SUONI PER IL POPOLO 2009

[Freetoojazz]

This year's festival of avant garde and experimental liberation music will run from June 3 to June 30, 2009 in Montréal, Québec.

See shows section for full line-up. Artists will include

Paul Metzger ,
Elaine Evans,
Electric Kesdjan Ensemble,
Pas Chic Chic ,
Valleys,
Dave Burrell Trio with William Parker & Nasheet Waits, Gerard Van Herk & Bloodshot Bill,
Skip Jensen,
Esmerine,
Ignatz,
Harris Newman,
Fred Lonberg-Holm’s Valentine Trio,
Hommage à Alcides Lanza avec Novi Sad,
Tim Hecker,
Sick Llama,
Climax Golden Twins,
Tom Carter,
Steve Gunn,
Shawn Mcmillen,
Little Bang Theory. Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher,
Stars Like Fleas,
Echoes Still Singing Limbs,
Arrington de Dionyso,
Quartetski, Flymodus,
Mika Miko,
Knurl,
Corpusse,
The Unireverse,
Dead Science,
Menace Ruine,
Hyena Hive,
TV on the Radio,
John Oswald with Germaine Liu and Scott Thomson,
Eric Chenaux,
Nicole Mitchell's Truth or Dare with Shirazette Tinnin and Renee Baker,
Sir Richard Bishop,
Oaxacan,
Instant Coffee with Lisle Ellis,
Martin Schmidt (Matmos) and Jason Willet ,
Monk's Casino (Alexander von Schlippenbach, Axel Dörner, Rudi Mahall,
Jan Roder, Uli Jennessen),
Timeless Pulse (Thomas Buckner, voice; George Marsh, percussion; Pauline Oliveros, accordion; David Wessel, live-electronics; Jennifer Wilsey, percussion),
Christof Migone/Alexandre St-Onge/Jonathan Parant, Zoom with Lucas Niggli, Jean Derome/Nicolas Caloia/Isaiah Ceccarelli , Veda Hille and Christof Migone, Nomeansno,
Rich Medina,
Magik Markers,
Six Organs of Admittance and Chris Corsano, and Jay Reatard.

[Chaz Longue]

...always one of the better Jazz Festivals in Montreal!

[Felix]

Monk's Casino is great news, for sure. Two interesting piano trios also (Dave Burrell and Michiel Braam). Good, good.

Unfortunately, right now the Casa seems to have problems with the city. It seems they don't have a license to present shows or something. I hope they sort it out quick, or at least find other temporary venues for the concerts, otherwise, it'll be quite hellish for the festival schedule.

Anyway, I hope the two The Thing gigs that were announced for May aren't gonna be canceled.

[Freetoojazz]

Here more news:


9th Annual Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival’s lineup now available

Montreal, Quebec, CANADA (April 2, 2009) The Suoni Per Il Popolo, Montreal’s leftfield music festival, has just released the bulk of this year’s concert dates on its revamped website at www.suoniperilpopolo.org.

The festival will run from June 3 to June 30, 2009 and feature an eclectic variety of music genres such as avant folk, experimental electronics, free jazz and improv, loud rock, musique actuelle, noise/drone/freedom, pop, psych rock, punk, and twentieth century avant garde.

Recently confirmed highlights include legendary New York City DJ/producer Rich Medina (co-presented with Montreal’s hottest monthly, The Goods - www.goodsradio.blogspot.com); underground ambient metal gods Isis; indie darlings The Dirty Projectors; Montreal heroes CLUES, Menace Ruine, Alexandre St-Onge, Jonathan Parant, The American Devices, and Pas Chic Chic; Ambiences Magnétiques’ famed Ensemble SuperMusique and Mankind (D.Kimm & Alexis O’Hara); Jean the Hatchet, a new project featuring Arcade Fire’s Sarah Neufeld and Esmerine’s Rebecca Foon; new noise guru Sick Llama; contemporary dancers Hanako Hoshimi-Caines and Louise Michel Jackson’s Little Bang Theory with musical accompaniment by Lhasa, Joe Grass, Warren C. Spicer and Matthew Woodley; Old Time Relijun’s Arrington de Dionyso; Constellation Records artist Eric Chenaux; and violin improv nut C.S. Yeh a.k.a Burning Star Core.

As usual, the festival will be working with a wide array of local and international labels in its Independent Label Series. An annual family day, Popolo in the Park, is scheduled for June 20th, 2009 at Parc Lahaie in collaboration with Galerie Articule who will present an evening of outdoor animation screenings and live music. A workshop series, Tools of the Trade, will feature Pauline Oliveros, Dave Burrell, and Nicole Mitchell. The festival will also present a specially programmed series entitled Next Stop Freedom – Legends of the Canadian Underground. Featured artists will include John Oswald, Nomeansno, Gerard Van Herk (ex-Deja Voodoo), Christof Migone with Veda Hille, and Lisle Ellis (with Martin Schmidt from Matmos).

Festival tickets will go on sale in mid-April and a press conference will be announced shortly for early May.

More information is available at www.suoniperilpopolo.org.

[Chaz Longue]

I saw Monk's Casino at La Sala Rosa, under the auspices of the Suoni Per El Popolo, and enjoyed the daylights out of it. The audience was full of local luminaries and music writers. A terrific show.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: If all the Jazz musicians left NY suddenly, - particularly of the more creative, searching varieties - you could do a lot worse than start with Montreal as a source of vibrant, creative players to replenish the scene with. In fact, you could have started with the musicians in the audience that night...

[Frisco]

Originally Posted by Chaz Longue

I saw Monk's Casino at La Sala Rosa, under the auspices of the Suoni Per El Popolo, and enjoyed the daylights out of it. The audience was full of local luminaries and music writers. A terrific show.

A fine set last night (Friday the 26th) in Toronto. The band sounded great despite a terrible presentation by the festival in a terrible venue and even worse press. It was not even billed as one of the "featured shows" by the festival. Presented in a church setting with the band up on an empty, spacious altar area with no amplification and absolutely no sound presence. The piano obviously suffered the most but was at least audible. And it was scheduled simultaneously with Sonny Rollins! The Toronto Jazz Festival should be ashamed.