DIPTI MEHTA
Dipti Mehta brings her one-woman play, Honour: Confessions of a Mumbai Courtesan, to The Cultch, Oct. 20 to Nov. 4. Interview with Mehta: youtube.com/watch?v=zO2wexNCkXk.
THE DEEP DARK WOODS
Alt country band The Deep Dark Woods play tunes from their new album, Yarrow, at The Biltmore on Oct. 25 two days before Six Shooter Records release the disc. “Drifting On A Summer’s Night”: youtube.com/watch?v=zQuO01lCmr8 and "Fallen Leaves".
LEAH ABRAMSON
Leah Abramson (of The Abramson Singers) releases her new album, Songs for a Lost Pod, on October 27 on Headless Owl Records. Songs for a Lost Pod, using field recordings of orca vocalization, was originally written and composed for a Masters of Fine Arts thesis at UBC. Abramson will perform a song cycle for eight voices exploring themes of inter-species communication with a 13-piece ensemble as part of the All Souls Chamber Series at Mountain View Cemetery on Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. Artist’s statement: nightforallsouls.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Songs-For-a-Lost-Pod-Artists-Statement.pdf.
SONGHOY BLUES
Born and raised in Timbuktu but based in Bamako, Mali, after Jihadist extremist groups banned music in the north, Songhoy Blues are featured in Johanna Schwartz’s documentary They Will Have to Kill Us First. The band play tunes from their new album Résistance at the Biltmore on Oct 27. “Bamako”: youtube.com/watch?v=xUPVVLxVX9w.
BOB MARLEY
Reggae historian/DJ Roger Steffens’ new oral history of Bob Marley, So Much Things to Say, is a must-read for Wailers fans. Steffens co-hosted the massively influential Reggae Beat on L.A.’s KCRW from 1979 until 1987, and Reggae Beat International from 1983 until 1987, which was syndicated internationally to 130 stations. He’s toured the world spreading the word about reggae and Marley. The best kind of evangelist: theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/11/so-much-things-to-say-by-roger-steffens-review-bob-marley and latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-bob-marley-steffens-20170713-htmlstory.html.
PINK FLOYD
Roger Waters plays two shows at Rogers Arena on Oct. 28 and 29. Pink Floyd performing on the French TV show Bouton Rouge on Feb. 24, 1968 just days after Syd Barrett left the band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkPN20Ek3Zo and "See Emily Play" live on Top of the Pops, July 1967.
SKOOKUM FEST
BRANDLIVE announces intention to hold a massive music festival Sept. 7-9, 2018 in Stanley Park. No word yet on whether the Chinook name passes muster with the parks board: skookumfestival.com.
BRAD MEHLDAU
Pianist performing sold out solo show at Capilano University on Oct. 24. Brad Mehldau Trio, “Knives Out”: youtube.com/watch?v=3C3A-ml85B8.
THOM YORKE
Talks about the importance of Neil Young in 2008 BBC interview: youtube.com/watch?v=Tdm-VC_z8FI.
NEIL YOUNG
Acoustic “Powderfinger” from new album, Hitchhiker (video created by Black Balloon): youtube.com/watch?v=ETOIIWot-3Y.
