Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
Yolande Ramsay for Curtains Up When stepping back in time, it can be very interesting to also take a step aside to get another perspective. There is so much more to telling the stories of the past than just recounting the facts. How did the facts actually played out? How did these events directly affect […]
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 […]
By Jessica Dionne for Curtains Up It was an evening reminiscent of what it must have been like to have been part of some of the hottest live music venues of the 1960s in London, England – the audience unable to keep themselves from getting up off their seats and dancing the night away […]
By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! “Whenever one group displaced the other at the top of the music charts, the news ran under a screeching headline, as if the Beatles and the Stones were football rivals or opposing candidates in a high-stakes election.” -John McMillian Coke or Pepsi? Mac or PC? Maple Leafs or […]
Mitchell Field for Curtains Up All of our favourite musical memories were conceived in the brain of a songcrafter. What follows are a few thoughts and observations on a topic that is rarely explored. I have also included a few tips and exercises used by song writers and a quiz to test your […]
Woke up, fell out of bed Dragged a comb across my head Found my way downstairs and drank a cup And looking up I noticed I was late Found my coat and grabbed my hat Made the bus in seconds flat (1) …then I met my friends and Curtains Up colleagues Sharman, Stuart and Bugs for The […]