BEARS OF LEGEND – Legendary Hearts Bears of Legend has got soul. The Trois-Rivières-based band produces fine folk pop songs that are full of emotions, full of spleen. Right from the...
THE OLD CEREMONY : Never Disappoint The Old Ceremony is a North Carolina-based band that produces high energy music, either they go the folk rock route (The Sprinter) or a more...
The Beautiful JOSS STONE has doubts (but shouldn’t) It's astonishing how some people just have it all! Joss Stone is a beautiful looking woman. A million dollar smile, gorgeous hair... The moment she...
JOHNNY O’NEAL: Great Jazz is Fun Jazz One thing I love with Jazz is that musicians who master it very well have a lot of fun playing. That enthusiasm is very contagious. It makes you...
DANA FUCHS : Raw Star Power Power blues singer DANA FUCHS has got quite a star package that can bring her the attention her talent deserves. The tall sexy brunette has a great...
SEOUL – I Become A Shade Formed by Julian Flavin, Dexter Garcia, and Nigel Ward, Seoul is a this trio of synth-loving perfectionists - they are doing their album launch...
LIANNE LA HAVAS: How to be elegant and sexy In her new clip for the song Unstoppable, to be included in her upcoming album "Blood" due to come out July 31st, 2015, English singer Lianna La...
Meet the JAZZ COMPOSERS series JAZZ COMPOSERS SERIES - lead by the trumpeter Rachel Therrien, Bleury bar à Vinyle 8 nights of incredible jazz jam experience, connecting...
Top Outdoors Free Shows at the MONTREAL JAZZ FEST 2015 After my article highlighting the top 5 shows to see indoors, here are the top 5 shows you should see outdoors, at the 36th Montreal Jazz Festival...
Top Indoors shows at MONTREAL JAZZ FEST 2015 There are hundreds of great concerts at the 36th edition of the famous Montreal Jazz Fest. Here are my selection of top shows to see indoors (you'll...
SPOON – We Want More Of Their Soul On this 22nd June, Spoon made their first appearance in Montreal since opening for Arcade Fire last August at Parc Jean-Drapeau. Being the main act...
EMMA FRANK, in a dark place Emma Frank is a Montreal jazz singer that doesn't choose the easy way to get into someone's mind. Her complex melodies require the listener's full...
ZOLA JESUS The Savior of Art Rock The art rock band Zola Jesus, fronted by Russian singer (and probably dancer) Nika Roza Danilova gave quite a performance at the Sala Rossa yesterday...
TOM WAITS In a unique place In the middle of the 80's jazz crooner Tom Waits reinvents himself and explores the darker side of things and, musically, creates music that is...
JAAKKO EINO KALEVI: Rainy Days Sleepless Nights The new album from Finnish musician Jaakko Eino Kalevi is perfect for rainy days, sleepless nights with its atmospheric mood and heavy...
RREVERB now regroups 24 collaborators in 7 countries! Montreal, June 9th, 2015 - Wow, what a year it has been! When I launched RREVERB.com a year ago, I didn't think I'd be met with such great response,...
PATRICK WATSON live in Brooklyn: A genre all his own On 5/28/2015 Thursday night I was given the privilege to attend a concert in my birthplace and longtime home of Brooklyn, New York. It was...
“Paint ‘A Starry Night’ again, man!” Joni Mitchell jokes on her 1974 live album, "Miles of Aisles", that the major difference between the performing arts and being a painter is that a...
HOT CHIP’s Hot Proposals Half the Time The electro pop band Hot Chip is back with its catchy - almost disco-esque - beats that made them famous in recent years with hits like Ready For The...
RECORDS ARE COOL There isn’t much that is cool anymore. Old cars are cool. My cousin’s Led Zeppelin jacket from 1979 is cool. A Griffintown hipster on an...
DJANGO DJANGO, Born Under The Buzz Don't be mistaken. Django Django isn't a gypsy cover band. Based in London, they are a cool indie pop rock band that has an obvious melodic talent....
CAT POWER reaches for the Sun In 2012, indie lo-fi folk artist Cat Power stunned her fans with an album that was more upbeat than anything she had ever done - by far! Nowhere in...
FRANCOUVERTES. sorry for the swearing. «Je vais me claquer les tunes de Richard Séguin esti. Pas besoin de ça.» whispered my friend as we were watching perform Charles-Antoine...
The Best COMEBACK albums of all times Some bands take breaks after a few successful years. Either to resource themselves, write new songs, or take care of personal issues. And sometimes,...
WAND : 8-miles high What a great stoner rock album "Golem" is! The LA based band Wand has the ability to create slow, thick and heavy stoner rock on one song (like the...
Top 10 Albums of 2015… UP TO HERE! Since January 1st of this year, RREVERB’s staff received over 650 albums in all genres, from a wide variety of labels (majors to independents)....
Your Travel Guide to World Music pt 3: ANOUSHKA SHANKAR’s travels (Here is the 3rd installment of Galileo's Travel Guide to World Music series) The music of India is quite possibly one of the most famous...
MILK & BONE – To New York, and beyond! While I have been pretty quiet on the blogging front lately, there has been one standout album on my Last.fm most listened stats. Milk & Bone is...
BOB MARLEY and PETER TOSH’s Reggae World The purist passion in music that connects me to the most positive vibes of life is for certain reggae. Without any hesitation for that matter. If I...
The invasion of SUUNS + JERUSALEM IN MY HEART Three years ago, Montreal band Suuns (Ben Shemie, Liam O'Neill, Max Henry and Joseph Yarmush) and musician Radwan Ghazi Moumneh that goes by the name...
Welcome into HAUSCHKA’s Vortex There's only two ways, really, to listen to a concert by Hauschka. Either you sit by the stage, and watch him play his prepared piano and...
CONNIE CONVERSE, the unknown great folk singer Back in the 40's, there wasn't that many female folk singers. Connie Converse was one of the great musicians that preceded Joan Baez and Joni...
FRANZ FERDINAND to share the mic with SPARKS FFS - the collaboration between Glasgow-based quartet Franz Ferdinand and seminal Los Angeles duo Sparks - have announced details of the release of...
DOLDRUMS : Trouble in Paradise What seemed to be leaning towards heavy groovy dance floor beats (the catchy Loops) takes a sharp turn in direction of industrial offbeat...
THE HELIO SEQUENCE is shifting The eponymous album by the Portland, Oregon band The Helio Sequence is one of my favorites of the first three months of 2015. Their perfect blend of...
Your travel guide to world music pt 2: Norway’s ANNBJORG LIEN (Here is the 2nd article of Galileo's Travel Guide serie) It's often a general rule that extreme conditions breed fantastic music. Scandinavia's...
Is DICK DIVER a hit-and-run type of band? Dick Diver is one of the latest "flavors of the month" in the indie rock scene. We'll see if they'll make their way and have a long-term career in...
PJ HARVEY: the “Almost There” album In 1998, English rocker PJ Harvey released her 4th album, entitled "Is This Desire?". At the time, it was perceived as a record where experimentation...
Your travel guide to world music pt.1: ALI FARKA TOURÉ and TOUMANI DIABATÉ It often still amazes me just how many different styles of music there are to listen to and how music varies from country to country. When you think...
Get on the road to OSHEAGA To celebrate its 10 year anniversary, Virgin Mobile presents Osheaga Music & Arts Festival in collaboration with Molson Canadian has decided to...
