March 19th, 2012
Everything is becoming ephemeral. Music is being housed in a “cloud.” Think about that for a minute. A recent Facebook posting: “Drinking coffee and listening to Sticky Fingers on vinyl, good way to start the morning.” I love that, though I was curious, which issue of Sticky Fingers — the one with the functioning zipper? Music is easily dismissed as a aural experience. Or maybe dismissed isn’t fair, that is the end goal, after all. But don’t we need to feel it, too? Literally?
March 19th, 2012
THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND SONGBIRDS TRAVELLING MUSIC SCHOOL is to share the skills of travelling musicians with the local communities they visit as they tour around.
The idea for SONGBIRDS came to me on one of those sleepless nights. I was thinking about the future. I was thinking about how much I wanted to teach. I have always loved teaching, but in the past few years …
March 19th, 2012
I went to my first bluegrass camp in 2002. I could play guitar but was feeling a bit shy, so I went to a songwriting class. I’d been listening to a lot of Tony Rice, Doc Watson and Bill Monroe and I thought I’d fit right in. That first night at the BC Bluegrass Workshop, out of class and into the jamming scene, …
March 19th, 2012
By Bobby Herron
The Colorifics are fun, cuddly, elegant at times, and musically skilled. They’re cheeky and want you to know that they enjoy what they do because music is about that for many of us. These are some of my impressions when listening to What Happened To You.
Based in Vancouver, The Colorifics have been at it since 1995. In their latest recording you …