Editorial Policy

Readers use this notebook to book a band, learn a chart, or pick a room for the evening. That trust has to be earned on the page. Here is how we do it.

Sources

Every factual claim, a lineup, a discography detail, a hall's capacity, rests on a source we can point to. We cite bandleaders and players by name when we interview them, recordings by title and label, published histories by author, and our own attendance plainly as first-hand notes. When a piece draws on a conversation at the back of a room, we say that too, and we check the detail with the person before print.

Verification

Two of us read every article before it goes up. Names get spelled against the player's own materials. Dates get checked against at least one independent reference, a venue calendar, a recording sleeve, a discography. Repertoire claims come from the chart itself or from the arranger. If a fact wobbles, the fact goes or gets hedged honestly.

Corrections and review dates

The Toronto scene moves, so each page carries the date of its last review. When a reader sends a correction and it holds, we fix the text and note the revision at the foot of the piece. Major changes to a recommendation get a fresh look at the whole article, not a patch.

Images and media

We use our own photographs and recordings of bands we heard, published with permission, or material with a clear licence we can name. Every image carries a caption and a credit. Audio we point to lives on the artist's or label's own channels.

Independence in one line

We recommend what we have heard and would hear again. Room, band, chart, record, the ear decides, the notebook records.