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• Jazz Takes Over Toronto!

  Jazz Takes Over Toronto! +++++++Starting today! (June 20) this ever-growing 11 day festival swamps 49 venues with sounds sweet and blue. (Oh oh, wait a second. I see from my schedule that Al Green played last night! Damn!! Where was I?! Now I’ll Read More... Posted Friday, June 20, 2008 1:19 PM by StudioB | 0 Comments

• NXNE Toronto June 12 – 15

  North By Northeast takes over Toronto next weekend! With 500 bands playing 40 venues you’d be hard pressed to find a better pub crawl. +++++++++Twenty-nine Canadian dollars (that’s what, like fifty bucks US right?) gets you into EVERTHING. Read More... Posted Saturday, June 07, 2008 12:31 PM by StudioB | 0 Comments

• Canadian Music Week 08 Wrap-up

  This year's CMW was a thundering success despite the stormy conditions and many feet of snow dumped on us. Every night saw packed houses (at least where I was) and people braving the elements to catch the stars of the future. Here’s a very quick Read More... Posted Monday, March 10, 2008 11:02 AM by StudioB | 0 Comments

• Canadian Music Week: Toronto - Day 2

  Day 2 for me anyway... Many of the industry events - conferences and the like - began Wednesday and continue through Saturday. There are a few high profile celeb interviews (Moby, Alanis Morissette), and an abundance of seminars focused on how to make Read More... Posted Friday, March 07, 2008 8:51 AM by StudioB | 0 Comments

• Canadian Music Week 2008 Kicks Off in Toronto

  I’ll try to set the indoor record for “Fastest Blog” as I race down to the clubs for another jam-packed CMW. I don’t know the actual stats at this moment, but if 2008 is anything like last year (which I’m sure it is), there Read More... Posted Thursday, March 06, 2008 9:35 PM by StudioB | 0 Comments Filed under: http://www.myspace.com/thebesnardlakes http://www.myspace.com/lesbreastfeeders65

• Montreal Jazz Fest - final weekend upcoming

  Although my Montreal experience is in the books for this year, I'm envious of anyone who is in town for the Jazz Festival's final weekend. ++++++++Since its nice to dream, here's what I would love to see if I could be there today.++++++Tonight Read More... Posted Thursday, July 05, 2007 11:34 AM by StudioB | 0 Comments Filed under: Montreal Jazz Festival

• Montreal Jazz Fest Day 3

  Just a quickie as we jump back onto the 401 in hopes of beating the holiday rush.+++++++++++++ Antibalas is the best! The best what I’m not sure because their music has so many different elements and influences. Everything from ska, to reggae to Read More... Posted Monday, July 02, 2007 12:27 PM by StudioB | 0 Comments

• Rikki Lee Jones @ Montreal Jazz Fest (music everywhere!)

  A voice so fragile against the stark, hard imagery of her lyrics, and a packed Montreal Spectrum hung on her every note. The venue was set-up cabaret style with individual tables, and the sound was perfectly balanced so as to feature the sometimes tentativeness Read More... Posted Saturday, June 30, 2007 10:27 AM by StudioB | 0 Comments Filed under: montreal jazz

• Hargrove Swings Hard (T.O. Jazz Fest)

  Brief notes this morning on last night’s show. Heading out this morning to Montreal for the Jazz Festival there, on a day when our First Nations people are having a “Day of Action”. Blockades are set up on the main highway disrupting Read More... Posted Friday, June 29, 2007 9:00 AM by StudioB | 0 Comments Filed under: toronto jazz, montreal jazz

• Medeski Schofield Martin and Wood @ T.O. Jazz Fest

  Through the tent doors and straight into a wall of humid heat. Pints of water leaked out of me as I countered with pints of lager into me. All in the audience stood start to finish, swaying and sweaty, through a groovin’ set at the mainstage. This Read More... Posted Thursday, June 28, 2007 12:41 PM by StudioB | 0 Comments Filed under: toronto jazz

• Toronto Jazz Festival 2007 Kicks Off Summer

  Here it is the first full day of summer and, guess what, it’s also the first day of the Toronto Jazz Festival. Coincidence? I think not. This year promises to be every bit as great as the Festival last year – and last year’s line up Read More... Posted Friday, June 22, 2007 9:41 PM by StudioB | 0 Comments Filed under: http://www.tojazz.com/Pages/Toronto_Downtown_Jazz_Festival_pgM137.asp

• Canadian Music Week – Day 3: (Toronto)

  The line was around the block at the Mod Club at 6:30(!) last night. I got the expected news when I reached the head – that they were no longer excepting wristbands for entry – and the show was sold out. C’est la vie. The bill – Read More... Posted Sunday, March 11, 2007 12:01 PM by StudioB | 0 Comments

• Canadian Music Week – Day 2: (Toronto)

  Like a man with a TV remote, it’s sometimes not about what’s on but about what else is on. Last night I was like a musical sailor on shore leave. Not that I was trying to set records but these are the stats: 9 bands in 6 clubs in 4 hours. Read More... Posted Saturday, March 10, 2007 11:50 AM by StudioB | 0 Comments

• Canadian Music Week – Day 1: (Toronto)

  The Queen West Strip. With no particular plan and a CMW wristband on my arm, I decided to hit the Queen St. strip and catch whichever acts were playing. +++++++++++++++++ My first stop was the Rex at 6:30 PM. Kevin Quain was doing a solo piano/vocal set Read More... Posted Friday, March 09, 2007 11:14 AM by StudioB | 1 Comments

• 600 Bands at Canadian Music Week! (Toronto)

  Let the showcasing begin! With 600 bands playing 44 venues over four nights (Mar. 7 – 10) Canadian Music Week provides a lot of bang for the buck. Or does it? +++++++++++++++++I have yet to narrow down my choices of which acts to see. With so many Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 06, 2007 8:42 PM by StudioB | 0 Comments