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Geneviève Bilodeau – Rendre Grâce

Frédéric Cardin — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:56:24 +0000

You have seen her in a vast list of Quebec series for about thirty years (incredible, when you see her, it’s hard to believe it’s been so long). You may have forgotten that she also started her public career in music: the duo Ann Victor (with Martin Leon) with the album Ciné-Parc in 1998, and […]

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Something at the Bottom of the Lake – Testing the Waters

Frédéric Cardin — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 21:14:13 +0000

A group of friends from the Schulich School of Music at Montreal’s McGill U got together to form a vintage seventies soul-pop band, and it works pretty well. The band’s curious name, Something at the Bottom of the Lake, doesn’t really colour the music, which is quite rooted in the genre’s stylistic standards. Testing the […]

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Montréal Hornstars – Montréal Hornstars

Frédéric Cardin — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 21:07:03 +0000

A bit of old soul, a bit of brass band, the backdrop of this Montreal Hornstars immerses us in a warm and inviting atmosphere under the lighting of scripted but rather sincere jazz. Some pieces have a little vintage 007 vibe, with a sly smile, like the delightful Cairo, which we imagine accompanying a dapper […]

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August McKinney – Wind

Frédéric Cardin — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 21:00:07 +0000

August McKinney is a pianist based in Montreal. Although he is a jazz student at McGill, he also dabbles in folk/pop singing, with a Montreal indie trend. It is within this latter aesthetic that Wind finds its place. With economical arrangements of a classic/jazz nature, McKinney sings six rather subdued, soothing, and intimate tracks. A […]

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Matt Greenwood – Daybreak

Frédéric Cardin — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 20:38:44 +0000

Daybreak is the second studio album by Boston-based guitarist Matt Greenwood. The first, Atlas, had received excellent international reviews, rightly so. It is an album of remarkable coherence and exemplary execution quality. Daybreak proves that it wasn’t a stroke of luck. Greenwood is a top performer, and also an inspired composer. He grew up in […]

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Franky Freedom – II

Frédéric Cardin — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 20:31:46 +0000

It was in March 2022 that the first Franky Freedom was introduced to us, sparking our interest in the drummer, composer, and director François Laliberté. We had noticed then beautiful sound gestures on the electro side as well as pretty good skills in rhythmic creativity. It must be said that the musician’s time at Berklee […]

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Mafuba – Romantic Family Style Menu

Frédéric Cardin — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 20:21:43 +0000

With more than a year of delay, we’re talking about this excellent album by a new all-Montreal band, Mafuba. A year late, yes, but it must be said that it was only recently made available on Bandcamp. Previously, it was available for purchase quite discreetly, even though it could be listened to on the usual […]

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Rousso – C’est du bonbon

Frédéric Cardin — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 20:11:49 +0000

If it is true that the current neoclassical wave offers us its share of generic products that imitate each other with basic harmonies and often rather poor melodies, there are a few artists who, without shaking the stilts overlooking the predictable tides of the style itself, still manage to sprinkle their little pieces with original […]

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Rémi Cormier – Rich State of Mind

Frédéric Cardin — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:03:13 +0000

The Montreal trumpeter Rémi Cormier here dives into a comfortable groove, deploying catchy, straightforward, and direct melodic lines over a cushion of beats drawn from R’n’B and Hip Hop. Cormier’s lyricism somewhat resembles that of Mathias Eick. Of course, Roy Hargrove is an absolute reference, especially since Comier himself strongly claims it. In any case, […]

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Maude Fortier – Echoes of Change

Frédéric Cardin — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:43:53 +0000

Second album by Montreal-based saxophonist Maude Fortier (first full-length, the previous one was an EP), Echoes of Change demonstrates a solid and enthusiastic mastery of a modern language well-rooted in post-bop. Maude Fortier studied at McGill and the expertise inherited from excellent mentors such as Rémi Bolduc, Frank Lozano, and Jean-Michel Pilc, among others. We […]

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