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Rick Keene Music Scene – The Best New Jazz Songs
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Rick Keene Music Scene – The Best New Songs Feat. The Sharx Raising Money
Sniff around and you will find new things to snack on …
Marketing has taken over from the great new music that artists relentlessly release. Bling bombards us daily while the real musicians suffer.
Why don’t you sit back and listen below to some of the best new music to be released!
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Rick Keene Music Scene – The Best New Songs
Sniff around and you will find new things to snack on …
Marketing has taken over from the great new music that artists relentlessly release. Bling bombards us daily while the real musicians suffer.
Why don’t you sit back and listen below to some of the best new music to be released!
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Rick Keene Music Scene – New Songs Feat. Frank Marino
Sniff around and you will find new things to snack on …
Marketing has taken over from the great new music that artists relentlessly release. Bling bombards us daily while the real musicians suffer.
Why don’t you sit back and listen below to some of the best new music to be released!
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Rick Keene Music Scene – What’s The Word on The Street?
Sniff around and you will find new things to snack on …
Just because they tell you it is the best music on radio, does not mean it is. Marketing has taken over from the great new music that artists relentlessly release. Bling bombards us daily while the real musicians suffer.
Why don’t you sit back and listen below to some of the best new music to be released without a huge corporation shoving it down your throat faster than a misguided raisin.
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Rick Keene Music Scene – Dance, Absorb and Caress
Music has so many voices.
The sounds can be rough.The sounds can be soft. The sounds can make you feel just right for the mood.
What mood are you in?
Have a listen below to some new tunes and some new information . You can’t make it better than that can you?
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Rick Keene Music Scene – There Is ‘No Woman’ Like Angela Harris
It is all about the roots after all …
Angela Harris knows all about the ‘roots’ of music. It is in her blood and DNA. In fact – Bluegrass and Country were all around her as a child …
Please listen below to my chat with Angela about her new disc;
A Woman Like Me.
Angela? What’s up?
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Rick Keene Music Scene – Rock for Dimes This Friday !
Raising money for the March of Dimes via Rock n Roll.
Pretty cool …
Every year in several Canadian cities – corporate guys and gals get together and put on a Rock show.
This year, in Montreal – the event takes place on November 16th at The Corona Theater. It promises to be a night to remember and another big total of money raised for the March of Dimes Canada.
Please listen below to my chat with Marc Dore – chairperson for Rock of Dimes Montreal.
Marc? What’s up?
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Rick Keene Music Scene – Hey Dweezil! Where Did You Find That One? Concert Review
How do you describe Frank Zappa’s music?
Easy. A blend of Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Genesis, Yes, Rush, The Ramones, The Kinks, the Beatles and every artist between 1920 until present day.
Frank Zappa’s brilliance as a writer, producer, arranger, guitar player and every other position within an intellectual realm artistically and socially was put on display via Dweezil Zappa in Laval last night. Epic could be the best way to describe the evening.
The Purple Lagoon, Andy and Don’t You Want a Man Like Me opened things up along with the punter’s minds who were not far behind in realizing music exists beyond corporate radio. The name of this tour is Choice Cuts. An insight into the non commercial world of Frank Zappa. Given Frank’s songs were mostly non radio friendly, choosing ‘choice’ tracks should be easy.
Think again …
Firstly – Dweezil’s Muthas are not your Father’s band. When each player within a band could headline on their own – something special is on the way. Dweezil himself – one of the finest guitar players ‘off the beaten path’ and an astute songwriter to boot. Detach the Zappa moniker and all it’s expectations – Dweezil could very well be in the same breath as Vai, Satriano et al. in the mainstream conscientiousness. Frank probably would want it this way and ensure the Zappa legacy maintains musical integrity.
As the show moved along – perhaps the ladies initially stole the show. Vocalist Cian Coey and multi – instrumentalist Scheila Gonzalez were on fire. Frank Zappa’s tunes contained whimsical female voices along with serious style. Both Scheila and Cian added their parts with conviction. Cian alone – stealing the spotlight throughout the evening with power, finesse and grace. An indication the ‘top forty’ radio female vocalists are nowhere near the best. Scheila no slouch either as her vocals more than impressed and her Sax playing otherworldly. Frank would be proud.
Call Any Vegetable, Tell Me You Love Me and T’Mershi Duween. Three more tunes which only the die hard Frank fans know aside from the band.
Drummer Ryan Brown, bassist Kurt Morgan, Chris Norton on keys and guitarist / vocalist Adam Minkoff were on the same bus. Travelling the Zappa songbook at light-speed. Shining alone when called upon and perfectly in sync with grooves as sweet as the most perfect five hour Funk jam. The completeness allowing Dweezil to do his thang.
Steve Vai was one of Dweezil’s teachers back in the day. Frank Zappa was one of Dweezil’s muses. Dweezil has worked with every guitar player worth their weight in gold. Nothing could go wrong within a solo and Dweezil’s own curiosity to grow as an artist – adds to the special moments when Dweezil takes the spotlight.
Suzy Creamcheese, Valley Girl, Zoot Allures, Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow and Joe’s Garage – the show and the intensity continued.
Serious musicians playing serious licks. Only the students of music can understand and appreciate Dweezil’s (The Muthas) take on his Father’s songs. Only serious students of music can appreciate Frank Zappa and his genius.
They can describe Frank Zappa’s music …
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Rick Keene Music Scene – Jake Burns Still Has ‘Stiff Little Fingers’
Some bands fall through the cracks as far as recognition goes. Stiff Little Fingers are one of those bands.
Born at the height of Punk music’s global popularity, the band emerged from a Country that was not known for Rock music.
‘I have no doubt there were many talented musicians and songwriters in Ireland …” Says original and current member and songwriter Jake Burns. ” Due to the fear factor of losing jobs (that were few and far between) and the non acceptance of Northern Ireland musicians due to the political unrest in Ireland, sadly many chose or were forced to stay put.”
Stiff Little Fingers, a group of schoolboy friends formed in 1977. A time when groups such as The Ramones and The Sex Pistols were gaining momentum. It was another band however which many comparisons were made.
“Everyone kept telling us we sounded like The Clash and we were asked if they were a huge influence.” Says Burns on the eve of their November 10th show in Montreal. “We never really spoke with the guys from The Clash and wondered if they took us as a threat or admired us.”
Four albums in three years starting in 1979 saw the band emerge as a voice of unrest for not only the people of Ireland – the entire world. Punk music and Stiff Little Fingers were affecting fans and non fans alike.
“When I started writing songs, I had a little difficulty coming up with ideas and they were forced’ Says Burns. ” I spoke with someone and once I realized it is important to write what you know – that is when things changed for me as a songwriter and the band.
Stiff Little Fingers then suffered the same fate as many bands. Knowing each other for so long and being on the road and always together, the fighting started.
” All these years later, in hindsight – all we needed to do was to take a step back and we would have been fine …” Admits Jake. ” It was not about dislike, it was about the stress of the business and a lot of pressure to maintain a band.”
In 1987, following a hiatus and Jake partaking in a solo effort and collaborations, Stiff Little Fingers reunited and despite the words of the music business; The Fingers embarked on what would become a very successful tour in Germany to sold out crowds. Burns and the band have never looked back.
Since their reformation, Stiff Little Fingers have released six albums with the last being the critically acclaimed 2014’s ‘No Going Back’.
Jake Burns still follows the recipe of writing what he knows for success.
” I went through some major life changes such as a divorce and relocation to a different continent and I did not think anyone would want to listen to a middle age guy sing about a mid-life crisis and divorce. Luckily I was wrong …”
Stiff Little Fingers are in Montreal Saturday night November 10th at Foufounes Electriques.
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Rick Keene Music Scene – Reuben and The Dark; A Musical Success For Album Number Two
Rarely does a band come along which evokes feelings of hope within despair. Reuben and The Dark are that band.
Just five years in and (now) two albums under their belts, Reuben and the Dark are setting Canada on fire as they tour the vastness.
Arms of a Dream is their latest recorded offering and in 2014 they released their ‘rookie’ disc; Funeral Sky.
Please listen below to my chat with Reuben Bullock about the new disc and hear some great tunes !
Reuben? What’s up?
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What’s Happening and What’s New …?
A lot of musical stuff is always happening in Montreal …
Click on the logos for the Montreal International Jazz Festival and Evenko – get an up – to – date list of all their shows. Buy tickets to your favorite one also !
Please listen below as I play a few new tracks from artists who I will be interviewing as well as the dates of their upcoming shows.
Thanks for listening ! Talk soon …
