,"menu-36x36":false,"menu-48x48":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Kristjan Buckingham","author_link":"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/index.php\/author\/buckinghamk2\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Mike Rud Mike Rud is a Juno Award-winning guitarist and composer, who has performed alongside such musicians as Herb Ellis and Joey DeFrancesco. In New York City in 1996, Mike studied with the great Jim Hall and recorded his debut album featuring Jorge Rossy, Joe Martin, Bill McHenry, and John Stetch. 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