Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for the second half of July 2019: MUSIC Top acts at the Bell Centre include 1990s teen pin-ups Backstreet Boys (July 15), classic rockers Heart (July 16), British hard-rock legends Def Leppard (July 17) and South African stand-up comic Trevor Noah (July 26), host of The Daily […]
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 […]
By Richard Burnett for Curtains Up @bugsburnett Some years ago I asked Angélique Kidjo – one of the world’s great singers – if she could sing her devastating cover of the traditional Tanzanian song Malaika at her Montreal concert. And she did. Malaika, first recorded by Kenyan musician Fadhili William back in the 1950s, tells […]