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Thread #115302 Message #2470336
Posted By: bankley
19-Oct-08 - 08:23 PM
Thread Name: BS: Montreal 60's Counterculture Question
Subject: RE: BS: Montreal 60's Counterculture Question
me too, Peace, me too.. since I pretty well 'cut my musical teeth' in this city.... One week I'd be playing with Renee Claude at Sir George U. protesting the LG2/James Bay project, and within the next week or two, sitting in with some folk-singer by the name of Murdoch at the Karma Coffee House... exciting times... and judging from Rodriguez's article yesterday...there's still a strong originality about this place..
"The Montreal scene is a weirdly wonderful polyglut unique in North America. It is at once comprised of many distinct sounds appreciated by an audience uniquely positioned between American, French and European stlyes. Constantly aware of the differences between two languages and cultures, it's outsider music.....
The Montreal music scene is out there in left field- more so than any other city in North America- an eclectic hybrid that thrives in a pop culture that's small enough to attain genuine intimacy with an audience. The local culture celebrates "la difference" between Anglo, European and so-called world-music styles, but with a natural affinity toward all of them....."
MTL Gazette Oct.18/08