By Jessica Dionne for Curtains Up (@maccajess) Up until last night’s show, Dave Matthews Band hadn’t blessed Montreal with their presence since their 2009 stop at Parc Jean Drapeau as a part of their yearly summer tour. After six years of waiting – a long six years – some 10, 000 fans filled the Bell Centre last […]
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Rolling Stones zip it up in Quebec City
Ron Roxtar for Curtains Up To set things off right for the end of a tour the Rolling Stones broke the attendance record at The plains of Abraham during the Festival D’ Ete. One might expect the last night of the tour to bring about special guests or an extended setlist. Neither happened. In […]
The stars shine outdoors at Festival de Lanaudière
By Richard Burnett for Curtains Up Canada’s largest classical music festival, the Festival de Lanaudière in Joliette, isn’t just about classical music. The internationally-famed music festival will also present jazz and gospel music during their 38th annual edition, as well as a much-anticipated blockbuster concert by the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. With Grammy-winning Maestro Kent Nagano at […]
TAYLOR SWIFT 1989 TOUR
Ron RoXtar for Curtains Up I’m trying to remember being at the Bell Centre where there was so many costumes, lit up signs and costumes. This is just from the audience alone. The predominantly female audience came out for a night of fun and that’s just what they got. There was no big delayed bombastic […]
Joss Stone is soul-loose!
Ron Roxtar for Curtains Up With an outstretched arm from side stage British songstress, Joss Stone gracefully danced out and around the stage to You Had Me and Super Duper. Joss told a brief story about a couple she met at a pub and wrote a song about them called, Molly Town. With no production […]
Huey Lewis brings good news to Jazzfest
Ron Roxstar for Curtains Up Mayor Coderre was invited by Huey Lewis himself to introduce him for his first Montreal concert since 1986. The mayor was a true fan by saying “the heart of rock n roll is in Montreal tonight!” The mayor continued to use Huey’s lyrics in what started off […]
RUSH
Ron Roxtar for Curtains Up Rush R40 tour Geddy Lee – vocals, bass, keyboards, synthesizer Alex Liefson – guitars Neil Peart – drums. If R40 is truly the last Rush tour as stated by all members, then at least they went out as the Rush Canadians know and love and have air drummed to […]
Allen Klein: The Man Who Bailed Out The Beatles, Made The Stones, and Transformed Rock & Roll by Fred Goodman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $35)
By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! (@AKessaris) “Blunt-featured and barrel-chested with a full head of dramatically dark, pomaded hair, Klein doesn’t share his clients’ flair for fashion. He prefers sneakers and sweatshirts to paisleys and Nehru jackets. But while Klein doesn’t look like the most powerful and controversial player in the music business, he is […]
The triumphant homecoming of soprano Marianne Fiset at L’ Opéra de Montréal
By Richard Burnett for Curtains Up @bugsburnett L’Opéra de Montréal winds down its 35th season with Silent Night, the 2012 Pulitzer-winning two-act opera by renowned American composer Kevin Puts and prolific American librettist Mark Campbell. Based on the 2005 film Joyeux Noël by director Christian Carion, the work depicts the historic and miraculous truce between French, German, and Scottish soldiers on Christmas […]
Curtains Up Feature: Replay, the ultimate Beatles tribute band
By Jessica Dionne for Curtains Up (@maccajess) Does anyone ever really remember learning the lyrics to Beatles songs? To me, it’s always felt as though once you’ve allowed the music of the Beatles to infiltrate your body, mind and soul it’s like a Dropbox file filled with all the lyrics is carefully placed into your […]