Lou Laurence is an award-winning singer, songwriter, comedian, playwright, host, producer, and improviser. And, as many successful artists will tell you, those things usually don’t pay the bills. So, Laurence has a jobby-job, writing for [read more]
Your list of the best festivals and events taking place this April in Montreal [read more]
Your list of the best festivals and events taking place this April in Montreal [read more]
Last night, the Maison Symphonique resonated with an exceptional recital by the Quebec virtuoso Jean-Philippe Sylvestre. The pianist, fresh from a triumphant international tour, transported us into a sound universe where New York jazz met [read more]
Your list of the best festivals and events taking place this April in Montreal [read more]
With autumn just around the corner, Montrealers will find any and all ways to squeeze the last bit of summer out of September. And what better way to stock up on sunshine than by listening [read more]
A sampler from different stages of a show to catch each night at the Jazz Fest. [read more]
Sometimes the magic just isn’t there, and it’s hard to say why. That’s how it was at Holly Cole’s Jazz Fest appearance. Did she sound good? Yes. Did the band play well? Yes. Were they [read more]
Cecile McLorin Salvant held the audience in the palm of her hand at the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal. Review by Nancy Berman. [read more]
Nancy Berman reviews Storry at the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal. [read more]
One of the world’s foremost jazz vocalists, five-time Grammy winner Dianne Reeves and her phenomenal band knocked it out of the ballpark last night at the FIJM. Known for her range, her virtuosity, and her [read more]
Dressed all in black, with her customary dark sunglasses, Melody Gardot ravished a sold-out Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at the FIJM last night. Slow, sultry, soulful, smoky, and sensual, Gardot enchanted festival-goers with her quasi-retro musical visions [read more]
Zsolt Alapi begins a new column with an homage to a show at the Rising Sun. [read more]
The creation mythology of jazz tells of the transplantation and fusion of various musical cultures in the 18th and 19th centuries. The slave trade brought north-west African polyrhythms and improvisation to the southern U.S., where [read more]
The opening weekend of the 39th edition of the FIJM featured some of the most inspiring women in the music world, including a new fun find. Friday night Jann Arden played to a wildly [read more]
Musician and vocalist Forever talks about her collaborations with Ouri and the magic of playing around the world. [read more]
I admit that curiosity got the better of me: I wanted to see Lisa Simone not because I knew her music or anything about her, but rather because she is the great Nina Simone’s daughter. [read more]
In the middle of her concert at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier Wednesday night, English soul wunderkind Joss Stone told the packed audience a story her mother had just told her: when Mother Stone was pregnant with Joss, [read more]
No matter how foul your mood, it’s ridiculously difficult not to smile like a fool at a gospel concert, and the World Famous Harlem Gospel Choir had the whole audience doing just that Friday night [read more]
This new jazz duo brings both class and cool together. [read more]
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