Rose Cousins’ communion with nature, the piano, and love
By Stephan BoissonneaultRose Cousins should be on your radar if her name isn’t already. The talented singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist from P.E.I. (now based in Halifax) has won multiple JUNOS and has had her cinematic songs in many television shows. She’s also gained some notoriety for her stripped-back rendition of Prince’s “I Would Die 4 U,” but with her latest […]
Frank Zappa’s Roxy & Elsewhere + Apostrophe = Rox(Postroph)y played by Dweezil’s Band
By Réjean BeaucageThe album Apostrophe and the live double album Roxy & Elsewhere, among Frank Zappa’s gems, were released in 1974, hence the on-stage celebrations of their fiftieth anniversary by son Dweezil and his excellent band, made up exclusively of virtuosos from the generation following that of the illustrious and brilliant father. And we’ll keep the fun […]
Eadsé – Healer
By Michel LabrecqueThe Aboriginal music scene is expanding both in Quebec and the rest of Canada. This is excellent news because what happens culturally is sometimes a harbinger of what’s to come socially and economically. Healer, the debut album from Wendat singer-songwriter Eadsé, following an EP in 2021, is further testimony to this. Released on the Musique […]
Jonathan Personne – Nouveau Monde
By Stephan BoissonneaultI’m always somewhat weary of approaching a “bigger” artist’s solo work, and this is why it took me a while to really jump into the solo work of Jonathan Robert – guitarist/lyricist/singer of the psychedelic Queb art-rock Sub Pop label group Corridor (whose newest album, Mimi is a trip in itself). But damn, am I […]