jazz
Spotlight on SFU Vocal Jazz
December 19, 2025For the past few years, I’ve felt like a soprano singer trapped in the body of a student. How wondrous would it be to sing again like I once did in the good old choir days of high school? My longing to sing again sent me on a quest. I began my expedition at the SFSS club directory, searching for information about the SFU Choir when I stumbled across another choir, the SFU Vocal Jazz. I reached out for an interview to find out more. “We’re getting bigger every year but we’re still smaller than the SFU Choir,” Sage Fleming,…
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The sound of social music with Mary Ancheta Quartet
November 6, 2024Inside Hero’s Welcome were dim yellow and purple lights hanging from the ceiling, surrounded by paraphernalia of all kinds — darts, pinball, pool tables, Canadian veteran’s memorabilia, and more. Within minutes the pub was packed, buzzing with people settling in,…
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Mary Ancheta Quartet takes cinematic jazz to the Next Level
June 13, 2023I was intrigued by the track titles on Mary Ancheta Quartet’s EP, Level Up, released on June 2; “Grease the Wheel” and “Gotta Get it” instil being in motion, which is exactly what the EP entails. It’s a mix of…
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New Music: Only A Visitor’s ruminative singles build anticipation for upcoming art album, Decay
January 31, 2023Only A Visitor is a Vancouver-based quintet with an idiosyncratic style that dips its toes in art pop, jazz, acapella, and avant-garde. They’re gearing up for the February 24 release of their first album under Mint Records, Decay. The album…
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Juno award winners Metalwood return after 14 years
September 6, 2016Just when we thought they were gone for good, Canada’s premier electric jazz group Metalwood explodes from a gooey, melted mélange of bass-heavy funk, bubbling brass, and rambunctious drum medleys that defined their recordings at the turn of the 21st…
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