Jan
08
2012

Bill Metcalfe
He uses a couple of dozen microphones placed around the room and on his body and on his instrument and he walks around among them while playing. I don’t know what else he does, but whatever it is, it’s unbelievable that he can do it live– there is no overdubbing or layering. Colin Stetson… The two pieces [...]
Tags: Bon Iver, Colin Stetson, Giant Steps radio, Kootenay Co-op Radio, Miles from India, Vijay Iyer
Mar
21
2011

Bill Metcalfe
A friend of mine said he listened to my music show Giant Steps on Kootenay Co-op Radio. He said the music was “out there” and he had a hard time listening to it. An unfamiliar path Actually as far as jazz goes the music I played is not really out there. You can easily find [...]
Tags: Claudia Quintet, Darcy James Argue, Vijay Iyer
Mar
15
2011

Bill Metcalfe
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