Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for July 2018: MUSIC Many top touring acts are headlining various Montreal concert venues this month. Highlights include the classic-rock double-header Styx + Joan Jett & the Blackhearts (Place Bell on July 3), Beck (Place Bell on July 10), Radiohead (July 16 and 17) at the downtown […]
Ron : Hello, Gina. How are you doing? Gina : I’m Good. How are you? Ron : Fine. Thanks for asking. You may not remember this but we were together on the Love & Harmony Cruise with the Celebrity Summit. Gina :Oh my! Yes I remember that now! You came up to me after […]
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 […]
Some years ago when Motown Records’ in-house Funk Brothers band visited Montreal, I got to interview the coolest Funk Brother of all, the great Jack Ashford, who played tambourine at Motown. Percussionist Ashford’s tambourine playing helped define the Motown sound. The music was recorded in Motown’s basement Studio A – affectionately dubbed the “Snakepit” by the […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for June 2018: MUSIC Many top touring acts are headlining various Montreal concert venues this month. After rehearsing their 2018 Experience + Innocence Tour for two weeks at Place Bell in Laval this spring, U2 headline the Centre Bell on June 5 and 6. Other Bell Centre […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for May 2018: MUSIC Many top touring acts are headlining various concert venues this month, notably Viking metal rockers TYR (May 7 at the Corona Theatre), Petula Clark (May 10 at Théâtre Maisonneuve) and Kiefer Sutherland (May 11 at Club Soda). Other headliners include Melvins (May 14 at the Corona) – whose sound was a strong […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for April 2018: MUSIC Even though Bon Jovi has (due to illness) rescheduled their April 4 and 5 concerts at the Bell Centre to May 17 and 18 (so hold on to your tickets), there are a couple of other big names playing two-nights in Montreal: Justin Timberlake headlines […]
Berlin crooner Max Raabe is a dandy throwback to Noel Coward and Cole Porter. His 12-piece orchestra Max Raabe & Palast Orchester found fame performing songs popular during the Weimar Republic (1919 to 1933). Founded in 1986 by Raabe and a group of fellow music students, Palast Orchester first climbed the German charts with their hit […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for March 2018: MUSIC Rod Stewart is my favourite rock star, now more-than-ever after my all-out media campaign to get Rod to perform my all-time favourite song, Sailing, at the Bell Centre back in December 2013. “While I know the song is not on your setlist, you have never sung Sailing in […]