Monday Roundup #229

Concert announcements:

Nick Adema [presenting his solo trombone album Buiksloterkerk] (Max Donaldson) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-06-09 (Monday). [more info]

Olivia Boring / Adam Waito / James Irwin / The Tranzac (Living Room) 2025-06-10 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

A Failed Entertainment (feat. Anh Phung/Tara Kannangara/Leland Whitty/Luan Phung/Chris Pruden/Julian Anderson-Bowes/Mack Longpré) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-06-10 (Tuesday). [more info]

Batuki Music Society presents (feat. Coup de Coeur [Sadio Sissokho/Assane Seck/Seydina Ndiaye/ILAM/Pape Ndiaye/Carlo Birri]) / Hugh’s Room Live 2025-06-14 (Saturday). $36.63 (general admission)/$24.42 (students/arts worker/underemployed). [more info]

Art of Improv (feat. Germaine Liu & Mark Zurawinski / future proof [Bea Labikova & Raphael Roter] / Germaine Liu/Mark Zurawinski/Bill Gilliam/Eugene Martynec/Bill McBirnie) / Annette Studios 2025-06-15 (Sunday). $20/pwyc. [more info]

Earth Ball (Thresher / Brian Ruryk / Dixie Cups) / The Doc Ellis (No-No Room) 2025-06-19 (Thursday). $12 [more info]

TONE & Uma Nota present (feat. Mestizx [Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly] / Mas Aya / Artu) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2025-06-20 (Friday). $22.89 (advance)/$25 door, all ages. FB event]

TONE presents (feat. Farida Amadou with Karen Ng / chik white / Naomi McCarroll-Butler) / Collective Arts 2025-06-21 (Saturday). $22.89 advance/$25 door, all ages. [FB event]

Toronto Jazz Fest (feat. Tania Gill and Friends) / The Rock in Village of Yorkville Park 2025-06-24 (Tuesday – 5:45 p.m. + 7:45 p.m.). $free, outdoors. [more info]

Bonnie Trash [album release] (HRT / UUGGHH) / The Garrison 2025-06-26 (Thursday). $24.98, 19+. [FB event]

Toronto Jazz Fest (feat. Tania Gill and Friends) / The Rock in Village of Yorkville Park 2025-06-27 (Friday – 5:45 p.m. + 7:45 p.m.). $free, outdoors. [more info]

Lorde Awesome (Vörtlimpa / Sasquatch Picnic / Jon Dough) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2025-07-04 (Friday). $10/pwyc

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Shows this week:

Agave (feat. Little Window / Blue Monday) / Burdock Music Hall 2025-06-02 (Monday). $11.30, all-ages. [tickets + more info]

Chris Banks presents (feat. Joe Sorbara & Norm Adams / Chris Banks & Karen Ng / Joe Sorbara/Norm Adams/Chris Banks/Karen Ng) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-06-02 (Monday) [more info]

Justin Orok [California Shutters album release] (POTIONS) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-06-03 (Tuesday – early) [more info]

Track Could Bend #105 (feat. Determinist? / Aliyah Aziz) / Wenona Lodge 2025-06-03 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Peripheral Vision (C'est la Fête) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-06-03 (Tuesday) [more info]

Holy Oak Family Singers present: Bad Songs Done Well (feat. Thom Gill/Robin Dann/Bram Gielen/Bells Larsen/Charlotte Cornfield/Carlyn Bezic/Stefana Fratila/Dorothea Paas/Luka Kuplowsky/Fan Wu/Maggie Keogh/Ivi Mairi/Ben Gunning/Joseph Shabason) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-06-04 (Wednesday – early) [more info]

Equinox and Solstice Residency (feat. Ghostlight) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-06-04 (Wednesday) [FB event]

NO HAY BANDA [performing Sarah Davachi’s "Three Unisons for Four Voices"] (HxH) / The Music Gallery 2025-06-05 (Thursday). $10 (MG Members), $15-$25 (PWYCA). [more info]

Transposition: Duo for Oud and Cello (feat. Abdul-Wahab Kayyali & Naseem AlAtrash) / University of Toronto – Walter Hall 2025-06-05 (Thursday). $40. [FB event]

Alamedas Del Mundo: Transnational Algorithmic Music Concert (feat. Alex Raja Ven / Endemics / Sarah Imrisek / Michael Palumbo / Pirarán) / Array Space 2025-06-05 (Thursday). $20, NOTAFLOF. [FB event]

Do West Fest (feat. ZONES / Noble Rot / Edmund Stay / Art D’ecco) / Transmit Stage 2025-06-06 (Friday). $free, outdoors, family-friendly. [more info]

More Noise Please! Presents: An Evening of Noise (feat. Pet Retina & Colin Fisher / Owen Kurtz / NIMAAH / Stefan Powell) / Burdock Music Hall 2025-06-06 (Friday). $16.95, all ages. [FB event]

Do West Fest (feat. Macaroni Birthday / Heaven For Real / Tijuana Bibles / Jay Feelbender / Orbital Ensemble / The Royal Family / Sam Jr. / Shiv & The Carvers / Prostitute / Fucked Up) / Transmit Stage 2025-06-07 (Saturday). $free, outdoors, family-friendly. [more info]

Toronto Improvisers Orchestra / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-06-08 (Sunday – noon)

Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Ayal Senior & Kurt Newman / Drew Smith / Jaz Tsui / Nick Flanagan) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-06-08 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.) [FB event]

Do West Fest (feat. Huxlii / Twist / Dumb Crush / Fanclubwallet / cootie catcher / PONY) / Transmit Stage 2025-06-08 (Sunday). $free, outdoors, family-friendly. [more info]

Araz Salek [Peripheries of Nahavand album launch and birthday celebration] / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2025-06-08 (Sunday – 6 p.m.) [FB event]

Ministry of Phonic Services presents [pre-tour send-off show!] (feat. Wilderness Adventure Ride) / Oculus Pavilion 2025-06-08 (Sunday). outdoors. [more info]

The Lori Freedman Trio [Lori Freedman/Adrianne Munden-Dixon/Allison Cameron] / Sellers and Newel 2024-06-08 (Sunday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

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In memoriam: Paul Dutton

• Toronto lost a one-of-a-kind original last week with the passing of Paul Dutton. A moaner, howler and shouter on stage (or, more succinctly, a sound-poet), he was also a lively presence in all environments, whether telling a ghost story or waving from his bike while sailing through a quiet intersection in the middle of the night. I discovered him as a part of CCMC (where he'd generally be in front of a pair of microphones, as if giving a press conference) but was lucky enough to be able to hear him perform in a number of other contexts. Digging through the archives, here's some documentation from a handful of fondly-remembered nights.

Recorded at Elizabeth Beeton Auditorium, Toronto Reference Library (New Music 101 – Volume 1), April 8, 2013.

Arraymusic + Paul Dutton - Snare, Kick, Rack and Floor

Recorded at Array Space (Audiopollination #29.3), April 19, 2015.

Michael Snow/Paul Dutton/Glen Hall/Mani Mazinani - [first piece]

Recorded at Yonge-Dundas Square (Intersection 2015), September 5, 2015.

The Element Choir with Paul Dutton - [excerpt]

Recorded at The Great Hall (Long Winter 4.5 – Night 2), March 19, 2016.

CCMC - [excerpt from first piece]

Recorded at Ratio (Burn Down The Capital Presents), June 13, 2016.

CCMC - [excerpt from first piece]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Main Hall (Somewhere There Creative Music Festival – Show 3: Circuits Bending Frames), February 24, 2018.

Paul Dutton/Tiina Kiik/Wes Neal - [improvisation]