TINARIWEN
Full performance of Tuareg desert rockers live on Seattle’s KEXP. North African band planning North American tour including April 5 date at UBC’s Chan Centre: bit.ly/1g7XVrK. NSN interview with Tinariwen’s Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni from 2010 here: bit.ly/2m0xLBR.
SONIC BOOM FESTIVAL
Profile of cellist Marina Hasselberg by Sepehr Samimi. Hasselberg performing Saturday, March 18 with Pro Musica at Sonic Boom fest: bit.ly/2m5qKTu.
MASSIVE SCAR ERA
Vancouver/Egyptian hardcore band stopped at the USA border on their way to Austin, Texas for SXSW festival: bit.ly/2ne0RAQ. The band first came to prominence when they were featured in Ahmad Abdalla’s film Microphone. NSN interview with the filmmaker here: bit.ly/2nnS7W7.
TRUMPONOMICS 101
“Donald Trump’s Worst Deal” by Adam Davidson in The New Yorker. Trump helped build a hotel in Azerbaijan that appears to be a corrupt operation engineered by oligarchs tied to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard: bit.ly/2m9OUZW.
KURT COBAIN
Isolated vocal track from “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” 1991: bit.ly/2ne6GhH.
NETFLIX/ORSON WELLES
Netflix will finance the completion of Orson Welles’ unfinished film The Other Side of the Wind. A major source of information on the 1970’s production is Robert Aiken’s “Citizen Welles" article first published in NSN: bit.ly/2m5ogF2.
FOXYGEN
Foxygen “Follow the Leader” live at New York City’s WFUV. Band performing at the Rickshaw May 25: bit.ly/2mwqMPT.
MEXICAN SHOWDOWN
Coke bottle trumpet in situ. Second leg of Vancouver Whitecaps against Mexico’s Tigres UANL CONCACAF Champions Cup final takes place April 5 at BC Place: bit.ly/2m5sool.
ROSE COUSINS
“Freedom.” Brilliant singer/songwriter performing tracks from new album Natural Conclusion on Sunday, March 19 at The Wise Hall: bit.ly/2js8Y8f.
BLOSSOM DEARIE
Sarah Kennedy & Friends pay tribute to the music of Blossom Dearie at Frankie’s Jazz Club on Sunday, March 19 at 8 p.m. (coastaljazz.ca/frankies_jazz_club). Blossom Dearie performing “I Wish You Love” and an improvised blues with Jack Dieval live on French TV in 1965: bit.ly/1JBkyqM and “C’est le Printemps” and “Plus je t’embrasse” (1961): bit.ly/2nx48sk.
