by Joseph Blake | Mar 19, 2020 | Culture, Events, Music
Joe Coughlin is Canada’s greatest jazz singer, as he’s been since his 1981 eponymously-titled debut recording with Ed Bickert, Don Thompson, Terry Clark, and Bernie Senensky that launched his jazz career. That’s called starting at the top, and...
by Joseph Blake | Oct 15, 2019 | Culture, Events, Music
Photo via patrickboyle.ca The Blues for Eric project has hosted almost a dozen benefit concerts at The Oaks featuring local blues and jazz musicians. On Saturday, November 2 Patrick Boyle and the UVic Jazz and Creative Music Ensemble will perform another benefit...
by Joseph Blake | Apr 11, 2019 | Culture, Music
Eric LeBlanc was a long-time host of CFUV’s Let the Good Times Roll radio program and a much-loved member of the local blues and jazz scene. ‘Blues for Eric’ is an ongoing series of benefit concerts raising funds for the Eric LeBlanc Memorial...
by Joseph Blake | Dec 1, 2018 | Culture, Events
Former CFUV host to be honoured with several benefit concerts and a UVic scholarship Any music fan who listened to Eric Leblanc’s CFUV radio show knows that he was one of the best radio disc jockeys in the world. For over three decades, Eric’s weekly Let...