May 16th, 2012
With two Grammy wins in one year, Bon Iver has gotten some well-deserved kudos for their elegant arrangements, mix of acoustic and synth and Justin Vernon’s airy falsetto. You can see them at Sasquatch! Festival May 27.
Bon Iver
Sasquatch! Festival
May 9th, 2012
Recently nominated for the Polaris Music Prize for Best Canadian Album as well as the Juno Award for Best New Group, Hey Rosetta! is a rock band to watch – preferably live. You can see them at the Hangout Music Festival on May 18.
Hey Rosetta!
Hangout Music Festival
May 2nd, 2012
Physical theatre company Nyctolopic captures the dystopia of the modern megacity torn by economic changes in their new piece titled The City Will Crumble. Through original choreography and music they conjur the aesthetic of film noir. You can see them at the Brighton Fringe Festival May 8-9.
Nyctolopic
Brighton Festival Fringe
April 25th, 2012
Champion of classical contemporary music, Anthony de Mare is going on tour with an ambitious project- LIAISONS: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano. It’s an intrepid program featuring 36 short solo piano pieces crafted by composers ranging from Steve Reich to Ricky Ian Gordon. You can see him perform LIAISONS at the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival May 1 – 2.
Anthony de Mare
Gilmore International Keyboard Festival
April 18th, 2012
For three years Marc Bamuthi Joseph has been working on an evening-length work mixing fierce poetic text, dance, music and film. The result is red, black & GREEN: a blues (rbGb). This collaborative performance piece gives voice to people often excluded from the mainstream “green” movement, challenging and inspiring communities to create their own definition of sustainability. You can see rbGb at a special performance of Bates Dance Festival April 27-28.
Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Bates Dance Festival
KadmusArts Podcast with March Bamuthi Joseph
