They say talk is cheap … That may be the case many times yet when music is involved – talk is an education. In the past year, discussions took place with eighty musicians. Add multiple chats with engineers, producers or people in the music business; the list is long and informative. All these moments above are meant to be a platform to educate anyone who … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Top Ten Interviews of 2018
Attending all live music in Montreal is impossible. Practically every crook and nook contains rhythms and vibes. World music, Blues, Rock – you name it, music is alive and well in the city . Not all live music is performed by local musicians. Regularly – like pirates from a distant land; musicians arrive. They rape and pillage the souls of Montrealers and then they are … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Top Ten Concerts of 2018
Face it – Christmas is special … Every year in December, the Lyric Theater Singers get to work. They rehearse and practice new and old arrangements of Christmas tunes. This year is no different. Please listen below to my chat with Chris Barillaro – a lifelong employee of music and second banana to the musical director of The Lyric Theater Singers – Bob Bachelor. Chris? … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – A Musical Chat by ‘Christmas’ Candlelight with The Lyric Theater Singers
Yakety-Yak – don’t talk back … In the past year, many musicians from all genres have been kind enough to speak with me. Giving their time and music to share stories and insights from the world of music. Tales of recordings, the dynamics of bands or plain anecdotes from where they come. To siphon the interviews into a tank of top ten – both unfair … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Top Ten Favorite Interviews 2016.
Yakety-Yak – don’t talk back … In the past year, many musicians from all genres have been kind enough to speak with me. Giving their time and music to share stories and insights from the world of music. Tales of recordings, the dynamics of bands or plain anecdotes from where they come. To siphon the interviews into a tank of top ten – both unfair … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Top Ten Favorite Interviews 2016. Part One.
They say it is the ‘most wonderful time of the year’. Well, ‘they’ better run and tell the Mayor of Montreal and all his cronies that for 3,016 citizens, it is not the most wonderful time of the year. That said – Christmas is always a great time for tunes ! Melodies, riffs and harmonies. Always an uplift to the darkest of souls at this time … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Deck the Halls with ‘Sounds’ from Around the World and Help the Homeless.
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