RIP Robin Mathews (1931 – 2023)

“A long-time nationalist academic, author and poet, Robin Mathews (pictured at left) has died. From the 1960s he courted controversy in his efforts to have Canadian culture taken seriously.FULL STORY

 

 

Music & activism

June 23rd, 2021

Vancouver musician and social activist Earle Peach has written Questions to the Moon: Songs & Stories (Lazara Press $20) about his musical life, how music drives his social activism and his deep belief that everyone has the right to create beauty. Each section in the book begins with a story by Peach, followed by a group of songs that elaborate on the theme. From 1984 – 2000, Peach was the music coordinator at Vancouver’s Carnegie Community Centre on the Downtown Eastside. 9780920999158

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