There is only one way to go. Down. For most people, up is the proper direction to head when things get really bad. A message of hope when despair is your only friend. The Montreal Canadiens appear to love misery. Problem is – misery does not like company and for the first time in many years, the company is sending a message. Like Toronto, another … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene -A Message to The Montreal Canadiens
It’s all about The Blues Not only does Smoke Meat Pete provide Live Blues – they also provide Blues to listen at home. How cool is that? Please listen below to some great Blues’ tunes. The way the Blues are supposed to be performed. Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Smoke Meat Pete Blues Playlist.
In the with new bathwater – out with the old. Everyone attempts to improve when a New Year arrives. Better lifestyles – better outlooks. Everyone, it seems, not content with their current situation. Why Should Musicians Be Different ? Here are the Top Ten Musician’s New Year’s Resolutions. Stop playing free gigs for my Grandma Start the ball rolling on the band’s bobble head dolls. … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Top Ten Musician’s New Year’s Resolutions
One week it’s a brand of laundry detergent – the next week; another. That is how fickle music can be. A good song however, remains in your head for a while. Maybe – forever. Have a listen below to Part Two of my Best of 2019 Playlist Smoke Meat Pete Here Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Best of 2019 Playlist Part Two
One week it’s a brand of laundry detergent – the next week; another. That is how fickle music can be. A good song however, remains in your head for a while. Maybe – forever. Have a listen below to Part One of my Best of 2019 Playlist Smoke Meat Pete Here Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Best of 2019 Playlist Part One
Walking in a winter wonderland. In case the snow does not arrive in the following few days, there is only one place to celebrate your No Snow Blues. Two places actually – Smoke Meat Pete and Rick Keene Music Scene. Smoke Meat Pete is decorated on the outside and inside – filled with Christmas cheer and tunes ! Please listen below to some great Christmas … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Smoke Meat Pete Christmas Blues Playlist. Part Two
No man can be everywhere. A music fan, a radio guy or a journalist. It is impossible to attend all live shows which take place in Montreal. Venues such as L’Astral, Corona, Bell Center, Place Bell, Le Gesu, MTelus, Place des Arts – even Smoke Meat Pete. Live music is alive and well in Montreal and surrounding areas. Every year since 2012 – I compile … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Top Ten Concerts of 2019
Versatility is golden. Guitar great Rob Lutes knows that first hand through playing and reading. A well versed songwriter can be dangerous in the best way possible. Somethings are meant to be. This is the case as Rob has recently hooked back up with a childhood friend, former band mate and ‘Glimmer Twin’ Michael Emenau. The pair’s chemistry – the majestic absorption of two magical … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Rob Lutes Enjoying ‘Sussex’ and ‘The Ocean Wide’
Naughty is the best way to go at Christmas … The badder the Blues – the better the Christmas season. Classic tunes with soul and feeling. That is the difference between commercial driven Pop stars singing Christmas tunes and Blues’ artists. Real music by real people. Please listen below to some great Christmas tunes by great musicians. Smoke Meat Pete Here Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Smoke Meat Pete Christmas Blues Playlist
Christmas comes early every year in Montreal. What the world needs now is love sweet love. There is no way around it. No skirting the issue. Social media and the internet with all their faults have invented or misinformed an already dysfunctional planet into a dysfunctional abyss. Everyone’s head needs to pull back and rejoice in the purest things of life. The musical director of … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Candlelight Christmas; A Montreal Musical Treasure
The Jim Cuddy Band. Period. If aliens came from space and had to choose musicians from each Country that best represented the core and values of the land they come from, hands down – The Jim Cuddy Band would be headed to the stars. The band, led by Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo fame, get the job done. All efforts go into playing music. No … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – The Jim Cuddy Band Delivers a Lesson in Musicianship
In the words of Loverboy; Everyone’s watching, to see what you will doEveryone’s looking at you, ohEveryone’s wondering, will you come out tonightEveryone’s trying to get it right, get it right Kick off your shoes (don’t hit the kids), open a tasty beverage and take time to listen to some new tunes, old tunes and upcoming shows. Please listen below to some great tunes sand … Continue reading Rick Keene Music Scene – Thank God It Is Friday and Why Did I Not Feed the Fish?
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