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RCTV
Lucas Dubovik, what's it like moving back? | RCTV 003
After undergrad at Humber and grad school at McGill, Lucas comes home. He talks about that and his upcoming third album
Outside the Changes
Gadabout Ghosts | Outside the Changes, Q2 2025
My new favourites from the rest of the world: Brandee Younger, Charlie Ballantine, Ches Smith, Mary Halvorson, and more
RCTV
Steven Zhu (Cowboy Bebop Bebop Band), is UBC taking over? | RCTV 002
Steven talks about his UBC Jazz Club roots, closing down the jazzfest, and selling out the Fox, Hero's Welcome, and more
10 Things
Local original bands at the jazzfest: 2025
Feven Kidane Sextet, Julian Jayme’s City Folk, Dean Thiessen’s Stranger Friends, Chris Fraser’s quartet, & more of our own
10 Things
The jazzfest in 10 songs: 2025
Cedar Walton, EWF, traditional blues, Bacharach, Spanish & Brazilian pieces, Sly Stone, jamming with Joel Ross, and more
RCTV
Ernesto Cervini, what made you a storyteller? | RCTV 001
Ernesto is a Juno-winning drummer, the owner of Orange Grove Publicity & TPR Records, and a podcaster at Canadian Songbook
Subscriber Fridays
My long twenties are over
buckle in this'll probably be the most self-indulgent thing I ever write here but it’s time to put it to rest
Fresh Songs
Fresh Five | June 2025
Kimmortal "I Just Wanna Know"; Emily Steinwall "Programs"; Solo Picnic "Syllables"; Clara Lin "You and I"; Isobel "adjusting"
10 Things
The festival before the festival | 10 Things, June 2025
Gibsons, White Rock, The Shorties, Krauss / Horvitz / van der Schyff, WCMAs, VJO, Kate Wyatt, Dean Thiessen, big birthday
Podcast
Cole Schmidt: Guitar, Jazz Festival Co-Artistic Director
Cole talks about the upcoming 40th Vancouver International Jazz Festival, presented by the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society
Live music
Karl DeJong: drums, records, friends, flow, bandleading
There’s something egoless and subtle about the way Karl seems to approach music. I can’t help but be drawn to that energy