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Pssst! April Wine Rocks! (Just Between You and Me)

The year was 1981 … Hockey’s New York Islanders won their second of what would become four Stanley Cups. Actress Natalie Wood died in what was an ‘apparent’ and questionable drowning. The film ‘Cannonball Run‘ – starring Burt Reynolds, was enticing people everywhere to race the world disregarding rules and general etiquette. On the music front – MTV began its sucessful run giving music another … Continue reading Pssst! April Wine Rocks! (Just Between You and Me)

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Top Ten Oddest Things Overheard at The House of Jazz

Hier soir – a la Maison du Jazz, there were two pianos … Not one, not three – two. A pair of grand pianos taking center stage in the house that George Durst built. All week long, an event titled Piano Cameleons is taking place. An event hosted by John Roney and Matt Herskowitz which will offer a fresh take on old favorites. Special guests scheduled … Continue reading Top Ten Oddest Things Overheard at The House of Jazz

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Grace Potter; Sagging a Bit …

Grace Potter and her band of merry Nocturnals appeared at the Virgin Mobile Corona Theater on Thursday night … Or did they? It was the second appearance by the Vermont -based group in seven months at the very same venue. Maybe they should have waited. Or – stayed home. Grace herself – one of the most talented and energetic female singers to come out of … Continue reading Grace Potter; Sagging a Bit …

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Lee Rocker – Strays From the Cats …

What’s a bass player – without a bass? A bass player of course. But not just any bass player. The musician in question who landed in Montreal just hours before his show at the Rialto Theater, sans bass, was former ( and current?) Stray Cat Lee Rocker … “I am a little nervous …” Said Rocker moments before he took the stage following a great … Continue reading Lee Rocker – Strays From the Cats …

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9th Red Hot & Blue Rockabilly Weekend at The Rialto

Double Concept Productions once again presents the Annual Red Hot & Blue (RHB) Rockabilly Weekend, now in its ninth year, from August 29th to September 1st, 2013. Held for the first time at the lavish Rialto Theatre, Stray Cat Lee Rocker opens the festival as part of a double bill also featuring the superb Long Island-based The Lustre Kings, rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson’s back-up band at … Continue reading 9th Red Hot & Blue Rockabilly Weekend at The Rialto

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Savvy with The Savoy Ellingtons

The kids’ hearts are in the proper place … That was the feeling jumping around The Rialto Theater on Friday in Montreal. The children of Duke Ellington – April and Edward Jr., suspended in time. Starting with their clothes, the duo transcended time and place right back to the era of the Big Band prominence of the 1940’s. With the big band boppin’ behind them, … Continue reading Savvy with The Savoy Ellingtons

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Yellowman; Winning the Race …

Imagine starting a race without shoes on the hot desert sand …? Kind of puts a runner behind the eight ball. No chance of winning. Not a hope in hell to finish in the top three. Winston Foster started his life that way and guess what? It became even harder for the man known as Yellowman. Winston Foster grew up in Kingston, Jamaica.  He was raised in an … Continue reading Yellowman; Winning the Race …

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Steve Earle; The Voice of Reason …

How can you not like a guy who wants to burn down a Walmart  …? This is the legacy and mindset which Steve Earle – composer of ‘Copperhead Road‘ and ‘ Guitar Town‘, carried  into Montreal last night at The Virgin Corona Theater. An arsenal of soul-defining songs? Not the only baggage which arrived on stage in the form of a fifty-eight year old Texan. … Continue reading Steve Earle; The Voice of Reason …

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The 34th Annual Montreal International Jazz Festival – Part Two

In a way – the 2013 Festival, with it’s humbled beginnings on rue St. Denis back in 1979 , belonged to the ladies. For different reasons and sounds … Holly Cole, Emelie-Claire Barlowe, Tia Fuller, Sharon Jones, Youn Sun Nah, Madelaine Peyroux, Martha Wainright, Christine Tassan and her Imposters, Alexandra Streliski, Sarah Slean, Julie Lamontagne, Christine Jensen, Sienna Dahlen, Elizabeth Shepherd, Serena Ryder and Marian … Continue reading The 34th Annual Montreal International Jazz Festival – Part Two

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