Category Archives: Jass

Guilt & Co

You know what’s neat in VanCity? Neat jazz music at an even neater indie-hipster venue! On Wednesday, I stopped by Guilt & Co. and listened in on the Jen Hodge All Stars band in a venue that looks straight from prohibition-era Chicago. All that was missing was a bouncer in front asking for a password…

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Charleston Challenges

Solo charleston. How I fear and adore you at the same time. Every time I think I have you figured out, that we have finally come to an understanding, you kick (get it?) me down a couple of notches. As if to remind me that I still have much, much more to learn.

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Why I <3 Frida

Followlogie 2009 – Frida’s Charleston Class from Hamfats.ca on Vimeo. Seriously, she makes the simplest moves look complex and the most complex moves look the easiest.

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Rhythmic Arts Festival

What a great weekend in New Orleans. Even though this year’s Rhythmic Arts Festival was smaller in terms of attendance than other events I have been to, there was no way this event would have happened anywhere else besides New Orleans. The event was in conjunction with the 9th annual Satchmo Summer Festival which meant…

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