DESTROY BABYLON – Killer Character This 5-song EP from the Boston band Destroy Babylon offers very cool roots reggae, horns heavy, on top of the usual rhythm section. On Bad Draw, the...
The Best Unique Music You’ve Never Heard, from 2016 It's that time of the year where we reflect on the best of the music that came out in 2016. The song that moved me most? Hard choice, but here we...
30 years of NUITS D’AFRIQUE in Montreal! News Release from the Festival - Montréal, May 25, 2016 – It’s been 30 years already! This year, Montréal’s Festival International Nuits...
13th Edition of the Montreal REGGAE Festival News Release from the Festival - Montreal, June 6, 2016 - On August 26, 27 and 28, the Montreal International Reggae Festival (MIRF) will roll out...
10 FT GANJA PLANT – Grows on ya’ Great roots reggae are hard to find these days. Melodies and arrangements are important in reggae that, otherwise, can become a very redundant music...
YOUSSOU N’DOUR in Montreal, Nothing but Heat! Winter is setting in but YOUSSOU N'DOUR brought the heat up in Montreal last Thursday. It was a packed house at the Olympia on November 12th. A mix...
DABY TOURÉ, Unleashed and Tireless! It wouldn't seem corny to qualify last night's show at the Fairmount Theater in Montreal as bright and fiery, full of colours and smiles. It...
DABY TOURÉ on His Latest Album, Amonafi, and Its Message I spent a moment with DABY TOURÉ in a small coffee shop in the heart of Montreal. He let me steal a few minutes in a day full of interviews, and I...
AEDHON/APSARAS in the Smoky Mountains Way I've had the greatest experience with the music of Josh Newton, who goes by the name Aedhon/Apsaras when recording music. He masters a unique...
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...
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...
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...
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...
