Two sets of music by Luka Kuplowsky, Felicity Williams, Anh Phung and Josh Cole. Drawing from Kuplowsky's songbook, as well as the Ryōkan band (adaptations and responses to the poetry of Ryōkan Taigu, Bohdan Ihor Antonych, Maria Rainer Rilke, Yosana Akiko, Du Fu, Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, W.W.E Ross, Li Bai)
Blue Moss is the duo of David Nardi (guitar and assorted strings), and Connor Bennett (saxophone and flute). Their improvised compositions draw inspiration from folk, drone, jazz, noise, and traditional Celtic idioms. Throughout their respective careers, David and Connor have always been driven to make music from the depths of their hearts. The collaboration of […]
Join Masaru for an improvised concert featuring Pedal Steel, Synthesizers, Bass, Drums and Loops and samples. Drawing from film influences as well as jazz and ambient elements Masaru creates a soundtrack to the evening in real time.
Tania Gill Presents ... Saint Dirt Elementary School returns to the Southern Cross for their first post pandemic show! “St. Dirt Elementary School is a little big band; it’s a salon orchestra; it’s a cabaret pitband; it’s a New School concert band half-remembering old school psychedelics in a district West of Weimar and North of […]
This is the chiquitamagic residency kickoff! chiqui will open with a solo piano set and close with a hardware set inspired by jungle & drum & bass.
Song Experiment is a monthly song lab hosted by Cassie Norton to provide songwriters a venue for explorations into different approaches to song-writing, instrumentation, arrangement or all three. Each month, a different artist and approach is featured. We welcome surprise and collaboration. Each month will feature Cassie Norton and one other songwriter, and sometimes (the […]
Myk Freedman trio Guitarist Myk Freedman returns to the Tranzac to play with long time associates Jake Oelrichs (drums) and Mike Overton (bass). They'll be playing out tunes from the Saint Dirt songbook as well as classic klezmer tunes. “Freedman’s ballads are some of the most gorgeous music in jazz right now.” -David Dacks, Exclaim! […]
Splendid Industries' broken television series is back. Join us for the very second episode of "The Wrong Show", plz 'n' thx. Starring: with ' (as Entropy) The Wrong Show is filmed in front of a live studio human_audience. This program may not suitable for audiences under the age of Windows XP. Have a nice doom […]
Kiraa Trio Kiraa is a vocalist based in Toronto. They write a mix of rnb and pop with jazz elements. They have performed in a few bands in Toronto in the genres of jazz swing, fusion, rnb/pop, and neo soul. Joining them on bass, Pt Sanderberg and on Keyboard, Steven Norohna. They will be performing […]
The Ugly Bug Band are a quartet of friendly people (Blitz, Wendy Banks, Martin Loomer, and Arnd Jurgensen) who play ragged-but-right folk songs about monkeys, falling in love, and occasionally do some creative reworkings of old myths. They play ukulele, accordion, guitar, banjo, bass, kalimba, and everyone sings - you may find yourself singing along […]
11-piece ensemble Blunt Object plays the quirky, wry, and sarcastic music of Carla Bley.
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