The concert this weekend is one that’s very special to me. Mostly because I’m the biggest fan of Craig Pedersen…. Craig is a young...

The other day I saw a listing online, of the guest artists at the Vision Festival in New York City. The Vision Fest is celebrating the...

It’s nice to look back, especially in the arts and arts organization business, where we spend so much time looking forward. In fact if I...

Norman Adams, AD of suddenlyLISTEN asked Hermitofthewoods (aka Michael McGuire) a few probing questions this week, and here's what he...

As I now sit at home in Halifax, having experienced the past week and especially the most recent two whirlwind days, the tour seems a bit...

The Hammer. Who knew there was improvised music there? Well, I don’t think there was very much until Cem Zafir arrived last year. Cem is...

Vancouver and Victoria are so fortunate to have artist-run centres that are dedicated to new music programming. Halifax had the Khyber,...

One of the other temples of improvised music is The Western Front in Vancouver. It’s one of the countries oldest artist-run centres, and...

Casa del Popolo on Rue St. Laurent, is one of the Canadian temples of adventurous live music, and last night was a special as we all...

It’s quite an undertaking touring a group of musicians. In Canada at least fringe art forms need financial help. The Canada Council helps...

I have been listening to and hearing about Pierre-Yves Martel for years, he's been on my to-invite list for quite a while. The reason for...

I don't measure years the same way as many people do, So looking back in January is a little strange. Because of years of Symphony...

I met Magali Babin when we were both serving on a Canada Council jury together, several years ago. (Jury service always yields new...

Wednesday, October 1st suddenlyLISTEN Music breaks new cultural ground in a The first concert of the 2014/15 Main Series with legendary...

Have you heard about the Improvathon!? (I know, the name is terrible, it was a sort of ironic title we came up with at a board meeting,...

This is the beginning of a bi (or so) weekly series of posts giving some background on the 2014/15 season’s, concerts and people. Please...

Finally March rolled around. One of the operating grants was in, and I was ready to play some music again! Sure, the workshop continued,...

13/14 Season Wrap I still get to measure years as September to May with a summer vacation. What a great luxury it is to be able to...

The past few months have been pretty darn full. I’ve been making music in all of my usual ways with the addition of a few new experiences...

Today was interesting again! We talked for an hour about education, not in a panel format but a much more open, less formal, round table...