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Felicity WIlliams

Ernesto Cervini: Joy

by Dan McClenaghan
October 28, 2022

Joy. That's how Canadian drummer Ernesto Cervini rolls. All of his musical undertakings--and there are many--strut along the sunny side of the street with smiles on their faces, carnations in their lapels. Indeed, in his side gig as the boss of Orange Grove Publicity--representing some of Canada's finest jazz artists-- joy, positivity and general all around ...

Earth Voices

By Amanda Tosoff

Label: Empress Music Group
Released: 2021
Track listing: 1. A Dream Within a Dream (feat. Emilie-Claire Barlow) 2. Sonnet 49 (feat. Robin Dann) 3. Here and Heaven (feat. Michelle Willis & Alex Samaras) 4. Birdwings (feat. Alex Samaras) 5. Oh, Life (feat. Laila Biali & Alex Samaras) 6. The Fiddle and the Drum (feat. Lydia Persaud) 7. To a Stranger (feat. Felicity Williams w/ strings) 8. Finis (feat. Emilie-Claire Barlow) Vocalists and composers listed above. Music arranged by Amanda Tosoff

Finis

February 17, 2021

Album: Earth Voices
By Amanda Tosoff
Label: Empress Music Group
Released: 2021
Duration: 05:52

Amanda Tosoff: Earth Voices

by Dan Bilawsky
February 10, 2021

Building off the lure of language planted in Amanda Tosoff's Juno-nominated Words (Empress Music Group, 2016), this sixth album from the Toronto-based composer and pianist waves poetic in wondrous fashion. Pairing different guest vocalists and collections of musicians with personalized takes on Parnassian beauty of varied sorts, Tosoff cements the bonds between earthly voices and heavenly ...

Allison Au: Forest Grove

by Dan McClenaghan
November 6, 2017

The best artists--writers, painters, musicians--create distinct  new worlds. Canada's Allison Au has done just that with her Juno-Award-winning  (2016, Jazz Album of the Year) recording,  Forest Grove. The music therein is Au's personal  vision transformed into a set of sounds with a continuity of purpose. A rarity for a young artist. Au says she ...

Words

By Amanda Tosoff

Label: Empress Music Group
Released: 2016
Track listing: 1 — Daffodils 2 — Cool Embrace 3 — Simultaneous Windows 4 — Too Late 5 — Owl Pellet 6 — Living in the Past 7 — Down to the Water 8 — The First Day of Winter 9 — Little Bird

Avataar: Petal

by Chris M. Slawecki
May 6, 2016

While growing up in the Northern Ontario mining town of Sunbury, he was known as “Sam." But in his early twenties, Sundar Viswanathan reconnected with his Indian name and heritage, and, through several conservatory courses spanning North Indian classical to Turkish maquam music, dove deeply into his Indian musical roots as a saxophonist and composer.

India to Italy, Brazil to Slovenia–Where WON'T Jazz Go?

by Chris M. Slawecki
May 3, 2016

Avataar Petal Self-Produced 2016 While growing up in the Northern Ontario mining town of Sunbury, he was known as “Sam." But in his early twenties, Sundar Viswanathan reconnected with his Indian name and heritage, and, through several conservatory courses spanning North Indian classical to Turkish maquam music, dove ...

Allison Au Quartet: Forest Grove

by Dave Wayne
March 26, 2016

The sheer number of great young jazz musicians coming out of every corner of the world is simply staggering. Allison Au is an alto saxophonist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada whose debut album, The Sky Was Pale Blue, Then Grey (Self-Produced, 2014) was nominated for a Juno Award: Canada's equivalent of a Grammy nomination. Her new album, ...