For me, this year was pretty much all about the piano. Poppy Ackroyd – Escapement This is the album of the year, as far as I'm concerned. Poppy Ackroyd won me over with her intimate miniature creations, built entirely from her own piano and violin performances. Listen to Mechanism Also, here's a cool video that [...]
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OWF Returns
The Oakville Waterfront Festival returned this weekend, after a 3 year hiatus. Since a) it happens at the end of our street and b) it is now free, we dropped in with friends and neighbours for several shows over the weekend. We got drenched at Kathleen Edwards' show on Friday, but enjoyed the performance anyway. [...]
By and for introverts
And then we went to Seattle to check out the Substrata festival of ambient/electronic/experimental music. More accurately. . . and then I dragged Heidi to Seattle to check out the Substrata festival of ambient/electronic/experimental music. Gotta say thanks to Heidi for indulging me for three straight nights. The performances were mixed, I'd say. I was [...]
Sound of Music
This week I booked tickets for a bunch of us to go see Harry Manx when he comes to Toronto in the fall. Then I noticed that he was scheduled to play at Burlington's Sound of Music Festival, today, for free. It was supposed to rain all day. But it didn't, and Heidi and I [...]
Old guy – New music
I don't know why I thought that going to Montreal for the MUTEK Festival would be a good idea. I don't care. It was worth the trip. Mutek - Montreal 2013 from Stuart Brannan on Vimeo. Technically its the International Festival of Digital Creativity and Electronic Music. Actually its a lot of fun. Warning: you [...]
