Montreal is a mecca for arts and culture, European-style architecture, fantastic food like delicious bagels, plenty of street art, and friendly, helpful people. And its people are very dedicated to ...

I remember nodding vigorously in reply as my editors laid out the plan for me to cover the Montréal music scene. The Québec Issue loomed, and Seven Days was sending its reporters like secret agents to ...

Congrats on making it to November! There's still time before the chaos of the winter holidays, so make sure you enjoy it to ...

Thursday night is the culmination of a unique battle of the bands competition in Montreal. It’s called Syli D’Or, which means “the golden elephant” in a hybrid of French and Bambara, the language ...

I should’ve known that something was in the air when the first songs I heard at the biggest jazz music festival in the world were by Outkast, Arrested Development, Common, and A Tribe Called Quest. As ...

For a band born of the quintessentially indie co-op Elephant Six in the late ’90s, psych-pop quintet Of Montreal have flirted with the beginnings of mainstream success. On the heels of the exposure, ...

In almost any other French-language city in the world, this inquiry would translate as: “Do you speak cutting-edge jazz?” But at Canada’s 44-year-old Festival International de Jazz de Montreal — ...

Six hours east of Toronto and nestled against the St. Lawrence river, is the metropolis of Montréal . The cultural hub is unabashedly unique and exists as Canada’s most populous, French-speaking city.

Aluna, Disco Lines, Sofia Kourtesis, Lost Frequencies, Nostalgix, Hamza and more will also perform over four weekends in ...

Imagine what groups like indie-rock band Of Montreal have endured. Breaking out in the Athens, Ga., scene with their 1997 debut LP, Cherry Peel, Of Montreal arrived just before the iPod revolution.

The post Montreal Jazz Fest 2024 Offered a Blueprint for Fixing the Broken Music Festival System appeared first on Consequence. In the dimly lit back bar of a venue on Saint-Catherine Street, a woman ...