Settled In Shipping

Luciana Souza and Romero Lubambo in duo displayed the variety and potential in such a sparse duo. Lubambo played exclusively nylon-string gu...

I was kind of beyond critical commentary last night. DJ Kobal warmed everybody up with a killer 2-hour set of his own, dropping Michael Jack...

So here's the story of how I met Stevie Wonder, in full. I was at home, having lunch, waiting to see if ominous storm clouds would roll ...

When James Hale invited me to be part of a Modern Jazz Piano panel alongside Ashley Kahn, Mark Miller, Alan Stanbridge, Jesse Stewart and J...

As usual, Darcy beat me to the punch with his remembrance . I had Thriller, Bad and Dangerous on cassettes when I was a kid. I don't r...

I tend not to get political on this blog, but sometimes stories come along that intersect with my life as a musician in Montreal. Big news h...

I've added the buzzworthy NPR and Nate Chinen blogs to the sidebar, as well as Peter Hum (whom I thought I added a long time ago, sor...

I am an unabashed fan of piano pop, as I mentioned here. Billy Joel's 52nd Street album is my first musical memory - I credit it with m...

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...