Monday Roundup #221

Concert announcements:

Ants in Pants [Brian Abbott & Germaine Liu] (Rob Clutton & Tania Gill) / Array Space 2025-04-18 (Friday) [more info]

Blunt Object [Brodie West/Ben Dietschi/Gordon Hyland/Jesse Malone/Teppei Kamei/Heather Saumer/Robin Jessome/Josh Bird/Tania Gill/Victor Bateman/Nico Dann] / The Rex 2025-04-19 (Saturday – 2 p.m.). $10/$15. [FB event]

Rachmaninoff – The All-Night Vigil (feat. The Tallis Choir) / St. Patrick's Church 2025-05-03 (Saturday). $30 General, $25 Seniors, $10 Students. [FB event]

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Shows this week:

Chris Banks presents (feat. Chris Banks MRP Band [Chris Banks/Brodie West/Tom Richards/Michael Davidson/Nick Fraser]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-04-07 (Monday) [more info]

A Failed Entertainment (feat. Mack Longpré/Brodie West/Chris Pruden/Keon Narinesingh) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-04-08 (Tuesday) [more info]

Brodie West's Double Basses Quintet [Patrick O'Reilly/Rob Clutton/Josh Cole/Nick Fraser/Brodie West] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-04-09 (Wednesday – early)

Never Was [Brandon Davis/Bea Labikova/Racha Moukalled/Patrick O'Reilly/Adrian Russouw/Joe Sorbara] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-04-09 (Wednesday)

Tranzac Fundraiser IV (feat. Dorothea Paas Band / Raf Reza / C'est La Fête) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2025-04-10 (Thursday). $28.27, 19+. [more info/tickets]

Newman Guitars (feat. Kurt Newman / Harris Newman) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-04-10 (Thursday) [more info]

Audiopollination (feat. Zack Goldstein/Dave Nelson/Janel Jones / Jamie Eriksen/Mike Filippov/Saba Saneinejad / Bill Gilliam/Jonnie Bakan/Zoë Alexis-Abrams / Turtle Pleasure) / Array Space 2025-04-11 (Friday). $10 cash or card, livestream available. [FB event]

Musica Universalis (feat. Barnyard Drama [Christine Duncan/Jean Martin] with Colin Fisher) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-04-11 (Friday). $pwyc/suggested $20.

B.A. Johnston (Sons of Butcher / Thunderkok) / The Baby G 2025-04-12 (Saturday). $21.53, 19+. [FB event]

FACS (Noble Rot / Natural Light) / The Dance Cave 2025-04-12 (Saturday). $28.19, 19+. [FB event]

SaltChunkJerry [album release show/40th b-day party] (Man Made Hill / Greydini / Shaaane) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2025-04-12 (Saturday). $pwyc

Cool New Instruments Night #4 (feat. Alex Raja Ven / Jordanne Chan / Sara Constant / Astrolope / Cookie Brunel / Alejandro Franco Briones / Colby Richardson / Michael Palumbo) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-04-12 (Saturday) [more info]

Stranger Still [Pete Johnston/Mim Adams/Randi Helmers/Rob Clutton] / 918 Bathurst (Sun Room) 2025-04-13 (Sunday – 3 p.m.). $20 or PWYC

Art of Improv (feat. Christine Duncan & Eugene Martynec / Christine Duncan/Bill Gilliam/Eugene Martynec / Christine Duncan & The Element Choir) / Annette Studios 2025-04-13 (Sunday). $20/pwyc. [more info]

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It happened this week...

• ...on April 8, 2012 at The Garrison (Crosswires #7).

A. David MacKinnon - Looking for Ambrose Small

• ...on April 12, 2012 at Double Double Land.

HVYWTR - Dirty Tricks

[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: Myra Melford's Fire and Water Trio

Artist: Myra Melford's Fire and Water Trio

Songs: [two excerpts]

Recorded at 918 Bathurst (Women From Space Festival 2025 – Night 3), March 8, 2025.

Myra Melford's Fire and Water Trio - [excerpt 1]

Myra Melford's Fire and Water Trio - [excerpt 2]

Once more, the Women From Space Festival filled up the, er, space at 918 Bathurst with joyous, colourful art and an enthusiastic community vibe. After big band blasts and movement in the round, the third and final night brought some top-tier sounds to the stage.

The festival closed with this trio (a distillation of the larger quintet of the same name), seeing pianist Myra Melford joined by Ingrid Laubrock (sax) and Lesley Mok (percussion). True to the group's moniker, there were some energetic, burning passages here was well as slower, deep-flowing conversations.

Recording: Mingjia Chen + Linnea Sablosky

Artist: Mingjia Chen + Linnea Sablosky

Song: Hockets for Two Flutes, arranged for voice [composer: Meara O’Reilley]

Recorded at 918 Bathurst (Women From Space Festival 2025 – Night 3), March 8, 2025.

Mingjia Chen + Linnea Sablosky - Hockets for Two Flutes, arranged for voice

Once more, the Women From Space Festival filled up the, er, space at 918 Bathurst with joyous, colourful art and an enthusiastic community vibe. After big band blasts and movement in the round, the third and final night brought some top-tier sounds to the stage.

Leading off the night with some nible vocal interactions, this was a homecoming show of sorts for Mingjia Chen, who was joined by Linnea Sablosky in essaying two suites of hockets by Meara O’Reilley — one was explicitly for two voices, while they opened with a series that abstracted the vocalization process to an extra remove by re-arranging flute duos. Very precise and technically deep stuff that still sounded fun and spontaneous throughout.