
This is a jazz festival dream gig — the children of two of the John Coltrane Quartet meet with one of the bright young stars of the '6...
This is a jazz festival dream gig — the children of two of the John Coltrane Quartet meet with one of the bright young stars of the '6...
"I don't use filters when I'm in front of you" declared Spanish singer Concha Buika to the audience, before joking that her mother comes to...
So why is reggae and dub at a jazz festival anyways? Funk, soul and blues all make sense, but Jamaican sounds have crept into a few Artistic...
If you had to describe the archetype of jazz, a good deal of people would say the piano-led trio. If you wanted to give an example of what a...
This marks the 35th year of the annual Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, and the newly announced lineup is bound to appeal to a fa...
My abbreviated list of best shows ever attended has grown by one more. After a nearly 30-year absence from Montreal, British Two-Tone ska...
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, founded in 1961 as the house band for a venue of the same name in New Orleans' French Quarter, has been a revol...
At 76, Wanda Jackson is still a force to be reckoned with. She's a one-woman encyclopaedia of rock'n'roll history, taking the time to regale...
Montreal rapper Jai Nitai Lotus' latest album Something You Feel, has been a breakthrough of sorts. Lotus brings golden age hip-hop topics s...
Soul jazz teddy bear Gregory Porter delivered an astonishing show that will guarantee his success in Montreal for years to come. This was an...
Saxophonist Christine Jensen should be better known in the jazz circuit. Her sister Ingrid is a bigger name internationally, but Christine w...