Song in a Time of No Song: A celebration of Jeff Bien’s music and poetry

2015-09-238:15 pm Small World Music Centre FREEhttp://music.cbc.ca/#!/artists/Jeff-Bien Song in a Time of No Song: A celebration of Jeff Bien’s music and new collection of poetry feat Mercan Dede, with a host of Canada’s finest musicians and writers. Guests include: Barry Callaghan, George Elliott Clarke, A.F. Moritz, Rafi Aaron, Diana Kuprel, Robert Priest, George Koller, Rick […]

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SULTANS OF STRING featuring sitar master ANWAR KHURSHID

October 30, 20158:00 pm Trinity-St Pauls United Church $20 Adv // $25 Doorhttp://sultans-of-string2015.eventbrite.com 2015 JUNO Award Nominees and 2012 Canadian Folk Music Award winners SULTANS OF STRING, are releasing their fifth CD… Subcontinental Drift… with sitar virtuoso ANWAR KHURSHID, Sultans of String thrill their audiences with their global sonic tapestry of Spanish Flamenco, Arabic folk, […]

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Jane Bunnett & Maqueque and Emeline Michel

2015-10-248:00 pm Koerner Hall Starting at $50https://tickets.rcmusic.ca/public/hall.asp?event=1506 For more than 30 years, celebrated Canadian flutist and saxophonist Jane Bunnett has been bridging the gulf between Cuba and North America, introducing jazz audiences to some of the finest musicians that the island has to offer. Now, with her new sextet Maqueque, she introduces the world to […]

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Jazz Night with Vandana Vishwas

2015-10-239:00 pm Hart House FREEhttp://harthouse.ca/events/jazz-night-vandana-vishwas/ Vandana Vishwas Details: Winner of US Indies Vox-Pop for best World song, Mississauga Arts Council’s Marty award for Performing Arts, Toronto Exclusive Magazine’s Toronto Best World CD award, Woman Hero award by Indo-Canadian Arts & Culture Initiative and nominated for Canadian Indies, OAC’s KM Hunter award and twice at Toronto […]

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Best of India, Best of Jazz

September 6, 20157:00 pm Toronto Centre For The Arts / George Weston Recital Hall $30 – $100http://www.tocentre.com/georgeweston/bestofindiahttp://www.ticketmaster.ca/best-of-india-best-of-jazz-toronto-ontario-09-06-2015/event/10004EDEE6EEA16D?artistid=1499900&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=5&tm_link=venue_msg-0_10004EDEE6EEA16D&brand=tca_gw Presented by Kabir Centre for Arts & Culture An evening of superb jazz and sublime Indian music with a galaxy of stars, featuring two-times Grammy-winning Ernie Watts, one of the greatest sax tenors and rhythms and blue musician, […]

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Live on the Patio: Guitar Summit Featuring Nano Stern

2015-08-146:30 pm Roy Thomson Hall Patio FREEhttp://roythomson.com/eventdetail/PatioNanoStern Roy Thomson Hall presents Rooted in the traditional music of his native Chile and inspired by that country’s legends Violeta Parra, Victor Jara and Inti-Illimani, Nano Stern has created a fusion of indie, folk, rock and jazz that is garnering him enthusiastic acclaim abroad. With a fifth album […]

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Live on the Patio: Guitar Summit Featuring Quique Escamilla

2015-08-136:30 pm Roy Thomson Hall Patio FREEhttp://roythomson.com/eventdetail/PatioQuiqueEscamilla Roy Thomson Hall presents Mexico-born, Toronto-based Quique Escamilla, winner of the 2015 JUNO Award for World Music Album of the Year, is a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter. His music and voice come out of his heart in a dynamic, emotional, passionate form. In spite of the distance from his homeland […]

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Mediterraneo

2015-07-258:00 pm Noor Cultural Centre $45 Advancehttp://www.mediterraneo.cahttps://secure.ticketpro.ca/?lang=en&server=ww2&aff=ncc#achat_NCC25GS15 With decades experience performing at festivals around the globe – 2008 Olympics in China, Peter Gabriel’s WOMAD, Midem – Cannes, All Star Guitar Night – Los Angeles, Montreal Jazz Festival, Pizza Express Jazz Club – London UK, International Guitar Festival of Great Britain, alongside international music sensations A.R. […]

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Ignite Bollywood

2015-07-117:00 pm The Rose Theatre Adults $30 // Kids $10http://ignitebollywood.ca Celebrate the spirit of the Pan Am games with IGNITE Bollywood, an Pan Am official event. Featuring hit songs by the amazing Bollywood Monster Orchestra: Latin Night, Divine Heritage Artistry’s Bollywood & Latin dancing, What’s On? TAP!’s Bollywood Tap Dance and Fade to Brown’s hilarious […]

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