Antoine Berthiaume presents Ellen’s Bar, his latest album and his first on the Ambiances Magnétiques Jazz label. For this trio, he couldn’t possibly be backed by more solid musicians: double bass player Michel Donato and drummer Pierre Tanguay. The delicate compositions of Ellen’s Bar have the perfect cool for this summer.

You can hear the voices of DB Boyko and Christine Duncan on Danielle Palardy Roger’s latest album, Bruiducœur, prières des infidèles. Now they are back, along with Jean Martin ({nbio:duncan_ch}’s partner in the band Barnyard Drama). One percussionist, two vocalists, and an infectious disease causing the weirdest sounds: Idiolalla.

• Two Canadian cities have their own web calendar specialized in new music: La Liste (bilingual) for Montréal, and Oscillations for Vancouver.

• We compile our own list of {doc:link.even.en_cours} and upcoming international events. (We also archive all past events.)

• Furthermore, the free weekly Avant-Montréal mailing list sends a listing of upcoming avant-garde music performances for the Montréal area (subscribe by emailing: mathieu_b “at” fastmail “dot” fm).

Tom Walsh (voice, trombone), with his group composed of [lamm_da] (guitar), [horvathbarcza_jo] (bass), and [mohar_an] (drums), will be in concert on August 10, 2006 at the Jazz Stage of the Sziget Festival (Budapest, Hungary).

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Left-field turntablist Martin Tétreault will meet guitarist Tetuzi Akiyama for an explosive live collaboration at the Detention Studio (Montréal) on Thursday July 13, 2006.