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Montreal International Jazz Festival

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Doing a Lot, Actually

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British pop singer Eliza Doolittle spills the beans on her ambitions following her Jazz Festival appearance

by Dave Jaffer
04.07.2011

Eliza Doolittle, whose stage name comes from Shaw’s Pygmalion, and whose outfits simultaneously leave little to the imagination and plenty to the imagination, was one of the early hits of the 2011 Montreal Jazz Festival according to this piece by ChartAttack’s Erik Leijon. He and countless other writers agree that she was one of the [...]

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The First Lady of Rock’n’Roll

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Rock pioneer Wanda Jackson brings sassy and brassy living history to the Montreal Jazz Festival

by Jamie O'Meara
03.07.2011

Over the phone from her Oklahoma home, Wanda Jackson – nearly 60 years after breaking the first hard ground for women in rock – still has that lovely and sexy mid-western accent, with just a trace of playfulness, that likely laid waste to hundreds, if not thousands, of hearts back in the nascent days of [...]

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The Sum of all Parts

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REVIEW: The Dears put one in the "win" column despite uneven set and weird crowd at their Jazz Festival appearance

by Dave Jaffer
02.07.2011

Unlike everyone else on Earth, I don’t have a smartphone. I have a dumbphone. I have a Nokia C1. On the Fido website, the copy brags that this phone has a “large keypad for easy dialing and navigation,” which I put to the test at The Dears’ latest Jazz Festival appearance, at Club Soda, June [...]

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What Could Have Been, and What Was

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REVIEW: Lee Fields and The Expressions take Club Soda concertgoers to soul school at their 2011 Jazz Festival appearance

by Jamie O'Meara
01.07.2011

Despite giving a shout-out to all womankind via the women in attendance at Club Soda on Wednesday night – observing that without their unique birthing abilities, none of us would be around (hardly Pulitzer-prize winning science, but hey…) – when Lee Fields started singing about all the “lovely ladies, beautiful ladies, you’re so fine,” I [...]

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Don’t Stop Believin’

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Montreal “choral-folk-pop” foursome Lakes of Canada brighten Les Nuits de Montréal at the Jazz Festival

by Jamie O'Meara
30.06.2011

The sun had just tucked in behind the buildings lining upper St-Laurent Blvd., Parc des Amériques – playing home to the St-Ambroise Fringe Festival – had emptied most of its occupants into the surrounding neighbourhood, and the weather had finally decided to play fair, rewarding this last evening of the Fringe with a beaut suitable [...]

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You Want It? Hugh Got It!

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REVIEW: Legendary trumpeter Hugh Masekela had the whole world in his hands at Club Soda

by Brenna Baggs
29.06.2011

“Damn, you’re a funky lot!” No, Hugh, you are. At least you’re an awful lot of funky. South African trumpet legend Hugh Masekela took the stage on Monday night, June 27, with characteristic charm and energy. Swaying, bantering and repeatedly telling the Jazz Festival concertgoers how beautiful they were, he flirted with the audience in [...]

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Cozy in the Head

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REVIEW: Indie-folk artist Mark Bérubé works the Savoy to maximum comfort effect at the Jazz Festival

by Dave Jaffer
28.06.2011

Over the years I’ve been involved in various conversations (read: arguments) about the best venues in Montreal. I have always stuck to my guns and said Cabaret la Tulipe. I probably always will. But it merits mention that in the past few years, the Savoy du Metropolis has shot up in the ranks like Rory [...]

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