Nuits d’Afrique 2025: ALL About The Program
By Alain BrunetFrom July 8 to 20, 2025, Montreal welcomes the 39th Nuits d’Afrique, featuring more than 700 artists from some 30 countries around the world where Africans and their Afro-descendants from the Caribbean, Latin America and all immigrant lands live. Here come 13 days of indoor concerts and six 6 days of free outdoor programming in […]
Festival des Saveurs | Carminda Mac Lorin, The Woman of Many Hats
By Sandra GasanaIndeed, Carminda Mac Lorin is a “bassist, singer, dreamer, committed and working on an urban solo project of the world on the horizon”. That’s how she describes herself on her Instagram page. But as part of the Festival des saveurs interculturelles de Saint-Michel, she’s coordinating the Forum Social Mondial des Intersections (FSMI) while also featuring […]
Festival Classica: An Ode to Hope with Elvira Misbakhova
By Judith HamelOn May 29, violist Elvira Mishbakova and pianist Meagan Milatz will perform an Ad Lucem concert at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Saint-Lambert. A project about hope in these difficult times, and about music as a vector of healing in this chaotic world. Russian-born Elvira Misbakhova, currently principal violist with the Orchestre Métropolitain, talks to […]
Ken Pomeroy – Cruel World
By Stephan BoissonneaultKen Pomeroy’s Cruel World is a hauntingly intimate record that draws strength from both the artist’s Native American heritage and a deep-rooted affinity for alternative country, folk, and Americana. With a voice that quivers with emotion and lyrics that cut to the bone, Pomeroy crafts a sonic landscape that feels at once timeless and unmistakably […]