Articles by Tom Beedham

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  Beliefs

  Leaper

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2015

  Beliefs' influences aren't any secret — Jesse Crowe and Josh Korody have always worn their influences on their sleeves, and as part o...

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  Absolutely Free with Sandro Perri / Keita Juma

  The Music Gallery, Toronto ON, October 18

  PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2015

  Since X Avant was launched ten years ago, it's served as a flagship uniting all of the disparate strands represented in the Music Gallery's...

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  Tyondai Braxton / New Chance / Pantayo

  The Music Gallery, Toronto ON, October 17

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2015

  Audiences spent the third night of X Avant on a journey through three very different sound environments. Seven-piece gong-chime ensemble P...

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  MG Encore: Works by Martin Arnold, Allison Cameron, Linda Catlin-Smith, Nic Gotham, Erik Ross and Ann Southam

  The Music Gallery, Toronto ON, October 16

  PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2015

  X Avant's second night produced a feast of past Music Gallery commissions, premieres and other works by a cast of allies and other communit...

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  Lori Freedman / CCMC

  The Music Gallery, Toronto ON, October 15

  PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2015

  The Music Gallery has come a long way since it was founded by the Canadian Creative Music Collective, or CCMC, in 1976. Now celebrating the...

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  Makthaverskan / Lower

  Smiling Buddha, Toronto ON, October 6

  PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2015

  Last night (October 6), Gothenburg's Makthaverskan made their Toronto debut. They probably wish they hadn't.   Kicking off a tour with fell...

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  Fresh Snow

  Won

  PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2015

  "When fire has turned us into ashes / And time has erased all memories / When the words we've spoken here have vanished / You will still be...

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  Louis-Jean Cormier

  Agora des Arts, Rouyn-Noranda QC, September 6

  PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2015

  A critical darling and regional favourite, Louis-Jean Cormier is a dearly treasured figure in Quebecois music. Currently on tour in support...