Before you wring your hands in despair and exclaim: “Oh no! Not another ‘Beatles in Latin’ recording…” think hard because...
One of the most significant aspects of the artistic contribution of Beny Esguerra to the art of the KUISi is not mentioned anywhere on the notes...
As the terrible events of Russia’s persecution and invasion of Ukraine unfold, the destruction that has befallen Kharkiv, must surely call to mind – both tragically...
This recording – Vintage Americana [NV6384] is a welcome follow-up to Retro Americana [NV6361] – also by Christina Petrowska Quilico, who has the requisite gamut of...
The young Toronto musician – something of a multi-instrumentalist at that – and prodigiously-gifted guitarist, Liam Jaeger could be anything he chooses to be in music....
In the third installment of Wheel It Studios’ remarkable programme to showcase the real face of the dispossessed diaspora of Jane-and-Finch Ruben “Beny” Esguerra and Paul...
Every once and a while you come across an artist [the poetics of] whose musicianship makes your heart skip a beat. It doesn’t happen too often,...
The phrase poeta nascitur non fit [a poet is born, not made], first used in the Lectiones Antiquae [Venice, 1516] of Coelius Rhodigenus, seems to best...
Even though the title of this album – From the Heart & Soul – by the late and incomparable Dianne Brooks is a dead giveaway, nothing...
Under normal circumstances you would refer to the repertoire on this album as “standards”, but when June Garber sings them they become songs written by her...
One of the most significant aspects of the artistic contribution of Beny Esguerra to the art of the KUISi is...
As the terrible events of Russia’s persecution and invasion of Ukraine unfold, the destruction that has befallen Kharkiv, must surely...
This recording – Vintage Americana [NV6384] is a welcome follow-up to Retro Americana [NV6361] – also by Christina Petrowska Quilico,...
The story of Music in the Barns is like a story worthy of the pen of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known as Lewis Carroll. “Why,”...
The world bemoans the plight of Ukraine, weeps at the innocent Ukrainian civilians who lie dying by the thousands from...
Every known civilisation partakes in music, though definitions of what that music is might vary wildly. Even more contentious is...
A Biography of Sonny Greenwich The great Ezra Pound, always forthcoming with advice – often unsolicited – to writers and...
Four years ago (in 2016), Dalya Alberge of The Guardian wrote that the great violin virtuoso Nigel Kennedy lamented the...
Robi Botos has been hailed as one of the most diverse multi-instrumentalists of this generation. From the hard-bop style of...
Juno-award winning Jazz Saxophonist, Composer and Arranger, Allison Au refuses to be defined. Born to a Chinese father and Jewish...