Bill in the Kootenays

The title is a quote from John Cooper, the venerable  Queen’s Bay painter. When the rest of the world gets too crazy, you can go home to your art, he says. Elder Artists For Episode 2 of Old Growth, I had a round table discussion with four elder artists: sculptor John McKinnon (62), performance artist [...]

Tags: aging artists, elder artists, Fred Rosenberg photographer, John Cooper painter, John McKinnon sculptor, Kootenay Co-op Radio, Moira Simpson, Nelson BC arts, Nelson BC culture, Old Growth radio, older artists, Tsuneko Kokubo, Verna Relkoff, West Kootenay arts, West Kootenay Culture

I started up my music show Giant Steps on Kootenay Co-op Radio again after about two years off. It was on the air for many years before that. It is a jazz show, but I only like about 10% of the jazz that I hear. People say, ‘Hey, you’re a jazz fan, you’ll like this.” [...]

Tags: Giant Steps, jazz, Kootenay Co-op Radio, Suzie Raudaschl, Vijay Iyer

A music show produced by  Kootenay Co-op Radio (KCR) has won a national award. Japanese Musiquest won first prize in the Music Program category at the annual radio awards given by the National Campus and Community Radio Association (NCRA) in May. The show has been on the air at KCR for three years. “When I [...]

Tags: Japanese Musiquest, Kootenay Co-op Radio, NCRA, Nelson B.C., Yukiko Tsutsui