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CBC Music’s First-Ever Festival Will Be a CanCon Love-In

Chris Dart — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:30:30 +0000

The CBCMusic.ca Festival will feature Sloan, Kathleen Edwards, Of Monsters and Men, and roving appearances by Jian Gomeshi and Matt Galloway.

According to CBC’s Chris Boyce, the goal of this weekend’s CBCMusic.ca Festival is twofold. First and foremost, the CBC wants to celebrate Canadian music. Second, it wants to celebrate CBC Music, the broadcaster’s online music service, which launched a little over a year ago.

The Barber of Seville is Not the Sharpest Shave

Carly Maga — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:30:32 +0000

A reworked version of Beaumarchais' play makes for an uneven production, on now at Soulpepper Theatre.

In 1996, Theatre Columbus premiered playwright Michael O’Brien’s “freely adapted” take on the famous Beaumarchais play The Barber of Seville, which was written in 1775. O’Brien’s version mixed in music from the 1816 opera of the same name by Gioachino Rossini, as well as original tunes by composer John Millard. The adaptation also propelled the story forward a couple centuries, with pop culture references galore. With Theatre Columbus co-founder Leah Cherniak at the helm, the musical ended the season with six Dora Award nominations (it won three) and plenty of critical acclaim.

Seventeen years later, Soulpepper Theatre is remounting this zany reimagination of The Barber of Seville, updated once again by O’Brien, Millard, and Cherniak. But, for some reason—the change in decade, or company, or sense of humour—whatever had made the original so magical, has faded, save for a few key performances.

Urban Planner: January 22, 2013

Jessica Buck — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:00:25 +0000

In today's Urban Planner: a public transit symposium, Christina Petrowska Quilico and Constantine Caravassilis launch their album, Visions: Rhapsodies & Fantasias, and Elvis Monday at The Drake... on a Tuesday.

Christina Petrowska Quilico paints the music she's inspired by, and plays it tonight at Glenn Gould Studio. Painting by Christina Petrowska Quilico.

TRANSIT: Have an idea on how to improve the TTC and unlock gridlock in our city? Join the Transit Alliance tonight as they hold a public transit symposium to discuss just that. Panelists will include TTC CEO Andy Byford, former chief city planner Paul Bedford, and city activist (and Torontoist contributor) Desmond Cole. The 2nd Floor (461 King Street West), 7–9 p.m., FREE.

ART: Indulge your eyes and ears tonight as pianist/painter Christina Petrowska Quilico and composer Constantine Caravassilis launch their new dual album, Visions: Rhapsodies & Fantasias. Petrowska Quilico will perform a selection of Caravassilis’s pieces for solo piano, and she’ll also be showcasing over 100 of her paintings, all of them inspired by the music. Glenn Gould Studio (250 Front Street West), 7:30 p.m., $20, $15 for students and seniors.

MUSIC: No one in their right mind would want to repeat a Monday, except maybe for a special edition of Elvis Monday, Toronto’s longest running indie showcase. Tonight, join guest curator Dorian Wolf of Austra as he celebrates his birthday with Dusted, DIANA, Omhouse, and Dwayne Gretzky, who promise to play long into the night. Drake Underground (1150 Queen Street West), 9 p.m., FREE.

Urban Planner is Torontoist‘s guide to what’s on in Toronto, published every weekday morning, and in a weekend edition Friday afternoons. If you have an event you’d like considered, email all of its details—as well as images, if you’ve got any—to events@torontoist.com.

The Boom, Reloaded

Chris Dart — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:00:58 +0000

Comedy troupe The Boom are taking their cult following to a new venue and assaulting the Internet while dressed as schoolboys.

Photo courtesy of The Boom.

The end of 2011 was a tumultuous time for The Boom.

The veteran Toronto sketch troupe had parted ways with their producer, who was also a cast member (the split resulted from what the cast diplomatically refers to as a “personality clash”) and was on the verge of leaving their long-time home at Supermarket after the club asked them to change nights from Tuesdays to Thursdays, a move that they say they resisted out of respect for their fan base.

“We’re the type of sketch troupe that’s very loyal to our fans, and they like us on Thursdays,” said The Boom’s Deborah Etta Robinson.

“Our fans like to get really drunk at our shows, and it’s harder to do that on Tuesday,” added castmate Tim Dorsch.

A few months later, The Boom has re-emerged with a new home at the Drake Hotel, and what they describe as a new sense of purpose. They’ve dealt with the change by becoming a sort of multi-headed comedic hydra. They tend to choose sketches for the show by consensus. While this could be an ego-minefield, The Boom’s Eytan Millstone says that it’s actually remarkably easy.

“We’re usually pretty much in agreement on what’s funny, and then we’ll just have conversations like ‘Oh, we have a sketch like that this month—let’s add another and make it a theme, or let’s save it for next time.’”

“We all have certain skills; we’re all good at things that no one else in the troupe has any inkling toward,” said Dorsch. “We kind of took on those roles. It might implode one day, but right now it’s working pretty well.”

“You know how when communists come to power, and it’s really good in the beginning, then people get shot?” added cast member Bryn Pottie. “We’re in that beginning part.”

Since moving to the Drake, The Boom’s cast members have re-dedicated themselves to the cause of absurdist raunch. According to Pottie, the difference between the late–Supermarket-era Boom and the troupe’s current incarnation is obvious.

“There’s a childlike excitement for our first show [at the Drake] that I haven’t seen for any of our other shows,” he said.

Dorsch, Robinson, and Pottie say that the move to the Drake started strictly out of necessity, but ended up causing the troupe to re-examine its goals, both short- and long-term. In the immediate term, Robinson says, The Boom is looking to increase its profile in the local press, especially blogs. (Print media, they say, has been unkind.)

“The Boom has always been—and I don’t know any other way to say this—like the Howard Stern of sketch troupes,” she said. “We have very loyal fans, but the establishment doesn’t like us very much. We’ve never been recognized in terms of awards or anything like that.”

“We want to hit the Internet,” said Pottie. “It’s something we haven’t really done. We’ve been so focused on live.”

Their secret weapon for web domination comes in the form of Rick and Chuck, a pair of characters created by Millstone and castmate Jay Wells L’Ecuyer. Rick and Chuck are grade-eight students at a fictional Catholic elementary school who decide to form a rap group for their school’s talent show. The joke is, of course, that the two schoolboys’ lyrics would make Necro mildly uncomfortable. The inaugural show at the Drake was the debut screening of Rick and Chuck’s first video, “We’s Hawd.” The video had more than 18,000 views in its first 48 hours on YouTube, thanks in part to Kenny vs. Spenny’s Kenny Hotz, who posted the video to his Facebook wall along with the caption “Wow, finally someone else in Canada made something funny? That only took a few years… Good job, boys!”

Millstone says that the Rick and Chuck characters, already a mainstay of The Boom’s repertoire, are starting to evolve. No longer will he and L’Ecuyer just wander on stage in uniforms, repeat the Rick and Chuck backstory, and launch into a remarkably well-executed series of rhymes about group sex and slit throats. Instead, the duo will spend more time at the centre of sketches. A two-song Rick and Chuck EP has already been released by Comedy Records.

“If we do Rick and Chuck live now, it’s going to be if we have something new, or if there’s a sketch around it,” said Millstone. “We’re not just going to keep coming out and doing the standard Rick and Chuck introduction that we do.”

In the longer term, Robinson says that The Boom cast members have the same goal as almost every other artist: they want to quit their day jobs.

“I’d love it if we could make a living touring and having a great Internet presence,” she said. “I don’t think we’re going to get a show on network television, but a sassy Adult Swim–type show we could definitely get.”

The Boom’s next show is March 1 at the Drake Underground.

A Taste of Iceland

Karen Whaley — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:00:00 +0000

This fjord is my fjord, this fjord is your fjord,
From the valley Thörsmork to the geyser Strokkur,
From Lake Lögurinn to Björk’s house in Reykjaviík.
Iceland was made for you and me.
Our favourite Nordic country just got a little closer: Icelandair will launch direct flights between Toronto and Reykjaviík on May 2. To celebrate, Iceland Naturally is hosting a week-long Taste of Iceland festival from March 10–16 to promote modern Viking culture to Torontonians. Most events take place at The Drake Hotel and the Esplanade Bier Markt.
Rock Star: Supernova finalist Magni and his band will perform free concerts at the Bier Markt on Monday, March 10 at 7:00 p.m. and Wednesday, March 12 at 9:00 p.m. At the Drake Underground, indie rocker Ólafur Arnalds and experimental/electronica act Ghostigital will play two free shows on March 12 and 13. While Icelandic music greats Sigur Rós will not be joining the festivities, their documentary/live performance film Heima will be shown at the Cumberland Theatre on Thursday, March 13 at 8:15 p.m., after a 6:30 p.m. screening of Children (Börn).
If cabbage and salt fish are your kind of deal, famous Icelandic chef Hákon Örvarsson is collaborating with the Drake Hotel’s Anthony Rose and the Bier Markt’s Michael Cipollo to create gourmet tasting menus at the host restaurants that will be available all week. While you’re at the Drake, check out Cold Hearts Revisited, a video journey through Iceland’s music scene (March 15, 7:30 p.m., free).
Photo by M.Franci.

Slam Dunk

Cate Simpson — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:00:00 +0000

Next Saturday, Toronto Poetry Slam brings you the last slam of the season, with some of the city’s brightest and wordiest battling it out for the last remaining place in the semi finals. Finalists will have a shot at the 2008 Toronto Poetry Slam Team, which competes at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word and the US National Poetry Slam (this year to be held in Madison, Wisconsin).
This month’s event also features a guest spot from North Carolina’s Quentin “Q” Talley—spoken word artist and Respect the Mic Coach. And, as ever, your host will be artistic director David “Big Deal” Silverberg.
Cover is $5 and signups are at 7:30 p.m., with the slams starting at 8 p.m in the Drake Underground.
Photo from Toronto Poetry Slam.

The Rump Shaker: January 3–9

Andrew Chin — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:00:00 +0000

Photo from Plexifilm.
For lovers of Detroit techno, the new year keeps on giving. This Saturday, legendary DJ Derrick May hits up Footwork. He will be joined by local favourites Greg Gow, Derrick Ramirez and Gerald Matrix. With his high school friends, Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, May became known as one of the Belleville Three. The trio invigorated the 1980s Detroit house music scene and are credited with pioneering techno. May continues to be a huge draw around the world, and this video of him spinning in Budapest in 2006 shows why.
There are many dance nights in the city that could use some help in presentation. Popular hip hop monthly Never Forgive Action is not one of them. In addition to spinning tracks from the golden age of hip hop, the night features three large video screens showing classic rap videos all night. Mixtape Massacre host Big Jacks joins the Friday night festivities at the Drake Underground as the guest DJ.
Rap is a notoriously macho genre and unfortunately homophobic slurs continue to be a part of most rapper’s lyrical arsenals. However, the popular gay hip hop party Big Primpin shows that hip hop and homosexuality can mix. Drop down and get your eagle on at Stone’s Place this Saturday.
Full listings below.

This Week

Thursday, January 3
Rockit @ Andy Poolhall with Circle Research. No cover.
Pandemonium @ Distrikt with Joée, Pablo P, Eddy Shootz, and The Iceman. $20.
Friday, January 4
Rehab @ Footwork with Deko-ze, Sydney Blu, and The Roaches (Nathan Barato and Carlo Lio). $20.
Exposed @ Mod Club with Jeff Button, Kevin Harcourt. No cover.
Fukhouse Compressed @ TOIBar with Adam Marshall, Eric Downer, and Noah Pred. No cover.
Binary Soundstripe @ Tangerine Lounge with naw, dennisj, and Mike Bishop. No cover.
Never Forgive Action @ The Drake Underground with Big Jacks, DJ Dalia, Numeric. $5.
Randomland @ CiRCA. Main Room: A.D/D., Kenny Glasgow, Vaneska; SKYY Cinmea: Film, Ill Gates, Phat Conductor, Dingo Killer; Bathroom Bar: Thunderpussy. $10 before 11, $15 after.
Saturday, January 5
Goin’ Steady @ The Boat. $5.
Peer Pressure @ The Drake Underground. $5.
Derrick May @ Footwork with Greg Gow, Derrick Ramirez, and Gerald Matrix. $20.
Do Right! Saturdays @ Super Market with John Kong, Circle Research, and Abdominal. $5 before 11.
Traffic @ CiRCA with Doman and Pettigrew, DJ Addy, DJ Jedi, Red Circle DJs, and Jason Myles. $20.
Dub & Beyond @ Andy Poolhall with Version Xcursion. $5.
RTRD’D @ 751 with DJ Hi Mom and Hard Dough.
Big Primpin @ Stone’s Place with Hollyrock, Tex, Rory Them Finest. $5.
Sunday, January 6
Thunderpussy @ Bovine Sex Club with Vivi Diamond and Guy Michael. No cover.
Edge 102.1 Live to Air @ Velvet Underground with Martin Streek.
Loco Sundays @ Funhaus with DJ Rudee, Paranoid Jack, Flipside, El Duran, Mute & Laki. 5 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday, January 7
Make it Mondays @ Raq n’ Waq with Viper Crew. No cover.
Manic Mondays! @ Dance Cave with DJ Shannon. No cover.
Tuesday, January 8
Footwork Tuesdays @ Andy Poolhall with DJ Fase. No cover.
Totally Wired Tuesdays @ Embassy with DJ Richie Volume.
Wednesday, January 9
Flop House Wednesdays @ TOI Bar with Alicia Hush. No cover.
Hump Day Bump @ Gladstone Hotel with Holly Rock and Le Freak C’est Keek. No cover.
Remix This! @ Andy Poolhall with T-Wrecks. No cover.

Musicologist: September 10–16

Carly Beath — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:39:34 +0000

Musicologist is Torontoist’s weekly concert listings. Check back in every Monday for more.

This week, Musicologist recommends Girl Talk at the Phoenix—if you can find a ticket—but with a couple of caveats. First, do not go expecting your typical live show, or even your typical DJ. The magic of Girl Talk is in the atmosphere he creates with his sample-crazy mash-ups, not in any sort of live technical impressiveness. Think of the $15 ticket price as a dance party cover charge, rather than a concert ticket, and you’ll feel much better. Second, the last time Musicologist saw Girl Talk, at SPIN Gallery, it was half amazing and half total crap. When he was playing, the energy level in the place was off the charts. But the sound system conked out repeatedly, killing the show’s momentum entirely. It wasn’t his fault in the least, but still, we had to offer the warning that any sort of similar problem will ruin the show.
If you’d rather see people playing instruments, check out Jetplanes of Abraham at the Drake Underground on Friday. They’re an Ottawa-based pop orchestra (yes, similar to you-know-who) with an exuberant live show and expertly-crafted songs.
See the complete listings after the fold.

This Week

Tuesday, September 11
Miracle Fortress and woodhands @ The Drake Underground, $5 before midnight, $10 after
City and Colour @ Danforth Music Hall (first of four nights), $29.50
Daniel Lanois @ The Great Hall, $35.50
Wednesday, September 12
Girl Talk w/ Dan Deacon and White Williams @ Phoenix, $15
Basia Bulat @ Yonge-Dundas Square, Free
Boys Noize @ The Social, $10
Thursday, September 13
Wooden Stars @ The Music Gallery, $10–15
Blaqk Audio @ Mod Club, $25
Friday, September 14
Skratch Bastid, Sweet Thing, Jetplanes of Abraham and Songs From A Room @ Drake Underground, $5 before midnight, $10 after
Bebel Gilberto @ The Carlu, $34.50
Diplo @ Mod Club, $22
Sebastien Grainger, Bob Lanois, Chris Whiteley and more perform songs by female artists @ Hugh’s Room, $16–18
Saturday, September 15
Spiral Beach, 123TEN, Run With The Kittens and more @ Ward’s Island Association, $5 or PWYC
Tacoma Redd, The Rockafellers and North of Hollywood @ Horseshoe, $6
Sunday, September 16
Picastro @ The Music Gallery, $10–15

Recently Announced

October 3 -The Donnas w/ Donita Sparks (formerly of L7) @ Mod Club, $17.50
October 6 – UK Subs @ The Big Bop/Reverb, $22.50
October 13 – Kid Rock @ Kool Haus, $59.50
December 4 – Paul Anka @ Massey Hall, $82.50–$135.50
Photo of Girl Talk by brandon king.

Musicologist: September 3–9

Carly Beath — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:00:24 +0000

Musicologist is Torontoist’s weekly concert listings. Check back in every Monday for more.

This week, we suggest Land Of Talk and Thunderheist. Land Of Talk has put out some of the most addictive songs of the past year on their EP, Applause Cheer Boo Hiss. The stripped-down, guitar-driven pop of “All My Friends” and “Speak To Me Bones” will stick in your head and not come out, even after you’ve purchased the album and listened to each song five times in a row. The live show might just do the trick.
Thunderheist is equally infectious. Featuring DJ Grahm and rapper Isis, their sexy, sweaty sound will force you to shake it on the dancefloor. There’s no escaping it. They absolutely set the Drake Underground on fire during NXNE, while a massive line snaked up the stairs. Get there early to make sure you grab yourself a spot inside.
[And, of course, there's V-Fest; check back on Torontoist for our preview posts on Tuesday and Wednesday!––Ed.]
See this week’s complete listings after the fold.

This Week

Monday, September 3
Sass Jordan @ Jeff Healey’s Roadhouse, $10
Tuesday, September 4
Land Of Talk w/ Cloud Cult @ El Mocambo, $10
Elizabeth Shepherd @ Opal Jazz Lounge (first of five nights) Tuesday and Wednesday no cover, Thursday–Saturday $10
Wednesday, September 5
Jimmy Buffett @ Molson Amphitheatre, $41–121
Jeremy Fisher @ Rivoli, $12
Snailhouse, Tusks and Bruce Peninsula @ Tranzac, $7
Thursday, September 6
Mike Relm @ Revival, $16
We Are Scientists @ Lee’s Palace, $16
Oh Susanna, Big Rude Jake and more @ Cadillac Lounge, $10
Friday, September 7
Genesis @ BMO Field, $57–227
Thunderheist @ Drake Underground, $5 before midnight and $10 after
Soul Jazz Orchestra @ Yonge-Dundas Square, free
Saturday, September 8
Brad Paisley w/ Taylor Swift @ Molson Amphitheatre, $35.50–65.50
Hilary Duff @ Air Canada Centre, $46–60
Animal Collective @ Phoenix, $15
Virgin Festival feat. Bjork, Interpol, M.I.A., Arctic Monkeys, k-os, Dragonette, The Reason, The Most Serene Republic and more @ Island Park, $82 [Check back into Torontoist on Tuesday for our Day 1 preview post for V-Fest––Ed.]
Sunday, September 9
Wyclef Jean and Shakira (ONExONE fundraiser) @ Four Seasons Centre, $50–150
Virgin Festival @ Island Park feat. DD/MM/YYYY, Blonde Redhead, Stars, Editors, Tokyo Police Club, Metric, The Killers, The Smashing Pumpkins and more, $82 [Check back into Torontoist on Wednesday for our Day 2 preview post for V-Fest––Ed.]

Looking Ahead

September 28 – Bat For Lashes @ El Mocambo, $10
October 1 – Against Me! @ Guvernment, $21.25
October 3 – The Donnas @ Mod Club, $17.50
October 27 – Alphaville (the guys who sang “Forever Young”) @ Powerade Centre (Brampton), $45–60
October 29 – Coheed and Cambria @ Kool Haus, $33.75
November 9 – Ohbijou @ Lee’s Palace, $12
Photo of Thunderheist by ShoutGravy.

All The News That Wasn’t Fit To Print

Carly Beath — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:38:47 +0000

One of the first things aspiring journalists learn is to keep themselves out of the story, if not completely, then as much as possible. “No one cares about you,” is how one editor once put it.
But with only a small portion of questions posed and stories heard actually making it to print, journalists are often full of great anecdotes and hilarious insights that never get a proper audience. Also, they often like to bad-mouth each other—listening to them can turn into a gossip show for nerds. Which is why Wednesday at the Drake Underground promises to be a treat.
The group Nonfiction is producing their first show, billed as “media gossip, conflict, innuendo,” beginning at 9 p.m. For just $5.25, you can be privy to “the stories usually told privately, between journalists, and over drinks.”
Fans of shuttered Toro magazine will no doubt be interested in hearing editor Derek Finkle’s stories about his publication’s conflicts with Canada’s Old Gray Lady, The Globe and Mail. If you’re wondering who the CBC‘s most difficult radio guest was, The Current producer Richard Goddard will tell you. Jay Teitel discusses “the many deaths of Saturday Night magazine,” a publication with a rollercoaster history that was essential reading in its best incarnations.
Ominously, the Toronto Star‘s Antonia Zerbisias will speak about “the end of media criticism (or at least the end of her media criticism column).” This is startling news for fans of Zerbisias, who already experienced the end of her delightful blog late last year, but if her Wikipedia entry is to be believed, she’s simply taking a new tack as the paper’s social issues and cultural trends columnist.
The event is off the record, meaning you’ll have to show up to find out what sure-to-be intriguing dirt is dished.
Photo by Diva Eva.

Slam Dances Tonight

Sharon Harris — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:37:28 +0000

There are as many types of poetry as there are different styles of music. Books of poetry are usually confined to a shelf or two at a local bookstore, but if you want to buy a CD, you visit an entire store dedicated to music. When someone professes to like poetry, the reference is probably to a favourite type of poetry, and not all poetries—just as a jazz afficionado might dislike Country and Western, or a pop music fan might hate Metal.
OK, out with it already: this Torontoist contributor has been part of the local literary scene since 1995, but has never been to a poetry slam. It’s not because of a dislike for the performance-centred stylings of Spoken Word poets—it’s just that poetry is, well, “vast” and contains “multitudes.”
Toronto Poetry Slam seems to be doing perfectly O.K. without my attentions: Artistic Director David Silverberg says the monthly event draws two hundred people per show to its high-energy Spoken Word competitions (the website claims, “slams are to poetry readings what lightning is to static cling”). Since the slams are competitive, the organizers have established and posted the following rules:
1. The main event consists of three rounds of spoken word spoutoff, starting with 12 poets. All performers must have three pieces prepared. In the (frequent) event that more than 12 sign up, performers will be drawn randomly.
2. Poets are rated on both content and performance by five judges selected randomly from the audience. The audience is encouraged to influence the judges with applause or jeers; the poets are encouraged to influence the judges with drinks.
3. The highest and lowest scores for each poem are tossed, and the remaining three averaged. The six highest scoring poets progress to round two; the top three from that round progress to round three. One poet walks away with $75 cash.
4. Each poem must be maximum 3 minutes. There’s a 10-second grace period, after which the poet will suffer a .5 point penalty for every 10 seconds over 3:10. There is no minimum time.
5. No props, costumes, or musical instruments. Otherwise you lose a point. Overtly dramatic use of clothing included.
6. Reading from the page is allowed. So is memorizing.
7. No covers allowed. Each poem must be of the poet’s own creation.
Standings of poets are maintained on the group’s website, as winners of slams may advance to semi-final and final competitions, with the goal of representing the region at The Canadian Festival of Spoken Word. You can even view detailed scoresheets of each poet’s performance.
Check out this month’s Slam tonight (Saturday, April 14) at The Drake Underground, 1150 Queen Street West, with special guest Barbara Adler. To compete, sign-up one half-hour before the 8 p.m. start, and please report back in the comments!
Photos of The Audience (“currently working on its first novel”) and February winner Krystle Mullin courtesy of Toronto Poetry Slam.

What’s The Frequency, Campus?: Dig Your Roots

Carly Beath — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:15:00 +0000

Every two weeks “What’s The Frequency, Campus?” will highlight some of the intriguing shows and special programming happening on Toronto’s campus and community radio stations.
Community radio is known for its championing of emerging Canadian talent, and it was in this spirit that Dig Your Roots was born. An initiative of the National Campus and Community Radio Association, DYR is a series of compilation CDs accompanied by cross-Canada tours. Each set is focused around a specific genre of music and designed to highlight independent Canadian acts. A jury selects the artists to be included, spreading their choices out evenly by geographical region—proving that yes, there is good music outside Toronto and Montreal. The latest genre tackled by DYR (and sixth in the series) is creative jazz; others have included electronic dance, Aboriginal and hip hop.
Dig Your Roots is hosting concerts in 5 cities to celebrate the release of the creative jazz disc. Each show is broadcast live online, so even if you live in the middle of nowhere, you can still get a taste of the action. The Toronto show is happening tonight at the Drake Underground and costs $8. Three artists from the CD—bitchin’, Colin Fisher and Avi Granite:6—will be taking the stage for the broadcast/concert, which starts at 8 p.m. If you can’t make it out to the show, visit the Dig Your Roots website to find out how to listen online.
Photo of Colin Fisher from his MySpace.