CONTRIBUTORS Jus Alexandra Percy Affectionately
known as Daddy’s Little Roadie, from a young age Jus was bitten by the music bug and much to her mother’s chagrin, at thirteen, began to hang out on tour busses, tune guitars, set up lights, and mix sound. Now transplanted from her roots in Halifax, Nova Scotia, she works as a touring technician in Vancouver venues, and sings with bi-coastal folk duo, In Literature.
Spencer Chandra Herbert was
first elected to the BC Legislature in October 2008 as the MLA for Vancouver-Burrard and re-elected to serve as the first MLA for VancouverWest End in May 2009. Spencer serves as the NDP Critic for Arts, Culture and Tourism.
Patrick Jacobson is a Vancouver-
born singer/songwriter and musician. He has recorded, performed, and toured with the critically acclaimed bands The Capitals, Joel Battle, The Top Drawers, and The Luna Riot. Patrick has recently relocated to Calgary, Alberta. He is currently writing songs for an upcoming solo CD. Sallying forth as an apostle of culture, Andrea Law plied her trade for many years as the quintessential quirky librarian. She devoted many years to the service of education and intellectual freedom, firm in the belief that “knowledge is power”. She recently abandoned that axiom to explore the darker side of philosophy, ergo “ignorance is bliss, and so is chocolate”. Andrea plays double bass for the Vancouver indieroots band Willy Blizzard.
Barbara Bruederlin is a freelance
writer in Calgary. She is trying to singlehandedly save the arts community in Canada by promoting struggling musicians and theatre troupes. Her reviews are regularly linked on the press pages of the Calgary Folk Music Festival and Sage Theatre. Barbara also maintains an insanely popular blog, Bad Tempered Zombie. Her writing has been published in Prairie Fire Magazine, Swerve Magazine, Kitschykoo! Subcultural Magazine, and Alberta Views Magazine. When he’s not hosting his monthly “57 Varieties” open stage or the weekly all-accordion podcast at accordionnoir.org, hirsute squeezebox mogul Rowan Lipkovits can be found fronting the jug band of the damned, The Creaking Planks, or backing the Joey Only Outlaw Band.
RC Joseph’s
writing has appeared in The Georgia Straight, 24 Hours, and The Tyee. When he is not posing as a musical tastemaker, RC is the singer/songwriter of the Vancouver-based folkrock collective Kingsway.
Graham Lazarovich is a musician,
writer, and wise guy often located in East Vancouver. For ten years he has been wandering Pacific Northwest in search of great melodies and great memories.
2 BC Musician | July - August 2010
An accomplished cellist and vocalist,
Christina Zaenker has contributed lush accompaniments to many albums by BC artists such as Yael Wand, Kevin Kane, Joey Only Outlaw Band, Don Alder, and Pacifika. She has lived on Haida Gwaii, in Wells and Vancouver, and likes to connect the musical dots across BC. On MySpace you'll find her as "zippycello". Richard Chapman has worked with
a wide variety of great Canadian artists for nearly three decades - from the Rheostatics and Herald Nix to Moose Records and The Pointed Sticks. Currently he conducts the Northern Electric collective www. northern-electric.ca.
Adam P W Smith is a Vancouver-
based photographer who specializes in shooting live events using available light. He’s been involved in the Canadian independent music scene for over thirty years. He can be found lurking the shadows of small venues, waiting patiently for the right moment. Some of his best work is exhibited on his photoblog - www.adampwsmith. com/photoblog. He likes gin.
Peter North is an award-winning music journalist and has been activlely promoting and reporting on music in all forms of media for over 30 years. He is the host of Dead Ends and Detours on CKUA Radio in Alberta.