Wake Up Sleeping Beauty Revises the Fairy Tale
Why should sleeping beauty sleep her way through her starring role? Rosaruby Kagan and Julia Ainsworth let kids rewrite the story at this production.
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Erykah Badu Can Do No Wrong
Erykah Badu really deserved her Ella Fitzgerald Award after her vocally breathtaking Montreal Jazz Festival performance of June 29th
The Bluebell Sisters: Reverting to the Vibrant 50s
With the May release of their first album, The Bluebell Sisters are ready to proliferate ’50s musical glamour with jazzy instrumentals and a vintage style.
A Day in the Life of a Journalist: Journey to the Movie Set of IZKOR
Jennifer Guillet gives a play by play of her visit to the movie set of the film Izkor, featuring Luc Picard and Geraldine Pailhas
Montreal jazzer Jim Doxas releases “Leap of Faith”
Emma Elbourne talks to Jim Doxas about risk and trust and making music.
Gypsophilia: Halifax’s best party band plays Upstairs Jazz Bar
Get your party shoes on for Gypsophilia, the Halifax fusion band that was only meant to play one show and hasn’t stopped playing since.
Jazz For Intellectuals : Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane, and Matt Garrison
’80s jazzman Jack DeJohnette and his band go for the improvisational form.
The Sound of Two Ants Marching. Doug Van Nort’s Sonic Sculpture
Doug Van Nort’s music comes from some unusual sources, including samples taken from cicadas, ants, and bees.
Taking the Classic out of the Classical. The Warhol Dervish’s Unusual Collaborations
Director of the Warhol Dervish Collective Pemi Paull talks about how the underground string quartet collaborates with an Egyptian oudist, an electronic manipulator, and a percussion improviser.