Kensington Jazz Festival Every year about this time Kensington has a weekend where it is free to express its jazzier side. This is a thank you note to Molly Johnson who has been creating this unique experience for Toronto for the past ten years. In its tenth year the...
If you look at my Instagram post with David Lee, he eloquently explains the purpose of the importance of this festival. Lately Blast Toronto has been to some events that have strong messages about maintaining a healthy music scene. We here at Blast Toronto wants to...
There is a guitarist in Toronto named Mike Murray and he did a sold out show at the Pilot on a Sunday evening. If you haven’t been to the Pilot in Yorkville for a while, I urge you to start looking into this place again. They opened up a music room upstairs that...
Better late than never I have to start off this article with this header. I recently went to see Robojazz at BSMT254. Marc Decho is the bass player in the band. His wife and I were talking about the time I saw him perform at the same location back in March. She let me...
BSMT254- The Final Frontier BSMT254 was abuzz with anticipation of Mathieu Fiset’s first performance with his band Robojazz. The bass player Marc Decho has played there before and highly recommended this place to Mathieu. The other two members that help created a new...
Quincy Jones didn’t make music history; he was music history. That was the message that everyone could agree on at Harbourfront Centre during Luminato. A concert was held in tribute to the late great Quincy Jones. It was organized by one our favourite Toronto...
June 7th, Queen St. East, Toronto. At the 11th annual Riverside Eats & Beats Streetfest, Queen Street East transformed into a sun-dappled playground of music, flavours, and neighbourhood magic. For four glorious hours, I soaked in everthing I could. The ads said...
In the world of predictable music, Denielle Bassels refreshes us with her take on pop music. This record is filled with French cabaret music that has such an invigorating vibe. If Beyonce can do a country album, why not fill the gap with Pop Jazz with a baguette and...
For the past 12 years, Jaymz Bee has been hosting a unique jazz party called Caravan. This year it is being held at the beautiful Old Mill. I bumped into Irene Torres, a Latin jazz singer who will be one of over 100 musicians participating in this crazy Caravan....
Denielle Bassels celebrated her brand-new CD the other night at Drom Taberna. Considering we got a foot of snow dumped on us, people came out because music is that important in the city, and to have new music by a classy artist warrant trudging through the snow for....
