One of the courses I pitched was how to steal without being caught. Imitation – important part of artmaking, is it not? Just as important (or maybe more so) is […]

The first person at the open stage sung a song about how their parents met. The second sung something about being Sikh. The third student in our open stage played […]

I know so many ghosts. All gone now except my memories. I will also be a ghost down the road for others. Sometimes you want to ask how can this […]

Playing the Cameron with the Cameron Family Singers. They select songs that are trickier to improvise with than the usual “country” tinged pieces other people I’ve known choose. Their aesthetic […]

Some people think upon learning history, that the people of other times were foolish but not us. We are in the here and now. We are too smart to just […]

There is an improvisational technique I keep trying to hone. I realize it slowly over years and years. I am not proficient but I have made inroads. It is a […]

“Back in 1968 I saw Tony Williams and John McLaughlin at the Jazz Workshop in Boston on Boylston Street. It was the size of your living room, you’re stepping all […]

Ernie Tollar, everyone’s favourite musician, is now a soloist in the Multiple Sclerosis all stars. Soon traveling to Mexico for a treatment that potentially halts or slows down its progression. […]