Gloria Blizzard

To be quite honest, this was the last person I expected to receive in inaugural Doctor Stephen Blizzard Trailblazer Award from the...

Photo: Sudz Sutherland and Jennifer Holness - directors of BLK - An Origin Story So....I'm sharing this blog belatedly, a few weeks after...

Was it a conversation though? The exchange lasted exactly 8 minutes. He sat straight up, perfectly groomed in an armchair. A large,...

It had been about a year and a half or so of almost dystopian isolation. As an introvert, for the most part, I’d been okay with this. I'd...

- Enlightening conversations with director Rebecca Hall and actor André Holland Sometimes the story is what we choose not to see or hear...

The editor invited me to review/pre-view the film Passing. It had done well at Sundance and the New York Film Festival. I'd never heard...

Nothing can replace the room, the energy, the vibe of a live jazz show. As I walk my dog past La Rev, a Mexican restaurant in Toronto’s...

Once I’m back in the recording studio, surrounded by boards and equalizers and cables, I feel a kind of comfort. It's feels like home,...

Usually I'm the one interviewing others for articles and reviews. It was with great pleasure that I spoke with Jada Wallace, who invited...

First published in Medium.com Photo: Lawrence Brissenden My offering was a Gavotte. I sat low on my chair, left foot on the 6 inch metal...

It’s grant writing season! I’ve just crawled out from under 3 long artist grant applications - two for myself and one for a fellow...

(Photo: Gloria Blizzard circa 1997) When invited to guest lecture at Ryerson University, I hesitated. The course explored the...

Steel pan - the 20th century’s only new musical instrument.