Domaine Forget is home to a prestigious International Music Festival The Montrealer June 1, 2012 8540 The picturesque Charlevoix countryside is a lovely summer backdrop for fans of classical music and smooth jazz The Domaine Forget International Music Festival is set in the village of Saint Irénée in the Charl...
Tremblant International Blues Festival – July 6 – 15 The Montrealer June 1, 2012 11871 This year, over and above blues, the most varied musical genres will be featured at the Festival: R & B, soul, classical rock, boogie woogie, and gospel. The Festival features more than 150 concerts on four...
Just For Laughs – the world’s greatest comedy festival The Montrealer July 1, 2011 7648 With over 2 million visitors each summer, Just For Laughs has become the world’s largest and most prestigious comedy festival. Talent agents, television producers and impresarios have discovered performers like...
The Montreal International Jazz Festival – there’ll be music in the streets The Montrealer June 1, 2011 3278 The Montreal International Jazz Festival is going into its 32nd season, and once again the organizers are offering a huge variety of music to suit most musical tastes. Jazz aficionados will be pleased to know ...
Andy Nulman – from Just For Laughs to Airborne and back again The Montrealer May 1, 2011 6287 Ordering pizzas to be delivered to his room #208 at 2505 Côte Vertu wouldn't be particularly unusual; but in this case Andy Nulman's apartment #208 happened to be his classroom at Sir Winston Churchill High Sch...
Susie Arioli – jazz singer extraordinaire The Montrealer December 1, 2010 5438 “I’ve always had a way that I like to sing. I wanted to sing the melody without being drowned out by the music. When I realized that, that’s when I decided to sing jazz.” I’m in conversation with Susie Ario...
Just For Laughs – it’s good for you! The Montrealer July 1, 2010 4873 "If music be the food of love, play on", are words by the Bard. One might also say the same for laughter - it brings people closer together, it makes ya' feel good. So...laugh on. If good music serves the ...
There’s music in the air and dancin’ in the streets The Montrealer June 1, 2010 6259 According to no less authority than The Guinness Book of World Records, Montreal hosts the world's largest jazz festival. It's a time when Montrealers of all generations take to the streets in a celebration of ...
Elvis Costello A Tip of the Hat to The Man in the Hat The Montrealer May 9, 2010 3720 His name is Declan MacManus and he is probably the most innovative and creative musician when it comes to the experimental process of music. But you know that and know him as Elvis Costello. If you haven't lear...
Gordon Lightfoot – a Canadian musical treasure The Montrealer March 1, 2010 4548 "I wrote my first song in Grade 12. I played other people's songs in clubs and coffee houses, and I started integrating my own compositions into my repertoire. I realized that the audience was accepting them al...