Backstage with: Malcolm Aiken
Praised for his warm, lyrical tone, trumpeter Malcolm Aiken weaves together influences of jazz, world and pop music. His bold new album “New Futures” showcases sounds forged during his four year residency at Guilt & Company, Vancouver’s celebrated live music mecca. The sound is dub-soaked jazz with…
Tim Sars
This horn forward and percussion rich six piece band features some of Vancouver’s heaviest players playing the music of composer and baritone saxophone player Tim Sars. Tim’s music combines latin, funk, balkan brass, and chamber jazz, mixed with poetic lyrics. Sars’ friends Kevin Tang on trombone …
The Burying Ground
The Burying Ground is an upbeat blues string band that brings the fire of punk to the technical prowess and distinct sound of such early blues, country and jazz masters as Blind Blake, Bessie Smith, Gary Davis, Memphis Minnie, Big Bill Broonzy, and Jimmie Rodgers. The core duo of Devora Laye (washb…
Adam Robert Thomas
Adam Thomas performs a diverse array of music from favourite radio hits of this year all the way back to music from the jazz and big band era, and a wide array of classics in between. His unique sound combines elements of soul, jazz, indie and top 40 music. Aside from his own compositions, his perf…
Backstage with: Dutch Robinson
Dutch Robinson as lead singer of the legendary R&B group The Ohio Players, Dutch toured for years with highlights such as Soul Train and The Tonight Show. He co-wrote their material, and even performed the Ohio Player version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow requested at Judy Garland’s funeral. After…
Audrey Rose
Born and raised in the Philippines, Audrey Rose moved to British Columbia with her family at the age of 13. Growing up in the influences of 80's music icons like Guns N Roses, Scorpions and The Cure, she embraced a peculiar genre; a twist and blend of rock, jazz, soul and blues. Audrey Rose continu…
Backstage with: Jen Hodge
Jennifer Hodge, a busy Vancouver-based bass player, bandleader, and arranger, is a versatile musician who can be found playing with a wide variety of artists all over the world. When Jen is leading the band, she likes it hot – hard swinging grooves, boisterous New Orleans style horns, cheeky lyrics…
Tim Fuller
Born in Minnesota, Tim Fuller has resided in California,Seattle, Vancouver, the Turks and Caicos Islands and New York City. He started singing in church choirs as a child, and went on to study classical piano during his teenage years. Following a post-secondary degree in vocal jazz at Vancouver Com…
Jonny Tobin & Nate Drobner
This episode of the Guilt & Company podcasts features two of our favourite Vancouver based instrumentalists, Jonny Tobin and Nate Drobner. Jonny Tobin has, in record time, become one of the top call keys players in Vancouver since graduating from Capilano college merely a few years ago. He plays w…
Alex Maher
Alex Maher loops live performances on percussion, SPDS drum pad, electric guitar, alto sax and vocals to create songs one element at a time. With a foundation in jazz, Alex's music draws on funk, soul, hip hop, urban and pop inspirations in an unforgettable one-man band performance. The Toronto b…