
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
Podcast
On Ben’s second podcast appearance, the nature of composition, the composer's identity, and where new material comes from
10 Things
Ben Rosenblum, City Pop, Surrey band cuts, BJP, festival tariff talk, Thomas Marriott, Wayne Tucker, Kickstarter, Kneebody
Community Stories
Nerding out in search of a relevant, substantive question via yesterday’s Georgia Straight piece on local artists and venues
Live music
With trumpeter Wayne Tucker, reedist Xavier Del Castillo, guitarist Rafael Rosa, bassist Eduardo Belo, & drummer Ben Zweig
10 Things
Gordy Smurf 4, Allison Burik solo, Devlin & Hong, DRMHS single, Putumayo, jazzfest funding, noise policies
Podcast
For our only 5-person episode ever, Montreal-based reedists Claire Devlin and Allison Burik join Eli Davidovici and Mili Hong
10 Things
Wholesome Allison Burik / Mili Hong trio, Nebyu / Cole / Dean, attendance, funding, Patreon, and inside baseball
Podcast
Jacob talks about his new album You Better Bet and his first bandleading tour; the drummer plays Jazz at the Bolt this weekend
Canadian albums
The 54th Junos will happen here in Vancouver on Sunday, March 30. Nominees got published on Tuesday, including some of us
Podcast
Kevin talks about his longtime creative residence in our scene including a solo drum record forthcoming on the Infidels label
10 Things
Echo Beach, Todd's and other lists, Grammys and jazz crimes, fulsome coverage, Sarah Hanahan returns, Kaia Kater
Canadian albums
Looking back on a year's worth of very solid album releases and reflecting on the ones that stuck with me the most