In honour of tomorrow night’s return of Mack Longpre’s Large Ensemble to the Toronto stage, we’re re-posting our Exclusive Interview with the prolific drummer/up-and-coming composer from his album release back in September. Read what he has to say, then be sure to stop by Gallery 345 on Saturday, March 2nd at 8pm to hear […]
It’s been forever since we shared a Video of the Day so I thought I’d throw one your way; a My Music one, no less. You might not have heard of Mackenzie Longpre yet, but I assure you he’s among the best of all the people, specifically in the “hitting things with sticks” department. One […]
Omar Thomas Large Ensemble took the stage at Berklee Performance Center on July 25th to a packed house. This was Thomas’s second concert at BPC with his 18 piece jazz ensemble since becoming a faculty member at Berklee College of Music in 2008 at the age of 23- making him one of the youngest professors […]
The last weekend in October was one of the coolest weekends I’ve ever spent in my beloved Toronto. Downtown, in the heart of the ever-gorgeous Distillery District, sits the city’s most valuable performance space: The Young Centre for the Performing Arts. The beautifully designed venue sports a spacious lobby with a bar that serves everything […]
If given the chance to meet just one celebrity in my life, it wouldn’t take long for me to come up with a remarkably short list of whom I would choose. Very near the top of that list would be the endearing and multi-talented Seth MacFarlane. If you watch an interview with the Family Guy/American Dad/Cleveland […]