December 2011
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Photos: Brahja Waldman & Friends of Freedom at...
Beautiful photos taken at a Howl! arts collective concert on 14/12, 2011 at L’Envers performance space in Montreal. Photos taken by David Vilder feature Brahja Waldman & Friends of Freedom performing an intense Jazz improvisation at the space.
Featured in this quintet and appearing in the photos are Brahja Waldman on sax, Adam Kinner on sax, Jonah Fortune on bass, Nic Caloia on bass...
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Lettres De Nootka - A sonic narration
Howl! arts collective presents Lettres De Nootka, an incredible sonic narration on Canada and colonial history written by Alejandro Saravia, produced by Lysian Pieries programmer at CKUT community radio in Montreal and from the sound art duo television+longplay. Canadian history, or for that matter any official history, is always an open invitation to explore its silences, to observe how...
Brahja Waldman & Friends of Freedom | Stefan...
Wed. December 14th, 2011 doors 21 | $8 L’Envers, 185 Van Horne (just east of Parc Ave, bus #80) Montreal, Quebec Howl! arts collective presents an evening of beautiful musical improvisations via saxophonist Brahja Waldman assembling some of Montreal’s finest grassroots musicians. Also playing at this special concert will be community activist & musician Stefan Christoff,...
Photos - Howl! Julia Kent. Les Momies de Palerme....
Beautiful photographs illuminating moments from Howl! at Sala Rossa on 24/11/2011, an all women musician concert in Montreal co-sponsored by the 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy with performances by Montreal and New York City artists. Featured at concert was NYC-based cellist Julia Kent, sonic explorations from Montreal musician/sound artist Jen Reimer and a performance by Les Momies de Palerme.
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Ian Ferrier 'O My Sisters' live at CKUT 90.3fm
Howl! arts collective is releasing ‘O My Sisters’ from an in-studio performance by celebrated poet Ian Ferrier in fall 2011 at CKUT 90.3fm in Montreal.
“This piece originated with a Scientific American article saying that the sun was born at the same time and place as hundreds of other stars, and though these stars have now dispersed throughout the Milky Way, if we found them...
Arab Winter Opening in Montreal
The Arab Winter exhibition is opening in Montreal 02/12 at 19h at the Under Pressure Fresh Paint Gallery, 180 Ste. Catherine east. This exhibition artistically explores the recent uprising across the Arab world, highlighting the challenges, reflections and difficult questions of peoples in revolution.
Showing throughout Dec. at the Under Pressure gallery in Montreal this exhibition promises to...
November 2011
3 posts
Over Baghdad (Maktoob)
Howl! arts collective presents a collaboration between artist Sundus Abdul Hadi and musician Stefan Christoff for “Over Baghdad (Maktoob)”, part of the ‘Flight Series’. This collaboration builds on past musical / visual collaborations between the artists, view “Uprising” released by Art Threat earlier this year, a piece honoring the uprising in Egypt, also Christoff contributed...
Julia Kent | Alianthus
Named after New York City’s ubiquitous “tree of heaven,” “Ailanthus” is a track from Green and Grey, a record inspired by the intersections between the natural world and human-created environments. Green and Grey was released in 2011 on Important records (North America) and Tin Angel records (UK./Europe), and utilizes multitracked cello, field recordings, and...
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Howl! Julia Kent. Les Momies de Palerme. Jen...
Howl! arts collective presents a concert featuring all women artists from Montreal and New York City. Join us for the fourth concert in our ongoing series, an intimate show at La Sala Rossa presenting celebrated NYC-based cellist Julia Kent, sonic explorations via Montreal-based musician/sound artist Jen Reimer and a performance by Les Momies de Palerme.
Featuring:
Julia Kent
Canadian-born,...
October 2011
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Sam Shalabi live performance on CKUT 90.3fm
Listen to a live solo oud performance via composer and musician Sam Shalabi at CKUT community radio in Montreal at 90.3fm. Shalabi is a celebrated experimental musician and composer based between Cairo, Egypt and Montreal, Québec. In music Shalabi explores the boundaries of musical genres taking inspiration from minimalist composers while maintaining roots in classical Egyptian music,...
September 2011
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Howl! Photos Kaie Kellough. Matana Roberts....
Artistic explorations on the roots of Jazz culture were beautifully performed at the third edition of the Howl! concert series in Montreal at La Sala Rossa, on Sept. 15th, 2011. On stage for the most recent Howl! were three artists presenting striking solo performances, contemporary explorations on Jazz music.
Pianist Matthew Shipp performing at Howl!. photo Darren Ell. Opening the evening...
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Remembering Troy Davis in Canada
In remembrance and solidarity with Troy Davis, killed by the state in Georgia, US, 21/09/2011, it is critical in Canada to highlight the fact that the current Conservative Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, has expressed public support for state executions.
During the 2011 election campaign Harper stated in a CBC interview that “there are times where capital punishment is...
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Matana Roberts live performance on CKUT 90.3fm
Listen to a in-studio solo performance by saxophonist Matana Roberts at CKUT 90.3fm in Montreal. A striking saxophone player Roberts is celebrated globally for work that builds on and challenges traditional Jazz language while incorporating a multitude of sounds into a sonic landscapes that are uniquely beautiful.
Recently the Montreal-based record label Constellation records released COIN...
Poet Kaie Kellough #1 on CKUT charts
Montreal sound poet Kaie Kellough’s recently released album Vox: Versus has charted at #1 on CKUT radio’s weekly charts in Montreal for the week of Sept. 6th.
Vox: Versus released by Kellough on the Wired on Words poetry record label in Montreal features many incredible Montreal musicians and sound creators including DJ Andy Williams, percussionist JahSun via Kalmunity Vibe...
Reflections on street posters & democracy in...
In a digital age community organizers and grassroots artists are moving online in unprecedented ways to promote events and new artistic work to the world. As corporate-controlled social media networks move to colonize our collective social interactions and hours a day are spent at the computer screen, the art of real world street posters faces a crossroads.
Street posters remain an important...
August 2011
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Howl! Matthew Shipp. Matana Roberts. Kaie...
Howl! arts collective presents a Jazz-inspired concert of solo performances in collaboration with Suoni per il Popolo, an evening offering heartfelt inspiration for autumn months ahead. Matthew Shipp on the piano, the celebrated Matana Roberts on saxophone and Montreal sound poet/author Kaie Kellough will take the stage at La Sala Rossa for Howl! III. Unforgettable artists representing the...
Glacier | Ambient piano-inspired soundscape
Listen to an ambient composition mixing electronics and live piano samples, a sonic collaboration between Jordan Christoff via Delay Talk and musician activist Stefan Christoff. This composition built on live piano improvisations, developed over months of experimentation via electronics by Jordan Christoff in spring 2011 at the Torn Curtain performance/rehearsal space in Montreal. As...
Howl! live recording 2 | Nick Kuepfer
Art Threat presents two live recordings featuring musician Nick Kuepfer performing at Howl! in March 2011. For this performance at La Sala Rossa Kuepfer was joined on stage by innovative percussionist Eric Craven via the celebrated duo Hangedup and beautiful cello sounds via Kristina Koropecki. These recordings are offered for free download via the audio links above.
Nick Kuepfer is a...
