Festival De Musique Émergente
Quebec's FME Gets Half Moon Run, the Sadies, Kid Koala for 2019 Festival
PUBLISHED May 23, 2019
Festival de Musique Émergente — otherwise known as FME — is set to return to Rouyn-Noranda in Quebec's Abitibi-Témiscamingue region once ag...
Cattle Decapitation
Festival de Musique Emergente, Rouyn-Noranda QC, September 2
PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2018
At first blush, it would seem an unusual decision to close out a relatively mellow alternative music festival with an evening of uncompromi...
Alexandra Stréliski
Festival de Musique Emergente, Rouyn-Noranda QC, September 2
PUBLISHED Sep 3, 2018
Neoclassical piano music is having a moment in Canada these days, between the emergence of Jean-Michel Blais, the impending release of Chil...
Milk & Bone
Festival de Musique Emergente, Rouyn-Noranda QC, September 2
PUBLISHED Sep 3, 2018
Milk & Bone are a testament to the power of friendship. Best friends and collaborators Camille Poliquin and Laurence Lafond-Beaulne were re...
Holy Two
Festival de Musique Emergente, Rouyn-Noranda QC, September 2
PUBLISHED Sep 3, 2018
French synth-popsters Holy Two harnessed the power of performance to give their dramatic tunes the live renditions they deserved. Opening w...
Yamantaka // Sonic Titan
Festival de Musique Emergente, Rouyn-Noranda QC, September 1
PUBLISHED Sep 2, 2018
Yamantaka // Sonic Titan have always been like a tornado to their influences, sucking up a disparate series of inspirations — ranging from...
Yonatan Gat and the Eastern Medicine Singers
Festival de Musique Emergente, Rouyn-Noranda QC, September 1
PUBLISHED Sep 2, 2018
Yonatan Gat has finally met his match. The guitarist and master improviser is best known for his visceral live shows where he and his colla...
Karkwatson (Karkwa and Patrick Watson)
Festival de Musique Emergente, Rouyn-Noranda QC, August 31
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2018
It's easy, when wrapped up in the tricky language narratives that ensconce French Canada, to place Karkwa and Patrick Watson in separate wo...