Bengt Berger: The Wide World of Beches Indian Brew
Don Cherry was, arguably, the first musician to use the term “world-music” to describe the music he was playing in the 1960’s. By that...
Tcha Limberger: From Bruges and Foix to the World
It is important to acknowledge the genius of Tcha Limberger in the context of his being a musical – perhaps, an all-around – polymath...
Mario Adnet & Paulo Jobim Present Jobim at 90 With: Jobim – Orchestra &...
There can be no doubt that Antonio Carlos Jobim is one of the most important cultural figures in Brasil, an icon even among other...
All Rivers at Once by The Israeli-Iranian Musical Initiative
The poem, All Rivers at Once written by Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet, is the inspiration for the performance of the Israeli-Iranian Musical Initiative...
David Broza: The 40-Year Journey to Peace
It is one of those true travesties that an artist such as David Broza should still inhabit the fringes of music. While it’s also...
Angela Hewitt: At the Heart of Bach
As long as musicians such as Keith Jarrett play and record Johann Sebastian Bach’s most frequently performed keyboard (harpsichord) works on the harpsichord there...
Barbara Hannigan: An Evening with the Empress of Song
Two years ago I saw Barbara Hannigan perform György Ligeti’s Mystères du Macabre dressed in a schoolgirl’s kilt, chewing bubblegum. The orchestra was Sinfónica...
Joanna Wallfisch: Journey Of The Heart
North American listeners have been introduced to the music of the British-born multi-instrumentalist, writer and vocalist, Joanna Wallfisch. She has regaled her audiences from...
Inti-Illimani and Nano Stern: Bringing the House Down
On the 27th of October, 2017 Canadian lovers of music were again given the opportunity to sit and listen to the legendary Chilean nueva...
Putumayo Presents: A World in Music
Putumayo World Music is a New York-based label that has few peers anywhere in the world of music. It single-handedly introduces listeners to music...
Cecilia Pahl: Interior y Litorâneo
The Puerto Rico-born Cecilia Pahl, who moved to Posadas, Misiones in Argentina, via Cordoba, Spain is now not only a seasoned traveller, but a...
L’Afrique avant tout: Se souvenir du 31ème Festival International Nuits d’Afrique
Memories are apparently rampant especially in Montréal, Quebec. After all every licence plate on a motorcar contains a registration number and the words “Québec…...
Berta Rojas – The Enigma of Arrival
I rarely conduct interviews using email and don’t really like doing them over the telephone either. In my view, the talking and listening –...
With Love From Africa: 31st Festival International Nuits d’Afrique, 2017
“Aimez-moi comme un beau rêve,
votre vie la nuit,
mon espoir le jour,
comme une pièce d’argent
sur terre ne m’en sépare,
et pour le grand voyage
fidèle compagne;
comme la...
The New Canadian Global Music Orchestra Debut at Koerner Hall
The New Canadian Global Music Orchestra, recently created by The Royal Conservatory of Toronto and masterminded by its Executive Director, Performing Art, Mervon Mehta,...
Anat Cohen: Música da Paz e Alegria
Anat Cohen Presents Two New Albums: "Rosa Dos Ventos" and "Outra Coisa" (The Music of Moacir Santos)
Montanha, Cristiano Alves, Nailor Proveta, Buosi and Burgani;...
Paula Jeanine Bennett: In Whom The Heart Is Free To Roam
Conventional science maintains that the Human Body comprises 60% water with 73% of the brain and heart alone being water. Certainly not the artist,...
Maria Rita: Born Again and Again…
Every musician hopes for, but cannot afford to wait, for that special spiritual awakening in a performance, either in the studio or on stage....
Festival International Nuits d’Afrique – 30th Anniversary – A Celebration In Style
30 years ago, in 1987, Lamine Touré had a dream. He turned his dream into reality when Nuits d'Afrique was born.
It all started in...
Laura Pausini World Tour 2016
Touched Down In Brampton - Powerade Centre - July 26, 2016
Simili - Similares
Through a series of connections made in far away places I came...
