He has recorded with a wide variety of artists including Whitehorse, Sarah Harmer, NOJO with Don Byron, Don Thompson, “Blue” Lou Marini, Danny Michel, Small Sins, Sean Cullen, Andy Kim, Robi Botos, Trudy Desmond, Hawksley Workman, Thomas D’arcy, Lost and Profound and many more.

He has performed and/or toured with Sarah McLachlan, Buffy Saint Marie, Sam Roberts, Terra Lightfoot, Kenny Wheeler, Billy Bang, Pat Labarbera, Brendan Canning, The Toronto Symphony, The Denver Symphony, Joe Lovano, Jim Cuddy and many others. He performs on Juno Award winning albums from Sarah Harmer and NOJO as well as multiple Juno nominated albums and on Whitehorse’s 2023 CCMA nominated “I’m Not Crying, You’re Crying”.

He is also an accomplished songwriter and composer who’s songs and scores have appeared on NBC, CBC, Netflix, CTV, Hulu, Lifetime, BBC, Discovery, and more. Click here

He is currently on tour with Whitehorse.

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John Obercian is a Toronto-based drummer and composer.

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