Just like a household with nineteen children … There is a lot going on Rick Keene Music Scene. Kick off your shoes, disconnect the telephone wire and discover a whole bunch of stuff including a couple of new songs and some words from Jerry Mercer of April Wine fame. Join Sean Mckeogh and myself live on k103.7fm this Thursday @ 6:15pm We welcome Gary Moffet … Continue reading This Week on Rick Keene Music Scene …
Michael Phillip Jagger has been fronting The Rolling Stones for fifty years. Fifty … and counting … Maurice Raymond has been fronting a Rolling Stones’ cover band for thirty-four years. Thirty-four … and counting … Please listen as Maurice speaks of his legacy as one ( if not the best ) of the Mick Jaggers of the world. It did not start … Continue reading Maurice Raymond; Montreal’s Mick Jagger – Complete Three Part Interview
Tommy Castro was born in San Jose, California. Perfect for a music fan because he was a hop, skip and jump away from the San Francisco Bay area. A melting pot for not just the Blues, every other genre possible. Please listen as Tommy explains his past, his love for music and his new album with The Painkillers. A Bluesy outfit complete with a … Continue reading Need a Painkiller to Kill the Blues? Call Tommy Castro …
It’s a new week … That means a couple of more interviews and some more songs. Wake the hamsters and call the sheep! Please listen to what is coming up this week on … Rick Keene Music Scene Check out archives and hear many more interviews – including Buddy Guy, Mitch Ryder, Lee Rocker and so much more! The Best of Last Week … Continue reading What’s Coming on Rick Keene Music Scene ?
Jill Barber is hard to pin down … Is she Jazz? Pop? A little of both? Judge for yourself with some songs off her latest album; Fool’s Gold. A melting pot with a sound purposely copied via The Dap Kings – Amy Winehouse’s backing group. It is no surprise Jill sounds a little like Winehouse. Please listen as Jill discusses the above topics moments before … Continue reading Jill Barber; Up Close …
Fate has it … Or – ‘Leeward Fate’ has it, sometimes things happen for a reason. Such is the case for a trio of musicians who are now based in North Carolina. A menage-a-musicians who, fate has it – met in Leeward. The math is there yet math and grids are far removed from the way their latest album was recorded. Digital bah – humbug … Continue reading Leeward Fate; No Ordinary Band …
Martin Goyette has a voice. An inner message which channels the Blues’ legends of the past. Too much? Too corny? Have a listen and decide with your ears … Martin? Martin is singing on Aug.9th at Festiblues Check out all the info on Martin right here! Continue reading Martin Goyette; ‘Sweet Warm Jelly’
It goes without saying, this is one of the finest festivals I’ve ever played! Thank you Montreal for building an institution.” Ben Harper on Instagram. At least one Harper showed. Stephen Harper – our resident Prime Minister did not appear at The Jazz festival nor was his pride evident in Canada’s and the world’s biggest festival. Well – at least God appeared happy. The tunes … Continue reading Montreal International Jazz Festival 2014- Recap Part Three
It is the people of Montreal that make the Jazz Festival so good. ‘If you build it – they will come …’ Musicians from Zaire to Atlanta, each and every one of them, during the Jazz Festival or in the cold winter months, exude the same sentiment. “Montreal has the best crowds …” Maybe it is the winters which make us appreciate everything. Perhaps it … Continue reading Montreal International Jazz Festival 2014 – Recap Part Two.
In the words of Ed Robertson of The Barenaked Ladies; ‘That’s Jazz!” The front-man of Canada’s funnest band, mocking the Festival’s choice of The Barenaked Ladies as an act at Le Festival International de Jazz de Montreal. No doubt, over the years – the Festival has swayed from Jazz. For purists – something which angers them. For music fans – pure bliss. Over the … Continue reading Montreal International Jazz Festival 2014 – Recap Part One.
Who is Cody Chestnutt? Easy. Put Marvin Gaye, Barry White, Lionel Ritchie and practically every other R and B singer from the 1970’s into a blender, add some influence by The Roots and – TA DA! A Cody Chestnutt shake. Shake? The audience at Club Soda did just that! If anything, the man who just flew in from L.A – was a ball of energy. … Continue reading Cody Chestnutt Review – Montreal International Jazz Festival 2014
Diana Krall was in town to play a free show at the Jazz Festival last night. An estimated crowd of 150,00 took in the event. Here are parts of her press conference from Saturday. Enjoy …! Continue reading Diana Krall Press Conference – Montreal International Jazz Festival 2014
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