Classical
Gabriel Prokofiev
Not Your Grandpa’s Classical Music. Literally. Do you ever wonder what happened to Mozart’s kid? When I first watched the […]
Music
Music
Wavelength Music Festival Review
I usually cover the electronic music beat, but the thirteenth Wavelength Music Festival presented a good opportunity for me to explore one […]
Classical
Toy Piano Composers
Meet Monica Pearce, Chris Thornborrow and Elisha Denburg, Co-Artistic Directors of Toy Piano Composers, a collective of composers based in […]
Classical
Carol Gimbel – Artistic Director, Music in the Barns
Carol Gimbel’s series, Music in the Barns, is the result of 8-9 years of brainstorming and seeing ideas evolve. […]
Classical
Kerri McGonigle, Artistic Director, Academy Concert Series
Academy Concert Series features a roster of young musicians performing on period instruments. ‘Period Performance,’ ‘Period Practice,’ or ‘Performance Practice’ […]
Businesses
June Records – A Breath of Fresh Air
JUNE RECORDS caught my eye one day when I was walking along College Street in Toronto’s little Italy. It’s a […]
Hip Hop
Maestro Fresh Wes: Invincible Visionary
Maestro Fresh Wes. The King of Canadian Hip Hop. You should know this by now. 1989 was the year. “Let […]
Classical
Steven Reineke – Pop! Goes the Symphony
A Coffee Date with TSO Pops Conductor Steven Reineke Steven Reineke, the first ever Principal Pops conductor in the Toronto Symphony’s 90 […]
Folk-Country
The Autumn Portrait releases Tired Love @ The Cameron House
In music, audible maturation doesn’t come naturally—it’s earned, and usually through experience. (And by experience, we mean heartbreak, loss, despair […]
Folk-Country
New Country Rehab unveil new LP at Hugh’s Room
When I received New Country Rehab’s debut LP—and the press release that accompanied it—a few years ago, it raised plenty […]