Apr 22 2022
New Dreams, Old Stories, the latest release from avant-folk- jazz quartet Way North, seeks to connect the past and present of our collective human experience. Old stories acknowledging a vast musical heritage are woven together to create fresh new sounds…
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Dec 17 2020
Carleton University names Petr Cancura as 2021 Artist In Residence
Carleton University’s School for Studies in Art and Culture is pleased to announce that genre-defying multi-instrumentalist Petr Cancura will be the artist-in-residence in Carleton’s Music Program for the winter 2021…
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Dec 10 2020
Leonid Auskern wrote a great review of Don't Let it Stop!
Some of our favorite quotes from it:
“The title song Don't Let It Stop! at times left me with the impression of Jimi Hendrix, who had returned from beyond…
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Oct 19 2020
A dizzy blend of ideas inspired by the likes of Charles Mingus and Ornette Coleman through to brooding film music, eastern and folk influences, Life Is A Gong Show is certainly never a dull listen.
As…
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Jun 5 2020
Polish-Canadian drummer Jacek Kochan and musiConspiracy album release Occupational Hazard
Drummer/composer/arranger Jacek Kochan’s new album Occupational Hazard is remarkable on a number of fronts. Not only does it represent the prodigious Montreal musician’s 22nd release as…
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Jun 4 2020
Review of Life Is a Gongshow by The Jazz Music Blog
Songs of Tales is where the strange meets the beautiful, where simple songs are juxtaposed with sonic outlandishness, rhythmic complexity, and the excitement of uncertainty that makes you think…
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May 28 2020
Songs of Tales is a truly trans-Canadian group in that each member of the quartet lives in a different location. Petr Cancura (tenor saxophone, keyboards) resides in Ottawa, Gordon Grdina (guitars, oud, bass) in Vancouver BC…
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May 27 2020
Songs of Tales: Life Is A Gong Show
by George W. Harris • May 25, 2020 • 0 Comments
The band Songs of Tales consists of Gordon Grdina on oud, guitar and bass, saxophonist and keyboardist Petr Cancura, Jean Martin…
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May 23 2020
David Luhrssen wrote a great review
Jazz is a shared reference, a musical education held in common for the members of Songs of Tales. However, calling them a jazz group is misleading and limiting. Their new album opens with the…
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May 13 2020
Jacek Kochan video Part II
Jacek kochan & musiConspiracy - "misunderstood intentions" (j.kochan) from CD "occupational hazard"
elizabeth shepherd - voice, piano,
luis deniz- alto sax,
dan thouin - hammond b3 (solo),
anthony alexander - hammond b3, rhodes…
May 11 2020
Jacek Kochan has released two new videos alongside his recent release occupational hazard Here is the first featuring the fantastic Elizabeth Shepherd.
Jacek kochan & musiConspiracy - "evident monk" (j.kochan) from CD "occupational hazard"
elizabeth shepherd - voice, piano,
luis…
