Vancouver albums
Ostara Project: Roots
Each artist brings at least one piece to the table, and she embeds each piece with something of herself or her culture
Latest
Outside the Changes
Dancing with Salt | Outside the Changes, Q1 2025
My new favourites from the rest of the world: Matt Carmichael, Amy Denio, Chaerin Im, Marshall Allen, Sam Amidon, & more
Canadian albums
stef.in: Icterus II
Rock-funky band led by drummer Stefan Hegerat with guitarists Robyn Gray and Patrick O'Reilly, plus bassist Mark Godfrey
Subscriber Fridays
Renee Rosnes late-80s early-90s YouTube dive
It starts in 1987 and it's all before I was born
Expat musicians
Aaron Shragge: Cosmic Cliffs
In his Whispering Worlds project, he plays special trumpet and shakuhachi in a quartet
Vancouver albums
Matthew Ariaratnam & Adrian Avendaño: Novel Echopath
The live album captures their guitar-drums duo, one half recorded professionally at the jazzfest and the other at Tyrant
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
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