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LADY BLACKBIRD FLIES

April 17, 2025April 20, 2025

Finding her voice in the power of jazz, soul and further

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READERS’ CHOICE 2022 PART TWO

December 30, 2022December 30, 2022

Part Two of Readers’ Choice 2022 features newcomers like Jamaica’s Koffee and Canadian veterans Blue Rodeo and Elisapie

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OOH CHILD: INSPIRATION AND SOLACE IN A SONG

September 4, 2021September 11, 2021

Popular in the 70s this soulful pop song continues to resonate. Hear seven inventive versions

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READERS’ CHOICE 2020: PART 9

January 23, 2021January 23, 2021

Joni Miller has long had a thing for skinny chicks playing strong lead guitar like Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde Compatriots and Victoria residents Ted Lane and Jim Thomson feel differently about music in the time of COVID. Lane’s unimpressed while Thomson …Read More

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IN PRAISE OF NINA SIMONE’S PROTEST

August 27, 2020November 7, 2020

Turning George Harrison’s My Sweet Lord from “a gentle cosmic entreaty into a howl of spiritual abandonment and accusation.”

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NINA SIMONE: I WISH I KNEW HOW IT WOULD FEEL TO BE FREE

February 8, 2020August 16, 2020

A live performance from her 1976 appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival

Kris Klaasen started writing music reviews in Calgary for college and university papers as well as the Calgary Herald. He also wrote occasional record reviews for the Georgia Straight in the 80s. A lifelong communicator and music enthusiast, Kris has been involved with the Vancouver Folk Music Festival in various capacities for more than 35 years and has recently been studying African hand drumming. He's also a pretty good whistler. The photo shows Kris and his daughter at VFMF.