Anna Ruddick & other shapeshifting bassists, Pg. 49
INDIE INSIDER 10
ROAD TEST 20
Teaching – The Perfect Side Gig?
Morifone’s Quarzo Standard
electric guitar, Strymon’s Iridium
amp modeler & IR cabinet pedal
& Acoustica’s Mixcraft 9 Pro Studio
DAW
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First Take
Changes
Canadian Musician Podcast
Events
Hot Gear
Advertisers’ Index
Tech Tools
Classifieds
Showcase
COLUMNS
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Guitar – Dan Pitt
Keyboards – Brenda Earle Stokes
Bass – Ariane Cap
Percussion – Dan McCarthy
Woodwinds – Bill McBirnie
Brass – Paul Baron
Digital Music – Griffin Brown
Vocals – Micah Barnes
Writing – Lynne Hanson
Recording – Dom Morley
Live Sound – Paul Klimson
Business – Steve Waxman
contents
March/April 2020, Vol. XLII, No. 2
FEATURES
Lido Pimienta
The Cool, Confident Creativity
of Miss Colombia
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By Andrew King
Afro/Indigenous/Colombian/Canadian/punk/
folklorist/traditionalist/transgressive/diva/angel.
There are so many layers to Lido Pimienta’s identity
that you might get lost in them.
The Show Must Go On
The Vital, Tough & Sometimes
Strange Job of Tour Manager
38
By Michael Raine
“When you say, ‘I didn’t know that was part of the
job,’ it’s all part of the job,” laughs Mike Lukas, tour
manager for Sam Roberts Band, Shawn Colvin &
more.
Progress,
Empowerment & Pride
Celebrating 25 Years of Honey Jam
By Andrew King
A quarter-century after its inaugural edition, the
annual Honey Jam showcase & development
program is as relevant and – as far as participants
are concerned – rewarding as ever.
Quaint by Numbers
Joel Plaskett Takes a Proven
Concept to a New Place
with 44
44
By Andrew King
Despite the grandiosity of the concept behind 44
and many dimensions he explores as part of it, this
is still a Joel Plaskett record through and through
(and through).
Sonic Shapeshifters
Our 2020 Focus on Bass
Guitar
By Andrew King
The more versatile you are as a
bassist, the more opportunities
there are available to you, and
that’s especially true in today’s
increasingly gig-centred music
business.
Honey Jam’s 25 years supporting female talent, Pg. 42
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Cover Photo:
Lido Pimienta by David D Barajas
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