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The Many Passions of Robi Botos
Robi Botos pours his passions and interests into his music: from film to Jazz to his Hungarian Roma backgound. By Jim Dupuis

Finally Doing What She Wants: The Johanna Sillanpaa Interview
Transplanted Swede Johanna Sillanpaa is soaring in the wake of her first proper Jazz vocal album. By Jim Dupuis

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• Features: March 2018

  Finally Doing What She Wants: The Johanna Sillanpaa Interview
  Transplanted Swede Johanna Sillanpaa is soaring in the wake of her first proper Jazz vocal album. By Jim Dupuis

  Best Jazz of 2017 by Jim Dupuis
  Regular !earshot contributor and host of Jazz Notes on The X in Kamloops, BC offers the best Jazz releases of 2017.

• Features: February 2018

  Best Jazz of 2017 by Jim Dupuis

  Regular !earshot contributor and host of Jazz Notes on The X in Kamloops, BC offers the best Jazz releases of 2017.

  Follow our look back at 2017

  The Top 200 of 2017

  The definitive list of the best records of 2017 - including electronic, hip hop, international, jazz, loud and folk roots & blues.

  Best of 2017

  

  Best Releases of 2017
  As chosen by Music Directors and some of our contributers.
  When you get paid to listen to music all the time, you have an advantage finding the best and the over-looked.

  Best Local Releases
  If home is where the heart is, local is where the music starts. Picks from !earshot contributors and programmers from across the country

  Full Best of 2017 lists from Programmers and Contributors

  Catherine Fisher, CJLY-Nelson, BC
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  Kyle MyTruk, UNFM-Manitoba, BC
  Jason Shields, UMFM-Winnipeg, MB
  Myles Gregory, CFBX-Kamloops, BC
  dj peanut butter, CHCR-Killaloe, ON
  Troy Lemberg, CFUC-Victoria, BC
  Tyler Wilson, CIVL-Abbotsford, BC

  !earshot National Top 200 of 2017 For the Month of January 2017
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  1	Alvvays Antisocialites - (Polyvinyl)
  2	Mac DeMarco This Old Dog - (Royal Mountain)
  3	Austra Future Politics - (Pink Fizz)
  4	Timber Timbre Sincerely, Future Pollution - (Arts & Crafts)
  5	Faith Healer Try ;-) - (Mint)
  6	Broken Social Scene Hug of Thunder - (Arts & Crafts)
  7	Homeshake Fresh Air - (Royal Mountain)
  8	Daniel Romano Modern Pressure - (You've Changed)
  9	Whitehorse Panther In The Dollhouse - (Six Shooter)
  10	Do Make Say Think Stubborn Persistent Illusions - (Constellation)
  View the full !earshot Top 200 of 2017

  Specialty Charts #1s
  Electronic:	Austra - Future Politics - (Pink Fizz)
  Hip Hop:	Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 3 - (Run the Jewels, Inc.)
  International:	The Souljazz Orchestra - Under Burning Skies - (Do Right! Music)
  Jazz:	Ugly Beauties - Strange Attractors - (Self-Released)
  Loud:	Mastodon - Emperor Of Sand - (Reprise)
  Folk/Roots/Blues:	Rose Cousins - Natural Conclusion - (Outside Music)

  Is Audrey Ochoa Just Messing With Us?
  A hot trio, great engineers and a new label equals a hot, new sound for trombonist Audrey Ochoa. By Jim Dupuis

  Geoff Berner: Unearthing the Many Layers of the Grotesque
  Geoff Berner digs out all the country songs that wouldn't fit and come us with something grotesque. By Megan Clark

• Features: January 2018

  Is Audrey Ochoa Just Messing With Us?
  A hot trio, great engineers and a new label equals a hot, new sound for trombonist Audrey Ochoa. By Jim Dupuis

  Geoff Berner: Unearthing the Many Layers of the Grotesque
  Geoff Berner digs out all the country songs that wouldn't fit and come us with something grotesque. By Megan Clark

• Features: December 2017

  Is Audrey Ochoa Just Messing With Us?
  A hot trio, great engineers and a new label equals a hot, new sound for trombonist Audrey Ochoa. By Jim Dupuis

  Geoff Berner: Unearthing the Many Layers of the Grotesque
  Geoff Berner digs out all the country songs that wouldn't fit and come us with something grotesque. By Megan Clark

  Coping Strategies for the Modern Age with Chad VanGaalen
  Chad VanGaalen has some issues with the world today. By Megan Clark