Daniel Robichaud

Stand and Deliver, Please

The Rio is an interesting venue for music. The setting is typically a movie theatre or a stage for performance art, and its elevated stage and rows of movie theatre

A Progressive Migration

Tonight will be a night of many firsts for Texan instrumental prog-metal band Scale The Summit – their  first tour with Intronaut (finally!); their first time touring in support of

Your Guide to Summer Music Festivals in BC

  Summertime is festival time. Whatever groove you desire, whatever pocket of the province you happen to habitat in, there is a festival of delights awaiting to be discovered. This

A Night of Moving Sounds

There were a number of reasons why the Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble’s presentation of Speaking Strings Utter Things intrigued me, not the least its rhyming name and the promise of

Don’t Leave Us Alone, Give Us More.

Nicholas Treeshin’s short film, Leave Us Alone, is set on a piece of farmland and involves aliens. At fourteen minutes long, it’s hard to dive into the details without spoiling

The Wrinkles Of Old Age

The animated Spanish film Wrinkles (Arrugas) tells the story of Emilio (voiced by Álvaro Guevara). Emilio is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s and has recently been placed in a

Vancouver’s Creative Class

With the recent announcement that TED, the global cultural conference series, is moving to Vancouver, new eyes are upon us and it is more important than ever to come together