Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
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 […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for February 2019: MUSIC Many top touring acts headline various Montreal concert venues this month. Highlights include three blockbuster nights by Quebec pop star Marie-Mai at the Bell Centre (Feb. 14-15-16), and British classical crossover soprano Sarah Brightman at Place Bell (Feb. 9). Concerts by Cher and […]
The smash Broadway hit Beautiful – The Carole King Musical chronicles the life and career of legendary singer-songwriter Carole King, from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. From being part of a chart-topping songwriting team with her husband Gerry Goffin – with whom she cranked out some of the most important records of […]
Towering lyric bass Arthur Woodley sang in an Italian rock band in Italy before beginning his professional opera career in October 1979 with his debut at the New York City Opera, with his role in Mendelssohn’s oratorio “Elijah” at Carnegie Hall. Born in New York City in 1949 and raised in St. Croix, US Virgin […]
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. […]
“They must have amused each other – so similar were they, yet so different. If not for their overlapping fascination with amplification and musical instruments, they might not have become friends.” -from The Birth of Loud by Ian S. Port (page 34) For my fourteenth birthday my father drove me to a music store on […]
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Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for January 2019: MUSIC Many top touring acts are headlining various Montreal concert venues this month. Highlights include Panic! At The Disco (Jan. 12) with out frontman Brendon Urie, and American rapper A$AP Rocky’s Injured Generation Tour (Jan. 13), both headlining Place Bell; and Bryan Adams (Jan. […]
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Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for December 2018: MUSIC December is the office-party season, but there are still a few concert tours coming through town, notably Montreal favourite Dave Matthews Band at the Bell Centre on Dec. 8. Other highlights include Montreal singer-songwriter Matt Holubowski – whose career got a big push as […]