Music

“A Syrian Encounter” concert celebrates a city and a band surviving civil war

Oct. 18 at the Alix Goolden Hall showcased the Orontes Guitar Quartet — four brave young men sharing a message of peace and kinship through art in divisive times.

Patrick Boyle, UVic Jazz and Creative Music Ensemble plays in Blues for Eric

On Saturday, November 2 Patrick Boyle and the UVic Jazz and Creative Music Ensemble will perform another Blues for Eric benefit concert in the intimate, Oak Bay Village venue.

Beautiful music, rich culture at 10th Latin American and Spanish Film Week

Indestructible: The Soul of Salsa Music was shown on September 20th at Cinecenta as part of the 10th Annual Latin American Film Festival. Festival-goers were asked to slide into unused…

Patrick Boyle to play at latest ‘Blues for Eric’ concert on April 13

Trumpet star and UVic professor Patrick Boyle will celebrate the seminal music of Louis Armstrong while raising funds at the ninth 'Blues for Eric' benefit concert. The show starts at…

Northern-Irish singer-songwriter SOAK to release second album

At age 22, Northern-Irish singer-songwriter Bridie Monds-Watson, known by her stage name SOAK, is set to release her second album in April 2019. Grim Town will include fifteen original songs,…

Album review: Colony House’s ‘Only the Lonely’

Only the Lonely, the 2017 sophomore album of the band Colony House, is the perfect sequel to When I Was Younger that skyrocketed the band to success. With a mixture…

The Bad Mama Jama Show packs a one-two punch

Catch live music and stand-up comedy at Vinyl Envy, Saturday night, every second month On one Saturday night of every second month, Vinyl Envy in downtown Victoria is the place…

Multilingual Yukon jazz artist coming to Victoria this weekend

Feminism, self-reflection at the heart of Fawn Fritzen’s music Feminism, introspection, and jazz — all elements intrinsic to the music of Fawn Fritzen, an artist from Whitehorse, Yukon making her…

Meet the voices of Ocie Elliott

The musical duo sat down with the Martlet to talk about their new album, We Fall In From two small islands in the Pacific Ocean, the voices of Sierra Lundy…

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