Harry Bartlett: Guitar, Old-Time & Bluegrass with Improv
Harry is a Nashville guitarist originally from BC who has also spent time in Toronto; his projects include Mountain Air
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The Chaimbeul amalgamation of soundworlds
From Brìghde Chaimbeul at KW Saturday to Aerialists at the Lido Tuesday, with stops on the Isle of Skye & in Aberdeen
Ale Nuñez | Inlet Music Series Season 4 interview
The Humber-trained vocalist comes to Vancouver for the first time, playing standards with Cory Weeds' quartet
This one didn't work out
it's time to do something again that I did once before
Jason Winikoff: In-Person This Time!
Broadway songs, Zambian music, and more; while back in town, he plays Guilt & Co. Wednesday and Zameen Art House Saturday
The year I ran away
we are so back with another oversharing but musically rooted personal story from a decade ago
Steph Clifford, do the Maritimes feel like the Shuswap? | RCTV 007
Steph talks about having just been on tour in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; she came to Tyrant earlier this month too
Special video because I don't know yet
we weren't supposed to have this talk until December but here you go
Nick Peck: Keys, Guitars, & Technology Intersect
Coming from England to BC, machine learning, and the textures and forms that technology produces alongside the arts
The last 10 Things?
Significant update coming soon?
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
Robin Layne (Locarno) | Inlet Music Series Season 4 interview
Robin on mallets, classical percussion, and drums from Mexico to Guinea and beyond
Live music
John Doyle at the Rogue Folk Club
An Irish guitarist and folksinger with a fiddler's memory visits an ideal venue in turbulent waters
Podcast
Bill Coon: Standard Elegance
A new solo guitar album, and the nature of music education, with the recently retired 28-year CapU faculty member
Live music
Pacific Northwest Trio, Boston Tenor
Sep. 23: George Garzone and the Jerry Steinhilber Trio at Tyrant Studios
RCTV
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
Live music
Chasing the feeling of being a newcomer
At the first two editions back from summer of Stringband Tunesdays at the Heatley
RCTV
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
Live music
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
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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
Podcast
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
Live music
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