The Adrian West Trio delivers a full, diverse sound that spans acoustic rock, classical, Celtic, West African and jazz styles. Combining vocal harmonies, electric violin, guitar, bass, drums and live “looping”, the Trio keeps audiences on the edge of their seats with a fun mix of originals, covers and  instrumentals

Adrian started playing violin at the age of four and later studied classical violin at the McGill Conservatory of Music in Montreal. At age fourteen (Led Zeppelin drummer) John Bonham began to inspire him more than Vivaldi, and he took up drumming in rock bands, eventually incorporating violin into the bands as well.

Adrian moved to the the San Francisco Bay Area from Montreal in 1995.

As a violinist supporting other bands, he has played some of the area's better known venues including the Fillmore, Yoshi's SF (main stage), Slim’s, The Independent and The Sweetwater.

After years of supporting Bay Area bands, Adrian began performing solo, combining violin, guitar, mandolin, beatboxing and vocals in a live performance that relied heavily on 'looping'. He recorded an all-instrumental demo CD called The One-Man String Quartet which got airplay on Keller Williams' nationally syndicated radio show Keller's Cellar, as well as on Derk Richardson's Hear and Now show on KPFA in Berkeley,

By 2005, Adrian had graduated from instrumentals to songs with lyrics. That's when he decided to form his own group. In 2010 he released his first full-length CD Chameleons and Butterflies.

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Photographed: Aaron Germain (bass)& Mike Stevens (drums). Adrian has performed with West African Highlife Band, Jerry Joseph, Garrin Benfield, Spencer Day, Corinne West, Forest Sun, Alexis Harte, Vanessa Lowe and Teja Gerken