Artist: Todor Kobakov

Filed under: Exclusive , New Music , Northern Exposure Toronto singer-songwriter and producer Thom D'Arcy is a hard guy to keep track of. Over the years, he's been an integral part of several up-and-coming bands, including the Carnations, All Systems Go and the Ladies & Gentlemen -- the act which eventually morphed into his current project, Small Sins . For a while, even Small Sins looked like they might go the way of the others following the release of their 2007 [...]

Sometimes just looking around on the net you happened to stumble upon things. Last night, I happened to come across a pianist named Todor Kobakov who has also composed a few movie soundtracks ( Moment, Pinkville, Y.P.F. ) and was a member of Metric 's Emily Haines' solo band, Emily Haines and The Soft Skeleton . Released in October 2009 Kobakov's debut solo piano album Pop Music ( currently only $6.99 on Amazon ) is a thing of beauty. Sometimes is good to expand your horizons and listen to something [...]

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• Todor Kobakov - Carpe Diem (feat. Emily Haines)

The last few days have been amazing. Welcoming our son - Cillian Christian - into the world has been a heavy dose of emotions. It's amazing that something that can't speak can trigger so many emotions. Fittingly, the same can be said about classically trained Toronto wizard, Todor Kobakov . Born in Bulgaria, Todor now resides in Toronto and has integrated himself in the indie scene. He's written arrangements for Stars, Jason Collett and Emily Haines, and played keys for bands like Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton, Small Sins, Sarah Slean, and Luke Doucet but [...]

• Todor Kobakov - Isolated Incident