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Rick Keene Music Scene – Conductor Aram Demirjian Gets ‘Animated’ About DreamWorks.

Marriages make strange bedfellows. Cinema and music have a large and interesting history together. Hollywood is filled with smoke and mirrors yet when the fog lifts – it is the images and the music that remain. In this case – the images are the beloved animation films that we have grown to love. Movies such as Shrek and Kung Fu Panda have embedded their consciences … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Conductor Aram Demirjian Gets ‘Animated’ About DreamWorks.

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Rick Keene Music Scene – Midge Ure and Paul Young Montreal Review

Midge Ure and Paul Young are musical figures you cannot avoid. Midge wrote Do They Know It’s Christmas and co founded Band – Aid and Live – Aid along with Sir Bob Geldof. He was also part of Thin Lizzy and Ultravox. The former a band which cut new ground in a decade where many artists sounded the same. Paul Young, although not a hit-maker … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Midge Ure and Paul Young Montreal Review

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Rick Keene Music Scene – 2018 Montreal International Jazz Festival Preview; Dr. Lonnie Smith – A Legend Among Us.

Legends are few and far between … Dr. Lonnie Smith is one of them. The word is tossed around too loosely based upon false fame. The good doctor has earned his status for performing  and creating music for over five decades.   He has played with everyone in the Jazz world that is notable and in 2017 – Smith received the highest honor in the … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – 2018 Montreal International Jazz Festival Preview; Dr. Lonnie Smith – A Legend Among Us.

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Rick Keene Music Scene – 2018 Montreal International Jazz Festival Picks. Part Two

The biggest in the world. The Montreal International Jazz Festival is looming around the corner. From June 28th until July 7th, musical tastes for all will invade our city for ten days of rhythms from all corners of the globe. The Indoor portion of ‘ the show ‘ was announced this past week and as usual , patrons are pumped to preen and prance in … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – 2018 Montreal International Jazz Festival Picks. Part Two

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Rick Keene Music Scene – 2018 Montreal International Jazz Festival Picks. Part One

The biggest in the world. The Montreal International Jazz Festival is looming around the corner. From June 28th until July 7th, musical tastes for all will invade our city for ten days of rhythms from all corners of the globe. The Indoor portion of ‘ the show ‘ was announced this past week and as usual , patrons are pumped to preen and prance in … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – 2018 Montreal International Jazz Festival Picks. Part One

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Rick Keene Music Scene – Talking Inside ‘The Box’ with Jean Marc. Part Three.

The Box are one of few Canadian bands who strung together numerous hits in the 1980’s. So many hits in three years – writer and front-man Jean Marc started to get a big ego. He could do no wrong in his mind … Fast forward to 2018 and the elder Jean Marc speaks to his younger self on The Box’ new EP; Take Me Home … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Talking Inside ‘The Box’ with Jean Marc. Part Three.

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Rick Keene Music Scene – Talking Inside ‘The Box’ with Jean Marc. Part Two

The Box are one of few Canadian bands who strung together numerous hits in the 1980’s. So many hits in three years – writer and front-man Jean Marc started to get a big ego. He could do no wrong in his mind … Fast forward to 2018 and the elder Jean Marc speaks to his younger self on The Box’ new EP; Take Me Home … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Talking Inside ‘The Box’ with Jean Marc. Part Two

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Rick Keene Music Scene – Talking Inside ‘The Box’ with Jean Marc. Part One

The Box are one of few Canadian bands who strung together numerous hits in the 1980’s. So many hits in three years – writer and front-man Jean Marc started to get a big ego. He could do no wrong in his mind … Fast forward to 2018 and the elder Jean Marc speaks to his younger self on The Box’ new EP; Take Me Home … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Talking Inside ‘The Box’ with Jean Marc. Part One

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Rick Keene Music Scene – What’s New in Music and Listen to a New Tune From The Box !

The music business is always changing.  New tunes, new shows and new platforms for musicians to display their wares. All of which have one thing in common; art. Please check out some of the new stuff happening right now. On Monday, April 16th, 2x GRAMMY® Award winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra will be celebrating fifteen years with the release of their sixth album Anniversary on ArtistShare. Manito Ahbee Festival Hosting Free … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – What’s New in Music and Listen to a New Tune From The Box !

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Rick Keene Music Scene – Jim Cuddy Band Review; Making People Smile

Sometimes, check that – most times, a music concert turns into noise at one point in the show. There is always those one or two tunes  the musicians love playing but the crowd doesn’t know very well. Or – the crowd loves the tune and it just does not parlay nicely from the studio to the stage. The Jim Cuddy Band / one half of … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Jim Cuddy Band Review; Making People Smile

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Rick Keene Music Scene – Kim Mitchell Review; ‘No No He’s Not Dead, He’s, He’s Restin’!

The former front man of Max Webster and the current front man of Kim Mitchell is not dead or stunned. At Petit Champlain in the heart of the old Quebec City on March 31st, Kim Mitchell was very much alive and a tad nervous. Alive? Yes because a couple of years ago the nation almost lost this national treasure due to a heart attack. Nervous? … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Kim Mitchell Review; ‘No No He’s Not Dead, He’s, He’s Restin’!

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Rick Keene Music Scene – Foreigner’s Tom Gimbel Orchestrates His Love of Music

Tom Gimbel of Foreigner Loves Music. A student out of Berklee College of Music – Tom learned from the best.  Following a stint with Aerosmith as a member of the touring band, Gimbel hooked up with Foreigner and has not looked back.   Please listen below to my chat with Tom as we talk about Foreigner working with an orchestra ( album out April 27th) … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Foreigner’s Tom Gimbel Orchestrates His Love of Music

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