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One of the most astonishing sets of my week in Montreal featured two Frenchmen, accordionist Vincent Peirani and soprano saxophonist Émile Parisien.
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Among the festival’s highlights: pianist-singer Jeremy Dutcher, who arrived on the stage of the tiny space Gésu dressed in shorts and a long flowing black robe with a hood.
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Pianist Constantine Finehouse and violinist Daniel Kurganov are well-matched musicians, and have recorded a superb album.
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An elegy to youth and the transgressions of reckless behaviors, Them celebrates sex as a wild and raw imperative.
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Nels Cline 4 is a group that can cross musical and cultural boundaries with exhilarating ease.
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Who knew that there were dozens of first-rate female American, Scandinavian, German, Swiss, French and Russian painters in Paris in the second half of the 19th century?
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Thornton Wilder’s Big Ideas do not get lost in the hurly-burly of this production.
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Director Debra Granik’s focus on young women whose lives have been steeped in nature and hardship, forced to lead their families forward despite scant resources, posits a refreshing feminine archetype.
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Lionel Loueke is a unique voice, who has managed to bring a number of influences together without weakening or undermining any of them.
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Music Commentary: The Vinyl Resurgence
For the moment, it is refreshing to see how carefully the music is being recorded and packaged.
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