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He was known for his touch. Not volume. Touch. The way he could make a piano sound like it was remembering something instead of performing it. He built a modest […]

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She preferred the term observer, which sounded civic-minded, almost educational. After all, she lived next door to John Cage, and if one was to live beside a man like that, […]

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Liz didn’t tell people at first. It sounded like a joke, or worse, a brand. But that wasn’t what she meant. The dog’s name was Olive. A medium-sized creature with […]

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He lost the storage locker on a Tuesday, which is the day the universe reserves for quiet corrections. Just an email informing him the Museum of Former Intentions was no […]

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The West End Cultural Centre in Winnipeg feels like a place that has decided, quietly and firmly, to take music seriously. Jorge runs it like someone tending a long-burning fire. […]

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Gimli, floor-to-ceiling windows behind us, and beyond them the lake, frozen, vast. You expect stillness from a frozen lake. What you don’t expect are cars driving across it like it’s […]

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Right about the time the band’s miracle tune escaped the petri dish and went viral, the agents showed up in tailored suits with calculators and suddenly every show was worth […]

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I started thinking about all the times I’ve played Regina. This very club, back in the ’90s, when everything felt slightly more urgent and slightly less documented. I must have […]

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Swift Current revealed itself as one of the most complete nights of the tour. The theatre is a black box, beautiful in a stripped-down way. Nothing distracts from what happens […]

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I don’t really want to play bars. It’s not a moral stance. It’s just that bars come with a built-in distraction system. Glassware, conversations, televisions that don’t care about your […]