Reviews

Mngwa


Andrew Franey


The Shangs


Alex Cuba


Tri Nguyen


Defend The Rhino


Talltale


Kiwi Jr.


Plaster


Hyness


Black Suit Devil


Yamantaka // Sonic Titan


The Pack A.D.


Chad VanGaalen


Potengowski Anna Friederike


Todd Rundgren


Old 97's


Needles//Pins

This Month

The Resurrection of Waskesu
Rod Bandura and Margit Gossage have broaght the legacy of First Nations group Waskesu into the 21st Century with their new Margit Sky Project. By Jim Dupuis.

When the Music Stopped
It is not just musicians who are idled by the Coronavirus. A whole industry of people who support the live music scene are put on the sidelines too, says industry veteran Joelle May. By Magnus Thyvold

Women's Rights, Inprovisation and Passion: The Meredith Bates Interview
Meredith Bates has been busy trying to get more women musicians in the spotlight and working hard at combining improvised music with other art forms. By Jim Dupuis

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Our Best of 2019 coverage Starts Here

Best Jazz of 2019 with Jazz Notes Jim Dupuis
Contributor and Host of Kamloops' Jazz Notes rounds up his favourite international and local Jazz releases of 2019

Mingwa - The Strange One
...a great album that really stretches what world music can be, and seamlessly blends many styles of music.

The Shangs - Golden Hits of the Shangs
...the band had another side gig going on all the while. Starting in 1990, The Shangs were a psychedelic pop off-shoot that sound very little like the main project Simply Saucer.

Alex Cuba Sublime
...a great album that will fit fine into Canadian summers lounging around on the beach.

Cutting Your Teeth With Necking
Vancouver's new punk rock heros play on the Studio 6 Live Sssions. By CJSF Radio and Magnus Thyvold

!earshot charts - April 2008 - top 20 jazz Asterisk (*) denotes Canadian artists. All !earshot charts in this issue reflect actual airplay on campus/community stations during the month of April 2008. Charts are weighted according to broadcast range and market size. To view older charts from as far back as 1999, go to our charts archive.

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Rank	Artist	Title	Label
1	Roy Campbell Ensemble	Akhenaen Suite	Aum Fidelity/Arts For Art
2	Maceo Parker	Roots And Grooves	Head's Up
3	Rob Brown Ensemble	Crown Trunk Root Funk	AUM Fidelity
4	Brad Mehldau Trio	Live	Nonesuch
5	Chris Tarry Group*	Almost Certainly Dreaming	Independent
6	Eric Byrd Trio	Brother Ray	Independent
7	Butcher/Muller/Van Der Schyff *	Way Out Northwest	Drip Audio
8	Deep Dark United *	Look At/Look Out	Rat-Drifting
9	Steve Reid Ensemble	Daxaar	Domino
10	Out To Lunch *	Excuse Me While I Do The Boogaloo	Accurate
11	Paul Donat *	Rio Bossa	Independent
12	Robert Young And The Big Beat*	In The Key Of Frank	Pacific
13	Mem3	Pennsylvania Grey	Independent
14	Bill Prouten *	Low-Down, No-Good	Keyano College
15	Pat Metheny	Day Trip	Nonesuch
16	Jacob Koller	Music For Bowlers	Tangram 7s
17	Steve Reid Ensemble	Daxaar	Domino
18	Sun Ra	Some Blues But Not The Kind That�s Blue	Atavistic
19	Gonzalo Rubalcaba	Avatar	Blue Note
20	Peter Brotzmann And Peeter Uuskyla	Born Broke	Atavistic