A concert celebrating the music of Jimi Hendrix and honouring his Grandma Nora, his family and the the connection to the city of Vancouver.
Vancouver International Song Institute: Tribute to Jean Coulthard
The Canadian Country Music Awards took place in Winnipeg on Sept. 8. To kick off the festivities, we invited some of the brightest lights on the country music scene to perform at Winnipeg's premiere country music venue, the Palomino Club. Kicking off the night was The Higgins, a band of siblings from Delta, BC. John, Eileen and Kathleen blend a country rock sensibility with influences from their Irish family background into their sweet harmonies.
It may be an unusual combination of instruments for a jazz trio but Michel Donato (bass), Marin Nasturica (accordion) and Jon Gearey (guitar) blend world music with swing. Montreal-born Michel Donato was a young veteran of the Toronto scene when he was asked to join Oscar Peterson's trio in the early 1970s. He then went on to join the Bill Evans Trio in 1977 and has worked with many jazz greats. Michel celebrated 50 years of music making this year. Joining this marvel on bass was the Romanian accordion virtuoso Marin Nasturica and the superb guitarist Jon Gearey.
What's your Idea Of North? Six songwriters were asked that question, and they gathered at Ottawa's Museum of Civilization to explore the answer through music.
Two of Ottawa's finest instrumental bands go head-to-head on the same Elmdale Tavern stage, trading off songs.
Featured is the Frank Lozano Quintet playing at the Jazzbeat Session in Montreal. They are performing works by composer Frank Lozano "New Man," "Buciemeana," and "Cast".
Aggressive versus quiet. Seven versus one. It didn't seem like a very fair matchup when Vancouver's Fond of Tigers and Toronto's Sandro Perri met in CBC Ottawa's Studio 40 to meld their music. But the gentle-voiced Sandro and his subtly experimental folk proved a perfect foil to the rock-jazz improvisations of Fond of Tigers.
Antonio Dangerfield, trumpet - Sundar Viswanathan, saxaphone - Michael Lawson, violin at Lula Lounge April 10, 2008
The Lian Ensemble fuses its Persian musical heritage with the sensibilities of contemporary jazz using traditional and folk melodies and instruments.
Described as "a five-hour contemporary epic for solo piano" and "a set of contradictory etudes," this concert is a a musical cycle of 12 pieces by the composer Alvin Curran for solo piano, played by Eve Egoyan.
Award-winning guitarist Simon Legault at the 2008 Jazz en Rafale Festival in Montreal.
Already a huge success in Francophone Quebec, Kevin Parent has won several Québec entertainment industry's ADISQ awards and even a 2002 Juno award for Best Selling Francophone Album, Les Vents ont changé.
With both the dancer and the listener in mind, bandleader, arranger and composer Roberto Linares Brown has produced a world class musical statement with his new CD Que no se pierda la esencia (That the Essence not be lost).
Rebellious and exuberant, resplendent Ashley MacIsaac with guitarist Stuart Cameron was gobbled up by the audience as they opened for Spirit of The West at the Commodore Ballroom.
Legendary Canadian folk rock veterans Spirit Of The West celebrate their 25th anniversary with a capacity crowd at Vancouver's Commodore Ballroom.
Spygirl has a fab band name and their music delivers on the promise.
Tanya Tagaq - backed by DJ, cello and bass - shows where traditional throat singing can go in the 21st century.
Ruth Moody is one of the very talented members of the Wailin' Jennys. Here she offers a rare solo set that shows off her singular vocal gifts.
The Canadian Country Music Awards took place in Winnipeg on Sept. 8. To kick off the festivities, we invited some of the brightest lights on the country music scene to perform at Winnipeg's premiere country music venue, the Palomino Club. Kicking off the night was The Higgins, a band of siblings from Delta, BC. John, Eileen and Kathleen blend a country rock sensibility with influences from their Irish family background into their sweet harmonies.
Pinocchio. An adorable little puppet with the simple goal of becoming human? Or a selfish, aggressive character struggling with a complex web of morality? Find out, when New Brunswick's MOTION ENSEMBLE performs 'The Death and Lives of Pinocchio' by composer Ian Crutchley.
Secular Rotation: a principle of physics describing that which is not eternal - like the decaying rotation of a planet. New Brunswick's Motion Ensemble asked composer Michael Oesterle to write some music for them. Michael got thinking about the group's name: Motion Ensemble. Motion. Physics. Principles of motion. Secular Rotation. So Michael Oesterle wrote a musical work which begins with pulsing with energy, and decays over time. And on top of this, the voice of Helen Pridmore sings short snippits from the laws of physics