Kristjan Randalu live in Toronto. Special guest Mike Murley. Heliconian Hall on April 12, 2022.
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Spring is here, and with that return of vitality, Canada is getting back two year's worth of events that were cancelled as a result of the pandemic. In late March 2020, Grammy-nominated Estonian pianist Kristjan Randalu was scheduled to play two nights at Toronto's Jazz Bistro with saxophonist Mike Murley and then singer Geneviève Marentette; followed by a show at Hamilton's Cotton Factory, alongside Terry Clarke, Reg Schwager, and Neil Swainson.
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Anne Erm, the mother of all things jazz in Estonia started, and has run, the number one jazz festival in the country 21 years and is connected with the whose-who of the jazz world.
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What better way to introduce the current cream of the crop in terms of the music scene than to look to the Estonian Music Awards (EMA), a place where all genres meet and the best of the best and chart toppers are celebrated. Whether it be alternative, metal, jazz or classical; there’s something of interest to everyone.
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Raud broke out onto the book scene with his 2008 rock and roll coming-of-age story/autobiography Musta pori näkku, about his memories of playing music in Estonia during the 80s. However, the challenges encountered since his family arrived in the United States in 2017 were what initiated his 2020 book, Võtku homme mind või saatan. The title could be translated as “Tomorrow may the Devil take me.” It's a line from the Rock Hotel song “Aita mööda saata öö”, which in turn is an adaptation of Kris Kristofferson's pining country ballad “Help Me Make It Through the Night.”
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