Monday Roundup #157

Concert announcements:

Not A Band (Output 1:1:1 / Animal Party) / BSMT254 2024-01-25 (Thursday). $pwyc, all ages. [more info]

CMC Ontario Artist in Residence Showcase (feat. Backlined Quartet [Erich Barganier/Emmanuel Lacopo/Andrew Noseworthy/Patrick O’Reilly] / Paolo Griffin / Arie Verheul van de Ven) / 918 Bathurst 2024-01-26 (Friday). $free with RSVP. [FB event]

Happy Sundays (feat. Hieronymus Harry / Picastro / Avalon T.) / The Baby G 2024-01-28 (Sunday). $free, 19+. [FB event]

Array Ensemble III: New Encounters [curated by Bruce A. Russell, featuring four World and Canadian Premiere performances of works by Russell, Hanna Benn, Anthony R. Green and Kathryn Patricia Cobbler] (feat. Array Ensemble) / Array Space 2024-02-01 (Thursday). $20 (or PWYW), livestream $10 (or PWYW). [FB event]

The Music of Paul Motian (feat. Patrick Smith/Lowell Whitty/Dan Pitt) / Sellers & Newel 2024-02-02 (Friday). $20 Minimum donation. [more info]

Ben Shemie (Carl Didur / Blue Light) / The Baby G 2024-02-07 (Wednesday). $23.57, 19+.[FB event]

Dave Clark / Sellers & Newel 2024-02-22 (Thursday). $15 Minimum donation. [more info]

Dave Bidini / Sellers & Newel 2024-02-23 (Friday). $20 Minimum donation. [more info]

TONE presents (feat. Horse Lords / Ka Baird / Bile Sister) / The Baby G 2024-03-15 (Friday). $22.24, 19+. [FB event]

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Shows this week:

Toronto Electronic Music Open Mic: First Anniversary Celebration / Handlebar 2024-01-15 (Monday). $free.

Max Donaldson/Aline Homzy/Aidan McConnell / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-01-15 (Monday). $pwyc. [more info]

Music Hosted by Karen Ng (feat. Karen Ng/Ben Dwyer/Ted Crosby/Phil Melanson / Adrian Russouw) / Wenona Lodge 2024-01-16 (Tuesday)

Dr. Purgatory [David Riddel/Colleen Allen/Conrad Gluch/Noam Lemish/Andrew Downing/Aline Homzy/Stefan Hegerat] (Kae Murphy & Madeline Ertel) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-01-16 (Tuesday) [more info]

Sarah Greene Presents (feat. Kat McLevey / Sarah Greene/Tania Gill/Michael Herring) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-01-17 (Wednesday – early). $pwyc [FB event]

Welcome To Hell – live! (feat. Joseph Shabason with Felicity Williams/Robin Dann/Kieran Adams/Phil Melanson/Hugh Marsh/Josh Cole/Thom Gill/Vince Spilchuk / Still Boys) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2024-01-18 (Thursday). $27.96. [FB event]

FAWN Chamber Creative and Arraymusic present: Belladonna [A Co-Composition Opera In Concert, Process Discussion & Workshop Presentation] (feat. Teiya Kasahara/Hillary Jean Young/Rebecca Gray/Vanese Smith/Sara Constant/Morgan-Paige Melbourne/Yang Chen/Adam Scime) / Array Space 2024-01-18&19 (Thursday&Friday). $25 suggested donation. [more info]

Sandro Perri & Friends [Sandro Perri/Blake Howard/Josh Cole/Thomas Hammerton/Nick Zubeck/Ryan Driver/John Jowett/Ted Crosby] (Marker Starling & Dorothea Paas) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-01-19 (Friday – early). $pwyc, suggested donation $20 [more info]

Class of 2024 (feat. Sunnsetter / The Royal Family / Westelaken / Burs) / Monarch Tavern 2024-01-19 (Friday). $17.50, 19+. [FB event]

DAS RAD (Crying High / Troglos / 60 Bux) / BSMT 254 2024-01-20 (Saturday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Happy Sundays (feat. Ace of Wands / Idious Carrie / Rosie Wyse) / The Baby G 2024-01-21 (Sunday). $free, 19+. [FB event]

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It happened this week...

• ...on January 17, 2018 at Burdock Music Hall.

Kamancello - [set 2, 2nd piece, part 1]

• ...on January 19, 2018 at The Baby G.

Andre Ethier - Parallel Highways

[Do remember that you can click on the tags below to go back and find the original posts (and often, more stuff) from these artists.]

Recording: Kamancello

Artist: Kamancello

Song: [set 2, 2nd piece]

Recorded at Burdock Music Hall, January 17, 2018.

Kamancello - [set 2, 2nd piece, part 1]

Kamancello - [set 2, 2nd piece, part 2]

Having been following this duo from before they had a name, it's been rather pleasing to see the partnership of Shahriyar Jamshidi and Raphael Weinroth-Browne flourish, now with an album to their credit. Mixing Jamshidi's kamanche (an Iranian bowed spike fiddle) with Weinroth-Browne's cello, there's a tangible chemistry here, leaving audience members shocked that all of this music was spontaneously composed, with Jamshidi finding plenty of nooks and crannies to explore while Weinroth-Browne moves from heavy metal shredding to lush romanticism.

[Shahriyar Jamshidi will be playing a set of solo kamanche at the Canadian Music Centre on Saturday, February 17th — an early show starting at 5 o'clock!]

Recording: Shahriyar Jamshidi + Raphael Weinroth-Browne

Artist: Shahriyar Jamshidi + Raphael Weinroth-Browne

Song: [excerpt from first piece]

Recorded at Array Space ("Audiopollination #22.1"), September 9, 2014.

Shahriyar Jamshidi + Raphael Weinroth-Browne - [excerpt from first piece]

Full review to follow. Local "improvised bonanza" Audiopollination likes to mix and match musicians who have never played together, an idea that might have found its apotheosis in its "self-curation" project, where musicians program themselves into new, recombinant performance units. Joining together on cello and kamanche (an Iranian bowed spike fiddle), Jamshidi and Raphael Weinroth-Browne spun out a wonderful performance, negotiating the meshing of scales and timbres on the fly — all the more surprising on hearing them explain afterwards that they had only played together once before in a practice setting. Totally entrancing and a wonderfully unexpected delight.

[As always, you can listen to the whole night over at Audiopollination's bandcamp. The next Audiopollination, another night of self-curation, takes place Tuesday (October 14th) at Array Space.]