A JUNO nominee, ADISQ nominee and Prix Opus finalist, Marianne Trudel presented her newest work in collaboration with singer Karen Young to a standing-room, captivated audience at L’Astral as part of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal. One of the most versatile and creative pianists in Montreal, Marianne Trudel is best known in the […]
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Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir by Linda Ronstadt (Simon & Schuster, $29.99)
by Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! “I think of music as dreaming in sound.” -Linda Ronstadt When Linda Ronstadt retired from show business in 2009 after five decades, countless hit records, multiple Grammy Awards, and over one hundred million albums sold, it signaled the end of an era when vocalists belted out lyrics that had […]
Folk-rock icons Indigo Girls reflect on storied career on eve of Montreal concert
By Richard Burnett for Curtains Up @bugsburnett Amy Ray remembers the day she and her Indigo Girls musical partner Emily Saliers opened up for the Grateful Dead in front of tens of thousands of Deadheads. “We’ve been touring for [nearly] 30 years and that really remains the most memorable concert for me,” Ray says. “I […]

