Artists to see at this year's TD Canada Trust International Jazz Festival include Mavis Staples.

Funk, world music and all that jazz
It's that time of the year again, when jazz and world music fans have to decide what to see at the TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival, June 24-July 3.
 

Much to like in Shakespearean pleaser
All the world's a stage and don't we love to see a David and Goliath encounter on it?
 

Animated Castle less than moving
Fans of Hayao Miyazaki's brilliant animated film Spirited Away (for which he won an Academy Award in 2003) have been eagerly anticipating his next project.
 

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