Podcast
Daniel Deorksen: Booking Tyrant Studios, Guitarist, Actor
An enthusiastic chat with Dan including some frank advice about getting booked at Tyrant
William Ross Chernoff—known as Will to friends and colleagues—is a musician who started Rhythm Changes in 2020.
Podcast
An enthusiastic chat with Dan including some frank advice about getting booked at Tyrant
Subscriber Fridays
The first annual, where we take a fun look at the new seasonal music from our community
Live music
Funky trios launched the monthly series called Threesomes in October and November 2023
Vancouver albums
Like Canadians from Joni to k.d. lang, she commands folk, gospel, country, blues, & more
Live music
The Jimi James Fraser Sextet’s extended jams were a celebratory first set in Mt. Pleasant
Live music
NYC duo up next; in Oct I heard a two-guitar improv duo and a piano/trumpet/drums trio
Live music
Smurf Quartet marked The Infidels' Knockouts series launch at the boxing gym on Oct. 28
Subscriber Fridays
Our early-20s local musicians just want to play live, not record. Healthy or pessimistic?
Podcast
Beatings are in the Body will play three shows on Vancouver Island this week (Nov. 2-5)
Live music
I heard Verbrugge last night with the New York pianist, Brent Gubbels, & Graham Villette
Expat musicians
It’s the Oscar Peterson Jazz Award from Hnatyshyn Foundation’s Developing Artist Grants
Canadian albums
The saxophonist is relatively young for someone you'd surely call a Canadian jazz master
Canadian albums
Gould delivers two-guitar quintet arrangements playing with her teacher, Randy Napoleon
Canadian albums
Moody listening, desolate at times, not just a jazz project but also a post-rock concept
Canadian albums
Violinist Aline Homzy turns in an audacious debut album with vibraphone and vibe shifts
Vancouver albums
This is a tight record you can feel on vinyl: good times, soul jazz, swinging playing