Nicolas Bédard

Emie R. Roussel Trio: Rythme de Passage

by Dan McClenaghan
March 21, 2020

The artist's job: Find your voice. The Montreal-based Emie Rioux Roussel Trio has spent ten years at the endeavor, one that has taken the group to Japan, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, France, Italy and Estonia, garnering many prestigious award nominations along the way. The music on Rythme de Passage, the group's fifth album release, displays sharply-defined vision, a distinctive twenty-first century piano trio voice. Putting the originality of the sound aside, influences on the trio's approach, beginning with ...