"I'm sick of doing straight time."
Greenhouse Ensemble, GEORGE, Caley Watts, & Nicholas Krgovich
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Listening to Elysia Biro
En route to her major-label EP Running From Nothing, the vocalist/pianist went from VIU to England to LA
5 albums for you from 2026 so far
Lucas Dubovik, Meredith Bates, The Abramson Singers, Bellbird, & the Emie R Roussel Trio
Pat Metheny at The Centre in Vancouver
Everything he played on the Side-Eye III+ tour with Chris Fishman, Joe Dyson, Jermaine Paul, & Leonard Patton
"It's Love, Not a Favour"
Opening night of Meet Me at Vie's: A Musical Celebration of Hogan’s Alley in Olympic Village, running til May 2nd
Connecting with 5 albums from March & April 2026
Bobby Wiens, Valérie Lacombe, Gordon Grdina, Nick Fraser, & Andrew MacKelvie's Many Worlds
Pharis Romero | Inlet Music Series Season 4 interview
Apr. 25: Pharis & Jason Romero are multi-Juno winners as a duo, influenced by old-time, folk, blues, and country roots
Thad Bailey-Mai plays c.a.f.f. at UNIT/PITT
Calling All Friendly Faces, curated by Ben Frost, has been a small experimental gallery series in winter and spring
Frankie & The Juicebox, with Francis & Madeleine | RCTV 016
The four-piece rock band play a release show April 11th at Red Gate for their self-titled album, coming out the same day
To Make Someone Else Dream, with Gentiane MG | RCTV 015
Can You Hear The Birds? is her fourth piano trio record, with Levi Dover on bass and Mark Nelson on drums
Karen Ng, the builder
Mar. 26: putting saxophone in dialogue with electronics, Ng brought her album Backwards Blue to the Western Front
Witch Prophet: Do The Work, It's Automatic | RCTV 014
Her fourth album Words Are Spells, Thoughts Are Magic dropped Mar. 18 through her own company Heart Lake Records
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Next weekend is big
Previewing Unwritten Weekend and more local shows from a packed March 27-29
Podcast
John Lee: "I'm just interested in all of it."
John grew up in Nanaimo, lives in Victoria, and is known for his prowess on drums, keys, bass, and guitar
Subscriber Fridays
Sister Jazz Orchestra & Jennifer Scott play Joni Mitchell
This edition of SJO’s roughly annual show saw local arrangers take on Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark, Blue, & more
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A Copenhagen-Vancouver Story, with Trinelise Væring | RCTV 013
I went to Denmark in 2015, Trinelise came here to record at Afterlife Studios in the past couple years, and we meet now
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Video Game Music is Habit Forming. Don’t Turn Off!
Jonny Tobin & JD Rich on their Tyrant show Mar. 13, missingNo's continuing history, and more from a vibrant sub-scene
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Laila Biali | Inlet Music Series Season 4 interview
Laila plays her upcoming Canadian Songbook project Mar. 21 with Jon Bentley, Jodi Proznick, & Ben Wittman
Subscriber Fridays
Now playing Sun Ra (and Tyler Mitchell)
let me know how you feel about this format and maybe I'll do more
Podcast
Mike Rud: The Paranormal Adventures
The guitarist is on faculty at Selkirk College after decades crossing the country; he came through to play Frankie's
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Meeting Joe Williamson
He joins Let the Monkeys Dance Feb. 21 & plays the raw, minimalist songs of new album Zombie at the Hargrove Feb. 22
RCTV
Coming Home, with Nebyu Yohannes & Feven Kidane | RCTV 012
Nebyu and Feven play, as rebsha, The Hargrove Feb. 22; they talk about Ethiopian music there the next day
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See you there: Jazz at the Bolt 2026
here's where you might bump into me
RCTV
Dominique Fils-Aimé Enters the Purple Era | RCTV 011
Her 5th album, My World is the Sun, is out Feb. 20; she tours to Vancouver to play the Chan Centre Mar. 7