So the last and final night hosted the great Ben Harper. Ben who? Yeah, so shoot me. I have never listened to any of Ben Harper's stuff and while I may recognize some of his songs if you played them for me, I wouldn't care enough to go any further than that. But, this was the last day of MJF, the last notable performance, and thus, I have to finish what I started twelve whole days ago. While the crowd was nothing compared to the 200 000+ crowd that gathered for Stevie Wonder, Ben Harper had a notable [...]
GAAAAAAAAAAAH I am so stoked today! It is the second last day of the festival! It is POURING rain outside. Hopefully it clears up a bit before...BEIRUT! HOOOORAAH! I am hoping it ends early enough because after I am jetting off to Club Lambi to see the one and only, FLYING LOTUS! Oh what a day what a day! BEIRUT IS SOLD OUT. And people are selling the tickets which are orginally $30 for $100 on craigslist! For. Shame. FLYING LOTUS IS NOT! $15 AT THE DOOR! See you there? [...]
PEOPLE! I am getting lazier and lazier with getting to Jazz Fest shows lately. Ugh just like all festivals, I am really happy this one is ending soon. I am so tired. Namely, my FEET are so tired. Dancing for 6-10 hours on end is a lot on your body. Anyways, tonight I only had one band I really really wanted to catch and that is Artist of the Year . They normally spell their name with Caps and non-caps but I...am just lazy. So I won't. I wanna do a little mini rant first though. I [...]
Ok so was super excited today for one reason and one reason only. Asa . I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this in the program list. Best part, was that according to the schedule, she was playing twice on the same day. HUUUURRRRAAH! So I rush to be on time at the Rio Tinto Alcan stage. For the first time, I was going to be on time for something. I wasn't going to miss one beat, one lyric, or a second less of a glimpse at one of my favorite [...]
If you're wondering where the past three days went in coverage, well, I took a break from the Jazz fest. It was inevitable. Plus, the past three days I only had a few shows and each of them started at 2200 and I simply didn't feel like cycling all the way there just for one show. What did I do in the three days? I made myself Vietnamese salad rolls that I've been craving for the past few weeks. I caught up on my Harry Potter reading. I, along with one of my flatmates, [...]
I am in love with Patrick Watson. Have been since the Polaris Prize Award winning Close to Paradise . I unfortunately missed his show in Edmonton at the McDougall Church...a venue that would have been perfect for a sound like Watson. But he comes tonight! For free! At the Jazz festival and I am so excited. I have been listening to his new album Wooden Arms non-stop and I figured I might as well hit two birds with one stone with a review of the album as well. This and more after the jump! Not [...]
Alright today was jam packed. The performances that stole the day...That 1 Guy and Montréal's own, Random Recipe! Recap after the jump! This man is insane. Using what he calls a "magic pipe", he does everything with just his hands and feet. Pressing buttons for sound effects, the pedal for the snare and drum beat. A trained bass player, he turned the magic pipe into an upright bass, employing his talent into a more creative and innovative medium. There was so much energy in [...]
Alright, so this post is going to be quite short since I didn't go to very many shows today...and instead...went to Le Distillerie-which is uber expensive and am never going there again unless there is some deal for under $5!-and spent a while in there, drying my soaked body from the hard rain outside, and warming myself up with a niiiice litre of mojitos....mmmmm mojitos. The effect of them definitely lasted me throughout both shows that I did end up seeing that night...but whether or not I enjoyed them because the music was good or because the mojitos were telling [...]
This is what it's been like lately in MTL. Most people hide from the rain. But I welcome it. I loooove the rain! I say, bring it on! Rain makes everything better. Rain at the end of "Paranoid Android" in Vancouver. Rain at the end of "Man in the Mirror" for Wonder's set. And today, rain during Alice Russell and David Rotundo Band and Enrico Crivellaro was wonderful. Today was a good day! Great music all day long! Recap after the jump! This Halifax [...]
This is what it's been like lately in MTL. Most people hide from the rain. But I welcome it. I loooove the rain! I say, bring it on! Rain makes everything better. Rain at the end of "Paranoid Android" in Vancouver. Rain at the end of "Man in the Mirror" for Wonder's set. And today, rain during Alice Russell and David Rotundo Band and Enrico Crivellaro was wonderful. Today was a good day! Great music all day long! Recap after the jump! This Halifax [...]
Alright folks, this is gonna be a super quick recap for this day since not much happened...but I can tell you that something HUGE happened. KOOL AND THE GANG!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! My recap after the jump! My first stop was this gypsy band called Gadji Gadjo . Very eclectic! The guy on the flute to the picture's right is hilaaaaarious! Lots of good humor and overall a pretty fun show. Next up, the [...]
Alright folks, this is gonna be a super quick recap for this day since not much happened...but I can tell you that something HUGE happened. KOOL AND THE GANG!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! My recap after the jump! My first stop was this gypsy band called Gadji Gadjo . Very eclectic! The guy on the flute to the picture's right is hilaaaaarious! Lots of good humor and overall a pretty fun show. Next up, the [...]
YES YES YES!!! TODAY MARKS THE START OF THE MTL JAZZ FEST WHICH I WILL BE COVERING FROM HEAD TO TOE! TONIGHT! MR. STEVIE WONDER! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!! COME BACK FOR A RECAP OF THE NIGHT! I LEAVE YOU WITH SOME OF MY FAVES OF HIS! GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AH! MP3: Stevie Wonder - Isn't She Lovely MP3: Stevie Wonder - Superstition MP3: Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My [...]
YES YES YES!!! TODAY MARKS THE START OF THE MTL JAZZ FEST WHICH I WILL BE COVERING FROM HEAD TO TOE! TONIGHT! MR. STEVIE WONDER! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!! COME BACK FOR A RECAP OF THE NIGHT! I LEAVE YOU WITH SOME OF MY FAVES OF HIS! GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AH! MP3: Stevie Wonder - Isn't She Lovely MP3: Stevie Wonder - Superstition MP3: Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My [...]
Aaaaah yes! the Montréal Jazz Festival , a yearly delight featuring over 400 bands of which 350 of them are FREE. Yes, those stats are for this year, and last year, I remember it being 500+ bands of which 400 were free. Simply amazing. This year, the headlining artist to start off the festival is STEVIE EFFIN' WONDERS. OOOOOOOOO EEEEEMMMMMMM GEEEEEEEEE!!! I'll be covering this festival from head to toe! The official schedule will be released in a few days but go after the jump to see the list of artists. Grab an extra pair of pants [...]
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