Articles by Tracey Lindeman
Montreal Ska Fest with Roy Panton and Yvonne Harrison, Rude City Riot and the Slackers
Various venues, Montreal QC, October 16-19
PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2013
The Montreal Ska Festival is a bit of a bittersweet event for ska fans. For those who grew up in the Montreal underground when ska was a bi...
Skatalites / Stooges Brass Band
Quartier des Spectacles, Montreal QC, July 18
PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2013
A sweltering heat wave in Montreal broke momentarily last night — long enough for Jamaican ska legends to deliver almost an hour and...
The Specials
Metropolis, Montreal QC, July 7
PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2013
My abbreviated list of best shows ever attended has grown by one more. After a nearly 30-year absence from Montreal, British Two-Tone ska...
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Place des Arts, Montreal QC, July 5
PUBLISHED Jul 6, 2013
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, founded in 1961 as the house band for a venue of the same name in New Orleans' French Quarter, has been a revo...
Wanda Jackson / Bettye LaVette
Metropolis, Montreal QC, July 4
PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2013
At 76, Wanda Jackson is still a force to be reckoned with. She's a one-woman encyclopaedia of rock'n'roll history, taking the time to regal...
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Club Soda, Montreal QC, June 30
PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2013
With bulging cheeks and bulging eyes, Trombone Shorty delivered on Sunday night what will surely be a defining moment of the 34th annual Mo...
Amnesia Rockfest with FLAG, Deftones and Rise Against
Montebello QC, June 14-15
PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2013
Those who left Rockfest without at least a little bit of a bad taste in their mouths were probably too drunk to notice (or care about) what...
Pouzza Fest
Montreal QC, May 17 to 19
PUBLISHED May 20, 2013
It began innocently enough — a band here, a beer there, a couple hot dogs thrown in for good measure. Then there was the (real) lobster on...
