Here is the rundown from day 3 of CityFolk Festival 2018. Kicking off the City Stage at 6pm was 54-40. Their performance was an unplugged affair with arrangements from acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin and others for a reimagining of the band’s greatest hit. 7/10. Flint Eastwood was the first band to perform at Ravenlaw Stage. …
No doubt Day 2 of CityFolk Festival 2018 was definitely my favorite for who was performing that night. Started off with tUne-YaRds at 6pm. While it was early there was no way I was missing out. Considering the last time she was in Ottawa was in 2009 before she got really big. Impressive set which …
The last time I went and covered CityFolk Festival was in 2014 when the festival was at Hog’s Back . Why I kept missing CityFolk was because the festival happened at the same time as Pop Montreal (This year’s Pop is now at the end of September). So I finally got to check out the …
On the last day of FME (Festival de Musique Emergente). Started off by heading to Parc Bontanique A Fleur D’Eau for an afternoon show with Montreal’s Chances. Wonderful set outside with their electro-pop rock music. Give their performance 9/10. Alexandra Stréliski performed at Agora Des Arts with a lovely neo-classical set. Playing tracks from the …
On the third day of FME (Festival de Musique Emergente). It was a rainy Saturday afternoon and the family show that was supposed to take place outside was moved into the Petit Theatre du Vieux Noranda. I got there to see Montreal’s Corridor. Children running around during their was kind of interesting and funny to …
On the second day of FME (Festival de Musique Emergente). Started off the day by attending the annual Bonsound Pool Party. Performing by the pool was Les Louanges Cool indie rock jazz music. Give that performance 7/10. Around 5pm I went over to Stage Evolu-son to see Lydia Képinski. She started off singing, where no …
This past weekend I attended FME (Festival de Musique Emergente) which happened from August 30 – September 2, 2018. Some of the acts who I saw have been posted but I want to do a day by day post. Starting off with the first night of the festival. Arrived at Agora des Arts and caught …
The one reason I missed out the whole set by Yonatan Gat was to see the Montreal rock band Teke::Teke at FME 2018. Infusing Japanese Eleki surf-rock with elements of modern music that include shoegaze, post-punk, and psych rock, as well as Latin and Balkan influences. It was very surreal and exciting to see! I …
On the Saturday nights portion of FME 2018. I was eager to see Yonatan Gat having missed out at CMW 2018. Somehow things were getting late at Scène Paramount. I only managed seeing like 15 minutes of the set and missing out the Eastern Medicine Singers. But it was wonderful seeing him shred guitar.
Definitely the big highlight at this year’s FME 2018 was Karkwatson. First of a two-night show. Karkwatson brings together Patrick Watson’s four-piece band and all five members of Karkwa for a complex, flexible, expressive musical languages. It was totally an unbelievable show. So unbelievable that I was bought to tears. Hearing both acts perform Beijing …