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With a year of building up to this event, it's finally here: The Goods and BNL MTL present SOUNDSCAPES at La Sala Rossa (4848 St. Laur...

Phil and I took the bus from Montreal to Boston, to our gig at Lily Pad in Cambridge. It seems like every city has a better managed subway ...

Via Bernie Perusse at the Gazette , I've read Karl Paulnack's address to the parents of an incoming class to the Boston Conservato...

Nearly a year ago, Darcy posted this questionaire by Mike McGinnis. This was my response at the time: In general, this is something I'v...

This post is blatantly for the Montrealers and ex-Montrealers. The Mirror is once again holding its Best of Montreal poll. When I first mov...

Thanks to the select crowd of friends that hauled out to Il Motore on Sunday night. Il Motore is a beautiful new space, a stone's throw ...

The Casa del Popolo family of venues are among my favourites in the city. From the small, intimate Casa to the larger Spanish social hall o...

You know, as great as last night's show was, this still makes me jealous: the next installment of the VTech Timeless series at the Luc...

I'm always amazed at how familial the music scene is here. Especially at world music shows, it often seems like one big family reunion -...

What happens when a bunch of jazz geeks with a love for rock collide with the director of a Digital Composition Studio , and Bruckner? Find ...

The SFJazz Collective is a rarity in many senses: an all-star group that rises above its concept to create and perform music that stands on ...

Cheers to Andrew Waller at CJSW-FM (Calgary)'s Breaking the Tethers for playing our music last night. Also, hats off to Ron Steeds at C...

The Fieldtrip boys were back in town on Monday, with their guests Kelly Jefferson on tenor and soprano saxophones, and Jim Head on guitar. B...

Two happenings that profoundly solidified my love for Montreal while I was in university were the Moondata LABProjects , a monthly event at ...

Fellow pianist/writer Peter Hum over at the Ottawa Citizen has been posting a steady stream of blogs discussing his experience with free/av...

I've spent the holiday weeks rediscovering the joys of the internet: browsing clips on YouTube, and rediscovering the radio station func...

Free-for-All #2 *Sam Davidson Group - "Seven and Three" ( Perceivable Changes ) James Davis Quintet - "For Another Time...

Another master gone. I thought Freddie might have been able to battle back from his most recent bout of illness. Ethan 's already got a ...

Viva Brasil! Airto Moreira - "Zuei" ( Promises of the Sun ) Azymuth - "Partido Alto" ( Light as a Feather ) Banda Uniã...

Electro-Soul *Moonstarr - "Broken Bossa" ( Instrumentals Forever ) Heliponto f/ David Ryshpan & Mara TK - "Algodão Doce...