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Ariane Racicot - Envolée

She just opened for the Lincoln Centre Orchestra in Montreal

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Simon Millerd - Cloud Mountain

Album review: classy, quietly intense and innovative quartet

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Jacob Chung - Epistle

Album review: twentysomethings find joy in solid hard bop

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Adema Manoukas Octet - New Roots

Album review: a Toronto band with one member from North Van

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Jocelyn Gould - Golden Hour

Album review: mainstream post-bop excellence by the guitarist

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Hard Rubber Orchestra - Iguana

An institution in the jazz scene is back

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John Lee - The Artist

Bass is a good choice here for the multi-instrumentalist

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Nathan Turner - Nocturne for the Salty Moon

An EP review of Nathan Turner's Nocturne for the Salty Moon

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Way North - New Dreams, Old Stories

It's not Old and New Dreams; it's different

Interviews

Raincity's Canadian tour

Keeping it loose while staying grounded

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The Blue and Gold

Self-titled acoustic blues and roots album both fun and cathartic

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Yves Léveillé - L'échelle du temps

A mystery-adventure with piano and strings

Interviews

The Infidels presents Frankie's After Dark

Nine weekends of a new late show at Frankie's

Interviews

The Dean Thiessen Big Band debut concert

An interview with Dean about his upcoming event in Burnaby

Artist Earnings

The Artist Earnings collection

Introducing the 22-part journal from 2021

Live music

The BC World Music Collective performs for Home Routes

Recruiting the band for the Travelling Goodtime Medicine Show

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Karl Silveira - A Porta Aperta

Karl is a trombonist from Toronto who has me wondering what makes jazz music "heavy".

Interviews

Jazz meets shred guitar

An interview with Keanu Ienco, a 24-year-old guitarist in Nanaimo

Live music

Thad Bailey-Mai's superpower

Thad's time is coming; here's the key factor that'll put him over.

Interviews

"Just go build the band": how the Sister Jazz Orchestra started

An interview with Christian Morrison of Sister Jazz Orchestra

Live music

The last stop on Virginia MacDonald's jazz tour to BC

Later this year, expect Virginia to record her original material and get ready for a later album release, possibly in 2023.

Live music

The Ostara Project launch: a supergroup is born

Their recordings will be one of the biggest Canadian jazz releases this year; here's the set that started it all.