Vincenzo Roggero from All About Jazz Italia has recently asked Fred Frith to say a word about his latest listenings. Amongst the 10 CDs quoted by the guitarist appears two Ambiances Magnétiques releases: Bebe Donkey by Antoine Berthiaume + MaryClare Brzytwa, and Nouvelle musique d’hiver by Joane Hétu.

Rémy Bélanger de Beauport is performing, live, the soundtrack of Trois sombres textes pour actrice éclairée theatre piece presented by Théâtre Émergence at Théâtre de l’Esquisse in Montréal until November 24, 2007.

The GGRIL (homeband of the Tour de Bras collective) is proud to offer you his first (and free) album on Insubordinations Netlabel (Switzerland). The ensemble recorded 4 pieces live with the participation of invited conductors Jean Derome and the trio Les Poules.

Doublebassist Pierre-Yves Martel has been awarded by L’OFF Festival de Jazz de Montréal. He has received the François-Marcaurelle prize for his project Quartetski Does Prokofiev, a jazz quartet adaptation of the famous Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev’s 20 Fugitive Visions for piano solo. Moreover, the ensemble will launch a new CD in December as part of the “coup de cœur” concerts produced by SuperMusique.

1300 subscribers haved voted and choosen the winners of TNM’s Prix Gascon-Roux in 7 different categories. Amongst them, Michel F Côté was awarded for his work as sound designer in the piece Incendies. This production seemed to have truly seduced its public: [mouawad_wa] was awarded the price for directing the piece, and Éric Champoux for its lighting design.

Our friend Frank Martel is a nominee at the ECHO Songwriting Prize with Les partitions de l’amour… Other great candidates in the running are Tricot Machine, Dumas, and Xavier Caféïne. {nbio:martel_fr} will need all our support. You can go vote for him more than twice! Indeed, you can make 1 vote/day until September 28, 2007…