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In the spirit of the Sixties the TD Toronto Jazz Festival kicked off in the new location of Yorkville last night with a performance by Randy Bachman of the Guess Who and B.T.O. (Bachman/Turner Overdrive) fame. A special … Continue reading
When city councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam enthusiastically introduced Michael Franti, the crowd burst up, cheering and applauding before he’d even hit the stairs to the stage! No encouragement needed for this audience to be on their feet and ready to … Continue reading
Sunday, February 24, 2013. Hugh’s Room, Toronto. This 25th Folk Alliance Conference (FAI) was 5 days of peace, love and music. It was like a 60’s Love in, Be-in, Gathering of the Tribes. Music/ marketing peers converge from all points … Continue reading
As At First. Adam Sherkin, piano. Centrediscs, 2012 During the past three years, Adam Sherkin has developed a reputation as a go-to pianist for really difficult works, be it by John Adams, Harrison Birtwhistle,Tazul Izan Tajuddin, Luciano Berio: … Continue reading
January 26, 2013. Koerner Hall, Toronto. Roby Lakatos, a 7th generation Hungarian fiddler and current King of Gypsy Violinists, played Koerner Hall last night with his ensemble and thrilled the audience. Lakatos’ sound is loud and electric like the excitement … Continue reading
November 11, 2012. The Music Gallery, Toronto. Each year since 2000, ECM+(Ensemble Contemporain De Montréal) and its artistic director Véronique Lacroix have invited young Canadian composers to a juried competition of the Génération Project. The four winners spend months in … Continue reading
November 11, 2012. Koerner Hall, Toronto. Ontario Philharmonic, under the baton of Marco Parisotto, made the opening bars of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto roll a thunder of timpani through Koerner hall. In the suspended hush that followed, virtuoso violinist Shlomo Mintz … Continue reading
