Articles by Byron Coley
Anthony Braxton
Colisée Desjardins, Victoriaville QC, May 21
PUBLISHED May 22, 2017
Anthony Braxton is one of the key figures of the international avant-garde jazz scene. He's now 71 years old, and last night (May 21), he p...
Jean-Luc Guionnet
Église Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska, Victoriaville QC, May 21
PUBLISHED May 22, 2017
I am mostly familiar with Guionnet for his hard-edged saxophone work, but this busy polymath from Lyon does all kinds of stuff. Checking hi...
The Nels Cline Four
Carré 150, Victoriaville QC, May 21
PUBLISHED May 22, 2017
The program said this new band led by guitarist Nels Cline (most famous for his work with Wilco, but a jazzbo of long-standing) would have...
Gunda Gottschalk / Ute Völker performing 'Sky and Grassland'
Carre 150, Victoriaville QC, May 20
PUBLISHED May 21, 2017
Gunda Gottschalk is a violinist and Ute Völker is an accordionist, both of whom are based in Wuppertal, Germany. A few years ago they were...
Terry Riley / Gyan Riley
Colisée Desjardins, Victoriaville QC, May 20
PUBLISHED May 21, 2017
Terry Riley is one of the greatest composers of the last 100 years. His style is often called Minimalism, but earlier today (May 20), while...
Nate Wooley performing 'Seven Storey Mountain V'
Colisée Desjardins, Victoriaville QC, May 20
PUBLISHED May 21, 2017
The first two versions of "Seven Storey Mountain" by Brooklyn-based trumpeter, Nate Wooley, (which retains the same basic structure, but ge...
Linda Sharrock / Mia Zabelka / Mario Rechtern
Carré 150, Victoriaville QC, May 19
PUBLISHED May 20, 2017
Linda Sharrock is a legendary vocalist. In the late '60s and early '70s, usually in tandem with her then-husband, Sonny, Linda recorded som...
Senyawa
Colisée Desjardins, Victoriaville QC, May 19
PUBLISHED May 20, 2017
My knowledge of Indonesian music begins with Gamelan and ends with a couple of reissued psych records. All I knew about Senyawa is that the...