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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]