Stop what you are doing and listen. Won’t ya? Not all great tunes are at your disposal when in the car or on your preferred listening platform. That is why you visit Rick Keene Music Scene – to receive the chats, the info and the tunes from artists you may not know exist . Have a listen below to some great songs, some shows coming … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Ten Essential Tracks
Music is in the genes. As a child, T.Nile traveled around with her father who was a street entertainer. It did not take Tamara long to figure out she was also a performer. A combination of classic music training and genes has gifted Tamara with songs in her soul. It is a work in progress that shows no signs of slowing down. Please listen below … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – T.Nile; Swallowing Music Profoundly In New Album Beachfires
Raw talent cannot be taught. Please listen below to my chat with Riiver and hear her soon-to-be-hit song Susie. Riiver? What’s up? Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Riiver Brukes; The Next Sass Jordan?
A lot of music goes under the radar thanks to advertising via record companies and corporations. Mainstream media only play what they are told. Listeners only listen to what they are told. For every ‘hit song’ on radio – there lurks fifty better ones in a program director’s garbage bin. Please listen Below to Ten Really Great Songs Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Ten Essential Tunes
Soul Train, the television show which featured Gino Vannelli as it’s first ‘white’ performer is long gone. Gino, on the other hand, is improving with age. The sixty-six year old native Montrealer returned home this past weekend on the heels of his first album of new material in over a decade. Wilderness Road is the name of Gino’s twentieth album and it may rank as … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Gino Vannelli Is Still Here and Better Than Ever …
The Montreal International Jazz Festival is celebrating an anniversary with a bang. It has been forty years since those days on St Denis street. A simpler time for the city of Montreal, music and the world. Simple may have been good for humanity but the complexity of The Montreal Jazz Festival is more than welcome. The city of Montreal has become a beacon for all … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Celebrating Forty Years of Jazz!
Many Rock n Roll musicians are classically trained … Lawrence Gowan of Styx immediately comes to mind which is ironic since StringKatz, a quartet of stringed instruments, just recorded Gowan’s A Criminal Mind on their new CD. Music imitating music or music imitating music? StringKatz are on to something. Rock music is historically ripe in beautiful harmonies and chords. Even Andrew Loog Oldham, the Rolling … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – StringKatz; Putting The ‘Classic’ Back In Classic Rock
Sometimes – it is worth the wait. Gino Vannelli ( Montreal’s wayward son) made a rule when he was younger. ‘Never put out music without a purpose …’ That is the reason why it has been over ten years since music fans heard something new from Vannelli. Wilderness Road is the name of the new record and it is a mark of beauty. It is … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Gino Vannelli Shines Brightly on New Album
Dawn Tyler Watson has the throne … She is Queen of the Montreal Blues scene and is continuing her reign with a great new album. Mad Love is the name of the disc and features some very special guests. Please listen below to my chat with Dawn and hear some tunes from the new album Dawn? What’s Up? Visit Dawn Here ! Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Dawn Tyler Watson is Mad About Love on Her New Disc !
Everyone from the sixties and seventies owned a K-Tel Record. Philp Kives, the founder of K-Tel products and records was an innovator. One of those few people who come along every couple of decades. K-Tel Records was the very first ‘streaming’ service. The original Spotify. Amassing hits and not-so-hits into collections on disc. If not for K-Tel Records and Mr. Kives; many artists or music … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Samantha Kives; Keeping K-Tel Records Alive !
Adding layers to a canvas sounds easy … Every artist can add and subtract tones from their work of art. Experimenting and learning tones from around the world and ‘adjusting’ the canvas is an entirely different thing. On Jeff Gunn’s latest offering ‘Sonic Tales’, exploration is the key. An entry into the sounds of an instrument Jeff has nurtured. Few guitar players have devoted so … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Jeff Gunn’s ‘Sonic Tales’ A Must Listen for Every Guitar Player
The Rules Have Changed for Musical Virtuoso Robert Berry Special to Rick Keene Music Scene by Ron Roxtar Robert Berry always strives to do his best. It seems he’s been good on his word since the release of 3.2 The Rules Have Changed. It is his best work to date. This album is a follow – up for the original To The Power of Three … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – A Conversation with Robert Berry
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