Alt-J: Revenge of the Nerds
Critics love to hate Alt-J. They and their music have been called fussy and uptight; beige, tuneless, mild, featureless, and boring; lead singer Joe Newman has been compared [read on]
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Melody Gardot: sultry enchantress
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 [read on]
Rosas incarnate Coltrane’s A Love Supreme
Nancy Berman reviews A Love Supreme by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Salva Sanchis, presented by Danse Danse.
December Festivals and Events in Montreal 2018
December in Montreal is all about markets, music, and merry making. Check out the list of festivals and other events here.
Review : Das Rheingold
You probably know the Bugs Bunny classic, “Kill the Wabbit.” That one’s not from Das Rheingold. It’s from Ride of the Valkyries, another part of [read on]
King of the Tabla and Other Gods of Music
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 [read on]
Women Rock the Jazz Fest: Jann Arden, Martha Wainwright, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Davina and the Vagabonds
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 [read on]
Who knew monks could dance?
In Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Sutra, 19 Shaolin monks from an ancient temple near Dengfeng, China, perform hair-raising feats of martial prowess honed over a lifetime of [read on]
Legend Lin Dance Theatre’s Eternal Tides: the virtuosity of stillness
I have never seen anything like this. The stage is hung with long white translucent panels. Just in front of the stage, a candle burns on a sort of shrine. On each [read on]
Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal’s Dance Me: paging Leonard Cohen
With the one-year anniversary of his death one month past, Montreal’s craze for all things Leonard Cohen shows no sign of abating. There was the five-night Jenny Holzer [read on]
December Festivals and Events in Montreal 2017
December in Montreal is all about markets, music, and merry making. Check out the list of festivals and other events here.
Danse Danse presents Hofesh Shecter’s Grand Finale: an absolute must see
Many years ago I met a young man from Tel Aviv. I asked him what it was like to live in a place where bombs regularly go off in night clubs, pizza parlors, and crowded [read on]
Marie Chouinard’s Garden of Earthly Delights: The Ecstasy of Creation
When was the last time you took a good look at Hieronymous Bosch’s early 16th-century painting “The Garden of Earthly Delights?” I mean, really looked at it, at all the [read on]
Dance across Montreal: Festival Quartiers Danses 2017
Opening pieces promise more to come at dance festival in Montreal.
Debra DiGiovanni : The Queen of Canadian Comedy
Comedian talks about how she stands out and what she misses most now that she’s in LA.
Michael Kaeshammer and Lisa Simone Double Bill at the FIJM
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 [read on]
Joss Stone and Melissa Etheridge Double Bill at the FIJM: Age Before Beauty
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: [read on]
The World Famous Harlem Gospel Choir: Praising the Lord at the FIJM
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 [read on]
Carmélites : La force de ne plus avoir peur
En ces jours frisquets où la déprime nous guette tout au long de l’hiver il est bon d’égayer nos esprits en se permettant des sorties culturelles. À titre de [read on]
Ohad Naharin’s “Last Work”: Mind. Blown.
Nancy Berman reviews Ohad’s mindblowing “Last Work,” for Batsheva Dance Company, part of the Danse Danse season.