Articles by Byron Coley
Bill Coleman & Gordon Monahan perform 'Dollhouse'
Carré 150, Victoriaville QC, May 18
PUBLISHED May 19, 2017
The first piece at this year's Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville (FIMAV) was a deeply collaborative and very weir...
Colin Stetson performing 'Sorrow'
Coliseé A, Victoriaville QC, May 18
PUBLISHED May 19, 2017
This was billed as Stetson leading an 11-piece band through his composition "Sorrow," but it opened with him doing a new solo piece for bar...
Kaze
Pavillon Arthabaska, Victoriaville QC, May 17
PUBLISHED May 18, 2015
This French/Japanese quartet has an odd line-up: two trumpets, piano and drums. That is not a common formation, but listening to these guys...
Akio Suzuki / Aki Onda
Colisée Desjardins B, Victoriaville QC, May 17
PUBLISHED May 18, 2015
This was the only event at this year's FIMAV not held on a stage. For the show, NY-based sound artist, Aki Onda, set up a table filled with...
Joshua Abrams' Natural Information Society with Hamid Drake
Colisée Desjardins A, Victoriaville QC, May 17
PUBLISHED May 18, 2015
Joshua Abrams has put together an amazing sextet — harmonium, two drummers, electric guitar, autoharp/organ and, of course, his own g...
Erik Friedlander
Pavillon Arthabaska, Victoriaville QC, May 17
PUBLISHED May 18, 2015
This evening's (May 17) piece by cellist Erik Friedlander's trio was called "Claws and Wings." It is a work of memory, written for Friedlan...
Hans Tammen Third Eye Orchestra
Colisée A, Victoriaville QC, May 16
PUBLISHED May 17, 2015
Hans Tammen is a German-born, NYC-based guitarist and composer. He is probably best known for his Endangered Guitar project, which is an am...
Dieb 13 / Isabelle Duthoit / Franz Hautzinger / Martin Tétreault
Pavillon Arthabaska, Victoriaville QC, May 16
PUBLISHED May 17, 2015
Trends in avant-turntabling have come a long way since Christian Marclay began using vinyl as an element with Bachelors, even back in 1980....