Gina Birch and the Unreasonables, Miki Berenyi Trio @ The Great Hall, Oct 15

Gina Birch (of The Raincoats) will be causing trouble in T.O. opening for Lush's Miki Berenyi. Tickets are $48.42, Get 'en here .   

The Jayhawks, Dave Rave @ The Great Hall, Thursday & Friday

Gary Louris and his Jayhawks crew return for two nights at The Great Hall with Dave Rave of Teenage Head opening at 7 pm.

If you happen to be in Minneapolis, Golden Smog are playing First Avenue Nov 15. Get tickets right here. 

Lindi Ortega @ the Great Hall tonight

Don't miss Nick Waterhouse @ The Great Hall

Riverside Pub (725 Queen East) – congrats Nav!

LINKS
Toronto Life Introducing Riverside Public House
Globe & Mail Wrongbar Maven Makes Move East
Toronto.com Top Chef Consults On Pub

José James previews new album in Toronto

As part of the 2012 NuFunk Festival, in collaboration with Do Right! Music, jazz sensation José James will play the Great Hall on Friday March 2.

The supremely soulful Minneapolis-born singer combines a deep knowledge of the jazz tradition with a b-boy's respect for hip hop culture (check his creative reinvention of Freestyle Fellowship's Park Bench People below) for a spiritually potent sound all his own. Undeterred by the lack of support from commercial radio and the woefully out-of-touch mainstream jazz media, James steadily built a global following with stellar festival performances, sold-out club dates and profile-raising collaborations with McCoy Tyner, Jazzanova, Chico Hamilton, Nicola Conte, Wynton Marsalis, Flying Lotus, The Heritage Orchestra, Christian McBride, Toshio Matsuura, Simbad and Robert Mitchell.

While James'superb swing through the standards on 2010's For All We Know (Impulse!) served notice to the jazz establishment that the promising young baritone had serious chops, the next album could be the topper. As such, James' return to Toronto to preview material for his forthcoming release No Beginning, No End will make his show at the Great Hall (1087 Queen West) a major event.

Tickets are $20 advance and available at Play De Record (357A Yonge), Soundscapes (572 College) and Rotate This (801 Queen West).

Park Bench People by José James



LINKS
NuFunk Festival www.Nufunk.ca
José James www.josejamesmusic.com