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 - February 2008 - top 20 international Asterisk (*) denotes Canadian artists. All !earshot charts in this issue reflect actual airplay on campus/community stations during the month of February 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	Beautiful Nubia And The Roots Renaissance Band*	Kilokilo	Eniobanke
2	Youssou N'Dour	Rokku Mi Rokka (Give And Take)	Nonesuch
3	Da Cruz	Nova Estacao EP 1 & 2	Six Degrees
4	Dengue Fever	Venus On Earth	M80
5	Lee "Scratch" Perry	The End Of An American Dream	Independent
6	The Dynamics	Version Excursions	Groove Attack
7	Cheb I Sabbah	Devotion	Six Degrees
8	Sam Shalabi *	Eid	Alien 8
9	Mr. Something Something And Ikwunga The Afrobeat Poet*	Deep Sleep	World
10	Alim And Fargana Qasimov	Music Of Central Asia Vol. 6: Spiritual Music Of Azerbaijan	Smithsonian Folkways
11	Various	Latin Reggae	Putumayo
12	Various	What's Happening In Pernambuco?	Luaka Bop
13	David Buchbinder *	Odessa/Havana	Tzadik
14	Infantry Rockers	Boombala	Near And Far
15	Sola Akingbola	Routes To Roots Yoruba Drums From Nigeria	ARC
16	Mexican Institute Of Sound	Pinata	Nacional
17	Badakhshan Ensemble	Song And Dance From The Pamir Mountains	Smithsonian Folkways
18	Various	Cuba Cuba 3	CubaCuba Music
19	Esteban Figueroa *	Calma	Independent
20	Cafe Antarsia Ensemble	Songs Of The Table	Innova