Martin King

La Série de concerts bénéfice allie des musiciens locaux et de la gastronomie locale afin d’encourager des organismes de bienfaisance de la régionMercredi le 20 mai sera la dernière soirée de cette première <br […]

The Benefit Concert Series brings together local musicians, local food, and drink all in support of local charities. Wednesday May 20th is the last event of the series’ first season,featuring François Jalbert on […]

The Benefit Concert Series

The theme of this concert series is local, local, local…local musicians, local food and drink, all in support of worthy local causes.
Coming up April 16th is the third in this series […]

The Benefit Concert Series

The theme of this concert series is local, local, local…local musicians, local food and drink, all in support of worthy local causes.

Coming up February 4th is the […]

This is sheer beauty!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA4kMXLgCJQ

I was driving to a meeting the other day and heard this piece on CBC’s “Shift” with Tom Allen. I had to stop and listen to this amazing performance. This piece was in the back of my mind throughout my entire […]

According to several sources, jazz legend and composer extraordinaire Horace Silver died today at the age of 85. Thank you for all the great music!

I stumbled on this video and subsequently forgot what I was looking for. This is simply amazing! I didn’t even know that Norah Jones had a half sister.


On May 5th, Google announced that it’s streaming music service, Google Play Music, was now available in Canada. I’ve been using it for the free trial period, and I have to say I’ve been amazed at the amount of music I get to choose from for the same price as my Netflix subscription. I’ve now had a chance to explore albums that I would likely never have tried. While this is still lossy compressed audio, it is still as good as, if not better than expected from a streaming audio service. I’ll probably blog about some of the discoveries (and rediscoveries) I find.




A fantastic video of 2014 Juno Award (“Vocal Jazz Album of the Year”) winning songwriter and guitarist Mike Rud. Recorded at CBC Studio 12 in Montreal, this track features a number of Montreal’s top musicians, as […]

Carlo Gesualdo – Sesto libro di madrigali: XVII. Moro, lasso, al mio duolo. An incredible piece of music written in the 15th century, the chromaticism is something that is very unusual for this era.

Carlo Gesualdo – Sesto libro di madrigali: XVII. Moro, lasso, al mio duolo. Composée au XVe siècle, cette oeuvre musicale étonnante présente un chromatisme très inusité pour cette période.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dVPu71D8VI

Une reprise extraordinaire du classique de Thelonious Monk, « Round Midnight », par le trio Esbjörn Svensson, saisie sur le vif en 2000. Une interprétation intime et tout en douceur, et une fabuleuse prestation du regretté Svensson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7jX0nTGlfE

Stanley June’s live recording of City of Angels (acoustic) from the album Imitating Art.

Stanley June’s live recording of City of Angels (acoustic) from the album Imitating Art