
Toronto – I'm going to start this review not with a review, but with a story. Gather 'round friends. Don't worry, there is a point to all of this. The year was two thousand and spluh, and I was studying for exams. There I was, at my favourite coffee shop where I had befriended one of the employees and was downing free caramel macchiatos for my troubles. Just beside the shop was a bar and a I could see a jazz trio setting up. I looked at my textbooks and thought "Screw this! If have to study for exams, [...]

Back in 2007, I posted these train songs. After three days of being around trains, I decided to repost those and add to them. Eliza Carthy ∞ Train Song Vashti Bunyan ∞ Train Song Mediski, Martin & Wood ∞ The Train Song Eilen Jewell & Dan Fram ∞ Train That Carried Jimmie Rogers Home Kris Delmhorst ∞ You're No Train The Waifs ∞ Bridal Train [...]

The Juno Awards were given out on April 6th. Brandi Disterhaft won the award for Traditional Jazz Album Of The Year with her album " Debut " – which is a nod to Bjork's album by the same name. I got the album form Amazon's mp3 store and fell in love it/her. Imagine a bass player that can do it all: lay down a sweet groove , whip out a killer solo , sing a line or two AND look pretty doing it. That is Brandi [...]