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Montreal International Jazz Festival 2011: Pink Martini at Salle...
Pink Martini had a few surprises Tuesday might for the sold-out crowd at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier. First, a shocker (to the many, judging by the gasps, who hadn’t heard the news a week ago): China...
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The Wainwrights and McGarrigles bring a seasonal concert to Montreal
Now here’s the Christmas concert to beat. The Wainwrights – Rufus and Martha – and the McGarrigles – Anna and Jane – take over the St. Denis Theatre Dec. 11 for A Not So Silent Night, a concert...
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Rufus Wainwright teams up with Mark Ronson for new album Out of the Game
Is Rufus Wainwright set to have his first big hit single? It just might be the case. Word is that the Montreal singer’s latest album, Out of the Game, is his most accessible work to date. He told...
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Three big additions to the Oct. 1 benefit for Denis Blanchette
The Oct. 1 benefit at Metropolis for the family of Denis Blanchette is getting bigger. Ben Harper, Martha Wainwright and Dumas have been added to the schedule. Harper will drop in and perform before...
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Concert review: Benefit concert for the family of Denis Blanchette, headlined...
Click here to see Pierre Obendrauf’s photo gallery of the benefit concert. And go here to see Marian Scott’s coverage of the event for our city section. The big moment in Monday night’s benefit concert...
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New music review: Come Home to Mama, Martha Wainwright (Maple Music)
Sometimes an album is so blunt and uncompromising in its personal content that you feel a bit like a voyeur just for hearing it. This can result in the uncomfortable listener filing it away for good,...
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The triumphant Montreal return of Kat Dyson, for funk legend Tchukon’s...
Kat Dyson now lives in Los Angeles (Photo courtesy Kat Dyson) When I explained to Cyndi Lauper some years ago that my friend, Montreal nightlife icon Plastik Patrik, and his band of glam/punk rockers...
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Concert announcement: Kate McGarrigle’s family will celebrate her work at the...
An all-star cast – mostly from the same family – will gather at the Outremont Theatre Aug. 8 to remember Kate McGarrigle. The concert, titled Cheminant vers ma ville, will be one of the Montreal...
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Benefit concert for Denis Blanchette’s family
Yesterday night a group of high-profile artists came out to Club Metropolis to perform at the benefit concert in memory of Denis Blanchette. Some 2000 people had the chance to attend this very...
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Play the organ best, win $70,000 prize
“Music is permitted, yes,” John Grew, founding artistic director of the Canadian International Organ Competition, said of the 2014 edition that started on Wednesday and runs to the finals on Oct. 18...
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Seven Days, Seven Nights: Entertainment picks for Dec. 15-21
Monday, Dec. 15 Fresh from headlining concerts in Russia to promote his latest album Akeda, reggae-rapper, rocker and beatboxer Matisyahu (a.k.a. Matthew Paul Miller) launches his eighth annual...
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Martha Wainwright, Kim Thuy take part in CBC's 'Canada Reads'
TORONTO Acclaimed books about teenage sexuality, the immigrant experience, and the treatment of aboriginal people in this country are among the selections for CBC’s “Canada Reads” competition from...
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Les FrancoFolies dare to be different
It’s surprising that Laurent Saulnier knows which way is up, let alone that he has time to talk. As usual at this time of year, the guy is putting the finishing touches on not one but two of the city’s...
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Seven Days, Seven Nights: Dave Matthews and The Mighty Sparrow among best...
Monday, July 20 Juste pour rire’s outdoor The Melting Pot event series climaxes this week with DJ sets by Wyclef Jean (July 20 at midnight) and DJ Sharam (from the legendary Deep Dish duo, July 22 at...
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Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche pick up family torch in the...
Lucy Wainwright Roche was having a moment. On a conference call from New York with half-sister Martha Wainwright in Montreal, the extent to which the two had grown up in parallel universes was hitting...
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Seven Days, Seven Nights: Hodgson, Hitchcock and the Wainwrights best bets...
Monday, Nov. 30 The award-winning play Tribes tells the coming-of-age tale of Billy, the only deaf member of an eccentric family who discovers a new world when he meets Sylvia, a hearing woman born of...
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Concert review: Rufus and Martha Wainwright’s Noël Nights keeps holiday...
A holiday tradition for the multi-generational Wainwright-McGarrigle clan may soon become one for Canadian television viewers, as Sunday’s edition of Rufus and Martha Wainwright’s Noël Nights at a...
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Andy Kim gets in the spirit with Christmas show
Talking with Andy Kim Monday afternoon, the conversation turned — as conversations with Kim always do — to Sugar, Sugar. Kim co-wrote that catchy tune with noted New York City writer-producer Jeff...
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Homebody: Martha Wainwright finds her place on new disc Goodnight City
Martha Wainwright breezed into the room wearing grey coveralls, which she explained were recently used for a video shoot. She had just driven in from the country and hadn’t had time to shower, she...
View ArticleMartha Wainwright, Kim Thuy take part in CBC's 'Canada Reads'
TORONTO Acclaimed books about teenage sexuality, the immigrant experience, and the treatment of aboriginal people in this country are among the selections for CBC’s “Canada Reads” competition from...
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