Trinidadians bring steel-pan drumming from the Caribbean to the West Coast
Musician Aubrey Sixto and filmmaker Kirk Moses, both of Trinidadian descent, are organizing Vancouver’s first steel-pan community band.
Musician urges music lovers to listen to the songs of birds
I cannot imagine living without music,” says one of Vancouver’s most versatile guitarists, Celso Machado, who will be performing at this year’s MusicFest Vancouver. He says that “if there is no music, there is the sound of nature.”
Creole cowboy struts his stuff
The accordian can be heard played around the world to a variety of music, be it French songs, polkas, Jewish music, and even heavy metal. [Read More…]
Mariachi band strums up musical madness
Vancouver is two custom agents and 4,452 kms away from Jalisco’s capitol of Guadalajara. We are a city with stores whose only major connection to Mexico is freezers full of tortillas. [Read More…]
Congolese street music hits Vancouver
Street music in Kinshasa, Congo is supplied by the handicapped, and a few years ago Florent de la Tullaye and Renaud Barret, two French film-makers exploring the urban jungle, were introduced to a group of polio victims, who played and performed on their motor tricycles. [Read More]
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