Rhythm Changes (Page 2)

Bill Orcutt played with JPC & The Battery at the Pearl

A good old next-day piece from my encounter with a guitar legend last night

Trent Otter: "Put me behind any drumkit."

Busy session work, bandleading, music labour vs. streaming, gear, & moving from teaching lessons toward full-time playing

Sadie Koshan, how'd you end up with 4 gigs in a day? | RCTV 004

The McGill student talks about her peers in the Vancouver scene and what's inspiring her at the onset of her career

Zapato Negro YouTube dive: RIP Gilbertónn

The Cuban-born drummer was best known in Vancouver for playing with Allan Johnston, Andre Carrasquero, and others

Fresh Seven | July 2025

Mikey Jose, Steph Wall returns, Kate Yahn, discovering Kay Brette, Raiaan, Clara Rose band, Harry Bartlett solo guitar

So that's what's next

i'll take any excuse to use this old photo

Lucas Dubovik, what's it like moving back? | RCTV 003

After undergrad at Humber and grad school at McGill, Lucas comes home. He talks about that and his upcoming third album

Gadabout Ghosts | Outside the Changes, Q2 2025

My new favourites from the rest of the world: Brandee Younger, Charlie Ballantine, Ches Smith, Mary Halvorson, and more

Steven Zhu (Cowboy Bebop Bebop Band), is UBC taking over? | RCTV 002

Steven talks about his UBC Jazz Club roots, closing down the jazzfest, and selling out the Fox, Hero's Welcome, and more

Local original bands at the jazzfest: 2025

Feven Kidane Sextet, Julian Jayme’s City Folk, Dean Thiessen’s Stranger Friends, Chris Fraser’s quartet, & more of our own

Feven Kidane plays Dido and the Handpeople at Ocean Artworks

The jazzfest in 10 songs: 2025

Cedar Walton, EWF, traditional blues, Bacharach, Spanish & Brazilian pieces, Sly Stone, jamming with Joel Ross, and more

Ernesto Cervini, what made you a storyteller? | RCTV 001

Ernesto is a Juno-winning drummer, the owner of Orange Grove Publicity & TPR Records, and a podcaster at Canadian Songbook

June 24, 2025 before Bill Frisell concert, screen shows Madeleine Elkins trio

Subscriber Fridays

My long twenties are over

buckle in this'll probably be the most self-indulgent thing I ever write here but it’s time to put it to rest

Fresh Songs

Fresh Five | June 2025

Kimmortal "I Just Wanna Know"; Emily Steinwall "Programs"; Solo Picnic "Syllables"; Clara Lin "You and I"; Isobel "adjusting"

10 Things

The festival before the festival | 10 Things, June 2025

Gibsons, White Rock, The Shorties, Krauss / Horvitz / van der Schyff, WCMAs, VJO, Kate Wyatt, Dean Thiessen, big birthday

Podcast

Cole Schmidt: Guitar, Jazz Festival Co-Artistic Director

Cole talks about the upcoming 40th Vancouver International Jazz Festival, presented by the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society

Live music

Karl DeJong: drums, records, friends, flow, bandleading

There’s something egoless and subtle about the way Karl seems to approach music. I can’t help but be drawn to that energy

RCTV

Curtis Nowosad, how do I let myself be? | RCTV 000

On emotions, healing, ADHD, fatherhood, Joey Landreth & Joanna Majoko, and pacing the tracklist with instrumentals & songs

Podcast

Jessica Hawkes: Songwriter, Vocalist, Engineer, Nashville

From Winfield, BC, the vocalist, songwriter, and engineer has split her time between Vancouver, New York, and Nashville

Canadian albums

Caity Gyorgy interview: Asking for Trouble & With Strings

One album came out in April, featuring Frank Loesser songs; and a different, much more massive project is on the way

Across Canada

Maybe Multiverse | Across Canada, Spring 2025

Jacob Do Octet, l'Oumigmag, Kelly Jefferson & Jon Cowherd, Laura Anglade, Sam Dickinson solo, Nicolas Ferron Trio