I gave up band in grade 10. After that it was too serious a commitment to practice and performing. Clearly Nathan “Flutebox” Lee kept it [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, July 4th, 2008
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As much as I love music, I rarely find that it transcends a simple performance to something a little more ethereal. Miles Davis is a musician I absol [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Categories: Inspiration, Music | No Comments »
Lots of jazz played ’round these parts recently. The modern stuff is OK, but the classic stuff really moves me. Check out these two collections [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, June 2nd, 2008
Categories: Inspiration, Music | 2 Comments »
That’s right, I’m blogging about American Idol. Deal with it. I watch it in passing (never longer then 30 seconds at a time) with the sam [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Thursday, May 8th, 2008
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I have to admit that the name Pete Turner doesn’t didn’t mean that much to me. Names like Reid Miles and Francis Wolf are rightly given a [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
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So when I think retro music I think maybe a little music from the mid 90’s. Perhaps a little Pearl Jam or Nirvana. Perhaps something a little o [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, April 14th, 2008
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Pitchfork Media has released it’s list of the 20 worst album covers of 07 and the list is worth a look if you’re looking for some creativ [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, April 14th, 2008
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Because other people’s music always sounds better. Muxtape.com could be the best online music sharing site I’ve found since Pandora annou [...]
Posted by: Graham Huber on Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Categories: Music, Pop Culture, Websites | 2 Comments »
The Canadian National Jazz Awards (NJA) were handed out last night in Toronto and a bunch of our friends and colleagues received some of the awards! [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Categories: Music, Websites | 2 Comments »
A few months back I wandered down to my usual watering hole, The Jazz Cellar, to see singer songwriter Jesse Harris perform. Normally a jazz venue, t [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, April 7th, 2008
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I received somewhat bad and disturbing news when I got home tonight. North America’s last remaining Radio Orchestra, Vancouver based CBC Radio [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Categories: Music, We love | 1 Comment »
Pamelia is one of the most precise and talented thereminsts on the planet. Her walking bass theremin technique must be seen to be believed! Watch it [...]
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Friday, March 7th, 2008
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This past week Jeff Healey passed away after a long battle with cancer. For those of you new to his name he was one of Canada’s top jazz and bl [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
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Q: What’s the only kind of music a violin is good for? A: Camp Fire Music OK…. I jest. The world has been inundated with solo violin work [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Thursday, February 28th, 2008
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For over 10 years, local funk band extraordinaire Soul Stream has been playing every Monday and Tuesday night at Bar None in Vancouver. One of the be [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
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