On Friday night I was sent back to 1964 curtesy of the POP Montreal event, The Ponderosa Stomp Revue. In Caberet du Mile End, Montreal DJ, Karen R. and myself took in a night of Motown soul that featured The Velvelettes, Ralph “Soul” Jackson and Lil’ Buck & The Buckaroos. I got to live out my American Bandstand dreams as I danced the twist to a real 60’s Motown girl group, who were complete with coordinated outfits and synchronized dance […]
Hey friends. Most of you have noticed that I’ve been really slack on the whole snapshots and needle drops business. My apologies. I promise to post a lot more frequently this month. I just spent a couple of wonderful weeks on the west coast and I snaped some pics that I’d like to share with you all- starting with this one of the laughing statues at English Bay in Vancouver. The song is Raggamuffin and is the first single by the young Belgian […]
Last Tuesday night I had the pleasure of attending an incredible dance show, Flexx, as a part of Divers/Cité Montreal (thank you Mr. Director!) Musically, they primarily used a beautiful, thin orchestral score except for one well-placed Cat Power song. I immediately knew I would use it for snapshots. However, the only pic I wanted to match it with was this breathtaking shot of Britt Lavigne. This lovely lady and I used to dance together on a competitive hip hop team […]
Categories: Acoustic, Alternative, Folk, Indie, Soul • Tags: Acoustic, Black and White, Cat Power, dance, music, photography, soul
Sorry guys, I’ve been the worst at posting lately. It’s been a busy couple of weeks- girl’s gotta life, ya know? I have quite a few half-baked posts saved so I’ll work on them some more and hopefully be posting more frequently in the near future. This pic was taken at the Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria in Barcelona. It’s one of my favourite places in the world. (Side note: the market dates back to 1217.) I did mentioned […]
Categories: Funk, Hip Hop, Reggae, Soul • Tags: Barcelona, funk, hip hop, Markets, music, photography, reggae, soul
Huzzah for sunglasses as makeshift filters! Last week I spent some quality time in my radio station’s library. My wonderful DJ partner and I were in this musical paradise into the early hours of the morning. We went through a bunch of the new promo CDs we’d received over the past three months… um… yes: Jackpot. I had already heard and liked the new TV on the Radio single Will Do, so I gave the album a listen and discovered that […]
Categories: Alternative, Experimental, Funk, Indie, Jazz, Rock, Soul • Tags: experimental, indie, jazz, living in montreal, Montreal, music, photography, Rock, TV on the Radio
Hyde Park trees, London Huzzah! A month ago I went public with this blog and now I’ve had over a thousand hits…. I’m pretty sure only about half of those could have been my mother. Thank you all for checking out my stuff! Your feedback makes me ridiculously happy. Guess who figured out how to embed a youtube video without the video?! Truthfully, it’s incredibly easy… computer code is so cool, you can do anything! Today’s selections were actually supposed […]
Categories: Alternative, Canadian, Experimental, Indie, Lo-fi, Soul • Tags: alternative, beauty, Canadian, experimental, Hyde Park, indie, lo-fi, London, music, nature, photography, tree, tune-yards
The Love Shack is a little ole place where 100,000 people can get together. Last night my friends and I went to the closing concerts of the 2011 Montreal International Jazz Festival. On the main stage the B-52s were rocking it like it was 1989. The place was a mad house. Apparently by the time the 80s band graced the stage over 100,000 people had crowded into Place-des-Arts. After paying our respects to the B-52s by grooving to their tunes […]
Categories: Covers, Funk, Jazz, R&B, Rock, Soul • Tags: Black and White, covers, Denmark, festivals, funk, jazz, Montreal, music, photography, R&B, Rock, soul, summer
Johnny Cash… This is going to take a while. In his long career he released 96 albums and 153 singles. His redemptive story is told through the film Walk the Line, but students of popular music come across the Man in Black repeatedly. There’s just so much to this man’s story and the people he affects. A couple years ago I attended an event featuring Bob Johnston, a record producer for Cash, as well as others like Bob Dylan, the Byrds, […]
Categories: Acoustic, Country, Rock, Soul • Tags: Acoustic, Basilique Saint-Denis, Country, Johnny Cash, music, photography, Rock, soul, stained glass
HAPPY CANADA DAY!!! These tulips just happen to be in the gardens of the nation’s capital buildings. Just look at them as they patriotically ‘stand on guard for thee.’ My love for Florence + the Machine has recently been renewed. I listen to her album Lungs on my way to work, it makes for a lively and cheerful walk through the city. My Boy Builds Coffins is an upbeat, yet slightly macabre song, it suits the bright disposition of these tulips […]
Categories: Alternative, Indie, Pop, Soul • Tags: alternative, Canada, Florence and the Machine, indie, music, Ottawa, photography, pop, tulips
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