Video: year-end letter 2024 for subscribers
Talking money, growth, the podcast's new era, gig list internship, venue guide, & my 2025 goal. Thank you!
Subscriber Fridays
Paying subscribers get an in-depth column from Will Chernoff on Fridays.
Live music
A look at ticketed shows in the new year
Things that might sell out + personal favourites that I have a moment to walk you through before the holidays
Subscriber Fridays
Venue Guide subscriber-exclusive preview
I came up with the idea a year ago; unexpected forces have helped me get a test version to you
Live music
1 night in Kits: Kokoroko tour, Feven Kidane doubleheader
The artistries of the UK jazz band and Kidane’s quartet were in dialogue just two blocks apart
Subscriber Fridays
Notes & thoughts about all the RCP episodes I hosted: 1-100
Something personal, notable, or whatever comes to mind about each
Live music
The sudden but inevitable rise of the Ghibli Jazz Orchestra
Isabel Leong’s huge success was not a one-off: a movement has arrived in the Vancouver scene
Live music
What's next for the Fort Langley Jazz & Arts Festival?
Returning from the infamous 2023 fallout, the festival slimmed down and isn’t going anywhere
Vancouver albums
What am I doing playing more often than Bruno Hubert?
On the legendary local pianist’s new trio album Fire Waltz and his jazzfest show at Frankie’s
Live music
“I wanna be Lezlie Harrison when I grow up.”
Good humour, organ trio, swing and the blues, 70s soul culture back at the start of jazzfest
Live music
Aquiles Navarro: Live from Tyrant Studios
I purchased and listened to this Bandcamp release, then reached out to Navarro to learn more
Live music
The Cowboy Bebop Band weeknight sellout at Hero’s Welcome
Steven Zhu’s band with Gordy Li, RJ Abella, Afu Keteca, Rick Son, Patrick Kao, & Piyotr Kao
Live music
Existential, but stoked to be here: Jon Bentley Quartet
With Chris Gestrin on organ, Tristan Paxton on guitar, and Joe Poole on drums at La Fabrique