The Jazz Fest Returns: More free shows

The Jazz Fest Returns: More free shows

On June 30, The Montreal Jazz Festival returns to the concert halls and the streets of downtown Montreal after...

Outside in a Montreal summer: About mas and I Am Soca

Outside in a Montreal summer: About mas and I Am Soca

Cause we outside from long time”…ords are from Ding Dong popular song – We Outside (Knock About Riddim) “2020....

The Slap

The Slap

This is it! The single most unexpected moment in mainstream American television history has hit us (more specifically, Chris...

Street parades 2022: Carifiesta in Mtl and Caribana in T.O.

Street parades 2022: Carifiesta in Mtl and Caribana in T.O.

After two years of pandemic life, a sense of optimism, hope and caution is the general feeling among bandleaders...

Sometimes It Snows In April

Sometimes It Snows In April

On April 21st of 2016, the world of music lovers from around the planet said goodbye to Prince Rogers...

Spring into the party scene

Spring into the party scene

Covid 19 may’ve killed our partying spirit over the last two years, but have no fear as Spring is...

The Crossover

The Crossover

The late, great Bobby White, who was also a controversial but well-respected columnist for The Community Contact, shared a...

BTW goes live with Pipeline

BTW goes live with Pipeline

Rosie Awori (LJI) Black Theatre Workshop is enticing theatre lovers back to live performance with a ground-breaking play that...

Tough times for Blaxx and Jah Cure

Tough times for Blaxx and Jah Cure

Just when you think it can’t get any worse. Soca artist Blaxx is back in the hospital and Reggae...

It’s A Funk Thing

It’s A Funk Thing

Writers, music journalists and music historians have for decades tried to describe what funk is. Bob Dylan said that,...