Chris Butcher Music

Below is the very recently released music video for Alex Cuba’s, “If You Give Me Love”.
I was familiar with Alex’s music through it’s frequent and deserved airplay on CBC radio, but the shooting of this video was the first time I met him. Alex is the real deal, born in Artemesia Cuba (also the hometown [...]

I’m trying to blog more frequently so here’s a little one.
Here’s a video filmed on my iPhone from the horn section of the stage at Lula, from Roberto Linares Brown’s gig there on Saturday. It was a really fun night with some of the guys from Tiempo Libre coming out and sitting in after their [...]

I remember my first time hearing Alexis Baro. It was September 2007 and it was actually the first show I saw of a local band upon moving to Toronto. My parents had just left that morning from moving me out to Ontario, I was on my own for the first time in my life. I [...]

It’s happening.
We had talked about doing something like this for a long time but this coming Monday December 14th @ 9 The Heavyweights brass band will be debuting at The Central 603 Markham Street, just steps from Honest Ed’s.
We met under strange circumstances, we played a tune on my final recital but this is it. [...]

I haven’t been updating this as much as I like but here goes another one.
There’s a show this Saturday night I want to help spread the word about.
Terra Brasil at the Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles Street West)
This Saturday December 5 starting at 8PM
“Be prepared to experience the spirit and culture of Brazil through the [...]

Just posting a little solo I played with Maninho Costa’s Batucada Carioca. Also note my sweet video editing abilities.

Batucada is a very African influenced style of Samba music played by a Bateria (large drum ensemble, in this case with the addition of Trombone, Cavaquinho and bass). Carioca is a term referring to the music’s origins [...]