With her third album, 2009's Ellipse, we got to experience the full range and depth of Heap's solo talents: it really is a stunning piece of work, recorded in a variety of global locations (including t …

When the titans of the sax are tallied up, you'd better believe Grover Washington, Jr.'s name takes a place of prominence. Not only is he one of the most commercially successful men ever to take a saxo …

Grover Washington, Jr. wasn't just eclectic - musically, he could be downright schizophrenic . . . in a good way. Folks who know him only by his hits might have a hard time believing that Mr. "W …

From Thelonious Monk to Bill Evans, the great jazz-piano pioneers have always abhorred predictability, and Brad Mehldau is no exception. With a smoldering intensity and a poet's touch, he paints a vivi …

Brad Mehldau's restless musical mind is constantly seeking out new routes, and what better way to keep those creative juices flowing than by bouncing your ideas off some of the most uncompromising arti …

Even Joe Jackson can't be all things to all people, but that's never stopped him from trying. It's the former new wave enfant terrible's ravenous passion for music that's allowed him to move sea …

Apparently, no one ever told Joe Jackson that "everything" wasn't one of the options on the musical menu. Besides leaping styles in a single bound, he maintained the angry social commentary of his punk …

How is it that Canada produces so many great female singer-songwriters - Joni Mitchell, k. d. lang, Sarah McLachlan, Jane Siberry, the McGarrigle sisters, Loreena McKennitt, Lynn Miles, and now  …

When OMD's best-known lineup re-formed to play a string of shows in 2007, the band began each evening with a rearranged run-through of their classic Architecture & Morality album. To this day, i …