Colin Sankey: Colin Response
He did that thing I wondered about
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1000th show in 2026?
10 Things: Infidels hits 500, Cole Schmidt weekend with Ginger & Bruno, Alice in Wonderland, Hear and Now, Renee on podcasts
Ben Frost: What is a Composition?
On Ben’s second podcast appearance, the nature of composition, the composer's identity, and where new material comes from
2 jazz accordionists walk into a strip club
Our own man on that rare jazz instrument came down to Tyrant after his gig at Zameen and sat in with the Nebula Project
Reacting to the Straight “Vancouver’s scrappy music scene”
Nerding out in search of a relevant, substantive question via yesterday’s Georgia Straight piece on local artists and venues
Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project comes to town
With trumpeter Wayne Tucker, reedist Xavier Del Castillo, guitarist Rafael Rosa, bassist Eduardo Belo, & drummer Ben Zweig
“Few can match my ancient nerd-dom”
10 Things: Gordy Smurf 4, Allison Burik solo, Devlin & Hong, DRMHS single, Putumayo, jazzfest funding, noise policies
Bellbird: Claire Devlin, Allison Burik, Eli & Mili return
For our only 5-person episode ever, Montreal-based reedists Claire Devlin and Allison Burik join Eli Davidovici and Mili Hong
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10 Things: wholesome Allison Burik / Mili Hong trio, Nebyu / Cole / Dean, attendance, funding, Patreon, and inside baseball
Jacob Wutzke: Drums, You Better Bet, Tour, Montreal, NYC
Jacob talks about his new album You Better Bet and his first bandleading tour; the drummer plays Jazz at the Bolt this weekend
2025 jazz Junos: nominees and people of our scene
The 54th Junos will happen here in Vancouver on Sunday, March 30. Nominees got published on Tuesday, including some of us
Kevin Romain: Drums, DIY Spaces & Scenes, Autopoietic 1
Kevin talks about his longtime creative residence in our scene including a solo drum record forthcoming on the Infidels label
Subscriber Fridays
“My job is very boring, I'm an office clerk”
10 Things: Echo Beach, Todd's and other lists, Grammys and jazz crimes, fulsome coverage, Sarah Hanahan returns, Kaia Kater
Canadian albums
Todd's Picks: 2024 Albums
Looking back on a year's worth of very solid album releases and reflecting on the ones that stuck with me the most
Subscriber Fridays
New series are very much still a thing
10 Things: The Hargrove, Coastal Cravings; back to Apollo's at long last; shows by Róisín Adams, Sean Fyfe, and Jason de Couto;
Podcast
Jodi Proznick: Bass, Jazz at VSO School, Ostara Project
Jodi talks about becoming the Director of Jazz Studies at the VSOSOM, her values as an educator, and Ostara’s next album
Subscriber Fridays
He's one of them now
10 Things: Bona & Frisell, Arooj Aftab, Elisa Thorn, Stephane Wrembel, Hugh Fraser, Stacie McGregor, and an initiation
Vancouver albums
Peggy Lee & Cole Schmidt - Forever Stories Of: Moving Parties
The co-leaders play duo once, recruit improvisers from around the world, and still make such a ‘Vancouver’ album
Subscriber Fridays
The second one already?
10 Things: Red Gate, Fort Langley, "neighbours", Jodi & Jon, radio, Berklee pop, Wine Wednesdays, & farewell to a peer site
Podcast
Jason Winikoff: Drums, Percussion, NOLA, Ethnomusicology
Jason Winikoff talks about playing here since his arrival at UBC in 2018, though he’s about to move back to the US
Subscriber Fridays
10 Things (the first one)
This style is what I’m going to bring you whenever I have 10 or so (a lot of) things to tell you about. Let’s get into it
Vancouver albums
Tom Wakeling releases: The CBC Tapes & Cotton Club Live
Live, local, early-2000s Wakeling on bass with Brad Turner trumpet, John Gross saxophone, & William Thomas drums
Podcast
Chelsea McBride & Thomas Houlden: Sax, Trumpet, Grad School
Chelsea & Thomas talk grad school, composition, favourite Christmas songs, and this week's Holiday Spectacular
Canadian albums
Marie Goudy’s Paloma Sky: produced by Elizabeth Shepherd
The sound on Goudy’s album, Shepherd’s own latest record called Three Things, and Andrea Superstein’s work