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by Alain Londes, La Scena Musicale, November 2011 Fern Lindzon: Two Kites Iatros 2011 (fernlindzon.com) Vocalist Fern Lindzon’s album exudes a feeling of lyrical relaxation as she canvasses a well-rounded collection of songs. The mood is conveyed from the first chord of the opening piece “Distance”. Lindzon is perfectly in tune with her band, especially […]

I’ve recently become aware of an incredible blog entitled Project Keaton on the Kitty Packard Pictorial. This project is a wonderful month-long tribute to Buster Keaton honouring his 116th birthday. Writers, artists, journalists and “everyday Joes and Janes” (Miss Carley’s words!) are invited to submit postings about Buster Keaton throughout the month of October. There are […]

(here is a link to part 1, part 2 and part 3 of this thread) It’s not so easy! TIFF had given me a dvd of “Sherlock Jr.” to work with. I based all my tempos, transitions and themes on the speed of that dvd. When I came to the TIFF Bell Lightbox for my […]

(here are the first and second parts to this thread) How do you compose music for a silent film? Here’s what I did: I bought an ipad (16 gig WiFi- why pay more?) for traveling and learnt how to make an mp4 of the film using HandBrake. It’s an awesome program!! I also bought a new […]

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Dianne Donovan, Voices in Jazz, CD of the Week, CKUA Jazz vocalist and pianist, Fern Lindzon’s career should take off to new heights with the release of her second CD, Two Kites. She’s already been the recipient of both popular and critical acclaim. In this outing, she delves into introspective jazz (think, Norma Winstone, Bill […]

by Dianne Donovan, Voices in Jazz, CKUA Jazz vocalist and pianist, Fern Lindzon’s career should take off to new heights with the release of her second CD, Two Kites. She’s already been the recipient of both popular and critical acclaim.  In this outing, she delves into introspective jazz (think, Norma Winstone, Bill Evans). The mood is […]

Village Now, Victoria BC, July 6, 2011 Two Kites has taken off and the early reviews are stellar. Fern played to a capacity crowd in her debut at the Upstairs Jazz Bar in Montreal followed by another nearly sold out performance at Chalkers Pub for her Toronto Jazz Festival club appearance. Over the past week […]

By Irwin Block, The Senior Times An artful, adventurous approach to music A funny thing happened to Fern Lindzon on the way to a university degree in musicology at the University of Toronto: After stumbling on a jazz club in Yorkville and hearing guitarist Lorne Lofsky, pianist Ted Moses and flutist/vocalist Kathryn Moses perform, Lindzon […]

by Scott Yanow, Los Angeles Jazz Scene A talented jazz singer-pianist from Toronto, Fern Lindzon has a warm and haunting voice that displays the influence of both classical and folk music along with excellent technique on the piano and an adventurous spirit. On Two Kites she is joined by Mike Murley on tenor and soprano, […]