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Jazz fest picks for Thursday: Detroit Motown meets Philly soul

TOP PICK: The O’Jays and the Four Tops (7:30 p.m., Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier of Place des Arts, $88.75 to $118.75). Detroit and Philadelphia bring a truckload of non-stop, wall-to-wall hits to a concert...

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Jazz fest: The O'Jays are still riding the Love Train

Philadelphia International Records might not have had the mainstream brand recognition Motown did, but it made its mark on the 1970s as surely as its cousin from Detroit coloured the 1960s. To...

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Jazz fest picks for July 7, 2017: Eastern blues paired with local quartet

TOP PICK: Harry Manx with Quatuor esca (8 p.m., Monument-National, 1182 St. Laurent Blvd., $45.75). Manx adds a new texture to his unmistakable sound by bringing in the Quatuor esca, a Montreal string...

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Jazz fest: Ravi Coltrane, David Virelles stop time in dynamic duo show

Taking the stage at the Gesù Thursday night, Ravi Coltrane placed his watch on a stool beside him — an unwittingly symbolic gesture, maybe, but a fitting one. The musical adventure he was setting out...

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Jazz fest: Expect high energy from Anderson .Paak in blowout concert

TOP PICK Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals (9:30 p.m., TD Stage, Place des Festivals, free). Paak’s highly impressive disc Malibu, released last year, was a sonic delight, mixing rap, R&B and...

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Concert review: Santana's tale of two throwbacks at the Bell Centre

There were, in essence, two careers being celebrated when Carlos Santana and band blasted through an explosive set at the Bell Centre Wednesday night. And both belonged to the same guy. Some fans had...

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Rod Stewart conducts his audience in a well-oiled revue at the Bell Centre

Sir Rod Stewart didn’t narrowly miss the Top 10 list of richest British musical acts by challenging his concert audiences. He’s been doing, more or less, the same hit-heavy, crowd-pleasing show for as...

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Les Francos de Montréal 2018: Safe choices and new voices

The Francos de Montréal, staging its 30th edition June 8 to 17, has been celebrating francophone music from everywhere, especially here, since its launch in 1989 with a series of 15 concerts at the...

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2018 Montreal International Jazz Festival: 10 picks for 10-day love-in

Another year, another argument over whether the Montreal International Jazz Festival is really a jazz festival at all. Ian Anderson’s sold-out commemoration of Jethro Tull’s 50th anniversary (July 7,...

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Gilles Vigneault's powerful dream of un pays

Mon cher Gilles, c’est à ton tour de te laisser parler d’amour … Writing his own answer to Happy Birthday, Gilles Vigneault came up with a classic destined to be sung every time someone blows out the...

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