16 May 2012
by Bill Parsons
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Evergreen Club Recording CBC Glenn Gould Studio 22 May 2012 – recording a live album with the Bozzini String Quartet from Montreal. New music by some of Canada’s finest composers Linda C. Smith, Michael Oesterle, Ana Sokolovic, Mark Duggan and … Continue reading
11 April 2012
by Bill Parsons
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Geoff Bowie’s latest film Toronto Library features Courage, an hour long doc about the increasing wealth gap between the 1% and everyone else and the struggle to survive of the working poor. Music I scored the film for kacapi … Continue reading
28 March 2012
by Bill Parsons
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The Secret Song An interesting and prolific artist, DJ Spooky approached Evergreen Club to do a collaboration in January 2010. At that time we were not able to coordinate ourselves and the project slipped away. Hopefully we can get together … Continue reading
24 March 2012
by Bill Parsons
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West End In the west end of Winnipeg where Sturgeon Creek and the Assinaboine river meet you’ll find St. James. I wrote this piece in 1994, shortly after completing my Masters at Simon Fraser University. Chuck Samuels created a video … Continue reading
29 February 2012
by Bill Parsons
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Changes Mosaicland is going through big changes behind the scenes. This is partially why there have not been many posts in the last few months. As I wrote in recent posts, I have been working on four large projects. One … Continue reading
23 January 2012
by Bill Parsons
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The Maples Inn I first met Blair at the Maples Inn in Montreal somewhere in the mid to late 1970s. The “Mapes” was a local watering hole on the north shore of Lac St. Louis. It was the place to … Continue reading
21 January 2012
by Bill Parsons
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(still image: Chuck Samuels) Translating Grace The fourth large project I am involved with is Grace, a soon to be released CD by Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan. Back in 2005 I was commissioned to compose a piece for the Sundanese … Continue reading
17 January 2012
by Bill Parsons
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Hurting Tune The first time I heard I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry by Hank Williams I thought it sounded like a movie that was made during the Great Depression. Some guy on the road with a guitar, singing songs … Continue reading
9 January 2012
by Bill Parsons
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3 January 2012
by Bill Parsons
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Portrait Photography The phenomenon of genius discovery after the fact is Mike Disfarmer’s story. From a small town in Arkansas he was a curious man who photographed his community. His portraits remind me of Diane Arbus. There’s an odd story … Continue reading