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Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville 2024

by Mike Chamberlain
May 27, 2024

Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville Various Venues Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada May 16-19, 2024 The 40th edition of the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, held May 16-19, was marked by the big change of artistic directors from founding director Michel Levasseur to Scott Thomson, former artistic director ...

Tevet Sela

Born: December 19, 1975

Alto saxophonist Tevet Sela brings a wealth and breadth of influences to his playing that few musicians possess. The adept and dexterous post bopper’s music is often drenched in heavy blues, klezmer and Middle-Eastern inflections. His music is full of wisdom, emotion and storytelling.

Tevet started his professional musical career while he was in his teens, frequently performing his original compositions and becoming a sought-after session player. He contributed his unique sound to TV and film soundtracks, and to numerous albums, including the multi-platinum ‘’Idan Raichel Project’’ album.

Scott Thomson Takes Over at FIMAV: Seeking a Balance Between Continuity and Change

by Mike Chamberlain
May 7, 2024

At the 2023 edition of the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, all the talk was about the future of the festival after founding artistic director Michel Levasseur announced that he was stepping down after 40 years and 39 editions of the event. Who would take over as artistic director? Who was even qualified to ...

Ruth Saphir

A native Montrealer, Ruth Saphir loves the vibe of the city and has been committed to supporting its culture through performance and through the community service of music therapy and sound healing.  

Classically trained, Ruth is a flautist, singer and composer. She is an eclectic artist who has recorded five albums to date. Her most current album release ‘Accolades of Time’, is a collection of original jazz songs on the Orchard of Pomegranates record label. She has also recorded two contemporary-folk albums - ‘The Little Things’ & ‘Fire and Roses’; a new age recording - ‘Genesis’; as well as a children’s music album - ‘Ruth Saphir For Kids’.  (examples can be heard at ruthsaphir.com).

Ruth’s experience as a music therapist and sound healer over the last 25 years has informed and broadened her scope in the uses of music and its profound effects. She has a fine-tuned capacity to support, encourage and to be a catalyst for her clients in the Montreal area community schools and hospitals. Ruth offers continuing education workshops for teachers and musicians which can be accessed at onlinevents.co.uk (Voice and Co-regulation, Breath Work, Humming and Health, Ancestral Trauma and Creativity)

Jim West: 40 Years and Going Strong at Justin Time Records

by Kerilie McDowall
April 4, 2024

Owner of Canada's Justin Time Records, the multi-award-winning Jim West, has brought stellar top performers from the Canadian music scene and the USA to the global stage since 1983 for almost half a century, and that's some heavyweight “cred." To celebrate, the label has crafted a compilation, 40 Years of ...

Anomalie

Born: October 10, 1993

Nicolas Dupuis is never far from home. As Anomalie – the shape-shifting, electronic-leaning contemporary jazz production project he unveiled in 2016 – the Montréal born & based artist has carved out his own niche in the music industry.  He combines his world-class talents as a composer, producer, and classically and jazz-trained keyboardist with an innovative electronic approach, drawing a great deal of inspiration from his upbringing in the Canadian metropolis.  

Anomalie has channeled his musical upbringing (his mother, a piano teacher; his father, a host on Radio-Canada), formal schooling, and stage-seasoned chops into an impressive body of recorded music. His catalog features two companion EPs - ‘Métropole’ and ‘Métropole II’, a collaboration with prominent funk group Chromeo on ‘Bend the Rules’, and his long-form debut, ‘Galerie’.  Most recently, in December 2023, Anomalie released an EP of Holiday covers, infusing the classic jazzy, piano-driven sound typical of Christmas music with electronica & hip-hop leaning beats.

Last Ark Out

Active since: 2015

Last Out Ark is a genre blending instrumental music project based in Vancouver (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ lands) and Montréal (Tiohtià:ke), Canada. Its members can be found performing regularly in the Montréal, Calgary, and Vancouver music scenes and have variously attended the Banff Centre for the Arts, received nominations for the Western Canadian Music Awards, and toured across Canada, USA and Europe.

Following up on their 2017 debut LP “Wake”, which featured lush textures and warm analog sounds, Last Ark Out’s upcoming video album project entitled “Lift” is a 7 song LP and video album featuring music written with a host of incredible guest artists in mind

Bidi Dworkin

Born: November 21, 1962

Bidi Dworkin is a jazz-folk vocalist whose earliest performances were as a folk singer in coffee houses throughout New England. Intrigued by the dynamic interplay of technique and freedom which exists at the core of modern dance, she attended NYU and received her master’s degree in Dance Education, performing professionally with the Nancy Meehan Dance Company from 1980-1986.

After moving to a quiet valley in rural Vermont, she continued her movement studies, becoming a yoga instructor. Bidi has received advanced certification in New York City and India, skillfully leading classes and retreats since 1993. Especially moved by devotional song, Bidi embraces ancient Sanskrit chants as well as Hebrew melodies, and has led her community in the High Holiday morning services for over twenty-five years.

Marianne Trudel Celebrates 20 Years Of Career With The Release Of Three New Albums

November 6, 2023

This year marks the twentieth year of the musical career of the pianist, composer, and improvisor Marianne Trudel. For the occasion, the artist-producer launches a triptych of albums of original compositions: a solo album, a duet album with the drummer John Hollenbeck, and a trio album with Remi-Jean Leblanc (double bass, electric bass) and John Hollenbeck ...

Acclaimed Canadian Jazz Drummer Samuel Bolduc Teams Up With Grammy Nominated American Saxophonist Stacy Dillard

August 23, 2023

Grammy-nominated saxophonist Stacy Dillard is thrilled to announce a new collaboration with an acclaimed Canadian drummer, composer, and music director Samuel Bolduc. Discovered by Wynton Marsalis and acclaimed by The New York Times, Dillard, 46, who was nominated for the Grammy Award in 2023, is a perfect example of the fusing of tradition and innovation. A ...