For another year, the Festival Voix d’Amériques collaborates with many musicians of whom Guido Del Fabbro, Bernard Falaise, Michel F Côté, Malcolm Goldstein, Diane Labrosse, Geneviève Letarte, Alexandre St-Onge… The festival begins next Friday, February 1-8, 2008, at Galerie Espace, Casa del Popolo, and La Sala Rossa in Montréal.

Next Tuesday January 8, 2008, Diane Labrosse will launch — with {nbio:belanger_ma}, {nbio:derome_je}, {nbio:falaise_be}, {nbio:freedman_lo}, {nbio:rene_je}, and {nbio:tanguay_pi} — her latest album, 170th release of Ambiances Magnétiques! This event will take place from “5 to 7” at Oboro gallery in Montréal. Musique pour objets en voie de disparition, eight pieces like eight flashbacks to a bygone daily sonic life. A nostalgia-prone stroll down obsolescence lane.

The next Mercredimusics will host Isaiah Ceccarelli (percussion), Bernard Falaise (electric guitar), Joane Hétu (alto sax, vocals), and Kathy Kennedy (voice) on November 14, 2007 at Casa Obscura in Montréal.

The Suoni Per Il Popolo event will last until June 30, 2007 at Casa del Popolo and La Sala Rossa, Montréal. Concerts to come:

• Barking Dog Sextet (Halim El-Dabh, Thierry Amar, Jean Derome, Malcolm Goldstein, Sam Shalabi, Ziya Tabassian), on June 18
• Foodsoon (Bernard Falaise, Fabrizio Gilardino, Alexander MacSween), on June 20
• A_dontigny + [camp_], on June 24 (for the No Type label showcase)

L’OFF Festival de Jazz de Montréal which will take place from June 22 to July 1, 2007 presents well-knowned artists and Amongst them:

• June 23: Jean René Trio à cordes ({nbio:rene_je}, {nbio:allard_st}, {nbio:martel_pi})
• June 24: Pierre-Yves Martel + Quartetski Does Prokofiev ({nbio:martel_pi}, {nbio:allen_go}, {nbio:lauzier_ph}, {nbio:ceccarelli_is})
• June 25: Alexandre Grogg + Philippe Lauzier + Toma Gouband
• June 27 (see details): Damian Nisenson Trio ({nbio:nisenson_da}, {nbio:mailloux_je}, {nbio:tanguay_pi}) followed by Jean Derome et les Dangereux Zhoms ({nbio:derome_je}, {nbio:walsh_to}, {nbio:dostaler_gu}, {nbio:cartier_pi}, {nbio:tanguay_pi})
• June 29: Pierre Labbé Quintette ({nbio:labbe_pi}, {nbio:allen_go}, {nbio:falaise_be}, {nbio:ryder_cl}, {nbio:ceccarelli_is})
• July 1: Rainer Wiens Follow Follow Sextet ({nbio:wiens_ra}, Joel Miller, {nbio:derome_je}, Cordell Henebury, {nbio:ryder_cl}, {nbio:gossage_th})

Be aware of the Festival des musiques de créations (FMC) where great artists are scheduled to perform. The festival takes place in Jonquière from May 17 to 26, 2007. Note that Antoine Berthiaume Sextet, Bernard Falaise, L’Hexacorde, Paul Plimley, P.O.W.E.R. and Rodéoscopique are some of the guests…