Soda Pop Rock rocks: a Q&A with Black Pontiac
Formed in 2018 by four high school friends, including brothers Mack and Sam Riddell, along with Matty Mclaren and Avery John Shoesmith, Black Pontiac...
Trigger Mafia is a product of our time
When the pandemic hit, frontman Shawn Meehan and others in the popular Canadian country band Me and Mae found themselves, like many artists, without...
Amanda Sum shifts gears with her new single Groupthink
Vancouver audiences will no doubt know Amanda Sum from her theatrical stage work. From the ambitious The Ridiculous Darkness to the ridiculous fun of Pinocchio, Sum has...
Frontline healthcare workers join the VSO & Dan Mangan in a cover of a...
As part of its [email protected] digital series, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra members join singer/songwriter Dan Mangan and frontline healthcare workers in a cover of the...
Early Music Vancouver’s Matthew White to depart for new role at Victoria Symphony
In a media release, Early Music Vancouver (EMV) has announced executive and artistic director Matthew White will depart in October to take on the...
Universal Gospel Choir finds hope in the midst of the storm
"There is no safe way for singers to rehearse together until there is a COVID-19 vaccine," says Dr. Lucinda Halstead, president of the Performing...
Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra releases new album amid the pandemic
With live performances all but impossible these days, the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra (VICO) has announced the release of In the Key of the World, a...
Phoenix Chamber Choir’s video gets Billy Joel’s stamp of approval
It's been viewed on YouTube more than 1.8 million times. But it a personal note from the Piano Man himself that has proven just...
Michelle Creber’s Storm finds a new home
Originally intended to be part of Vancouver-based musician Michelle Creber's 2018 album On Display, a time crunch two years ago meant Storm would find a new home...
Vancouver Opera’s costume shop turns its focus to face masks during the pandemic
The 2020 Vancouver Opera Festival would have been in full swing right now had it not been, like so many other events, cancelled due...