More information on Evan Parker’s LP ‘Vaincu.Va! Live at Western Front 1978′ can be found HERE. By Alex Varty The first impulse, on revisiting this…

Victoria composer Christopher Butterfield created Stall, a treatise on the ubiquitous public washroom. Two of Canadaʼs most adventuresome vocalists Christine Duncan and DB Boyko premiered…

The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. IX, no. 1, pp. 10-11, September/October 1997: Guitarévolution is a 12 day festival of new music for electric…

The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. V, no. 4, p. 7, March/April 1994: The New Orchestra Workshop in collaboration with the Western Front. Although…

Co-sponsored with the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society. – Horace Tapscott (USA), 06/26/88 Solo piano. Audio Recording duration: 0:55:29 – George Lewis (USA) 06/27/88 Computer…

Doug Schmidt (composer), Rick Walliser (accordion), Doug Clausen (mandolin), Alex Varty (guitar) Varty’s performance consisted of compositions and improvisations on electric guitar, and the debut…

A festival of new Vancouver music produced by Hank Bull to accompany Art City, a large exhibition that took place simultaneously in several spaces across…

Due to the high volume of material in the Western Front Archive, information on this project is currently unavailable.