Off the Record: Have Trumpet Will Excite
While summer is the time for most to take leave from the rat race, music journalists are not so fortunate. Between running around at festivals,…
Browsing: Scena Jazz
Fall Previews – On Stage and Off the Record
By the looks of it, Montreal’s music scene is back on track for the fall season, unless COVID-19 throws yet another curveball at us with…
Newswire | New 1$ Royal Canadian Mint Coin Pays Honours Pianist Oscar Peterson
Toronto, August 11, 2022 – The Royal Canadian Mint is honouring one of the greatest musicians the world has ever seen by issuing a new…
Summer 2022 Festival Highlights – Quebec, Ontario and Canada
MARITIMES New Brunswick Summer Music Festival Aug. 2-13 https://nbsummermusicfestival.ca/ The New Brunswick Summer Music Festival was a small, three-day series of concerts when it was…
Vernon Proms
Over the past two years, despite pandemic and heavy forest fire activity, Natalia Polchenko and her Vernon Proms festival team have continued to present live…
Jazz | A Festival Bonanza
In pre-pandemic days, the Canadian summer music festival scene was so well entrenched in the nation’s cultural fabric that nothing could stand in its way.…
Newswire | Indian River Festival Renamed to Under the Spire Music Festival for 27th Season
Kataganek/Kensington, PEI (May 27, 2022) – After many years of wonderful performances in Historic St. Mary’s, Indian River Festival has announced their 27th season under…
Newswire | The Isabel Announces 2022-23 Power of Live Season
Kingston, ON (May 26, 2022) – Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts (“the Isabel”) at Queen’s University announces its 2022/23 Power of Live season…
International Scene: Spotlight on Canada
If trade fairs enable businesses to find new markets, then performer showcases serve a similar purpose in the arts world, the main difference being the…
Blue Notes and Book Notes
Steve Lacy (Unfinished) Guillaume Tarche, editor Lenka Lente Paris 2021, 556 p. Few musicians rival the late soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy (1934-2004) in terms of…
