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Poor Wet Cat Redux

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Nelligan, Monument National

by Lev Bratishenko
08.03.2010

André Gagnon’s opera Nelligan premiered in 1990 at the Grand Theatre de Québec with a pop cast. On Saturday, the Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal reprised it, twenty years on, at the Monument National. A more ambitious production than anything the Opéra de Montréal has dared at Place des Arts, it is full of [...]

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For Something Fresh And Loud …

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Zeroes, Divan orange

by Jay Mark Caplan
13.02.2010

Local band Zeroes make you want to move. They play with primal urgency, channeling raw rock verve through pared-down rhythmic compositions. Plus they somehow snagged one of the coolest band names around.

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Sophomore Effort A Treat

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Basia Bulat, Heart of My Own

by Jaime Haraldson
11.02.2010

Ontarian folk-pop songstress Basia Bulat is back on tour supporting her new album, Heart Of My Own, the follow-up to her Polaris Prize-shortlisted debut album Oh, My Darling. Bulat penned most of the album’s songs while exploring North America, Europe, and Australia during a year of incessant touring, including a stop in Montreal tomorrow. And [...]

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Shoot Him Again!

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Tosca, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier

by Lev Bratishenko
02.02.2010

Tosca! The name has teeth for good reason. Puccini’s opera averages a death every 37 minutes. It includes 19th century Italian politics, the homicidal lusting of a Roman police chief, a jealous girlfriend, and a superfluity of hypocrites. This is distilled opera of few peers in the repertoire, and is often a final examination for [...]

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Music, Poetry and Fun

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Spotlight on Poetry, VivaVoce, Redpath Hall

by Mélanie Grondin
27.01.2010

Choir music, like any other kind of music, has different genres. Though Handel’s Messiah, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 or Mozart’s Requiem may first come to mind when thinking of choir music, more contemporary pieces exist and are still composed today.

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Magical Jazz Tribute

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Lettingo, Theatre La Chapelle

by Julia Vyse
16.01.2010

This time of year is all huge comedown. A denouement from not only the holidays and all the frenetic celebration that comes with it, but the spirit that comes with that celebration. Anyone still in a mood to give themselves a break from the norm and enjoy an evening without making major plans around [...]

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Martha’s Musings: Muffins Get Personal

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MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS, Delicate

by Neil Smith
07.01.2010

Martha Johnson, lead singer of Martha and the Muffins of “Echo Beach” fame, reflects on her music career, her life with partner Mark Gane, and their new album, Delicate, which comes out in early February, 18 long years after the release of their previous album.

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Vital Organist

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VANESSA RODRIGUES CD

by Julia Vyse
05.01.2010

The newest project from Vanessa Rodrigues makes more room for other instruments in the songs and brings her Hammond B3 further back. The tracks on Soul Food For Thought are inspired by the food industry and how our food comes to us, but its non-preachy funk grooves appeal to activists and music lovers alike. It’s [...]

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Death Metal Comes To Life

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Cannibal Corpse, Metropolis

by D.W. Lee
19.12.2009

“A lot of people get turned off this band, for whatever reason, before they know us,” Cannibal Corpse guitarist Pat O’Brien said before the band hit the stage at Metropolis, as part of Hatebreed’s Decimation of the Nation Tour. “But when you go out and see what the band can do live, it’s a different [...]

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