Music
Aguilera sets free on Liberation
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 talks blues, guitars, playing live and 50 Cent.
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 […]
Paul Young & Midge Ure The Soundtrack of Your Life Tour
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 […]
U2 nights of eXPERIENCE
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 […]
Jason Aldean is parked in a Rearview Town
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 […]
Max Raabe & Palast Orchester: Life is a Cabaret, Old Chum!
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 […]
Must-See Montreal Events in February 2018
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for February 2018: MUSIC The live music scene kicks into high gear as Montrealers’ wallets have gotten fatter since the holiday season. Some of the bigger names headed to town this month are British rock legends Uriah Heep (Corona Theatre on February 10), legendary Genesis guitarist Steve […]
Centaur Theatre’s Wildside Festival
Centaur Theatre’s Wildside Festival Warms Hearts on the Coldest of Days I think we can all agree that making your way outside on a frigidly cold night is a feat in itself. Motivation is required, especially when temperatures reach an arctic low. If it weren’t for Centaur Theatres’s 21ST Wildside Festival I, and many […]
U2 Songs of emotional and personal Experience
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 […]