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The discovery: Bombino
A discovery, Bombino? Hasn’t he been coming to one or other of the Montreal festivals for 10 years? Yes, it’s true that we had the opportunity to see it more than once. And then ? Did you go ? Do you know his records? Nope ? Does the idea of being hypnotized by sandy rock guitars that push out tripative circular melodies arouse your curiosity? So, it’s time to discover Bombino, one of the amazing renovators of Tuareg blues in recent years.
At 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., Loto-Québec stage
Alexandre Vigneault, The Press
Really Jazz: Gunhild Carling
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Gunhild Carling of Sweden
The 47-year-old singer from Gothenburg, Sweden, is ahead of this jazz ensemble from another era, the kind that doesn’t know what an electricity bill is! With music for wandering souls that refuses any modernist compromise, Carling unveils fierce poetry and haunting melodies in a completely different vein from her contemporaries, the lady chews with the emphasis of an emphatic, sympathetic and bombastic diva who plays a bunch of instruments, from trombone to bagpipes. On YouTube, she is sovereign!
At 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., Place Tranquille
Claude Côté, special collaboration