Street Musique
Just some of the many street musicians I came across on my wanderings yesterday.
Dimanche à Montreal
Sitting out back of my little B&B on St-Hubert Street, I'm treated to a concert of church bells, chiming all through the morning. These aren't the electronic bells you hear
Jazz Women
I managed to make it back to Centro Gallego last night in time to catch Nicole Mitchell's Suono per il Popolo set with her Chicago-based band, Truth or Dare. The music was described
French Pop
Pop Montreal is known as an Anglophone festival, but this is Quebec, and so it only made sense to have a couple of French-speaking acts on the bill at yesterday's
Pink Noise
I'm not really sure what "pink" noise is, but Dapinknoise sound like a cross between David Bowie, Kraftwerk, and Tupac (or, according to the comic who introduced them, "like the
Outdoor Noise
On stage at the Parc des Ameriques: Les Ghost's of Ghazals, who sound like any number of Brooklyn or Baltimore scream bands, with their wailing guitars and throbbing electro-rays. Except
Quebecois Bossa Nova
So, I was bummed to find out that today's free Parc de Popolo concert was cancelled on account of rain, but walking back down Boulevard Ste-Laurent, I come across this
Violins En Plein Air
I'm walking past the Parc des Ameriques – locale of yesterday's Fringe Pop show – when I hear a pair of violins playing the Pachelbel Canon. I stop in, and