Heather Christine celebrates the release of new EP on Café Latino
Mississauga-based vocalist, composer and producer Heather Christine has been bringing her jazz fusion style of Latin, Pop and R&B to audiences around...
Bobby Darin is sweetly memorable and forever iconic
Fate dictated how long we were allowed to be charmed by Bobby Darin. His health challenges nagged him from birth and through...
Kurt Elling launches new record label Big Shoulders Records
Kurt Elling embarks on a new venture in his career as label owner of the newly launched Big Shoulders Records, an independent...
Van Morrison is a truth-telling vessel
Morrison’s early music influences included the jazz and blues tunes he heard in the collection of his father’s records. Those music genres...
Exclusive: Marcus Miller talks about legendary career on Afternoon Drive
For over 50 years, Marcus Miller’s influence on modern-day music has touched everything jazz, funk, R&B, pop and more. He has worked...
Shuffle Demons celebrate 40th anniversary with new album Are You Really Real
Canada’s favourite jazz-fusion band is back on the scene with a brand new album! Shuffle Demons is celebrating 40 years of music...
Band of Other Brothers is a family created from many and gelled into one
This quote about this band comes from one of the Other Brothers in the band, Jeff Coffin: “Making music with these guys...
Roy Ayers, Legendary Vibraphonist who brought the Funk into Jazz, dies at 84
Roy Ayers, the Vibraphonist and Composer known as the Godfather of Neo Soul and a pioneer in the Acid Jazz and Jazz-Funk...
Kandace Springs announces new Billie tribute album Lady in Satin
Kandace Springs returns with a new album paying tribute to Billie Holiday with Lady in Satin, set to be released on May...
Black History Month Encore: Molly Johnson is brazenly genuine
I do not think that I know or have heard anyone more brazenly genuine as an artist and person than Molly. She...
Swing Set honours the Black Innovators of Swing
This Black History Month, I’ve had the privilege of profiling four amazing innovators, Danny Baker, Jelly Roll Morton, Lil Hardin Armstrong and...
Samara Joy wins first NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Album
Congratulations are in order for Samara Joy who won her first NAACP Image Award this past weekend for Outstanding Jazz Album for...
Roberta Flack, R&B Soul singer-pianist of “Killing Me Softly with His Song” fame, dead at 88
Roberta Flack, best known for the hits “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly With His Song,”...
Denielle Bassels returns with new album It Goes Like This
Toronto-based, JUNO nominated vocalist Denielle Bassels returns with a brand new album, It Goes Like This, released on Valentine’s Day this past...
Black History Month Encore: Dinah Washington made jazz sound regal
She is jazz’s swinging auntie. Cool beyond the word. She can tease, soothe, grace, and settle. The song in her voice is...
Valentine’s Day: A Special Jazz Playlist for Lovers
The day for lovers is upon us and there’s no perfect genre that conveys the spirit love better than some good old...
JUNO Awards 2025: Complete list of jazz nominees
The nominees for the 54th Annual JUNO Awards were announced on February 11 and we’ve got you covered on all the jazz,...
Black History Month Encore: Oscar Peterson is jazz royalty
Jazz Royalty. The legacy defies a single word description or definition. Great. Leader, ambassador, legend, inspiration, powerhouse, soul affector. He spoke of...
Adi Braun brings her Cole Porter Songbook to life with The Rose Orchestra
Renowned vocalist Adi Braun is making her symphonic jazz debut this Saturday, February 8 with TOO DARN HOT! with The Rose Orchestra...
Remembering John Donabie
The Canadian media industry is mourning over the loss of radio veteran, broadcaster and former jazz.fm91 host John Donabie who passed away...
Exclusive: Sananda Maitreya talks legendary career & Duke Ellington recordings on Gumbo Kitchen
We recently had the opportunity to speak to the legendary singer-songwriter Sananda Maitreya. Maitreya, who burst on the scene in 1987 as...
GRAMMY Awards 2025: Samara Joy, Jacob Collier, Jon Batiste among the jazz winners
The 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards took place last night and it was nothing short of an amazing celebration of music while paying...
James Carter’s music takes you on a tender journey
He is primarily a sax player but in his music-making universe includes a variety of woodwind instruments: flutes, and clarinets. These are...