Joel Giberovitch first attempted the absurd by buying into a hangout where Concordia students played backgammon and speed chess. Then he achieved the impossible by transforming it into one of Montreal’s most recognized surviving jazz clubs...

Women are a force to be reckoned with in Tel Aviv’s electronic dance music scene. Ahead of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, we learn why the vibrant host city has spawned so many stereotype-breaking female artists...

The Wheel Club is both a destination and hidden gem you don’t want to miss, but easily can. Its subterranean location sits between a karate studio, daycare, and office building in NDG, marked by a backlit sign hugging its dusty brick exterior: 'Wheel Club La Roue'...

When Greg Gonzalez answers the phone in his Brooklyn apartment, I find myself wondering how a small-town El Paso boy ends up in New York with a hit album, a spotlight on hit TV series The Handmaid’s Tale and...

Allen Dennard is miles ahead. Bursting into the Detroit Jazz scene less than a year ago, the young trumpet player has already produced his debut EP with an album on the way. We caught up with the idiosyncratic addition to the Motown stage...

There are very few musicians who are genuinely humble. There are even fewer musicians who can open for B.B. King before reaching puberty, produce a prolific 13 albums in 18 years, collect enough guitars to supply a cavalry, yet still keep that modesty intact...

Newfoundland-based solo artist Adam Baxter is a rare breed. Whether factoring his wife, three cats, and 300 students into the touring equation, or booking one of those students as his opener, Baxter not only shoots for the stars, he reaches 'Infinity'...

Lisa Simone is a believer: in humanity, authenticity, the healing effects of music and the power of pure positivity. While she honors her mother, music legend Nina Simone, in every one of albums, her newest offering...

Every jazz trio starts off as a blind chemistry experiment: add equal parts piano, bass, drums. Stir gently. Observe. The chances of obtaining conclusive results are typically slim; there is nothing typical about Reid Anderson, Dave King and Ethan Iverson...

Why is this night different from all other nights? “On this night, I lie in bed, hugging my girlfriend. On this night, she bursts into tears. On this night, I ask her what happened, and she replies, ‘This is exactly how he held me when he attacked me...

Ester Rada has seen the world through many different eyes. Born in Kiryat Arba only one year after her parents emigrated from Ethiopia, she grew up in constant battle between her insular home life and the outside world...

Peter Oundjian has played a dynamic role in the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. In 2004, after several difficult years of dwindling audiences and patrons, the Toronto-born conductor stepped in to resurrect the TSO... 

Many musicians share fond memories of a first piano recital — coiffed, quiffed and ready for one part charm, two parts humiliation. Others smile while remembering the first Arik Einstein song they clunked out on their hand-me-down guitar...

Oren Lavie's sophomore album "Bedroom Crimes" is like dark chocolate: bitter, yet oddly addictive. A jack of all artistic trades, even his natural speaking voice sways to a slow, dreamy compound meter...

From the first time A-WA hit the stage, the three Yemenite sisters have been dropping jaws, raising eyebrows and making people dance. Liron, Tagel and Tair Haim are the bright faces and colorful garb behind...

On June 8, the underground electronic scene will take over Rishon Lezion’s Live Park for XL Extra Loud. After years of chasing, promoter Avi Yossef of Zappa Herzliya finally caught Toronto-born DJ Deadmau5 to headline the event...

Still dreamy-eyed and fresh in their careers, the Grammy nominated New York-based duo has already conquered the electronic world; now, the two are about to take on Tel Aviv...

From jams in a smoky Berlin basement to a "world-wide-touring, three-headed music-making monster," Buttering Trio’s simultaneous album releases are far from cookie-cutter...