What I Play

Geordie Haley

PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2009

"Listening to a wide variety of music and actually performing a wide variety of music are two very different things," says guitarist Geordi...

Mansa Sissoko

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2009

"When it plays music, people listen," says Mansa Sissoko, Canada's best-known kora player. The instrument is a magnet for attention - it's...

Shaw-Han Liem

(I Am Robot and Proud – Sea Snakes – Nathan Lawr & the Minotaurs - Jim Guthrie – Tusks)

PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2008

Though he might not get a second glance walking down the street in Toronto, Shaw-Han Liem is big in Japan. A classically trained pianist, s...

Ian Blurton

PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2008

Ian Blurton isn’t your typical gear hound. While many musicians peruse new music shops ogling the latest in equipment, this C’Mon guitarist...

Sam Shalabi

PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2008

For much of the last decade, improv impresario Sam Shalabi has been a pivotal player in a community of Montreal musicians that circle aroun...

What I Play

John Kameel Farah

PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2007

Many classically trained musicians get to a point in their academic work where their musical tastes have far outstripped their desire to st...

Jeremy Strachan

PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2007

Rockets Red Glare – Sea Snakes – Nathan Lawr and the Minotaurs - Hylozoists – Feuermusik Few musicians possess a body of...

Laura Barrett

PUBLISHED Aug 20, 2007

Over the past two years, classically trained pianist Laura Barrett has emerged as one of the most interesting musicians to call Toronto hom...