100% Batterie! is a project imagined by Martin Tétreault and realized with the participation of Michel Langevin (Voivod), Marc-Olivier Bédard, Lydia Champagne (Terracine), Alex Groussset, Alexander MacSween, Jean-Sébastien Nicol (Gatineau), Danielle Palardy Roger, and Pierre Tanguay. The drummers will successively play the same solo inspired by a score written by Martin Tétreault that uses different sections of a Liverpool mythical drum player’s repertoire. At the end of the evening the musicians will get together to play a piece for 9 drums and 4 turntables. This event takes place on April 12, 2007 at the La Sala Rossa, Montréal. Listen to some audio clips of Snipettes!, Martin Tétreault’s latest album.

Normand Guilbeault Ensemble will pay tribute to Charles Mingus at Le Va-et-Vient on April 20-21, 2007. Visit the page of Mingus Erectus in order to listen to some audio clips.

Fred Frith and Malcolm Goldstein will be part of the 2007 Open Ears Festival. Go see these 2 master improvisors on April 21, 2007 at Mike Lazaridis Theatre of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, in Kitchener (Ontario). Visit our pages for Duo (Victoriaville) 2005 and Speaking in Tongues in order to listen to audio clips.

The next Mercredimusics will host Lori Freedman (clarinets), Jean René (viola), Rémy Bélanger (cello), Jane Lazarovic (doublebass) and their guests on April 4, 2007 at the Casa Obscura in Montréal. Listen to some audio clips of the new releases 3 and Cordes à danser… suite saguenayenne.

Trombonist Tom Walsh and his Phat Hed Trio have been invited by the Canadian ambassy in Hungary to play for the opening ceremonies of the 14th Budapest International Book Fair on April 12, 2007. Listen to some audio clips from his album Diversion.

La Nef will present Carnets mouillés suite of Musique de Robinet by Robert Marcel Lepage on April 14, 2007 at the Maison de la culture Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (Montréal). You may enjoy Robert Marcel Lepage’s aquatic flights of fancy thanks to his music, texts, and animated drawings. During the break, attend the book launch of Le piano de neige by the same artist, a Mécanique générale publication. Listen to some audio clips from his album Pee Wee et moi.