Canadian albums
Rachel Therrien Latin Jazz Project: Mi Hogar II
The trumpeter’s second album under the Latin Jazz Project billing and her eighth as a leader; she plays Frankie's April 3
Latest
Vancouver albums
The Jamie Lee Trio: Introspective at 5
The drummer embarked on a seminal Vancouver jazz album release of the 2020s, then reinvented both her music and her career
Podcast
Shruti Ramani: Juno Nominated with Raagaverse - Jaya
Shruti’s band Raagaverse is up at the 54th Junos in Vancouver this weekend, with Jaya under Jazz Album of the Year - Group
Vancouver albums
Colin Sankey: Colin Response
He did that thing I wondered about
10 Things
1000th show in 2026?
Infidels hits 500, Cole Schmidt weekend with Ginger & Bruno, Alice in Wonderland, Hear and Now, Dacey, Renee on podcasts, jazzfest 2011
Podcast
Ben Frost: What is a Composition?
On Ben’s second podcast appearance, the nature of composition, the composer's identity, and where new material comes from
10 Things
2 jazz accordionists walk into a strip club
Ben Rosenblum, City Pop, Surrey band cuts, BJP, festival tariff talk, Thomas Marriott, Wayne Tucker, Kickstarter, Kneebody
Community Stories
Reacting to the Straight “Vancouver’s scrappy music scene”
Nerding out in search of a relevant, substantive question via yesterday’s Georgia Straight piece on local artists and venues
Live music
Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project comes to town
With trumpeter Wayne Tucker, reedist Xavier Del Castillo, guitarist Rafael Rosa, bassist Eduardo Belo, & drummer Ben Zweig
10 Things
“Few can match my ancient nerd-dom”
Gordy Smurf 4, Allison Burik solo, Devlin & Hong, DRMHS single, Putumayo, jazzfest funding, noise policies
Podcast
Bellbird: Claire Devlin, Allison Burik, Eli & Mili return
For our only 5-person episode ever, Montreal-based reedists Claire Devlin and Allison Burik join Eli Davidovici and Mili Hong
10 Things
C#
Wholesome Allison Burik / Mili Hong trio, Nebyu / Cole / Dean, attendance, funding, Patreon, and inside baseball