The latest jazz releases from Rudresh Mahanthappa and Rez Abbasi are reviewed.

Encounter tells the story of Dopdi Mehjen, an indigenous woman and necessity-driven revolutionary, who is eventually captured and tortured by the authorities.

When I received the invitation to participate in the great gathering that was Primary Colours this autumn in the city of Victoria in British Columbia, my feeling was above all that of remembrance.

And we continue to walk. Taking time to go to our medicines. To speak to our teachers. We do our ceremonies. And we continue to walk.

I wonder about artistic privilege. The advantages, attention, and public money granted to select artists, but especially the social margin, passage, and exception we occasionally enjoy.

The opening reception of Deconstructing Comfort brought together over eighty participants from across Turtle Island, traversing the imposed boundaries of colonial nation states.

Excerpts from a conversation that took place on October 27, 2017 on WSÁNEĆ territory near Victoria BC.