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Kendrick Lamar

Video of the Day – Kendrick Lamar King Kunte Groove Sessions

By Weiyu Dang on 20 July 2016 Popular Music, Scena Jazz, Video of the day

Native son of Compton, Kendrick Lamar has taken the mantle of west coast king from mentor Dr. Dre in recent years with modern classics as Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City and To Pimp a Butterfly. Lamar, known as the paragon of a consummate rapper, takes advice and inspiration from a medley of sources from the Motown vibes of the Isley Brothers, the modal musings of Miles Davis, and the trap sounds of the Atlanta rap scene. The King Kunte Groove Sessions continued his jazz-rap period, marked by Butterfly, one of few rap albums featuring live instrumentation in favour of sampling and…

Carlos Santana

This Day in Music – 1947: Carlos Santana is born

By Weiyu Dang on 20 July 2016 Folk, Popular Music, This Day in Music

Legendary Mexican guitarist Carlos Santana, who brought Latin fire to American rock with his group Santana, was born this day in music. Mixing American influences of B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix with Latin ones of Tito Puente and Mongo Santamaria, Santana continued to develop the genre of electric blues. With such classics as “Smooth,” “Black Magic Woman,” and “Oye Como Va,” Santana endures as a pioneer and legend of contemporary music. Santana – “Oye Como Va”

Daily News Roundup: 18 July 2016

By Kiersten van Vliet on 18 July 2016 Chamber Music, Daily News Roundup, Popular Music

+ Read about the life of “Amazing Grace.” + The world’s largest chamber festival, the Ottawa Chamberfest, starts on Thursday. Check out the must-see events here. + Video of the Day – Apple Music. + Celine Dion will be releasing a new album on August 26, Encore un soir. + This Day in Music – 1986: Run DMC releases Raising Hell. “On this day in music forty years ago, Run DMC released their rapturous and infections third album Raising Hell. In a time when hip hop was considered a fast-fading fad, Raising Hell would break this perception by selling over three million disks…

Apple Music

Video of the Day – Apple Music

By Weiyu Dang on 18 July 2016 Popular Music, Video of the day

On this day in 2005, iTunes sold their 500,000,000th song. Started in 1998 under the name Soundjam, iTunes has become the dominant medium of music consumption in the present world. The aesthetically suave and user-friendly interface coupled with its native compatibility with iconic devices as iPods and iPhones make iTunes a pioneer and staple of digital music use. In 2015, Apple started its streaming service Apple Music on iTunes to launch into the burgeoning streaming industry by featuring exclusive album releases. Apple Music

Run DMC

This Day in Music – 1986: Run DMC releases Raising Hell

By Weiyu Dang on 18 July 2016 Popular Music, This Day in Music

On this day in music forty years ago, Run DMC released their rapturous and infections third album Raising Hell. In a time when hip hop was considered a fast-fading fad, Raising Hell would break this perception by selling over three million disks and achieving triple-platinum certification. Songs such as “It’s Tricky,” “My Adidas,” and “Walk this Way” have achieved legendary status in the hip hop world and entrench DMC as one of the most influential hip hop groups of all time. Run DMC – “Walk this Way” (feat. Aerosmith)

Valérie Milot, 12 July 2016

Daily News Roundup: 13–15 July 2016

By Kiersten van Vliet on 15 July 2016 Classical Music, Contemporary, Daily News Roundup, Mainstream Jazz, Opera, Popular Music, Scena Jazz, Strings, Vocal Jazz

Here is your Daily News Roundup megapost for July 13 to 15. We apologize that the website experienced some turbulence during that period – we are working tirelessly to fix issues as they arise! + La Scena Musicale is launching its 2015–16 fundraising campaign. Learn what you can do to help here. + Read Norman Lebrecht’s weekly album review. This week he critiques a disc of Polish violin concertos performed by Piotr Plawner and the Kammersymphonie Berlin. “Piotr Plawner is a dexterous soloist and the Kammersymphonie Berlin offer decent accompaniment, but the interpretations are safe and somewhat anonymous. Compare the Panufnik…

Esperanza Spalding

Video of the Day – Esperanza Spalding “Rest in Pleasure”

By Weiyu Dang on 15 July 2016 Popular Music, Scena Jazz, Video of the day, Vocal Jazz

Winner of the Grammy for best new artist in 2011, bassist, composer, singer Esperanza Spalding stands as one of the strongest young voices in the jazz scene. On her latest album, Emily’s D+Evolution, Spalding brings an eclectic fusion of Joni Mitchell style delivery, harmonically unique pop, and stylish rock punk. The use of foot pedals and electric bass departs from the earlier acoustic sound to create a warping soundscape that wraps up the listener in a series of loops and reverbs. In the following video, the more progressive and breathy style meshes well with the overly theatrical costumes and stage…

Carleton Professor Solves Mystery Behind Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel”

By Newswire on 15 July 2016 Newswire, Popular Music

Carleton Professor Solves 60-year-old Mystery Behind Elvis Presley’s first No. 1 hit – “Heartbreak Hotel” 15 July 2016 – Carleton University Canada journalism professor Randy Boswell has published research in Rolling Stone magazine, the New York-based “bible of rock & roll,” revealing the mysterious individual who inspired Elvis Presley’s massive 1956 hit “Heartbreak Hotel.” It’s the song that catapulted Elvis from regional popularity in the U.S. South to international stardom, helped ignite the rock & roll revolution and famously inspired a host of future rock superstars – John Lennon and Paul McCartney among them – to pursue music careers. “The story…

Marc Hervieux, Robert Marien, Stéphanie Bédard, and Geneviève Charest

Review: Les Concerts Populaires (July 8 and 12)

By Kiersten van Vliet on 13 July 2016 Concert Reviews, Musical Theatre, Orchestral, Popular Music, Quebec Music, Strings, Vocal

Established from an initiative by Mayor Jean Drapeau 52 years ago, Les Concerts Populaires de Montreal strives to present high-quality classical music to Montreal citizens. Now a bulwark of arrondissement Hochelaga-Maisonneuve’s summer season, Les Concerts Populaires, in collaboration with the Comité Musique Maisonneuve, offers five star-studded selections in the shadow of the Olympic tower at the Centre Pierre-Charbonneau. This year, their normal Thursday night schedule is interrupted by the 2016 Jeux du Québec, so it is more important than ever to plan your musical evenings. The eclectic series embodies a true democratization of music. On both evenings the atmosphere was…

Jack Quartet, photo Henrik Olund

Daily News Roundup: 12 July 2016

By Kiersten van Vliet on 12 July 2016 Chamber Music, Contemporary, Daily News Roundup, Musical Theatre, Piano, Popular Music, Strings

+ Marc Chénard’s account of the 2016 Cartel New Music Conference presented June 1–5 at le Vivier. “In the wake of its most recent meetings, Cartel is still a work in progress. There are still several hurdles to clear, the most significant of which way will be the contrasting mindsets of North-American and European presenters. On that issue, Pierrette Gingras sees one main difference in that the former are much more action oriented than the latter, who are more inclined to engage in ideological or conceptual discussions.” + Rappers Queen Latifah, Missy Elliott, and Lil Kim were honoured on Monday…

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