Robert Witmeyer has been a lifelong fan of Django Reinhardt, the Belgian-born guitarist and composer who is celebrated for raising “gypsy jazz” to a popular music form in the 1930s. This Saturday, ...

“American Gypsy” is arguably Furtado’s best album to date, as all the tracks are unified in vision: rootsy, funky, a wee bit naughty. Furtado made his name in the music world with the banjo, and he’ll ...

We all know the famous proverb: necessity is the mother of invention. This is the story of how true that maxim is. We begin in Belgium in 1910 when Jean “Django” Reinhardt was born into a family of ...

Take a deep dive into jazz, Chinese-American, Latin, old-time, gypsy jazz, and genre-crossing styles with CMC faculty from the Cultural Traditions Department. The sessions offer engaging discussions, ...

Banjofest (www.banjofest.ca) is an annual regional (Guelph and the Tri-Cities) music festival featuring an eclectic line-up of banjo-suffused music. The next festival takes place March 9-11th, 2018 at ...