Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
Curtains Up interview with folk hero and pop icon Buffy Sainte-Marie I have interviewed everybody from Cher to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and I rarely get nervous. But when I called up folk hero and pop icon Buffy Sainte-Marie at her home in Hawaii last week, I had the butterflies. That’s because Sainte-Marie has […]
After this huge snowstorm, some classic upbeat music goes a long way; something to remind us all that changes can be incredible and hopeful. Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is a wonderful, emotional, and joyful jukebox musical. It is a poignant journey of personal changes and heartbreaks with songs that still hold up after 50 […]
Canadian rock n roll band The Sheepdogs are on a tour of Quebec. Friday, January 25th at MTELUS is the final night. Lead singer/ guitarist Ewan Currie took some time out to give me a call discussing the band’s current album, the rock n roll music trend, dogs and even vegemite. Ron: Good morning, Ewan. […]
What makes a leader? Is it someone who is brash and belligerent? Or someone with a vision of greater purpose in all actions? Someone who takes responsibility for themselves and for others? Choir Boy is a beautiful coming of age story on friendship and the courage to be true to one’s self. It uses music […]
ZZ Top lead guitarist / vocalist Billy Gibbons pretty much summed up the concert review himself by saying “We’ve been coming to Montreal for five decades with the same three members playing the same three chords.” Apparently that’s all they need. The three Texans let the music do all the talking for their 90 minute […]
Respected rock journalist Mitch Lafon introduced REO Speedwagon and the members of the band made their way onto the stage minutes later, opening with Don’t Let Him Go. The down-home rock ‘n’ roll image, and performance of REO fit perfectly with this down-home Malone crowd. Lead singer Kevin Cronin wore blue jeans and a white […]
Canadian music icons The Box are back with a great new EP called Take Me Home. The title seems to be a play on words as if this music is taking them home to their sound of the 80s which of course you must always remember. Original member and lead singer Jean-Marc Pisapia took time […]
As the Styx tour with Joan Jett and Tesla comes to an end it was time to spend some quality time with the nicest guy in rock n roll, Lawrence Gowan vocalist / keyboardist of Styx. This is a part of our yearly interviews and in it Lawrence tells the details of the return of […]
There was only one thing that was hotter than the Montreal weather yesterday. It was the temperature of the burning heat from a rock n roll fire set off by Tesla, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, and headliner STYX. As the four vertical screens showed the Tesla 30th anniversary logo, band members appeared on the […]
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 […]