Articles by Nilan Perera

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  Jessica Pavone

  Songs of Synastry and Solitude

  PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2009

  This release is an improviser's foray into composed material through the lens of a songwriter's aesthetic. Violist Jessica Pavone's influen...

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  Fay Victor Ensemble

  The Freesong Suite

  PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2009

  The art of the jazz vocalist has gone down the path of stylistic, and even musical, monotony. The number of "jazz vocalists" in circulation...

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  Little Feat

  Skin It Back

  PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2009

  So, picture this: the thinking person's Southern rock band that combine the funk of New Orleans, the musical skills of jazz fusion pioneers...

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  Guelph Jazz Festival Featuring the Ex & Getatchew Mekuria, the Stone Quartet, Shuffle Demons

  Guelph, ON September 9 to 13

  PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2009

  Guelph's reputation for some of the best festivals in North America was nailed down by this year's Guelph Jazz Festival. The 2009 program h...

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  Henry Grimes

  Solo

  PUBLISHED Jul 21, 2009

  Henry Grimes' re-entry into the world of music in 2003 has been near-miraculous. Listening to him play live a year after his return from a...

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  Efterklang

  Parades

  PUBLISHED Jul 21, 2009

  "Efterklang," translated from Danish, means "after the noise," and while this collective of six musicians (there are 30 on the CD) revel in...

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  Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival Featuring Tim Hecker, James Blackshaw, Jay Reatard

  Various Locations, Montreal, QC June 3-30

  PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2009

  Montreal in the summer is pretty much a bewildering glut of festivals. You name the art and you will probably have two or three festivals o...

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  John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band

  Live in Toronto '69

  PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2009

  This DVD is actually pretty cool, but for all the wrong reasons. Trying to follow tight road bands fronted by badass icons Bo Diddley, Jerr...