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Live Jazz Gig on a Tuesday

Last Tuesday we did our 3rd Tuesday at a local establishment that doesn’t usually have music. We were contacted by Earls on Main to play as part of a wine promotion. Each time we have played, we manage a few tunes of… Continue Reading →

Last Night at the Fort Garry Hotel

Last night I played my one once or twice a month gig at the Palm Lounge inside the 100 year old Fort Garry Hotel. It was Good Friday and my usual ‘drinks and dinner before night out’ crowd was replaced by… Continue Reading →

Christmas Playlist

Over the years I have made a number of Christmas song videos. Most of them are solo guitar versions but some are one man band videos and some with just another vocalist and some with my whole family. Here here… Continue Reading →

Jazz Festival Winnipeg 2015 Edition Good times (but all is not forgiven)

So usually before this time each year it would be my annual tirade against the NoJazz Winnipeg Festival. Admittedly at first glance I may have thought (and posted ) that it was another crappy, self serving, jazz hating joke. The… Continue Reading →

From the Gig Files

I play a lot of solo guitar gigs. In my city (a small one at that) I am basically the king of solo guitar. Some can do it better on selected (transcribed) pieces but no one beats me for repertoire,… Continue Reading →

Winnipeg 2012 Jazz Fest (yawn)

I won’t repeat everything I wrote last year about the jazz festival we have this year (so much of it still applies). You can read about it in an earlier post about the jazz fest. Bluntly I just don’t have the… Continue Reading →

Robert Burton’s “Left Handed Christmas”

So I have released my first CD, my first solo recording and my 1st Christmas album all in one fell swoop. “Robert Burton’s Left Handed Christmas” is a collection of lesser known seasonal songs. Some Clarifications By 1st CD I mean… Continue Reading →

Last Word on our “Jazz” festival (till next year)

Last Word on our “Jazz” festival (till next year) Well the Jazz fest is over and the organizers are declaring a victory. It “was a huge success with 25 sold out shows” Well it’s very hard to figure out that math… Continue Reading →

Jazz Music Takes the Backseat to Popular Music yet again

Imagine you went out to a fancy restaurant and found your favorite romantic dinner place now had a lounge, VLTs and loud dance music. When you asked the manager why, she responded by telling you that they were “trying to attract… Continue Reading →

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