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...
The Mighty Musicianship Of Leo Blanco
What makes the art of South America so alluring? It has existed, and more importantly, it has been developing in a steaming cauldron, cooking...
Snarky Puppy: Family Dinner Volume Two
This is an exceptional realisation of the roots of what Snarky Puppy is all about. Forget the connotations of the name. Forget the fact...
How To Fall In Love With Ayelet Rose Gottlieb (All Over Again)!
Listen to not one, but two of Ayelet Rose Gottlieb's recordings; one featuring her own compositions. There is a swirling wind of mysticism that fills...
Jamey Haddad Jazz Ensemble in Toronto
Under One Sun - Jamey Haddad Jazz Ensemble
Master percussionist Jamey Haddad, who collaborates regularly with singer-songwriter Paul Simon, composer Elliot Goldenthal, and saxophonist Joe...
Introducing The Boston Cello Quartet
Boston Cello Quartet: Artistic Profile
The first of its kind in the history of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Cello Quartet was founded in...
The Enduring Magic of Guinga
To speak of Guinga without a litany of praise would be almost sacrilegious and blasphemous. The musician and composer from Rio may be counted...
Richard Bennett: Pianism and Music
I first heard of Richard Bennett when I received a link to his then “new” album, New York Swara. On it he re-imagined the...
Tcha Limberger: Gypsy In The Footsteps Of Béla Bartók
The hair of the bow gently caresses the string, catching an "A" high on the upper register. Then, in a series of sweeping glissandos,...
Christmas Music 0 to 2013: A Word to the Wise
At one time, for a rather long period of time, most Christmas music consisted first of music that was liturgical. Although the earliest known Christmas music to become somewhat widely sung predates the 13th Century, when St. Francis of Assisi is credited with “inventing” the Christmas Carol...
