Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
A little after 9pm loud speakers at the Bell Centre blasted Queen’s We Will Rock You so 13,700 people could get into a sing-a-long foot stomping mood. The beat of We Will Rock You continued on as a blonde female drummer on the mini stage pounded away. Country-pop queen Shania Twain appeared standing in the […]
Comedian Orny Adams took some time out of his busy schedule to give me a call, and discuss his upcoming run with the Ethnic Show at Montreal’s Just For laughs from July 11th until the 26th. He’s not just another comic on the bill he’s a very special guest because Orny Adams is a very […]
The voice is back. No, I don’t mean another season of the singing competition series. I mean ‘the voice’ of Christina Aguilera, who is certainly one of the best singers out there, maybe ‘the’ best. It’s almost hard to believe, but it’s been 20 years to the very month, June of 1998 since her debut […]
Carvin Jones Band is bringing the ultimate guitar experience to Club Soda this Thursday. If you don’t know Carvin Jones yet, you surely will. He’s been named one of the top 50 blues guitarists in the world. Carvin Jones will not be along on stage alone as he rounds out his trio with Mario Ciancarella on […]
It was so nice to have two 80’s artists Midge Ure and Paul Young bring their Soundtrack of Your Life Tour to Montreal, especially since both have always had that sort of ‘niceness’ attached to their careers personally and professionally. After being a member of Thin Lizzy, Midge Ure became the leader of 80’s new […]
Ever since 1991’s Zoo TV tour U2 has been at the forefront of recreating what a rock spectacle can achieve by pushing the boundaries of technology, staging and integrating it all with their music. The 2015 iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE tour took the reinvention of arena rock concerts to a whole new level. They incorporated a […]
Rearview Town is Jason Aldean’s eighth studio album and fourth to debut atop the mainstream Billboard album charts, as well as the Country album charts. He recently won entertainer of the year at the coveted Academy of Country Music Awards. Suffice to say his start to 2018 is a great one. On Rearview Town Jason […]
It’s been three years since Songs of Innocence and a lot has happened on the political and personal landscape to cause several rewrites and nine producers to help U2 craft Songs of Experience. Whereas Innocence was about the past and growing up this is an album that shows a looking back or reflection of experience […]
Over the last few albums and years we have experienced Taylor Swift’s evolution in music and public life. With the album Red it was as if she was being formed in the womb of pop music.1989 was her full-on birth into it. Reputation is not even her as an infant, or teenager but a full […]
Respected Montreal rock journalist, Mitch Lafon was nice enough to talk with me from his home and share some insights into the world of rock journalism, concert etiquette, KISS and his musical predictions for 2018. Ron : Mitch, you are certainly one of the most respected rock journalists out there. How did it start? Mitch […]