Vanishing Bloom | Outside the Changes, Q3 2025
My new favourites from the rest of the world: Taborn / Cline / Gilmore, Dawn Clement, Jacob Garchik, Jake Baldwin, & more
Latest
Robin Layne (Locarno) | Inlet Music Series Season 4 interview
Robin on mallets, classical percussion, and drums from Mexico to Guinea and beyond
John Doyle at the Rogue Folk Club
An Irish guitarist and folksinger with a fiddler's memory visits an ideal venue in turbulent waters
Bill Coon: Standard Elegance
A new solo guitar album, and the nature of music education, with the recently retired 28-year CapU faculty member
Pacific Northwest Trio, Boston Tenor
Sep. 23: George Garzone and the Jerry Steinhilber Trio at Tyrant Studios
Agnes Persson, what brings you here from Sweden? | RCTV 006
Agnes talks about her Vancouver artistic residency via Coastal jazz and what she's been up to here, plus her background
Chasing the feeling of being a newcomer
At the first two editions back from summer of Stringband Tunesdays at the Heatley
Anthony Cenerini, are there polar bears out there? | RCTV 005
In this extended episode among friends, Anthony talks about his journey from Winnipeg to Vancouver and back again
The subs of Sonny-fest
Several musicians answered the call at two shows from last weekend's Sonny Rollins mini-fest presented by Infidels Jazz
Cara Luft | Inlet Music Series Season 4 interview
Cara (The Wailin’ Jennys, The Small Glories) on what makes a great folk fest, your 50s vs. 30s, "chasing carrots", & more
Ardeshir: "The music doesn't owe us anything."
Staying hungry to learn from mentors and friends, confronting the raw truth by recording yourself, & 2010s come-up stories
esperanza spalding at the Chan Centre
Aug. 29: Spalding was retrospective with Matthew Stevens on guitar, Morgan Guerin on sax/keys/bass, & Eric Doob on drums
Across Canada
Unburdening Rituals | Across Canada, Summer 2025
Brad Shigeta, Mary Ancheta, Potatohead People, George Crotty, David Occhipinti, arid landscapes, FRIENDSHIP, & William Carn
Live music
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
Podcast
Trent Otter: "Put me behind any drumkit."
Busy session work, bandleading, music labour vs. streaming, gear, & moving from teaching lessons toward full-time playing
RCTV
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
Vancouver albums
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 Songs
Fresh Seven | July 2025
Mikey Jose, Steph Wall returns, Kate Yahn, discovering Kay Brette, Raiaan, Clara Rose band, Harry Bartlett solo guitar
Live music
So that's what's next
i'll take any excuse to use this old photo
RCTV
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
Outside the Changes
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
RCTV
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
10 Things
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
10 Things
The jazzfest in 10 songs: 2025
Cedar Walton, EWF, traditional blues, Bacharach, Spanish & Brazilian pieces, Sly Stone, jamming with Joel Ross, and more