Articles by Nilan Perera
Alan Licht, Tetuzi Akiyama
Tomorrow Outside Tomorrow
PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2016
On Tomorrow Outside Tomorrow, Licht, Akiyama and guests Oren Ambarchi and Rob Mazurek have created two distinct longform excursions into th...
Travis Laplante & Peter Evans
Secret Meeting
PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2016
The state of virtuosity these days has been pushed into a state of critical mass. There are many musicians out there who have a firm grip o...
Ergo
As Subtle As Tomorrow
PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2016
The surge of sophisticated and intuitive software into the world of music has brought traditionally focused musicians face to face with the...
Rich Brown
Abeng
PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2016
The call of the cow horn blown to summon the old communities of Jamaica lurks mysteriously in Abeng. While fans of reggae may have encoun...
King Crimson
Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto ON, November 19
PUBLISHED Nov 20, 2015
A tour based on a "best of" album, in this case King Crimson's Elements, can be a pretty safe bet, musically and in performance. Your fans...
Elikeh
Kondona
PUBLISHED Nov 20, 2015
There was a curious prophesy about the invasion and subsequent destruction of Tibet that centred on the fact that the country's tragic past...
Mella Mella
Mystery and Joy
PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2015
Traditional instruments carry with them a special kind of expectation, and sometimes it's very easy to slip into judgement based on that ex...
Oliver Mtukudzi and the Black Spirits / Kinobe
Koerner Hall, Toronto ON, April 18
PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2015
There is a scene in the first Reggae Sunsplash movie where Bob Marley fixes the interviewer with a stern gaze as he states: "We know how to...