What to listen to this week? Here are the suggestions from our journalists.
Higher by Chris Stapleton: Sensible Power
“Higher moreover draws part of its power from its overall restraint. Yes, there are choruses on this record capable of packing a stadium, but above all something interior, inhabited, felt which makes a song with a hackneyed theme (What Am I Gonna Dowhich talks about drowning a heartbreak) is still capable of transmitting a touching truth,” writes our journalist Alexandre Vigneault.
Dopamine by Pierre-Hervé Goulet: The pleasure of the present moment
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Pierre-Hervé Goulet
“Very catchy fourth album for the singer-songwriter whose precise and concise writing is that of good songmakers,” writes our journalist Josée Lapointe.
Hadsel: The delicacy of Beirut
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Zach Condon (Beirut)
“Folk here is always strongly tinged with the instruments and rhythms that Eastern European music inspires, creating a fusion that one would recognize among a thousand, for very good reasons,” writes our journalist Marissa Groguhé.
Signature Philip Glass : Angèle Dubeau puts Glass back on the job
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Angèle Dubeau
“Angèle Dubeau and La Pietà return to Philip Glass for their new album, recently released by Analekta. A balanced program that has everything to charm fans of minimalist music,” writes Emmanuel Bernier.
Other musical releases of the week
Among all the new albums released recently, here are a few that caught our attention.