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Pianist and composer Nancy Walker has been recognized with honours Canada-wide, including the Montréal Jazz Festival’s Grand Prix de Jazz, the National Jazz Awards Keyboardist Of The Year Award, a JUNO nomination for Instrumental Album Of The Year, and an induction into the Mississauga Music Walk Of Fame. A dynamic improviser, an artful composer and a responsive accompanist, Nancy has been praised both for her work as a solo artist and as a musical collaborator. As a side player she can be heard on a wide range of recordings, by artists from saxophonist Kirk MacDonald to vocalist Emilie-Claire Barlow to children’s entertainer Raffi. More recently she can be heard on the 2024 recording Here’s To Life by John Neudorf (on which she was both pianist and co-producer), and Sarah Jerrom’s 2025 JUNO-nominated Magpie.

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Brent Birckhead, Emily Kuhn, Cindy Blackman Santana, Deanna Kirk, Alicia Witt, Louise Alexandra & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
August 3, 2026

This broadcast includes new music from Deanna Kirk, Alicia Witt, Brent Birckhead, Emily Kuhn, Cindy Blackman Santana, Louise Alexandra, plus birthday shoutouts to Annie Ross, Margaret Whiting, Kay Starr, Joanne Brackeen, Antoinette Montague, Nicholas King, Ada Rovatti, Janis Siegel, Carla Hassett, Cynthia Scott, Lisa Maxwell and Fay Victor, among others. Happy listening and please support the ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Mark Christian Miller, Nicole McCabe, Audrey Ochoa, Bellbird, Sivan Arbel & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
February 16, 2026

This broadcast includes fundraising for the station with new music from Mark Christian Miller, Nicole McCabe, Audrey Ochoa, Bellbird and Sivan Arbel, plus birthday shoutouts to Blanche Calloway, Bette LaVette, Carole King, Eugenie Jones, Katie Thiroux, Janice Jarrett and Honorable Man Ed Reed , among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them ...

Album

Deeper Down

By Nancy Walker

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Deeper Down; Reckoning; Wise Owl; Paradigm Shift; The Monarch; Edges Rounded; Cabinet Shuffle; Search And Rescue

Article: Album Review

Nancy Walker: Deeper Down

Read "Deeper Down" reviewed by Konstantin N. Rega

by Konstantin N. Rega
October 21, 2025

Award-winning Canadian pianist Nancy Walker finds musical camaraderie and a gentle sway on Deeper Down. Clearly a labor of love, the tracks glide by almost effortlessly. Walker's quartet includes saxophonist Tara Davidson, bassist Lauren Falls and Ethan Ardelli on drums. And it is their ability to synchronize and intuit one another that allows the music to ...

Album

Magpie

By Sarah Jerrom

Label: TPR Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Part I: The Road; Part II: For Joy; Part III: Circling Feathers; Part IV: The White Elk; Part V: Nest Predator; Part VI: Carrion; Part VII: The Mountain Cries; Part VIII: Crystallization (For R.)

Song of the Day

Part 1: The Road

May 21, 2024

Album: Magpie
By Sarah Jerrom
Label: TPR Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 09:27

Article: Album Review

KMJO: Common Ground

Read "Common Ground" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
April 16, 2017

KMJO is shorthand for the Kirk MacDonald Jazz Orchestra, and Common Ground is the third recording by the splendid Toronto-based group, following the well-received Deep Shadows (2011) and Family Suite for Large Ensemble (2012). This time around, the orchestra performs compositions by MacDonald arranged by one of Canada's premier co-pilots, Joe Sullivan. The ...

Album

'Til Now Is Secret

By Nancy Walker

Label: Addo Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: 01) 'Til Now Is Secret (Nancy Walker - SOCAN) 02) Night On Earth (Nancy Walker - SOCAN) 03) Arctic Willow (Nancy Walker - SOCAN) 04) Folding (Nancy Walker - SOCAN) 05) Shade Of Many Shades (Nancy Walker - SOCAN) 06) Mock Turtle (Nancy Walker - SOCAN) 07) Luna Llena (Nancy Walker - SOCAN) 08) Buzz Theory (Nancy Walker - SOCAN) 09) Chemin des Cascades (Nancy Walker - SOCAN) 10) I Read It Somewhere (Nancy Walker - SOCAN) 06)

Article: Big Band Report

Buddy Rich: In a Zone of His Own

by Jack Bowers
February 10, 2013

One of the channels that came with my Dish Network package is Classic Arts Showcase, which is a treasure trove of film clips documenting classical, ballet, folk, pop and other forms of music that one is unlikely to see anywhere else (although some footage is presumably available on YouTube, which more and more seems to encompass ...