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“Our film has community and spirituality,” says Gerald Peary. “It also has conflict.”
Read MoreThis edition of Wheels of Soul works just fine as a display of post-Allman Brothers Band/post-Lynyrd Skynyrd/ post-Tom Petty musical sensibilities shaped in the South.
Read More“They travel the world and have for years,” says Ellen Seeling, “sending the message that there are no women good enough to be in this organization.”
Read MoreOne of the most astonishing sets of my week in Montreal featured two Frenchmen, accordionist Vincent Peirani and soprano saxophonist Émile Parisien.
Read MoreAmong 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.
Read MorePianist Constantine Finehouse and violinist Daniel Kurganov are well-matched musicians, and have recorded a superb album.
Read MoreAn elegy to youth and the transgressions of reckless behaviors, Them celebrates sex as a wild and raw imperative.
Read MoreNels Cline 4 is a group that can cross musical and cultural boundaries with exhilarating ease.
Read MoreWho 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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Jazz Review: Montreal Jazz Festival — An Ecosystem That Celebrates Sound
Berber guitarist Omara “Bombino” Moctar proved that the gifts behind the fingers are still all that matters.
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