Been a while since I posted, hmmm, I wonder why. Back with a vengeance! We’ve hooked up with the Stella’s Chain and have 2-3 gigs with them a month. On top of that I joined a Big Band. Combine that… Continue Reading →
Suffice it to say 2021 was pretty bleak and a lot of gigs were postponed whole others just outright disappeared.Hopefully ‘they’ won’t continue with silly rules that make no sense. Many of my gigs were good to go with masks… Continue Reading →
I would never have imagined I could fit all my gigs AND recording jobs of one year into one relatively short post.But here we are. January 24th had us playing at the ANAvets Club again. Cold night, post holidays no… Continue Reading →
I am splitting my posts about gigs over a few sites depending solely on relevance. Doing a post per gig is time consuming and so I need to get caught up. Normally all solo gigs got to my robertburtonwinnipeg.ca site,… Continue Reading →
Just when I think the local jazz festival can’t get any worse, any farther from their mandate or be any less competent, they lower the bar. Last year it was the famous ‘pay musicians in exposure’ debacle that the Musicians… Continue Reading →
Our busy season for moving precious family memories tends to be November and December. This is when people come to us to create very special Christmas gifts. But we do these types of transfers all the time. March is no… Continue Reading →
I recently got this guitar. I have owned the Multiac with synth access (through the amazing RCM pick up) for over 2 decades. It had fallen into disuse because it only has the normal 6 strings. So when I saw… Continue Reading →
This event was one of the few times Jazz Winnipeg got it almost right. A well advertised event, a good venue, no ‘super friends’ lame ass opening act and even the weather broke making it nice for everyone. Mike is… Continue Reading →
Come November and December of each year I do digital transfers for people looking to turn those precious memories (sometimes Christmases gone by). I do transfers all year long but the late fall is the main time for doing these… Continue Reading →
The Headliner It is not too often that a ECM recording artist come to the ‘Peg let alone starts off their tour but this night had Jakob Bro in a trio format. The show was okay. He’s a ‘tones’ guy… Continue Reading →