Live music
Jonny Tobin on his opener set for Braxton Cook at Fortune
Jonny and Braxton have remarkable artist similarities; the show is next Saturday, March 11
Subscriber Fridays
Paying subscribers get an in-depth column from Will Chernoff on Fridays.
Live music
Drummer Karl DeJong has been playing often this winter
Karl talks about his recent Tyrant Studios, Lido, Jazz at the Bolt, and Pres House gigs
Live music
The Return of the Thing & Hero's Welcome with Tim Reinert
Tim talks about Jen Yakamovich's New Thing and the next show there, plus a new series
Subscriber Fridays
The elephant in the room: how well am I doing with it?
Reacting to, and opening up about, the meaning of burnout for artistic people like us
Live music
Connor Lum, back from the ships, starts Jazz at the Bolt
The saxophonist's chordless trio is the first set on Saturday; he tells us where he's at
Subscriber Fridays
6 hard lessons
From the first 6 months "in the business"
Subscriber Fridays
The Vancouver Folk Music Festival looks at dissolving
The 2023 festival is canceled, and the non-profit is thinking to dissolve for good.
Subscriber Fridays
A complete guide to my FACTOR Artist Development grants
Here's my guide to both grants I wrote and received, now that they're fully complete
Subscriber Fridays
CD Baby, what are you thinking? Re: DIY Musician Podcast
All 5 of the DIY Musician Podcast 2023 predictions are misses; also, I make a prediction
Subscriber Fridays
Top 10 subscriber articles of 2022: gig recaps & launches
Is it fun and insightful? Can't get it anywhere else? Does it bring you local artists?
Live music
Table for six, please
From a gig, a story about "online presence": a term that sanitizes the concept to death
Live music
Juno Hamilton on playing at Frankie's After Dark & Tyrant
At After Dark, a trio with Jesse Cahill & Ethan Birnie; at Tyrant, Juno is the leader