Live Music Is A Once In A Lifetime Experience
Our interview with Bif Naked regarding her upcoming documentary tour starts off with a strange admission: we’ve been hearing about her Calgary performances for 20 or 30 years (“It’s true,” she agrees), but we’ve NEVER seen her play! And we don’t really understand why? Bif’s always had an interesting aura around her musical events, but it just …
Kenna Burima admits that she’s been excitedly awaiting the chance to say “This is the End of the World calling!” And she gets that chance, being the Curator/Artistic Director of the penultimate event, the “End of the World Music Festival”. …
MUSICAlive! has a conundrum. Admittedly, we FREQUENTLY have a conundrum, but for different reasons! This time, it’s because our interviewee, César of KULTURA INFAMe, sings in a foreign language. In an unexpected genre. Mostly on video. Before the release of their first album! …
MUSICAlive! speaks with Chaeyoung Park while the Honens International Piano Competition
Semifinals are ongoing, and she and the other competitor we interview are performing on the same day, albeit in different Sessions. We have her tell us about her favourite piano so far, seeing as she spends large portions of her life attached to one! …
Daryl Simpson of The Celtic Tenors (TCT) admits that “We were not early adopters of using the digital platform.” This is relevant because their Christmas album, which has been out for so long he’s forgotten the year, only came out in digital last year! And we learn they …
As a writer, it should be no surprise that I’m focused on words and their significance. So when a band that is emphatically instrumental pops up we’re interested in how they decide on the naming of works, when there’s no obvious lyric plot to introduce or summarize.
Ferdy Belland, bassist for the adept and powerful prog-metal band
“Well, I don’t actually play any instruments!” Jimmy Peggie tells us.
A strange admission from someone to be telling a MUSICAlive! interviewer, but we are NOT surprised. When wandering through the farther edges of the things we listen to for pleasure/entertainment/empowerment/enlightenment, sometimes it’s no longer a 3 minute lyric about “girl meetsboy/loses boy/finds boy …
Élisabeth Pion is from Canada, but you’d never know it if you glanced through her resume: training in Italy AND the UK AND Montreal, and with a British phone prefix when we finally connect. MUSICAlive!, with an international subject matter that keeps us guessing what accent we will hear next, left it up to discovery: which is that this charming jewel is Quebecois …
