Yo, what did I even do last month? Those 28 days raced by like a... you know the animal - the year of the - one you can bet on, for yourself. 

Not much to say here! 

A frenetic February:

• Played an energizing, super fun (re)set with my dear pal, DJ RonJon for his annual birthday jam @ the 1+ only, The Little Jerry - we spun disco, funk, soul, dancehall, zouk & house to a packed room.

• Rolled into High Notes Coffee & Vinyl to play trip-hop & jazz the next day.

• Produced three radio shows & launched Sound Travels' syndication with Another Setting Radio - a residency that will see our archival episodes broadcast once a month! Listen to the first feat. my friends, Aldo & Ashley - DJs, co-chefs & creators of Antylia - here. 

• Celebrating 20 years in music and his latest album, Start Anew, Shad rocked his first Toronto hometown show in three years on February 21 at The Mod Club - check out coverage from SypherSights, Jojo Ojofeitimi, Ziyaad Haniff and Live In Limbo.

* pictured above: awake for 30+ hrs, FLL>YYZ - Feb. 2 2026 *

pictured above: this month's featured scribe, Jo-Anne Wilson! 

~Creative Communications
Guest Reflection~

Here and Now
by Jo-Anne Wilson

What does it mean to be from Toronto? 

That is how I opened this section last month, and I was overwhelmed by the response. First, thank you for taking the time to read this far into the newsletter. It means more than you could ever imagine. And, thank you for sharing your ideas and feedback - that's what this space is here for! 

I'm welcoming our first guest piece by my good friend, writer, community organizer + Club Sandwich Director, Jo-Anne Wilson - whom I met while starting my journey as a volunteer with Food For The Record in 2021.

This is Jo-Anne's response to the question above. Such prose!
Thank you, Jo-Anne, for sharing with us!   

Most people crave to belong and connect to a need or a sense of belonging, especially in Toronto. Our neighbourhoods have specific flavours. We have affinities with them. People here belong to them and derive a sense of self from them.

Do I? I am not sure. What I DO know - have always known - is that I am meant to be here. That sounds strange for a born and raised Torontonian. But I was called here somehow to hold space for Toronto itself, its growth, its stories, its waters, its flow. That means I navigate it differently.

Being from here means I am acutely aware of what Toronto is: a city with no age because it is not allowed to get old, a place where its streets overflow because its streams and rivers, now hidden, cannot. A place where so many stories from all over converge and collide.

Toronto feels like a favourite book. I hold its stories and energy to help others get lost in it and appreciate it as I do. There is an intimacy to this, and this intimacy is my sense of place - at least for now - Jo-Anne Wilson

About Jo-Anne Wilson, in her own words
Connect: IG | LinkedIn | Substack

I was born and raised in Toronto. I run a small local charity named Club Sandwich that helps fight food insecurity by providing sandwiches to organizations that have meal programs for the food insecure/unhoused. I also work the front of house in a sourdough bakery, which allows me to help foster community. Both roles allow me to grow and support third places creating stronger connections within the community. I have a lifelong love of music and am beginning to explore the significance of culture and community through the lenses of memory, music and food.

THE FOLD on Frisson Radio | CIUT 89.5 fm
produced with Frisson Founders: Miks Lamont & Nabeel Pervaiz

• 📻 TUNE IN: on Saturday, March 21 for an interview with powerhouse duo, Big Jacks & Angela Apigo - 6 pm ET, 89.5 fm.

• 🎙 ICYMI: my all CanCon Valentines Day takeover on the mic and behind the boards on February 14 - listen. 

• 🎙 ICYMI: The Fold on Frisson Radio hosted local rising alt R&B artist, Skip Waiters, on February 7 - listen.

SOUND TRAVELS

Another Setting Radio (TO) & Jolt Radio (MIA)
produced by Sonic Fold (Ola) | Archive

• Sound Travels syndicates with Another Setting Radio! An awesome Toronto based digital radio station. Founded by @moon__hymns and @naffy.geejay, their aim is to connect the music with the community they are a part of, and the spaces they share. We'll be broadcasting our archival episodes of Sound Travels monthly - upcoming schedule TBC - listen. 

• Mix Passport on Jolt Radio - Feb. 2026: some downtempo, hip-hop, house, techno, jazz funk and more - listen.

• 🔊 ICYMI: there's a ton of insightful conversations here. 

* photo of Ola & Skip Waiters by Rhandy Adolphe for Frisson Radio, CIUT 98.5 FM*

Places & Spaces
March 2026

~ olasconola DJ gigs ~

Sonic Sancocho @ The Depanneur - Saturday, March 7 - SOLD OUT!

*add your email to the waitlist here or send me a note re: afterparty ️💃

Sonic Sancocho hosts a dinner + music night at The Depanneur, part of their Supper Club Series - five magical courses that will accompany, and include, our signature Sancocho soup and a DJ set of the classics, contemporaries, B sides of Latin tunes and more by That Dude From Lupinore - I'll jump on the Alpha 1 soundsystem after I serve dessert! 🍮🎚

March 8 - IWD with Another Setting Radio @ Society Clubhouse - Info

* playing alongside DJ Papa Chola and ESCOBUTT! 💖

March 11/18/26- Afro-Brasilica @ CONTXT by Trane - 8:00 pm 

*a music & creative programming residency produced by Trust The Process Press. Weekly, Thursdays from 8 pm to 11 pm - PWYC 🎶

March 14 - Infinite Waves @ Chez Nous - 9:00 pm - Info 

*all vinyl - spinning new wave, post-punk, psych, folk, funk and beyond with Trust The Process Press, DJ Handdrawndmitry. No cover 🍷

March 21 - Vibes & Stuff @ Permission Slip Studio - 12 pm-3 pm - Info

*thrilled to curate a soundtrack on wax for New Theory Enterprise's intentional, community driven event that brings creatives together! 💡

March 22 - Dub Kulcha @ Tapestry - 6:00 pm 

*cumbia, dub + more w Brigiadier ShazBad, Mas Aya, more info TBA! 🌴

*March 7 at The Depanneur! Poster by FamilyStyle *