Recordings Harry Bartlett taught me something about Charlie Haden Review by Chris Fraser of BC/Toronto guitarist Bartlett's second trio album, Wildwood
Live music A jazz jam session for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank The Infidels Jazz and Coastal Jazz will co-present a fundraiser for the local charity
Recordings The highly-anticipated Ostara Project album: our review 10 months ago, we covered the supergroup at their launch. Now, their debut album is out
Recordings That feeling of post-apocalyptic vintage radio transmission Eva Schubert releases her fourth album as a vocalist-songwriter, The Feel of Your Love
Recordings Alvaro Rojas, the restless guitar & string quartet master His latest record, Music for 22, is full of genre-bending and collaborative adventure
Recordings Mama Danced: LJ Mounteney sings the Basement Suite Blues LJ's blues / roots album has great range and features several Vancouver jazz musicians
Recordings Diana Panton finally ended her trilogy. What's different? From pink to RED to the new album "blue", the vocalist has patiently added maturity
Recordings Marina Hasselberg's debut album isn't just a business card Red, the cellist's first as a leader, is expressive and shows rewarding collaborations
Recordings Singing "Russians" by Sting like it's a brand-new song Melody Diachun's new album is all Sting songs with a quartet of piano-guitar-bass-drums
Opinions I wanted to quit streaming. I was wrong. Here's why We can’t afford to skip this opportunity to be heard
Live music Gordon Grdina on his trio w/ Trevor Dunn & Kenton Loewen "Basically Trevor's going to get off the plane, and we're going to hit."
Recordings David Blake haunts me again with his version of this tune On Fun House, his second jazz guitar album, he leads a quintet
Live music Christopher Berner on his Jazz Orchestra at Brentwood From an injury, to grad school, to a home among his peers
Recordings Jeremy Wong - Hey There Backed by a quintet of Ardeshir, Alvin Brendan, Chris Gestrin, John Lee, & Jesse Cahill
Live music Isabel Leong on the Ghibli Jazz Orchestra An interview with Isabel and with bandmate Andrés Coronado
Recordings Gordon Grdina Nomad Trio with Matt Mitchell & Jim Black Album review: Boiling Point, by Gordon and the trio
Recordings Simon Millerd - Cloud Mountain Album review: classy, quietly intense and innovative quartet
Recordings Adema Manoukas Octet - New Roots Album review: a Toronto band with one member from North Van